“I think it’s good to try and put stuff in the world, on these channels, that isn’t what the algorithm wants. That’s not optimised for griefmaxxing, or whatever. I’m not beautiful or angry or high performing. So me being here, sharing my stupid thoughts might be a good thing.” www.undermanager.com/i-posted-…

“But every once in a while, you find a magical afternoon where you’re both free, and you find yourselves sitting at a bar, or across each other at a picnic table, or sharing a meal, or a pinball machine, and it all comes flooding back. The easy chats, the light-hearted arguments about which band sold out when, the rekindling of old memories, and more recently an “in memorium” of friends who’ve passed.” buttondown.com/monteiro/…

Some things I liked this week: buttondown.com/things/ar…

Film Sets — Brigitte Lacombe brigittelacombe.com

Solstice day in Iceland, from midnight to midnight.

Things I’ve liked recently: buttondown.com/things/ar…

Finished reading: Homebound - A Novel by Portia Elan 📚

What a great book!

Craig Mod on Saturday Night Live:

And you feel like this is the last of an era, the final scraps of what used to be (the norm?) for network TV. Goodbye whatever this was. Glad I got to see you once.

Mechanical Pencil, an illustrated celebration of the engineering around us.

“Bar-tabacs are part café, part shop. You can buy cigarettes, lottery tickets, or newspapers, and sit down for a coffee or a glass of wine. They’re not particularly glamorous, but they serve as everyday meeting points, especially in rural areas … when a new bar-tabac opens, the far-right vote share will decline over time.” europeancorrespondent.com