micro posts
- Ishome - Eva
- Submotion Orchestra - Angel Eyes
- Massive Attack - Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix)
- Clubroot - Low Pressure Zone
- Synkro - Acceptance
- Pickleball
- Shuffleboard
- Billiards
- Table tennis
- Cornhole
- Putt putt
- Baseball diamonds
- Tennis courts
- Football/track field
- Soccer field
- Whatever this is:
- Readwise: 1497
- Spanish: 323
- No โSโ: 1
- Fitness: 0
๐ถ Ok, let’s say I like Propaghandi and Rise Against and hardcore punk (esp. at the metalcore end of the spectrum), but find a lot of punk (esp. pop punk) to be vapid. What should I check out?
๐ณ๏ธ Axios is doing interviews for Indiana gubernatorial candidates and so far, wow Brad Chambers seems like an adult in the room, compared to Mike Braun.
The Economist keeps emailing me to renew at a discount, but their renewal page is so broken it won’t even let me. So, no renewal I guess? ๐คทโโ๏ธ
๐ถ Ridehail had a giant speaker in shotgun and an iPad for DJing. Had some triphop and dub stuff going, so hereโs where I took it:
Driver cranked it!
โฝ๏ธ Letโs go #IXI
๐ฒ this seems like a very cool project, but I canโt get over the poor spelling and grammar ๐ฌ
Oceania 2084 - the orwellian TTRPG by Jocher Symbolic Systems
๐ถ Finally found a succinct and useful definition of post-(genre) music, derived from an early post-rock definition from Simon Reynolds:
post-(genre) is music in which elements of (genre) are used for non-(genre) purposes
Youโre about to be sent back to medieval times:
What do you bring with you to convince people that you are a wizard?
โฝ๏ธ Naeher again with three saves and a spot kick to help #USWNT win two tournaments in a row.
๐ first five-line skink of the season, and the tail is unreal!
๐บ Weโve been loving the French show โAstridโ (thanks to PBS/Walter Presents).
Any time we offer to watch another episode to one another, we try to use a new A-name (like Walter did in Fringe).
E.g. โWant to watch an Australopithecus tonight?โ
Itโs a fun little game.
๐ฒ Thereโs a Rose-Hulman plate (my nerd alma mater) parked in my neighborhood and it has dice, a hero forge box, and a DnD book in the back seat.
I want to introduce myself and share better games.
Iโm unreasonably proud of this milestone.
Yet, itโs one of my most helpful habits.
If you do any reading (even just articles), I highly recommend Readwise. Itโll help you remember the key data, quotes, and points you took from your reading. Reviewing highlights from different sources each day also leads to valuable serendipity, because youโll consider the relationship of ideas that may not have otherwise come into contact with one another.
๐ฒโ๏ธ Was just having a “random coffee” at work, and the other person had traveled a lot for work when he was younger.
He mentioned that board & card games were popular with anyone from regions with real winters and I had never considered that before.
Tried Coca-Cola Spiced (Zero). Has that refreshing taste of…
…flouride treatment?
Summer Tuesday Nights
Let’s play something! These outdoor activities are now all available in a short walk from my home:
๐ช Lost my 460-day fitness rings streak yesterday. Rebuilding. Hereโs the latest:
๐ถ 100,000 songs, bonus update:
I made a mistake and left out a top album.