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“What's amazing is when you can feel your life going somewhere. Like your life just figured out how to get good. Like, that second.” —Angela Chase, My So-Called Life The other night, I made an offhand reference to Jordan Catalano, the heartthrob on My So-Called Life portrayed by Jared Leto. Not only did he have quintessentially ’90s hair—not short, not long, but perfectly wavy—but he was a musician (in the awesomely titled band Frozen Embryos) and struck an irresistible balance of aloof and inviting.

I put together a video thread hitting all the highlights and lowlights from today's lengthy impeachment hearing, which again exposed how weak the Republican position is. You can check it out from the link, no twitter account required! threadreaderapp.com/thread/177045362282… ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjaKt0ailq62glr9wus6tnGibXWp%2FcYWYbW1x

I think I first started noticing it after 2016, in those years when it felt like we were all online all the time, writing our statuses and fury and PAY ATTENTION admonishments into the abyss, hoping it could somehow make things change faster. It was a reaction, a commiseration, a me-too: I resonate with that The first time I noticed it, I thought it was just a mistake: someone mixing up the grammar, not knowing it should read “That resonates with me.

The first step out of addiction is admitting it. Which I have successfully avoided for the last decade or so. Did I not see the flood of articles on phone addiction, social media is ruining our lives, how to digital detox etc. that have been rushing down the internet toilet every day? – Oh, I have. But have I bothered to actually read one of them? Na-ah. Phone addiction just sounds so heavy.

I think the “consumerization” of healthcare is top-of-mind. This is a generation that came of age used to beautiful, sleek, intuitive products. Healthcare is everything but sleek and intuitive. How can startups build elegant technology that removes complexity and makes healthcare easy to access / easy to understand / have quality care? Many great startups in healthcare will start B2C, which forces sharp product thinking, and then use early proofpoints to go B2B

Sophie Ottoway IN 1986, Sophie Ottaway was born with a very rare condition which required immediate surgery. Cloacal exstrophy happens when the organs in the abdomen do not form correctly in the womb, resulting in babies born with organs such as the bladder or intestines outside the body. Doctors had to operate to save her life. Sophie was actually a boy, with a tiny, damaged penis but healthy testes. But doctors advised Sophie’s parents that their baby’s male ­genitalia should be removed to avoid further complications.

I was lucky enough to be featured in the New York Times last week! Here’s a longer version of my conversation with writer Jessica Bennett, published on her Substack. We talk about girlhood, the commodification of the self, and the companies making a lot of money off of the mental health crisis: ncG1vNJzZmirpZfAta3CpGWcp51kjae%2BxLKYoqaUnq5wus6tnGibXWmDdH6Ybmlp

If you do a quick search on the internet for the meaning behind this song you’ll get many different interpretations, some Christian and others not. Some say the song is about the challenges of a relationship or generic hardships of life. Others are quite convinced this it’s meant to be a spiritual journey and is clearly about the second coming of Christ. Mumford said this when asked if this song (and album) was a statement of their faith:

Anyone with a heart will immediately hear the tone of wistful sadness in our week’s Sometimes a Song, “I’ll Be Seeing You.” If ever a song caught the bittersweet emotion which pleasant recollections of what is no more evoke, Sammy Fain’s melody and Irving Kahal’s lyric do it. “I’ll Be Seeing You” captures the pain of loss in a way that everyone can u… ncG1vNJzZmiZnqm1sLrYnqqopJWje7TBwayrmpubY7CwuY6pZqKknGKvpnnSnpyippdixrDB