Simon de la Rouviere 🇿🇦🇺🇲
@simondlr.com
Writer, Artist, and Technologist. Also enjoy systems, economics, and blockchains. Weekly newsletter: https://sceneswithsimon.com
Anyone know where to look for info on prospective delays/cancellations for flying in the US while the ATC shortage and government shutdowns continue?
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Anyone know where to look for info on prospective delays/cancellations for flying in the US while the ATC shortage and government shutdowns continue?
Enjoy my latest Sunday newsletter. Dove deeper into the UMG / Udio deal. sceneswithsimon.com/p/umg-deals-...
UMG Deals and Generative AI in Music
Sunday Edition #22: Also, Amtrak, Lemons, and Revisions, Revisions, Revisions
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November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Enjoy my latest Sunday newsletter. Dove deeper into the UMG / Udio deal. sceneswithsimon.com/p/umg-deals-...
I was curious why Substack's revenue curve looks the way it does. Not 100% on the reasoning why. But there's interesting suggestions.
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Sunday Edition #21 - Dissecting Substack’s Inverted Revenue Curve
Also: The Streets of Queens, One Battle After Another, and Night Tapes (again)
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October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I was curious why Substack's revenue curve looks the way it does. Not 100% on the reasoning why. But there's interesting suggestions.
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Whoops. Forgot to post last week's newsletter. Play in Storytelling. Enjoy! :) sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #20 - Play in Storytelling
Also: History of the Braai, The Lobster, and Naming Conventions
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October 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Whoops. Forgot to post last week's newsletter. Play in Storytelling. Enjoy! :) sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #19 - On The Crisis of Cool
Also: Meditation, Gambling, and Jadu Heart
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October 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New Sunday Edition! Talking about social media decline, stablecoins, Ocean Vuong, Hades 2, and more fun things. Enjoy!
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Sunday Edition #18 - Social Media Use Really Is Declining
Also: Mass Stablecoins and Burning Money as Art, Ocean Vuong, and Hades 2
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October 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
New Sunday Edition! Talking about social media decline, stablecoins, Ocean Vuong, Hades 2, and more fun things. Enjoy!
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New Sunday Edition is out. Enjoy! :)
Sunday Edition #17 - Too Much Information and the Loss of Dynamism
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Sunday Edition #17 - Too Much Information and the Loss of Dynamism
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Sunday Edition #17 - Too Much Information and the Loss of Dynamism
Also: Rifts by Hashrunner, Hades 2, and Metalcore Shoegaze
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September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New Sunday Edition is out. Enjoy! :)
Sunday Edition #17 - Too Much Information and the Loss of Dynamism
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Sunday Edition #17 - Too Much Information and the Loss of Dynamism
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Sunday Edition #15 - The Heteropia of Hypographic Media. Enjoy! (Also, most eclectic newsletter yet? Also contains comments on K-Pop Demon Hunters and Ocean Vuong 😂)
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Sunday Edition #15 - The Heteropia of Hypographic Media
Also: Sami Angawi's House, Half-Marathon #3, K-Pop Demon Hunters, and Ocean Vuong
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September 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Sunday Edition #15 - The Heteropia of Hypographic Media. Enjoy! (Also, most eclectic newsletter yet? Also contains comments on K-Pop Demon Hunters and Ocean Vuong 😂)
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Just in time before the US Open Men's Final. Enjoy the latest Sunday Edition! :)
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Sunday Edition #14 - Protocol Design in Urbanism
Also: "Bullshit" jobs aren't "Bullshit", AI Boyfriends, and Sofia Kourtesis
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September 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just in time before the US Open Men's Final. Enjoy the latest Sunday Edition! :)
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Big thanks to Simon for highlighting my 'Exit through the Casino' post in his newsletter this week.
"Jay is one of my favourite linguistics wranglers, coming up or arriving at terms which so neatly encapsulate concepts or ideas."
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"Jay is one of my favourite linguistics wranglers, coming up or arriving at terms which so neatly encapsulate concepts or ideas."
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September 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Big thanks to Simon for highlighting my 'Exit through the Casino' post in his newsletter this week.
"Jay is one of my favourite linguistics wranglers, coming up or arriving at terms which so neatly encapsulate concepts or ideas."
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"Jay is one of my favourite linguistics wranglers, coming up or arriving at terms which so neatly encapsulate concepts or ideas."
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Instead of just seeing generative AI as a way to shortcut process, I tried sketching a vision for what it might actually be good for in terms of its medium. It's not a replacement of media we know and love. Written in collab.
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A Vision of LLM-Native Media
Conversations: When Kernels and Agents Combine
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August 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Instead of just seeing generative AI as a way to shortcut process, I tried sketching a vision for what it might actually be good for in terms of its medium. It's not a replacement of media we know and love. Written in collab.
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Latest Sunday Edition is out. Enjoy!
Rethinking Cinema (by Making It More Communal) - sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
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Sunday Edition #12 - Rethinking Cinema (by Making It More Communal)
Also: Urban Archeology, Hiding Character Goals from the Reader, and new Tourist
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August 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Latest Sunday Edition is out. Enjoy!
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Rethinking Cinema (by Making It More Communal) - sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #10 - On The Decline of Conscientiousness (also ht to Night Tapes for always having amazing music video thumbnails!): sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #10 - On The Decline of Conscientiousness
Also: On Rejections, Genie 3, Naked Gun, and new Night Tapes
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August 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Sunday Edition #10 - On The Decline of Conscientiousness (also ht to Night Tapes for always having amazing music video thumbnails!): sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
I *really* don't get how mega-budget films like Avengers: Doomsday don't shoot with a finished script. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Why gamble like that?
August 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I *really* don't get how mega-budget films like Avengers: Doomsday don't shoot with a finished script. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Why gamble like that?
Wrote about my feelings about Ethereum a decade later. Not entirely happy with where the crypto space has gone in general. We need more cypherpunk and we need people to just, be better.
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A (Sober) Reflection on a Decade of Ethereum
It's not just about protocols. Nothing is inevitable.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Wrote about my feelings about Ethereum a decade later. Not entirely happy with where the crypto space has gone in general. We need more cypherpunk and we need people to just, be better.
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Latest Sunday Edition is out. Translations and Ekphrastic Writing on Digital Art. Enjoy!
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Sunday Edition #8 - Translations and Ekphrastic Writing on Digital Art
Also: Mario Kart World's Impeccable Soundtrack, Paddington 2, and new Tame Impala
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July 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Latest Sunday Edition is out. Translations and Ekphrastic Writing on Digital Art. Enjoy!
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Sunday Edition #6 - Modifying and Generating Memories
Also: More California, Copyleft, and NYC Congestion Pricing Success
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July 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Latest newsletter is out. Bit thin this week as I'm enjoying time off and road tripping through California. 🤗
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Sunday Edition #5 - On Ambition
Also: California, Dynamic Onchain NFTs, and Post-Legible Internet
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July 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Latest newsletter is out. Bit thin this week as I'm enjoying time off and road tripping through California. 🤗
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New Sunday Edition is out. People are talking about the decline of literary fiction again.
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Sunday Edition #4 - The Discourse of Literary Fiction
Also: Querying, AI vs GeoGuessr, and Kevin Can F**K Himself
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June 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New Sunday Edition is out. People are talking about the decline of literary fiction again.
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Ranked choice voting is good and I really hope we can see more of that at larger scales.
June 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ranked choice voting is good and I really hope we can see more of that at larger scales.