January 2026 ⁂ Favorite books of 2025

Hey all,
How’s everyone enjoying the consequences of the United States being commandeered by a geriatric, dementia-addled malignant narcissist (not to mention Epstein BFF) and his sadistic sycophants?
Anyway, have a great day and thanks for reading!
On to the links…
✍️ My recent posts
The ‘Hi mama’ archives - Bedtime dispatches from my six year old to his mother.
Favorite books of 2025 - Well, more like “the books I managed to read”…
Training AI with poetry - A Pyrrhic victory for the humanities.
🔗 From the interwebs
Make something heavy.
Pop songs in Renaissance and Baroque style.
Great longread from Bilge Ebiri on Terrence Malick and his influential filmmaking style.
“What if you held a tree long enough for it to grow around your hand?”
You know I’m here for a Tangible Media Collection.
Which HTML element are you?
📷: Part of another Magna-Tile mansion making its way through our living room.