Hi,

It's been awhile. Here are some links I hope you enjoy.

1. The 250-year-old company that survived by refusing to lay people off. "The family has long called their approach vincere con: “winning with.” The idea is that enduring success, whether in business, relationships, or investing, comes from arrangements where both parties benefit."

2. A Baba Yaga birdhouse! For those that don't know: "Baba Yaga is an unpredictable Slavic forest witch: sometimes eats children, sometimes helps heroes, no consistency, no brand strategy."

3. What I Learned About Loss While Skateboarding at Costco. "At a time when people are lonely and disconnected, a bunch of 40- and 50-year-olds gather around low-stakes terrain, reconnecting with old friends and joking about tricks they can no longer do."

4. Football Data Portraits. "It's an impression, but one built entirely from data. Nothing is staged: each match is reconstructed from roughly 1,500 recorded events — every touch, pass, shot and card." Slightly related: Not everything is for you.

5. Haunted words > Ghost Gear: "any fishing gear that is abandoned, lost or discarded in aquatic environments. This includes fishing nets, long lines, fish traps, lobster pots or any other human-made device used to catch aquatic animals. Fishing gear is designed to trap aquatic organisms, and it can continue to do so long after the gear is lost or discarded in the ocean." More haunted words.

6. Lost & Found. "When something turns up at a stadium or an airport, staff photograph it, log it, and wait. Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items, and I scraped their archives: thousands of accidental portraits of lost stuff."

7. The zen of toaster UI.

8. The art of Richard Nadler and Rob Pointon.

I think that's it for now. I hope you have a good weekend.