There is a lot of good in the world. This includes Swiftie Dads. Paul Scheer interviewed the men, who were with their daughter(s), in the parking lot during one of the Los Angeles to stops. It could have easily been a punchline, instead it’s a sincere and earnest capture of life.
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Swiftie Dads
There is a lot of good in the world. This includes Swiftie Dads. Paul Scheer interviewed the men, who were with their daughter(s), in the parking lot during one of the Los Angeles to stops. It could have easily been a punchline, instead it’s a sincere and earnest capture of life.
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A really great video about how to be creative when you don’t feel very creative
A really great video about how to be creative when you don’t feel very creative.
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Powerline giants
A really cool design proposal that would have built, powerline transmission towers as human looking giants.
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26 ideas for 2026
Derek Thompson put a list of ideas together for things to look forward to or watch for in 2026. Here are some:
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Google’s XR smart glasses
Privacy issues aside, Google’s XR smart glasses look to be an impressive leap in the device class as they take advantage of a paired phone to do the heavy processing. If these were completely hands free, they’d make a perfect device for those with limited dexterity or motor function in their hands.
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The science of when we run out of fucks to give
It turns out there’s science behind why sometime in middle age, we run out of fucks to give. Let’s start with the science, because this isn’t about you becoming a worse person. It’s about your brain finally doing some overdue maintenance. For decades, your prefrontal cortex—the part of your brain responsible for executive function, social…
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The Em Dash responds to AI slander
In McSweeney’s, the Em Dash responds to AI slander. Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan—beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it’s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I’m the cigarette…
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Child deaths to increase this year
Due to USAID cuts, childhood deaths will increase this year. Global deaths among children under five are forecast to rise this year for the first time this millennium, largely as a result of falling foreign aid. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicted that 4.8 million children would die this year, up from 4.6…
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To praise Gen X
Amanda Fortini dives deep into the cultural relevance of Generation X. It’s lasting impacts to music, movies, books permeate the pop culture landscape. Yet Gen X isn’t just a time period; it’s also, as Rushkoff writes in “The GenX Reader,” “a culture, a demographic, an outlook, a style, an economy, a scene, a political ideology,…
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Declining US birthrates
There’s a hypothesis that there are environmental and biological reasons, for the decline in US birthrates. In a press release, the lead author of a recent meta-analysis suggested that among men in the U.S. with no known fertility challenges, “sperm counts are largely stable and haven’t changed significantly” in recent years. Moreover, it’s unclear whether…