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Things I Enjoyed In 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
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Dec 21
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The Critique of the Algocene Through Beeple's Regular Animals and Intimate Systems
Sunday Edition #28: Also, Aesthetics Matters, Top Records of 2000-2025, and new Knives Out
Dec 14
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Starmirror, Charli XCX, and What We Are Really Creating
Sunday Edition #27: A shorter edition.
Dec 7
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November 2025
Interruption Nostalgia
Sunday Edition #26: Also, Cozyweb Animals, Ranked Choice Voting, and some 2010s electro pop.
Nov 30
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Aesthetics Over Time
Sunday Edition #25: Also, Churches, Trains, and White Lies
Nov 23
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What To Do About Distribution
Sunday Edition #24: Also, Disney+ AI, Canon, and Table Mountain!
Nov 16
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‘Save The Cat’ is About Agency
Sunday Edition #23: Also, Getty vs Stability, Planet-Sized Cities, and Pluribus
Nov 9
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UMG Deals and Generative AI in Music
Sunday Edition #22: Also, Amtrak, Lemons, and Revisions, Revisions, Revisions
Nov 2
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October 2025
Sunday Edition #21 - Dissecting Substack’s Inverted Revenue Curve
Also: The Streets of Queens, One Battle After Another, and Night Tapes (again)
Oct 26
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Sunday Edition #20 - Play in Storytelling
Also: History of the Braai, The Lobster, and Naming Conventions
Oct 19
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Sunday Edition #19 - On The Crisis of Cool
Also: Meditation, Gambling, and Jadu Heart
Oct 12
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Sunday Edition #18 - Social Media Use Really Is Declining
Also: Mass Stablecoins and Burning Money as Art, Ocean Vuong, and Hades 2
Oct 5
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