👽 Miscellaneous
- I wonder what Ivan Illich would say?
- I wonder if Orson Scott Card’s idea of “Speaker for the Dead” will one day emerge?
- Without Drake, we wouldn’t have Bad Bunny.
- It’s actually cool to be the first person that shows up at a party.
- It’s not brunch unless someone orders a dish with eggs in it.
- Adults would be way happier if they skipped more (as in, walking rhythmically with a bouncing step).
- If you start a sentence and then say “never mind,” you should be allowed to drop it without being harassed.
- The first person to say “we should hang out soon” is the one responsible for reaching out and setting it up.
- Beverage makers don’t focus enough on making their drinks visually appealing, outside of the packaging.
📰 I read this New Yorker article on Death Doulas and have thought about it everyday. It’s a long read, yet worthwhile. In a diff world, I could see me doing this.
Two q’s:
📣 Some of you have had questions— and doubts — about Never Bored Inc., and I wanted to clear the air. Never Bored is a TOTALLY REAL and ABSOLUTELY NOT FICTITIOUS company that I now intern for. Here is proof. You too can join the team by applying for a role.
Never Bored Inc. — the best job ever!
💸 Today I learned that Hudson Valley has it’s own alternative currency, recognized by the IRS, that can only be used within the Hudson Valley.
In theory, this strengthens businesses and life quality in the local community. Amazing experiment I’ll be keeping an eye on.
And it’s pretty to boot! 😍
🌷 Long live flowers
🔊 Stumbled across this github study of the vibrating plane. It allows you to draw your own drum top and adjust the sonics of the waves. Not sure I understand it entirely, but something about it is fascinating to me. People are so creative.
Make sure to turn your sound on!
🃏 New joke:
Question: What was Robert Oppenheimer’s favorite book?
Answer: Atomic Habits.
I’ll be here all week.
🎙️ Rick Glassman’s podcast with Logan & Dylan from Love on the Spectrum is so fun, funny, and entertaining. Rick has increasingly won my listenership, but this one might have made me a real fan. Best to watch the pod, if possible, for the animation and facial expressions. But listening works too.
🚇 After a popular part 1 and part 2, here is a new round of Subway Takes that you can steal for conversation (or if you are recruited to star in the hit short-form vertical video series):
🎨 Found this small, inconspicuous graffiti sticker from artist Neck Face on a random fire extinguisher on the Upper East Side:
Enough SpiderMan Movies!
Neck Face’s style is not the most inviting or easy to understand. Nonetheless, there is an attitude to it that those with eyes to see might find worthwhile.
🤝 Tips for Extroverts #174:
Need quick social stimulus? Put on a red shirt and head to Target.
First version of my homemade fire exit plan for my one-bedroom apartment. Yes, the furniture is rearrangeable.
👻 This mysterious flyer has been poppin' up around Brooklyn
🏀 My train operator this morning, on intercom:
“This is a Manhattan-bound 5 train— KNICKS IN FIVE— to Bowling Green. Stand clear of the closing door please and have a beauuuuutiful day.”
Last night’s game was, indeed, electric. It’s like a curse has been broken. Some life-long New Yorkers woke up 27 years younger.
📦 I know I am about to turn 30 because events like “my new picture frame from Etsy just arrived” makes me genuinely excited.
🧱 Taken at Tom Sach’s current exhibition at Salon94. Never ceases to inspire.
🎨 Got this gorgeous print from a German artist who lives in my neighborhood. He said it was inspired by Anna Akhmatova’s “In the Evening.”
Admittedly, I have yet to see the connection, but am nonetheless entranced with the design. 🤣😍
👽 I was sitting outside a theatre and overhead a man explaining the entire plot of Star Wars—including Mandalorian and Grogu—to whom I can only assume is his girlfriend.
There is something strangely universal and endearing about this❤️
🧟♂️ Sherwood News has a great report on the “Resurrection Economy”— i.e. the various ways that companies are making money off of the AI likeness of deceased celebrities. This is legitimately going to be the birth of a whole new industry; just wait until it becomes accessible to the general public.