Links

Airlines and solo travelers, LAX customs, aircraft technology, cruise industry, taking the bus, aging and inflammation, Tolkien Reads

“The Rendered Worlds,” the Gini Index, world’s largest string orchestra, against self-optimization, erasure poem.

EPA Endangerment finding, Texas flies, human relationships, vegetarianism, everybody hates a tourist 🎶

Walmart cake decorators, the world’s happiest city, wild animal markets, Anthony Bourdain

Rugby commentary, cricket, baseball mitts, golf, drowning (and how to prevent it in children).

Caturday, adult autism, Long Covid and clotting, the Gut-Fat-Brain Axis

Female bodybuilders, the ocean losing sunlight, goldfinches, clownfish, public flower gardens, portable weather stations

AI and the humanities, Afrobeats, punk archive, community music.

Nvidia revenue, fascism, liberal democracies, sanctuary cities, the economy

Ross Douthat, Siberian shamans, enshittification of tech jobs, Curtis Yarvin, AI tarpits