Where has the time gone? Into the past, will all the other lost things. Anyway — words. But first, a vetted charity to help Haitians who are about to be attacked by the government.
The Problem with How We Write (and Think) About Location: Great craft piece by Cole Haddon.
Never Trump Republicans Need Us to Win: One of the central problems with America is that far right is always seen as more acceptable than the average left.
Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing | WIRED: Etsy will not last much longer as a slop merchant.
The balcony solar boom | MIT Technology Review: Interesting look at what it takes to actually make balcony solar work.
Will Joel Ward become the NHL’s second Black head coach? His peers have ‘no doubt’ - The Athletic: He should.
Gianni Infantino’s post-World Cup ‘spreading hate’ essay: A fact-check - The Athletic: Our elite are such whiny babies.
After 75 Years Of Losing, Mayo Shocked The World And Shook A Stadium | Defector: Sports can be so cool.
The Masculinity Scam - The Atlantic: It seems like everything on the right is a grift.
Christian preachers are turning airplanes into unwanted worship services: Airlines need to stop this.
Someone Was Arrested at a Public Meeting For the Crime of Anti-Data Center Clapping: every level of our leadership is infested with thin-skinned bullies.
Reaping the Whirlwind | Inside the Potomac River Midair Collision | by Admiral Cloudberg | Jul, 2026 | Medium: Extremely well-researched, and correspondingly long, look at how the system made the Potomac accident almost inevitable.
What’s the best NHL team in the salary-cap era to not get a single Hart Trophy vote? - The Athletic: I love Summer Sean McIndoe.
Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math: Been thinking about the implications of this since I read it.
Post by @michaelhobbes.bsky.social — Bluesky: The lab leak theory of COVID is bullshit.
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation - The Onion: heh.
The Coming Food-Stamp Crisis - The Atlantic: Trump is getting ready to starve people so Elon can have a tax cut.
All Coens Are Liars: O Brother, Where art Thou? and Homer’s Odyssey | by Anise K. Strong-Morse | Jul, 2026 | Medium: Nice piece of criticism around a very good film.
How to surf on Saturn’s moon Titan | Scientific American: Science will teach you how to surf on Titan.
The Corporate Power Reset: Worth a try.
Have the best possible week, everyone.