April 2026 ⁂ Fancy Earth and the Falconer

Hey all,
I’ve noticed I usually comment on the weather in these newsletter intros. Maybe it’s because I don’t know what else to say here? Should I just skip right to the links? Let me know! Anyway: lots of rain these days. April showers etc. etc.
On to the links…
✍️ My recent posts
Don’t read the book before the movie - Another reading hot take.
Paging the Falconer - Featuring a turkey vulture and a cute lil Aplomado falcon that will ruin your life.
Fancy Earth Day - A calligraphic ode to our planet.
My sons’ media of the moment - Bugs, monsters, and more.
🔗 From the interwebs
Love this deep dive on the color theory behind why so many control rooms were seafoam green.
What happened to movie taglines?
I cannot believe the leaf sheep slug is a real animal. What a world.
The Extrapolated Futures Archive maps real-world scenarios to the sci-fi stories that explore them.
A clock that displays the current time… alphabetically.
Worried about teens today? So were adults in the 1920s.
📷: The seven year old skating with his cousin.