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The Making of Kyrios ///

https://www.arrowtype.com/articles/kyrios-process fonts
The inspiration behind AT Kyrios, the process of making it, and what makes it unique.

I'm obviously a giant fan of both Kyrios and ArrowType given Kyrios is all over this site as both our wordmark and headers. So it was a ton of fun to learn about Stephen's process from start to finish, especially the photos of the graveyard monument that was used as heavy inspiration for the typeface. I still buy blackletter typefaces like they are my lifeblood, but to this day, nothing has surpassed the love I have for Kyrios, with it's fun, psychedelic styling on top of a structured and elegant blackletter font. It doesn't hurt that Stephen made the /// glyph/ligature you'll see in the title of this post after I specifically requested it.

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Dan Trachtenberg to Direct ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Movie for Disney

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2026/9/28/dan-trachtenberg-to-direct-original-sleeping-beauty-reimagining-for-disney movies
This is an odd pairing. Dan Trachtenberg, known for “Prey” and “Predator: Badlands,” has signed on to direct a new film inspired by “Sleeping Beauty” for Disney.

I didn’t have this on my bingo card. I really hope he is given the freedom to do something fun with it and not just a rehashing like every other Disney remake. I doubt it, though.

The Source Behind The Ban

https://www.status.news/p/white-house-press-ban-jd-vance-source-iran politics
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned. On Monday, Vance himself also defended the White House’s decision to ban POLITICO. “They can still report on the Trump White House,” he told reporters. “They can still get the public reports. They can still, of course, talk to people in the administration and outside the administration.” He then added: “If you actually look at the objective analysis … POLITICO is as anti-Trump as Breitbart was anti-Obama or anti-Biden.”

The call was coming from inside the house, you say??? What a bunch of morons—the audacity!

Ed Sheeran Delivers Pointless Statement Then Cries During Latest Concert

https://defector.com/ed-sheeran-delivers-pointless-statement-then-cries-during-latest-concert music
Sheeran delivered everything you'd expect from a person in his position: equivocating, meaningless bullshit that was most likely written by someone else.

More reasons not to ever pay attention to Ed Sheeran—not that I've ever intentionally listened to any of his music. There are just so many choices he could have made to handle this differently, but he just went with the most basic, toothless, and cowardly approach. I definitely don't think every individual has to have an opinion on every political matter in the world, but being against genocide seems like a pretty simple one so enabling the silence of someone who has spoken up to support the Palestinian people seems like a pretty idiotic thing to do. Just be human for gods sake.

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