May 9, 2024

Five for Friday 605

Welcome to the weekend,

Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week:

Slavic traditions around spring and Easter are staying alive in Texas. 

I found the ideas in this piece both strange and fascinating; David Milch’s disembodied writing process and “acting your way into right thinking.”

Austin Kleon’s look inside his commonplace book was inspiring – as are the comments.

Science-fiction author Cory Doctorow shares how a scam talked him into giving out his credit card number and how these scams will only get worse as we enter the age of AI.

Lastly, you may or may not have heard there is a football game happening in the U.S. this weekend. Here is an unexpected look at how the Cold War shaped the Superbowl.

Currently reading: A Confession by Leo Tolstoy

Photo by Meiying Ng on Unsplash