🎙️ Introducing: Economist Podcasts+ — The Economist

The Economist is taking all of their podcasts except The Intelligence behind a paywall. Sounds like they’ll be setting up subscriber feeds so you can still use any podcast app.

📋 2023 TV Shows — Aboard

I’ve played around with similar TV databases in Notion, Roam, Tana, Kinopio, etc. so I decided to spend some (aka way too much) time giving Aboard a go and porting everything over. Should be pretty comprehensive including every 2023 show worth a go.

🏀 How the NBA’s new rules on resting stars will work — ESPN

In the end, I think this will help curb over-resting a bit, but ultimately, they need less games.

🌊 river — Max Bittker

Max shared this in the Are.na discord and it’s a really neat way to look through tons of cool images from Are.na.

🎃 The Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini Is A Dark Portent Of Humanity’s Demise — Sprudge

I’m not a pumpkin spice guy, but I think if people like it, let them have it. This also feels like the exact thing that should be at a Starbucks Reserve bar. Funny article though.

💨 Nasa captures pollution from space with new probe, Tempo — It’s Nice That

I don’t feel like it’s really telling us anything we don’t already know, but it’s cool to actually see and know it’s being tracked. Hopefully it leads to more.

👩‍🎤 Olivia Rodrigo’s Star-Making “Guts” — The New Yorker

Her music is a canny fusion of piano balladry and retro pop-punk, layered with flavors of grunge and emo. It’s a careful selection of styles that work harmoniously with the attitudinal thrust of her music, which sways between cheeky defiance and melodramatic longing.

🦤 When Twitter Died, So Did Independent Journalism — Dame Magazine

I always thought where ever journalists decided to go, people would follow. But here I am still waiting for a single place I can go to catch up on what’s going on.

😬 John Fetterman hilariously makes fun of Republicans when asked about impeachment inquiry — Boing Boing

If I’m being honest, I cringed a little bit at this… but I do think this is how we should be responding.

🤡 Vladimir Putin meets Kim Jong-un for talks — The Guardian

Oh boy, my two favorite people.

🏄 The Website Surfers Love to Hate — The Atlantic

I don’t surf, but I find the idea of how technology, and specifically live cameras, has completely changed it for both sides of the argument fascinating.

😭 I Will Have No Idea Whether Jordan Love Is Good Until He Plays Not The Bears — Defector

Sadly the shade thrown at the Bears here is more than well deserved…

🍼 Gatorade’s newest drink doesn’t contain Gatorade — CNN Business

I was unsure a bit at first seeing this headline, but given my wife only drinks Essentia, purely for the taste and not any perceived health benefits, maybe there is something there.

🛰️ Blinken Dodges Questions About Ukraine’s Dependence on Musk’s Starlink — Rolling Stone

I think it’s more complicated than Tapper makes it sound, but it does definitely feel like it’s 1/2 step away from letting Musk decide foreign policy, which is truly insane.

🙅‍♀️ Nancy Pelosi says she’ll seek House reelection in 2024, dismissing talk of retirement at age 83 — AP News

Ugh… Pelosi was great, but it’s really time to pass the baton…

🎾 Coco Gauff wins U.S. Open women’s final, defeating Aryna Sabalenka — NBC

Absolutely incredible stuff from Coco.

🧑‍🎨 Procreate Dreams — Procreate

I don’t draw or animate, but I was glued to the entire 30 minute keynote event. It’s really wild all the things they can do on an iPad, and even crazier it’ll be a one-time purchase at $20, available on November 22.

🗞️ nonsense.sept/oct.2023 — foofaraw

Not only did I publish a new sonic vibrations today, but also a new issue of nonsense., which covers the upcoming movies, shows, albums, and comics for September and October. It’s available through foofaraw or Ko-Fi.

🎵 sonic vibrations vol.003 — foofaraw

Lots of decent album releases covered in this weeks issue…

🏀 Germany take down the United States 113-111 in the FIBA World Cup Semi — ESPN

Was only able to catch the 4th, but this was a bummer. Germany has obviously been killing it all tournament and play off each other so well. Cool to see Serbia make it without Jokic too.