The Bean Soup Theory
This is spot on. A huge portion of the internet truly believes that the entire internet should only apply to them. Kristen Rogers on the exhausting nature of Whataboutism on the web .
Brainjour
Brainjour is a Weblog and record of my reading. Short to mid-length essays about life, creativity, and ideas that interest me.
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Whistling past the graveyard
Fighting the good fight, one word at a time.
The Best Books I've Read In the First Half of 2026
Here’s a look at the books that I’ve rated 5-stars on Goodreads during the first half of 2026.
Off the Doomscroll: Vol. 1
Media I’ve been enjoying lately on my screen and off my shelf.
We have no idea what we want
Sometimes, you just gotta try stuff.
The Accidental Brilliance of Makeshift Signs
From Kate Canales at TED, watch on YouTube : "What happens when the design of everyday things misses the mark? People fill in the blanks. Designer Kate Canales has spent more than 20 years photographing the handmade, improvised signs that appear when the original falls short. From perplexing bathroom directions to our struggles with doors and point-of-sale machines, her photos capture something…
Small Web Dispatches: Vol. 1
I've read some great blogs from the Bear community and the Small Web in general over the last week or so; here are some quick links you should check out: A perfect summer, long ago Nothing to Anyone Let's call doomscrolling what it is The Definition of Rich That's it for now! I might be back later with another set of quick links from Substack posts and some other larger sites I've enjoyed over the…
If good things lasted forever
There's so much wisdom in Calvin and Hobbes . When I was a kid, I loved the comic strip for Calvin's rebellious nature, his trips to outer space, his total defiance to authority. Now, I see another side to the strip. Which is exactly what Bill Watterson did with Hobbes, himself. He was one thing to Calvin, and another to everyone else. Pretty cool. Anyways, here's one of my favourites from the…
Doing Z to do Y to do X to do...
I just caught myself in a funny moment. I wanted to do a quick home workout (we have a small set of dumbbells in our basement). But then I told myself first I had to drink some water. So I went upstairs and saw there were a bunch of dirty plates so I started doing the dishes. And then I paused and started looking for a podcast to listen to make doing the dishes a bit more enjoyable. And it was in…
A home for short films
I love finding thriving online communities that I never knew existed, and my latest discovery is a platform called Shortverse . If you haven't come across it yet, think of it as the ultimate discovery engine and community specifically built for short films. It’s a beautifully designed space where filmmakers share their projects and audiences can easily find incredible, bite-sized storytelling—a…