My daughter, Jennifer, hates bees, wasps and anything that might sting her. I don't blame her. She's a magnet for them. They'll ignore everybody else present and make a beeline (see what I did there?) straight for her. She'll start waving her arms about and jumping around, inevitably hitting one, which will immediately retaliate and do what bees do.
The Aristotelian Email Protocol™ is part of The Cult of Better's ongoing series examining how ancient philosophy is repurposed to sell common sense back to you at a premium. Next week: how Marcus Aurelius invented the 5AM Club, and why Epictetus would have hated your to-do list.
On the Process of why my stories always turn into novels
72% of American teenagers have tried an AI companion. Nobody knows what it’s doing to them yet
Silver Lining #1: You're delighted to settle for bronze
I have struggled with myself for a very long time. I think it’s because I am a Virgo. We are perfectionists, after all. I have tried very hard to be good enough, pretty enough, thin enough. The nineties get glamourized, but if you think people are skinny now, you’d lose your mind at the bone-thin normalization back then. “Heroin chic,” they called it. Jessica Simpson, a size four, was scrutinized. That’s the kind of pressure we grew up with—simpler in some ways, but with far less accountability,
The Ancient Celtic Secrets the Wellness Industry doesn't want you to know about Sleep.
Gwyneth Paltrow, the patron saint of expensive wellness, has disclosed that she now plunges "sparingly, and for less time than her husband Brad." This information has been shared with the world. We are invited to consider what it means. That Gwyneth and Brad have separate cold plunge durations is presented not as a detail about two people who own a cold plunge, but as guidance. A data point. A signal from the frontier of optimised living. Brad, apparently, plunges longer.
The Ancient Celtic Secrets the Wellness Industry doesn't want you to know about Hydration.
Filtered through ancient limestone, rested in subterranean aquifers, and released only when the mountain feels emotionally ready, this is not water that rushes. This is water that waits. It has boundaries. It knows its worth.
The year was 1756, and Bengal was the undisputed golden bird of the crumbling Mughal Empire. It was a land woven with fine silk, rich spices, and overflowing coffers. But as an old Indian saying goes, where there is sweet jaggery, the ants will soon gather. The true tragedy of Bengal, however.......
A cap logo has limited space to make an impression, so the embroidery method matters just as much as the artwork itself. On structured caps, a raised finish can give simple lettering and bold shapes more presence than standard flat stitching.
In which the author makes the case that uncomfortable clothing and its attendant mandates are, in part, fueling the forces of misery, both its causes and its effects. It's remarkably funny.
no one is born without the curiosity to learn, i remember when i was little i used to hate studying, i dreaded study time with my mom but i enjoyed going to school to learn. i loved sitting in class and just listening to the teacher explain about how things work, i was fond of all subjects, particularly science, understanding how the world worked and the way things are made made me feel like i was meant to be. it gave me a sense of meaning, it subconsciously gave me a reason to live,
I wrote an essay about how larger bodies deserve to exist without apology.
Way back in 2001 Marlon Brando appeared in The Score, his last film before he died. The producer of this film was Bernie Williams, who passed away in December 2014. It just so happened that, at the time of The Score, I was also working with Bernie on a sequel to his 1985 movie, The Bounty, which had starred Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins.
A Personal Essay and Response to the Met's Most Current "Exhibit" - Why Larger Bodies Belong, and Not as Objectification
A little kitten and a place that slowly becomes home.
In today's update: Claude Got Hands: Anthropic’s new capability to control your computer: clicking, typing, and running dev tools via phone or desktop. Pip Install Nightmare: A critical supply chain attack on LiteLLM (versions 1.82.7/8). Malware steals credentials; revert to 1.82.6 immediately.
