Scott Stein 🥑
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Intertwixt 16: Be Your Own Librarian
Two experiences I can’t stop thinking about, even if I’ve never properly recorded them. Now I've finally started.
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Intertwixt 16: the two stories I never wrote, lost for different reasons. William Gibson and Gordon Bell. Be your own librarian. intertwixt.beehiiv.com/p/intertwixt...
My Retro Bowl QB has 6700 yards and 88 TDs for the season
December 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My Retro Bowl QB has 6700 yards and 88 TDs for the season
Reposted by Scott Stein 🥑
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
Dropped some amarena cherries into the oatmeal happy snowday
December 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Dropped some amarena cherries into the oatmeal happy snowday
Saw Fire and Ash, but not in 3D - saved money and watched at local theater for matinee. Solid, the end battle was impressive. Waiting on 3D screening in Vision Pro
December 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Saw Fire and Ash, but not in 3D - saved money and watched at local theater for matinee. Solid, the end battle was impressive. Waiting on 3D screening in Vision Pro
Had CES dreams that were sort of like Baby Steps. I kept losing track of time and ending up in far off food courts
December 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Had CES dreams that were sort of like Baby Steps. I kept losing track of time and ending up in far off food courts
At that point in Baby Steps where I’m wondering what
December 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
At that point in Baby Steps where I’m wondering what
I know Marty Supreme is supposed to be good but I just can’t take the trailer seriously
December 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I know Marty Supreme is supposed to be good but I just can’t take the trailer seriously
Did he actually go to sleep last night, or did he stay up till morning posting and mumbling waiting for bad santa
December 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Did he actually go to sleep last night, or did he stay up till morning posting and mumbling waiting for bad santa
Top games this year I played that I can think of right now, in no order:
Donkey Kong Bananza
Sektori
Blippo+
Kirby Air Riders
Ball x Pit
UFO 50 (Switch)
Metroid Prime 4
Mario Kart World
Donkey Kong Bananza
Sektori
Blippo+
Kirby Air Riders
Ball x Pit
UFO 50 (Switch)
Metroid Prime 4
Mario Kart World
December 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Top games this year I played that I can think of right now, in no order:
Donkey Kong Bananza
Sektori
Blippo+
Kirby Air Riders
Ball x Pit
UFO 50 (Switch)
Metroid Prime 4
Mario Kart World
Donkey Kong Bananza
Sektori
Blippo+
Kirby Air Riders
Ball x Pit
UFO 50 (Switch)
Metroid Prime 4
Mario Kart World
I miss the years we’d look back and say “that was a nice year”
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I miss the years we’d look back and say “that was a nice year”
Got the kitchen sink fixed, and now family members at home are slowly getting sick. Tucking in for TV shows and books for the flu week.
December 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Got the kitchen sink fixed, and now family members at home are slowly getting sick. Tucking in for TV shows and books for the flu week.
Now that I’m stuck at home and not traveling for the next week (kid flu), buying myself stuff to cope. Gonna finally try Baby Steps
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Now that I’m stuck at home and not traveling for the next week (kid flu), buying myself stuff to cope. Gonna finally try Baby Steps
Reading about the design of faucets
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reading about the design of faucets
‘60 Minutes’ Report Was Pulled Off the Air. Now It’s on the Internet.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Feel like I’m turning into the General Grievous of smart glasses
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Feel like I’m turning into the General Grievous of smart glasses
Going shopping at Cost Plus World Tariffs
December 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Going shopping at Cost Plus World Tariffs
Gonna watch Brazil again soon and am ready for it to seem absolutely calm and straightforward
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Gonna watch Brazil again soon and am ready for it to seem absolutely calm and straightforward
Reposted by Scott Stein 🥑
The Cracker Barrel thing was THIS YEAR. We have three more years of this shit. Anybody who makes it to 2028 without looking like Nosferatu will be required by the state to start a skincare brand.
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Cracker Barrel thing was THIS YEAR. We have three more years of this shit. Anybody who makes it to 2028 without looking like Nosferatu will be required by the state to start a skincare brand.
The battleship images look like cybertrucks for the sea
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The battleship images look like cybertrucks for the sea
That CECOT video’s gonna circulate forever
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
That CECOT video’s gonna circulate forever
Reposted by Scott Stein 🥑
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
Banned 60 Minutes CECOT Segment - Filemail
Get it while it's hot.
www.filemail.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
60 minutes CECOT segment. Recorded through my browser. HD quality. Not phone. Spread it around. If you're press, it's yours. Go nuts.
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
It's streaming on a Canadian website, but there is no telling for how long.
www.filemail.com/d/wkcdttnacp...
I would gladly live in a world where CES Trailer is back
December 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I would gladly live in a world where CES Trailer is back
Went to get a haircut and midway through a group of plumbers, unannounced, entered and started smashing the ceiling to fix an air conditioner. The most Brazil moment of a Brazil year
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Went to get a haircut and midway through a group of plumbers, unannounced, entered and started smashing the ceiling to fix an air conditioner. The most Brazil moment of a Brazil year
Reading book on design now and reflecting that when you buy something you need to use you generally want it to keep functioning as you know it. Shifts in design midway are a weird thing. New tech has flexibility because it’s not something you have a big mental map of yet
Talked to my mom and she said she’s not updating her iPhone because all her friends say the new layout’s terrible. Which reminds me, changing designs on UI in mainstream products with a large footprint is a dicey proposition
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reading book on design now and reflecting that when you buy something you need to use you generally want it to keep functioning as you know it. Shifts in design midway are a weird thing. New tech has flexibility because it’s not something you have a big mental map of yet
I’m in that early intimate phase of having a newsletter where I know pretty much everyone who’s signed up
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I’m in that early intimate phase of having a newsletter where I know pretty much everyone who’s signed up