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Some backstory: I wrote an essay for Vogue’s December issue, which was guest-edited by Marc Jacobs.

Some progress is being made, but politics is getting in the way.

It's all the rage

Top hats! Hoodies!! Last night's underwear!!!

Read to the end to know how I avoid (Artemis) hot takes on Moon Monday.

I'm learning—I think—how to be a better writer. This project, which I've written about a couple times now but still probably deserves additional explanation, is part of that; so is…

Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on lattes, ramen, and feedback from readers. If you’d like to support this, please subscribe. Subscribe now Import…

R E T R E A TWe’ve been cat-sitting in the Ardèche for our friends Lottie and Jean Marc who are the stellar hosts at Margot’s Retreat (they’ve been in the…

This edition of The Profile features Elliott Hill, Norman Foster, Adrian Wojnarowski, and others.

Hold your breath.

The Contact Sheet / January 26, 2025The Problem with Mood (And 3 Ways to Solve It)    I do a little moonlighting for a small computer and imaging company that…

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UofWinds 404, Week 4 2025: It's Not a Marathon, Survive the Tyrant, Bibliomancy For The Living Autobiography In The Third Person Good morning. I'm stretched out on the sofa under…

The best-ever web textbook comes to print. Read here.

Have you ever dreamed of writing a nonfiction book? Before diving in, take a moment to visualize the path clearly. Don't let a formless urge to "be published" quietly nag…

How the effects of one ultramarathoner's brain surgery taught me a useful lesson about exercise.

Chicago and Bally's have teamed up in an investment offering.

reflecting on my journey

Written by guest writer Olga Majcen

Hey friends, Thank you for all the kind words from last newsletter. We are back in LA now and are safe. The fires still aren’t fully contained, but a lot…

​ Those who follow the business of book publishing—what’s selling, what’s not—probably know that fiction has been reigning over the bestseller lists for a while now. Last year, of the…

Hello, and welcome to 2025. Is it that time already? The possessive apostrophe (or rather, the abuse of the possessive apostrophe) is a recurrent guest star here at Shady Characters,…

Overdose demographics, opioid settlement spending, AI governance documents, NEA writing fellowships, and ISS telemetry.

Featuring hits from David Gray, Nil Lara, Cheap Trick, and more

The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 1

Welcome, shipmates, to December's Scuttlebutt blog post roundup! This feature started as a way to capture everything I'd published to my website and Patreon in a given month, but I…

Dear Reader,

Poem I’m in the house. It’s nice out: warm sun on cold snow. First day of spring or last of winter. My legs run down the stairs and out the…

Day 27: Oct 6, 2023 Bishop, CA → San Francisco, CA 
Miles: 250 — As I drift off to sleep, I smell fire. I drowsily brush this off, equating it…

Friends, I love making this newsletter but I can’t manage it right now — I am hitting the pause button, possibly for a long while. However, I still will be…

This newsletter was started ~2 yrs ago for trying out Substack and practicing my vim skill.

There’s been a lot going on around here the last few weeks. The weather has turned, giving us a preview of spring so I’ve been spending the weekends outside prepping…

Reader beware: my first fiction

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Hey y’all! Thirteen years ago today (the 24th), despite all evidence to the contrary, Renee decided it would be a good idea to marry me. I was making virtually no…

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