This is my monthly link dump, a regular monthly series containing a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & culture, myth, folklore, landscape punk,…

Try as I might, the picture ended up being a flatlay after all. Technically, I wore a different top; that one, however, was a last-minute swap and this one is closer to the original vision. Headwear:…

Get Up and Go has entered my timeline. Here she is again, full of ideas and ambition. She arrives a few times a year and, when she does, everything suddenly feels urgent. Everything needs doing.…

Baffled and a little scared about this cake that appeared in the communal fridge at the art centre Soolagna teaches at last week. Soolagna’s assistant teacher’s name is Maha, my name is David and…

Happy weekend! Here are some links to things I've been reading that you might also enjoy: 1. It's been a while since my last weekend newsletter. Below, two excerpts from each of my five…

Zippy the cat. He doesn't get quite the same exposure here as the other two, George and Bungle. He's very much an individual, hard to catch on camera, no pretty boy poser. He's the one that stays out…

"Evolutionarily, it seems implausible that children be so hard. You don't think it's.. suspicious?".

My cats are weird in the best ways. A couple days ago I was giving Jenny belly rubs when she suddenly flopped over and trapped my hand. Just when I accepted the fact that I wouldn’t be able to…

Mein köpflicher Haupt-Prozessor läuft gerade #shice hice. Deshalb nur kurz und knapp: Haltet durch, #rinjehaun und immer schön viel trinken!

Life The low point of the week was the builder laying the bathroom floor tiles without checking with us how we wanted them. I don’t think me or Σσ thought we had an opinion until we saw how they’d…

Keeping it cLEAN: Rebuilding My Paper Setup in One Week

I haven’t posted in a while, Mainly because I have actually being enjoying life much more than usual, Therapy has been going well, I’m enjoying watching my grand daughter getting old and…

Hi. Another week, another week in review. My goals for last week were to have fun, draw, and do as I like. And I have to say, I indeed completed all those goals. From Sunday to Tuesday, I went to the…

This week’s main blog discussions include … How technology has integrated politics and power There are moments when an unexpected event reveals more about the world than years of official speeches…

Week 25 summary - Back in cold, wet Sydney after Seattle, Path of Exile 2 league grind, and remembering Om Malik.

Discover what does resilience mean in prepping. Learn how to adapt and recover effectively during disruptions for a secure future. The post What Does Resilience Mean in Prepping: A Real Guide…

What are your earliest memories of receiving mail? A few magical ones come to mind for me. I got occasional greeting cards from great aunts and relatives who lived far away. The sentiment…

The World The Iran ceasefire is "holding", more or less, although both sides have accused the other of violations almost immediately and there are some strikes being exchanged over the past few days…

What I’m focused on right now

I had a tougher week than usual. Someone I deeply care about had a bad fall, followed by the passing of Om. It made me think again about the impermanence of life:...

Yesterday, our son hit a milestone 11 years in the making achieving a black belt grade in karate. The happiest thing about it for me wasn’t the achievement however; despite how proud I am of…

Max Read: But times change, and so too does a man’s fashion. Zuck still shows up in photos in his boxy heavyweight tees, but he’s begun to rotate in—and even favor—soft, textured,…

Nau maiYesterday we played a show at the Detroit Fillmore. The first photograph of my new series From the Bus. Mortar oozes from century old brickwork in the alleyway behind the Fillmore. My…

i've been thinking about fandom, and getting other people into the things you like. like, what that means, for you two. it means a lot, right? because you are what you like, in a way; at the least,…

It’s Sunday, and it’s time for another “picdump!” Here are the memes, pictures, and cartoons floating around the internet that I found interesting or relevant this week. Share and enjoy! Screenshot…

These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 Beavis and Butt-Head Become A.I. Tech Bros Will A.I. finally be able to help Beavis and Butt-Head score? It did everybody else’s…

Ghost Cartridge / Mantrakid – looking into people’s windows First up tonight, on a night when I’m seeking a semblance of harmony amidst the roar of preparation for a long vacation…

Ride buses enough, you’ll get to know some of the regulars, maybe not by name, but by face and demeanor, especially on the routes nearest your house. For me that’s the #99, and today…

At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I tag on what books I may have finished…

the best version of yourself is not a future version. it is a daily choice.

Ooof. I had my troubles back in college, and the counselor assigned to me used MBTI. I'm not sure if the test was mandated by the university but hell, having to take the test before the first meeting…

Leafy Intro Welcome to the 286th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal ("NLJ") and its short-form…

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Every time I visit my father in the rural southern (usa) town he moved to, I lament being a muslim woman just a little. Every other demographic of people has the ability to hide their religion and…

Divine Liturgy was great today, thanks for asking. I am a small flame, but a flame nonetheless; so are (You). Since I've been home from church, this afternoon has revolved mostly around cleaning the…

Hot, hot, hot, man. Too hot. Uncomfortably hot. Dynamic Ecto Queries and PostgreSQL Query Plans – this is an interesting demonstration of how small code changes can ruin query performance. Well,…

During my weekend grocery run, someone asked me to help them. When this happens, its usually a certain demographic that mistakes me for the "help". It always invokes a shitty feeling because they…

“I only care about what a few people think of my work and they are already aware of what I produce. Think of me as a ‘professional loser.’”

In 2025, his book sales dropped by 46%. That’s what Tim Ferriss discovered when he looked at his spreadsheets. The smoking gun: ChatGPT’s release around 2022, when his sales started to decrease. And…

I am late to share the news here on my blog, but I became a father recently. This has opened my eyes in many ways, but I want to jot down some thoughts about family mobility while they are fresh.…

The other day, I saw a brilliant idea come across my Instagram feed. I only wish that I knew who posted it so I could give them credit.

This morning I went for my usual bike ride to go purchase eggs from a local farm, and had a few thoughts I'm writing up here. In a way I think they're related. Speed I realised this a bit when a car…

A reflection on why the word impact is too overloaded for work conversations, and why accomplishments and outcomes are clearer alternatives.

Why proxy servers sell Claude tokens cheaply in China, how AI assistants are reshaping technical interviews, a Vedanta–Buddhism–Navayana comparison, and a Proxmox I/O-hang server fix.

For almost three weeks I have been writing in a paper journal in the evening or sometimes in the morning. The first attempts were a struggle: hand pain, handwriting was awful and pen was not the…

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This is not normal. It’s been a week of heat . Too hot to sleep. Too hot to cook. Too hot for the office air con to work. Too hot to think. The couple days of anxious waiting to see if schools would…

Article from Aeon on trauma creep. Yeah, people calling everything "trauma" these days sucks and is stupid. But those same kids who complain about their "trauma" and "anxiety" won't tell you that…

6.28.26 - The End of Wonder Text message thread to a friend regarding his PLEX server below: *Friend — [City, State]* Today 12:16 PM *Me:* nice *Me:* fuckin hate old people *Me:* i logged onto ur…

meta another week, another week note. still lots of fire-fighting at work (and not much time or brain space for much else). meh. did I followed up last week’s auto-twooter work with a bit more,…