Sea Stars are vicious predators
Personal news! I spoke at the Customer Show Australia in melbourne. That was fun, and inside Marvel Stadium concourse, which was weird but cool. Definitely...
I'm not dead yet
I think i’ll go for a walk It’s been many months so here’s just a list of books worth reading, in no particular order. 1/ proto - how one ancient language...
Magpie 65/ america's Guy Fawkes?
For anyone who, like me, is watching the response to the UnitedHealth assassination with a sense of… I don’t even have a word for how I feel… two links:...
magpie 64/ too many books not enough time
Okay, let’s get into it. First off, some articles: Trauma and addiction – two things you already knew were connected, but now there’s research backing it up,...
Magpie 63/ Commentary without consequences
Welcome to the age of commentary without consequences. Here, the Broletariat reigns supreme. They’ve mastered the art of speaking with the conviction of a...
magpie 62/ thank god for mississippi
Hey Folks, I took a break from this digital soapbox. Here’s what’s been happening. Arizona: The Land of Contradictions I disappeared into the desert for a...
magpie 61/ the wrath of goodreads
I do most of my reading via digital channels, with a deep allegiance to Singapore’s National Library Board via the Libby app. Unsurprisingly, the libby app’s...
Magpie 60/ check cheddar like a food inspector
Red lobster got asset stripped and the makers of cheddar bay Biscuits are all out of cheese. "The retail apocalypse is all about having your real estate sold...
magpie 59/ the life and death of Richard Wright
Only one topic today, because it’s 9+ hours of podcast greatness: Benjamin Walker’s Theory of Everything published a 9 part podcast series that dives into...
magpie 58/ rewild the internet
While it’s an unlikely outcome without a level of government intervention that should make everyone nervous, the idea of ‘rewilding the internet’ is a fun...
magpie 57/ when toddlers dance to the Supremes
Let’s start with something joyful for a bleak week. You may recall the viral clip from 7 years ago where Pharrell Williams, nearly in tears, tells an awkward...
Magpie 56/ I love bluey, I hate cocomelon
dall-e: a triptych of small children watching screens - in the left panel a zonked out baby watching trashy reality TV, in the middle an attentive child...
Magpie 55/ OK, Chemical Computer
dall-e: image of "ok chemical computer" using a visual style similar to radiohead's music on the album 'ok computer' OK Chemical computers, can you compete...
Magpie 54 / Hippolyte Hodeau
Hippolyte Hodeau and his feuilles de poilus. Hippolyte Hodeau and his feuilles de poilus. While he had possibly the best name ever, I'm sharing here because...
magpie 53/ pinhole panoramas
Dall-e: an image of the lost scrolls of pompeii being red by a laser-eyed AI Almost all classical literature has come down to us from medieval monks, choosy...
Magpie 52/ Make the greatest impact you can in the time that you have
Mark Laabs' guiding principles I don't want to write this email. My friend Mark Laabs passed away from Cnacer. I met Mark a long time ago in Shanghai, when I...
magpie 51 / generative adversarial customer service
As always, thanks for reading. dall-e: make an image of a Chat-gpt customer service agent hallucinating customer friendly policies Air Canada ordered to...
Magpie 50/ 50 is weird
Happy Lunar New Year! dall-e: dragon lunar new year drone show over a quiet city Happy Lunar New Year. I have fond memories of the Lunar New Year chaos in...
magpie 49/ the great carrot robbery
dall-e: An old west train robbery of a train full of carrots The rise of 21st century train robbery -- awesome long read from NYTimes. “Sometimes products...
Shiny things 48/ BF Skinnier
dall-e: a hipster bodybuilder using injectable steroids while holding a cup of coffee and reading a book about bf skinner One hipster bodybuilder explores...