Session five of #bookclubhouse! What: The Loss of All Lost Things, by Amina Gautier. — Reading the titular short story, The Loss of All Lost Things. 15min read. — Not avail online, need to buy or borrow. Amazon link. When: Monday Sep 14th, 6pm pst Where: Clubhouse! …

Session four of #bookclubhouse! What: The Garden of Forking Paths, by Jorge Luis Borges, full text here (20min read) When: Monday, Aug 24th, 2020. 6pm PST. Where: Clubhouse! in the #bookclubhouse room CTAs 1. Tweet this session to others 2. Get on the Twitter Group Chat — DM @a18n to get added 3…

Session four of #bookclubhouse! We’ll be reading an essay originally published in 2017 in BOMB magazine. What: Rain Like Cotton, by Jennifer Kabat, full text here (20min read) When: Monday, Aug 10th, 2020. 6pm PST. Where: Clubhouse! in the #bookclubhouse room CTAs 1. Tweet this session to others 2. Get on the…

Session three of #bookclubhouse! We’ll be reading a recommendation from Siri Srinivas by Megan Daum, originally published in the Guardian. What: All about my mother: ‘It’s amazing what the living expect of the dying’, Megan Daum, full text here (35min read) When: Monday, July 27th, 2020. 6pm PST. …

Session two of #bookclubhouse! We’ll be reading a short-story by the inestimable Haruki Murakami, Scheherazade, selected by Steph. What: Scheherazade, Haruki Murakami, full text here (35min read) When: Monday, June 29th, 2020. 6pm PST. Where: Clubhouse! CTAs 1. Tweet this session to others 2. Get on the Twitter Group Chat — DM…

Our inaugural attempt at a #bookclubhouse! We’ll be reading an essay that’s one of my favorites, Farther Away by Jonathan Franzen. What: Farther Away, full text here, audiobook here When: Monday, June 15th, 2020. 6pm PST. Where: Clubhouse! CTAs 1. Tweet this session to others 2. Get emailed about future #bookclubhouse meetings 3…

TL;DR You donate, we give you pasta We’re making and giving away delicious fresh pasta to raise money for the 2020 elections that can make the most difference to swinging things left. Funds are focused on two strategies: key races to gain democratic control of (1) the Senate and (2) swing states for redistricting to combat destructive…

Sometime ago I stopped giving Uber money whenever there was a reasonable alternative.¹ My motivation was as simple as it was unoriginal: I didn’t want to support the culture Uber appeared to be running on. …

WaitButWhy’s latest Odyssey on Neuralink can send even the most incurious minds into science-lust orbit. Also though, it is 36k words. It’s peerless on a weeklong getaway but a challenge for busy lives. This is an attempt to summarize. 1568 words = 95.8% compression! There’s an art to seducing the…