Same, and it's why I still have an iPhone SE (which is of course no longer made). Home button! Headphone jack (via the charging port)!

Shout out to all the writers who feel the weight of this today. It's not just about idiotic goofs or a single lazy step, it's about discounting the value of an individual's specific creation.

Writing is important. The world needs it. Even (especially?) the fluffy stuff.

If you hire an experienced writer (and pay them well), they will recommend a list of 100% real books. But more than that, their list will be thoughtful, surprising, insightful, USEFUL—something that an AI list, no matter how well factchecked, can't achieve. AI will be the average of the average.

Probably my favorite dopamine boost: Grand Hotel

I don’t know if I want slower pacing or just get bummed when I realized I’ve binged it all too quickly! I’d take two seasons a year if they could manage it.

Slow Horses is 6 eps actually; I do think 8 would be perfect for it, just a little more room for everyday fuckups between catastrophes. But agreed, Diplomat definitely would benefit from being looser too.

Maybe she’s running for president just to have a truly spam-free email inbox thanks to secret service filtering.

Oooh, works now!

It’s telling me this starter pack can’t be found—is there an updated version of it?

*For someone.

There are a lot of concrete and well-reported answers out there to the question "why stay?!", but this novel was a more lyrical take on it. As someone from the opposite corner of the country, an especially good read.

The first line of the book is "Where is Papa going with that axe?" and the answer is 'the barn' and 'to kill a runt piglet.'

You know, for kids!

Wait are they barrel jeans? I’m still wearing skinny jeans from Costco, I am a relic.