Life hack for coping with the loss of a pet: benedwards.org/2025/10/03/life-hack-for...
When we lost our last pet, we discovered a silly but surprisingly comforting trick: we just kept talking to them.
I have a growing backlog of Cate Hall posts to read through over at Useful Fictions. Every time I open a post from her, I expect it to be somehow not as good as the last one I read—yet it consistently is. This recent post In praise o... benedwards.org/2025/08/06/i-have-a-grow...
I’ve been enjoying reading Cate Hall’s Useful Fictions blog recently. Check it out.
open.substack.com/pub/usefu…
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Just watched Sinners (after some beers). Great movie!
Had to stop reading this republished list from Vulture of the all the Beatles songs ranked at the first song (#214). There is no way any song from Revolver is worse than anything from pre 1965. “She Loves You” at #4? GTFO!
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Jena and I have known each other for 12345 days today. ❤️❤️
Not a hot take but in an age with ChatGPT etc, Siri is less than worthless. Just usually a complete waste of time to interact with Apples’s pile of hot garbage.
The tricky art of making new friends later in life: benedwards.org/2025/05/03/the-tricky-ar...
Longstanding friendships set a high bar, but maybe new friends don’t need to measure up
A rocky start to construction: benedwards.org/2025/04/22/weve-had-crew...
Excavation for a new building between a house and garage revealed multiple large rocks, requiring innovative methods for removal, with one rock planned to be used as foundation.
Predictability and trust is key to American business, and it's disappearing quickly. a.wholelottanothing.orgDave Winer a.wholelottanothing.org/predictability-and-trust...
For people who I’ve spent time with, it won’t surprise you to know that I am a fan of Sam Harris. I owe a lot to the man—from a greater understanding of self and consciousness, to better reasoning skills, to my meditative practice. S... benedwards.org/2025/03/31/for-people-wh...
garage and home in foreground of mountain view
Space in between a garage and house
Two building shown as part of a mouintain homestead
View of two home buildings from driveway
Breaking Ground and Making Space: benedwards.org/2025/03/27/breaking-grou...
Breaking Ground and Making Space: benedwards.org/2025/03/27/breaking-grou...
Sharing doesn't need to be stressful: benedwards.org/2025/03/26/sharing-doesn...
Blogging on here feels so much easier due to the lack of self-inflicted pressure of vetting content, audience consideration and writing a lot more. The freedom to share quick thoughts without e...
I’m getting real close to descending into madness, rocking back and forth, mumbling “But her emails!”
Jason Becker json.blog/2025/03/24/im-getting-re...
This is why I have unsubscribed from society.
Close to Home: https://benedwards.org/2025/03/25/close-to-home.html
Love this from IKEA Australia (and, of course have loved Severance—but now begins the long wait for season 3)
kottke.org/25/03/004…
After a nice breakfast of crepes (yeah, we fancy) with Jena downtown, the bulk of my morning has been spent downloading my 23andMe data. I am saddened by the recent news of them filing of bankruptcy but I’m not about to allow any new buyer to have my genomic data.
Hello, (micro) world.
Testing out posting from Obsidian. That would certainly streamling my blogging workflow.
Hoping this can be where alttext.com lives soon.
Is this English?
He’s vaccinated his kids. He is not a serous person. Fuck him.
This
Was hoping to log on for some good news. Now I realize there is none. Saw the shadow. 6 more weeks of self-isolation from news.
Ugh
This interactive map of musical genres is one of the coolest things I have come across in a long time. This is why the web is amazing. More of this please. Less of that other stuff.
musicmap.info
Are you telling me that MAGA folks don’t have deep nuance to their xenophobia?
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