🖼️ On Dry Land — @shanewheatcroft

Easily my favorite collage artist I’ve discovered through the Collé newsletter. Shane’s Instagram is full of gold.

🏨 John Dean calls Georgia case against Trump ‘much bigger than Watergate’ — The Week

Indictment number four has already been covered everywhere, but this sentiment from Dean helps me a feel cautiously optimistic, even while I still struggle to see any of these making a difference in 2024.

🪙 US basic income project shows signs of success — The Guardian

I’ve long been a proponent of UBI for a multitude of reasons, but two stand out: it’s expensive to be poor and it’s cheaper to take care of people up-front than wait until issues arise.

🍲 Ep 528 —How Long Gone

I’ve been in and (mostly) out on podcasts the last month or so, but happened to play this one and am glad I did. The whole hour is basically Jason talking about his experience at Noma and while I have zero interest myself, it was fascinating and insightful.

☕️ Everything We Know About Dunkin’ Spiked, a New Line of Hard Iced Coffee and Iced Tea — VinePair

Never been a fan of hard seltzer, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited to try the hard iced coffee.

🇧🇷 Neymar To Become The Latest And Saddest Passenger On The Saudi Gravy Train — Defector

Slight rebuttal to my comments on an earlier Neymar link. And I agree! He should be remembered as one of, if not the most, skilled players of his generation, but unfortunately, that does not equate greatness, which he will ultimately fall short of because of the decision to take the easy route in terms of competition.

🏛️ Why Republicans Are Complaining About the Hunter Biden Special Counsel That They Asked For — The New Yorker

Just an exemplary example of the idiocy of American politics as it continues to feel more like WWE than anything resembling a government for the people.

⚽️ PSG agree €90m Neymar deal to Saudi side Al Hilal — ESPN

Honestly, surprised Neymar wasn’t one of the earlier names to jump. I’m such a big fan of his game, but his career since leaving Barca has been such a money-fueled disappointment.

📓 Foiled Again — Field Notes

I used to subscribe to Field Notes before I committed to the Hobonichi. This is the first release since I unsubscribed that has me rethinking my life decisions. So beautiful. I just wish I still had a daily practice for them.

💽 Sundial by Noname

Big noname fan so this was easily the album of the week for me. A lot of the best tracks are just nonname accompanied by real drums and a bass and it’s beautiful.

⚾️ The Cubs Have Been Good All Along — Defector

Cubs have been so fun to watch over the last month. I have extreme faith they will weasel themselves into the playoffs and make some noise.

🍻 Anheuser-Busch Slashes Craft Beer Portfolio, Selling 8 Brands to Tilray — VinePair

Not surprising really. The idea of “craft” is in stark contrast to the scale of big beer. Will be interesting to see the strategy Tilray takes with this portfolio.

🥵 Man, It’s a Hot One! — The Present Age

Parker does a great job laying out the inconsistencies (and straight up lies) from people like Ben Shapiro and the Republican Party as a whole for short-term, self-serving bullshit.

💽 Good Intentions by Hello Yello

Not a great week of releases, imo, but this is probably my album of the week. Makes me think of Frank Ocean if he led a fuzzy indie rock band with some funky undertones.

❤️ Favorite Albums from the First Half of 2023 — Album Whale

Quick list of my six favorite albums from the first six months (and change) of the year.

📺 Max Will “Soon” Offer News And Sports — Deadline

I called this earlier when people were upset about the price of Max going up. That was just the beginning. Each streamer is going to try to create their own cable bundle in and of themselves.

🔮 Futureland — App Store

First Kinopio launched on the App Store and now, Futureland, two apps that are critical to my day-to-day life. FL is basically a habit tracker, but so much more.

🗳️ Donald Trump indicted over attempt to overturn 2020 election — FT

A no-brainer given we watched this shit happen in real time, but it’s not going to change anything and will likely only bolster his standing among his hardcore followers even more…

🪐 OceanGate Cofounder Now Planning Totally Safe Colony Above Venus — Futurism

Somehow this is not from The Onion…

⚽️ Lindsey Horan And The Power Of Rage Saved The USWNT From Itself — Defector

You can definitely script that, but it doesn’t make it any less delightful to see.

Another one that’s been in my drafts for far too long, but it does a great job going over the game and where the US struggled. I personally felt like Sullivan struggled more than DeMelo and would like to see Horan slide into the 6 spot, and have Lavelle and DeMelo/Mewis moving forward.

🏚️ The (Cyber) Fall of the House of Usher — Analemma

It’s not an advanced argument to say that what makes platforms viable is the actual platform itself– it’s the users, the way that they make the platform their own. It’s these webs that they build, how the actions of a single user emended in a social network of ties will have ripple effects across the entirety of the platform.

Fandom’s experience with these migrations has demonstrated how each time you try to rebuild your social web, part of your ties are lost, part of your inscribed history is razed to nothing.

A great piece from Camille Butera. I tried giving Tumblr another go as a place to save inspo/images awhile back, opting instead for an Are.na channel, but I was thinking about it again this morning when Maya started talking about it a bit. Camille nails two things, imo, 1) users make the network (obviously) and 2) the potential for networks to disappear, reminiscent of the anxiety I have whenever I consider heavily investing in a new place.