Thank you Vefa! Glad you enjoyed it. The hardest part for me is whittling it down to the best of the best before I get the dreaded "post too long for email" notification haha. Thanks for reading :)
Sharing this post is like passing around a crack pipe (making an assumption based on nothing but movie scenes of course) ... why is it that almost useless information is so addictive? No one seems to talk about the dark, time-sucking side of curiosity ... I'm off to contemplate the loneliest tree on earth ... right after mourning the hours I've spent thinking about Blue Zones. Enjoy!
This is a FANTASTIC typo. We need Michael to get on this pronto….it’s a fundamental issue in our society. “…writing about a talented engineer in the Department of Labor who was obsessed with fixing fatalities from roof fall in cold minds.”
Always enjoy your posts! Just an FYI - in the part about Topol on cancer you wrote, “types of cells like the mitochondria”; although they may have originated as bacteria, mitochondria aren’t considered cells, they’re organelles.
This isn't a criticism but a suggestion: I appreciate the monthly updates, but a weekly schedule would be even better. By the time this is published, I've already read or marked 80% of these articles and links for future reading. Including more links to Substacks and other outlets, beyond what many consider traditional media or online magazines, would be appreciated. Thank you for your efforts—I truly enjoy this page.
Hi Gup, I removed your other comment as it was a duplicate.
As you may have read, I have a spinal CSF leak and am mostly bedbound. This newsletter is a compilation of the stuff I read in the prior month that I found most interesting. I am way too sick to do this round up weekly, for starters — I get about 2-3 hours a day where I can work before the pain blots out cognition, and in that time I also have to maintain my own business (this newsletter is free; my celiac translation cards and Patreon are where my income derives), as well as my volunteer work for the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation where I'm currently the president of the Board of Directors. I say this not to being pointy, but to share what my life is genuinely like. It's a few hours of concentration amid a world of pain.
But also, these are links I come across in my reading day-to-day; I'm not strategizing here, I'm sharing what I thought others should read. If my monthly compendium is full of reads you've already seen, maybe a more frequent pub like Kottke, or The Browser, or Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends would be up your alley, if you're not already subbed? I'm glad you enjoy it regardless, and thank you for reading.
Thank you Vefa! Glad you enjoyed it. The hardest part for me is whittling it down to the best of the best before I get the dreaded "post too long for email" notification haha. Thanks for reading :)
Perfect timing, looking forward to diving into these links, and glad to have a name for my dysania!
Thank you! Hope you enjoy. And same on the dysania 🫠
Really miss waking up after a good sleep and feeling refreshed 🫠
Sharing this post is like passing around a crack pipe (making an assumption based on nothing but movie scenes of course) ... why is it that almost useless information is so addictive? No one seems to talk about the dark, time-sucking side of curiosity ... I'm off to contemplate the loneliest tree on earth ... right after mourning the hours I've spent thinking about Blue Zones. Enjoy!
Haha what a comment. Thank you Joyce!
This is a FANTASTIC typo. We need Michael to get on this pronto….it’s a fundamental issue in our society. “…writing about a talented engineer in the Department of Labor who was obsessed with fixing fatalities from roof fall in cold minds.”
Oh my. I didn’t catch that and I read it through several times before publishing. I’ve fixed the typo on the web version but that’s hilarious.
Always enjoy your posts! Just an FYI - in the part about Topol on cancer you wrote, “types of cells like the mitochondria”; although they may have originated as bacteria, mitochondria aren’t considered cells, they’re organelles.
Thank you Scooby! I’ve modified to “types of cell organelles”. Glad you enjoyed the newsletter.
This isn't a criticism but a suggestion: I appreciate the monthly updates, but a weekly schedule would be even better. By the time this is published, I've already read or marked 80% of these articles and links for future reading. Including more links to Substacks and other outlets, beyond what many consider traditional media or online magazines, would be appreciated. Thank you for your efforts—I truly enjoy this page.
Hi Gup, I removed your other comment as it was a duplicate.
As you may have read, I have a spinal CSF leak and am mostly bedbound. This newsletter is a compilation of the stuff I read in the prior month that I found most interesting. I am way too sick to do this round up weekly, for starters — I get about 2-3 hours a day where I can work before the pain blots out cognition, and in that time I also have to maintain my own business (this newsletter is free; my celiac translation cards and Patreon are where my income derives), as well as my volunteer work for the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation where I'm currently the president of the Board of Directors. I say this not to being pointy, but to share what my life is genuinely like. It's a few hours of concentration amid a world of pain.
But also, these are links I come across in my reading day-to-day; I'm not strategizing here, I'm sharing what I thought others should read. If my monthly compendium is full of reads you've already seen, maybe a more frequent pub like Kottke, or The Browser, or Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends would be up your alley, if you're not already subbed? I'm glad you enjoy it regardless, and thank you for reading.