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We were so young!Social media can be anxiety-inducing. That’s why we’ve decided to contact you directly. Each week, we will send a newsletter to let your inbox and you’ll be the first to know about… Want to know when new episodes of The Besties and The Resties are available? You got it. Plus, each newsletter will include a full list of the games we discuss. The Besties is a video game club, which means you’re invited to play along.

Hello! We’re so glad you’re here. We’re Fanny* and Greta**, dear friends with deep backgrounds in sustainable food—who also happened to have had their first kids within a month of each other last year. As passionate home cooks, seasoned food shoppers, and experienced recipe writers, we couldn’t wait to start cooking for our kids. But when the time came, we were overwhelmed by all of the moving pieces, not to mention an Internet full of conflicting information.

Hello! First of all, thank you SO much for reading The Breakdown, and helping launch me to Bestseller status in the first day. I’m truly humbled that y’all want to hear what I have to say about the many legal shenanigans of one former president. So what can you expect as a subscriber? I’ll be jotting down my long-form thoughts here from time to time. I don’t have a set schedule for you, but when I do write something up - usually translations of complex legal filings and proceedings with appropriate profanity - you’ll get a link to it in your inbox.

I’ve been going to Britain at least once or twice a year for more than 30 years, and yet this year was the first I ate a Welsh cake. I instantly fell for the dense, yet delicate cakes dotted with dried currants and sprinkled with sugar. I made up for lost time by eating them daily on my trip to the UK last week. Welsh cakes, it turns out, can be found in any English or Welsh supermarket next to the scones and crumpets, and they are almost a cross of the two.

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” - William Shakespeare A “false front” is where the front of a building extends upwards beyond the roof, with nothing really situated behind it. The adventurous businessmen of the Old West knew there was a good chance their newly built towns wouldn’t last too long, so they scrimped on spending. They also wanted to impress those opulent tourists who came sauntering through town too—thus, the false-but-pretty and useless front.

HAPPY NEW TEARS by Wesley Eisold By Wesley Eisold My open journal where I share writing and musings from my life, tours, answer questions, share poems and more. I write about music I've made and the music that's made me, from Cold Cave to American Nightmare, all I love and loathe. ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjbix0qWcsp2ZqLytsA%3D%3D

NAPA VALLEY, Calif. — In a striking departure from the parched conditions of the past decade, 2023 has offered a much-needed reprieve to the drought-weary Napa Valley. However, this unexpected change in weather patterns has had an unforeseen impact on Rob Thompson, a renowned dowser known for his uncanny ability to locate hidden water sources using nothing more than a pair of stainless-steel rods. As the drought takes a temporary backseat, Thompson's once-frenetic business has experienced a noticeable slowdown.

My darlings, my queens, my heroines,   Once upon a time, I stood in my bedroom packing for a holiday. My boyfriend, at the time, lay on the bed, idly flicking through his phone, one eye on me. Before I packed each item, I would hold it up and say, ‘what about this one?’ I wasn’t asking for his fashion taste or if he liked the colour, I was asking, ‘am I allowed to wear this?

This edition of the Voxgig newsletter presents a sample of some very interesting conversations you can choose to listen in on. We have startups, an experienced public speaker from our archives, an established company bootstrapping a new idea and a meetup to report on, so let’s get cracking! We’ll kick off with Vaunt, an incredibly useful offering for any open source maintainers struggling to reward and grow their community. Ethan Lewis and Simon Cheng are building the startup with the support of their parent company Kochava.