🧴 Michael CeraVe

I already use CeraVe, but this commercial and the lead up to it were enough to make me a customer for life.

🌮 Taco Bell Debuts First-Ever Mtn Dew Baja Blast Gelato Test In Southern California — Taco Bell

Nothing sounds more delicious than this.

📰 Is the Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event? — The New Yorker

I think Will Lewis, of the Post, is a little overly optimistic, if not delusional, about the “newsroom 3.0.”

🇺🇦 Zelensky Finds a General — The Atlantic

This does a great job of putting the situation in historical context.

🧸 ‘The Bear’ Season 3 Will Premiere in June — Variety

Talk about some amazing news. Given all the shows that wrapped last year, I think this is the best show still airing.

💸 February 12 & 19, 2024 — Last Week’s New Yorker Review

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🫥 Real Review #15 — magCulture

I’ve been wanting to pick up an issue of Real Review for ages. Their look and vibe is killer—making the decision to forgo all images even starker and more powerful.

📓 Stop Ignoring All the Mundane Miracles in Your Life — The New York Times

There’s something delightful about this “observation journaling” that makes me want to give it a go.

🏛️ US Senate defeats border deal, but Ukraine, Israel aid may survive — Reuters

“They say it’s the wrong time to solve the problem, let the presidential election solve the problem.”

Just in case you needed any more proof to determine if they are fighting for the people or themselves.

🎮 Disney invests $1.5bn in Fortnite maker Epic Games to create new ‘universe’ — The Guardian

Second big move in as many days. Makes sense given video games have been a puzzle Disney hasn’t been able to solve. Curious how this will affect Disney’s relationship with Apple given the Epic/Apple lawsuits.

🗳️ None of These Candidates — New Yorker Cartoon

Simple, yet spot on.

🥷 How to Win an Argument but Lose the Plot — The Atlantic

For the rest of us, stories like these are a reminder that there are better ways to learn about the world than from incendiary viral videos and selective citations.

🦊 ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. are putting together a juggernaut sports streaming app — The Verge

The end result here feels like one of them will end owning this a la Hulu and Disney. The value each of them bring is dependent on the sports rights they all bid against each other for…

🤖 news poetry

AI writing a poem everyday based on the headlines from the NY Times. This is the kind of AI stuff I can get behind.

🥽 Apple Vision Pro — What About Comic Books? — Digital Composting

I just made the move back to physical comic books from digital, but this is a pretty cool idea. I’m skeptical of creators changing things for the format, but being immersed in a splash page is intruiging.

⛈️ Atmospheric River in California — NY Times

Weather was pretty crazy overnight up here, but I don’t even think we got the worst of it.

🍃 Comic Book Creators Leaving Cadence Comic Art — Bleeding Cool

I admit, not many people probably care about this, but there’s a level of intrigue that makes me curious to know the reason why they are leaving in mass.

🍸 Bar Luce — Wallpaper

A cafe and bar from Wes Anderson in Milan. Great inspiration for the tiny bar/cafe/diner I want to open one day.

❤️‍🔥 RSS readers make me want to jump into a vat of acid! — Keenan

The Groupon story here made me feel heard. I also agree with Keenan about Project Tapestry and how certain feeds start to feel like work, but RSS is still the easiest way to keep up with things without the work of jumping from site to site, figuring out what I’ve already seen/read.

🌄 Sundance Recap 2024 — Currentss

Nice recap from Justin on the ten movies he caught from Sundance at home. Love Me and A Real Pain look promising and not just becuase they are the two with bigger Hollywood names, but it does help.

🐠 Phish, Peloton, and The Untapped Economics of Irrational Enthusiasm — John Greene

This was great and I’m interested to see how John develops this series. The unlocks are the key, imo.

🤖 AI chatbots take aim at human loneliness — Axios

I’m all for people having a way to talk things through, even if it’s a bot giving prompts, but anything that charges $8/week or $50/year just feels scammy to me.