Topics in Media & Politics 🥹 (ft. fun NYC classes)
August's Curated Ingest
Hey everyone! Been feeling a bit like a hamster in a wheel; very go go go these last few weeks. Have only been able to collect links around some central themes this month. (I am also working on making a fun little photo essay from my two week trip to Romania… lots of thoughts ruminating from that.) Here’s one of my favorite photos from the trip:
It has been nice to begin to just now slow down, feeling the weather cool and slow as well. One of my favorite times of the year is when the days become cooler again, but the sun still struggles to feel warm on my skin. Had some time to consolidate my interesting finds in the park today…
MEDIA
I haven’t been able to stop listening to fred again’s Boiler Room set. Resale tickets in NYC are 6x box office price rn 😭.
I thought this Italian apartment’s fresco walls were STUNNING.
A quick read titled ‘hell is the absence of taste.’
In The Web’s Grain, Frank Chimero ponders the point of technology more broadly — especially how he considers peace, quiet, magic, etc. as empty promises relating to tech. He instead wants ‘technology of grace, one that lives well within its role.’ Sounds like Quality to me!
Misc:
Make My Drive Fun adds spots worth seeing to your route. From friend of the newsletter Lily!
Arcteryx ad called ‘The True Test’ - was just a little shocked at how different this is tonally from the rest of their brand!!!
Just some pretty drone shots and film photos of the Pacific coast. PNW I miss you D;
Atlantic photo essay titled ‘Welcome to Saturday Night in America.’
POLITICS
Friend of the newsletter Connor sent me President Carter’s Address on Crisis of Confidence from 1979 saying it was astonishing how much still applies today. I agree with him… just interesting to watch as I’d personally never really studied Carter.
Bloomberg opinion piece on Germany’s experiment making essentially all trains available via a 9€ monthly pass. Was reading a similar opinion piece in an edition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung I picked up as well, interesting to compare and contrast. Thought it was a novel experiment to try given the pandemic’s, and now the Russian-Ukranian war’s, effect on markets, cities, and movement.
‘a modern malaise’ quotes some of my favorite authors — interesting numbered list structure that I may try my hand at in the future 👀.
The End of Industrial Society by Samo Burja (article voiceover) for Palladium Magazine.
FUN NYC CLASSES I WISH I COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RIGHT NOW
CONCLUSION
Take care everyone — enjoy the warm sun while you still can! Can’t wait for the leaves to change color 🥰.
w love,
Andrei