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I have another fun chat with sex researcher and OnlyFans creator Ayla about the latest in her sex studies, including female sexual subtypes and common mistakes men make in bed. We also discuss the future of AI-generated personalized porn, using algorithms to create custom "wife porn", arbitrage opportunities in sexual dynamics, and more! [00:00:00] Hello, Ayla. It is wonderful to have you here today. Sadly, Simone is not with us today because she is out petition collecting to run for office and she may just not be appearing in episodes for a while now, which is a little frustrating for me.

I was on CNBC — my live TV debut, eek — talking about Gen Z trends yesterday! I almost gave you a heads up but I was ultimately too worried I would say something dumb or literally just stare into the screen, wide-eyed, for the whole three-minute segment and you’d all unsubscribe immediately. Fortunately, that didn’t happen and you can watch it here. ncG1vNJzZmiZlqmys7%2FCoaaopF6owqO%2F05qapGaTpLpwvI6smqKdnqm8rbvGsmShnZGnwbW00aiZrGWRo7FuxcCcn60%3D

When I'm supposed to run 5 miles, I run 6. When I'm doing 8 rounds while training, I go 10 rounds. - Jamal Beau Jimmy Beau was a middleweight boxer who fought in the ‘40s and ‘50s including in Madison Square Garden.  His grandson, Jamal Beau, continued the family boxing legacy as both a competitor and a trainer.  I’ve been focused on Muay Thai and jiu jitsu but am going to incorporate boxing starting this week.

Sometimes, I get reader questions: In case the content of the tweet isn’t showing up for you—who knows, with Twitter these days—David Hamilton asks: “What role do you think Social Warming has played in the sad story of Scott Adams [cartoonist creator of Dilbert] and his increasing radicalisation, which seemed initially to crystallise with his support in 2016 for Donald Trump?” It’s a good question. For those who haven’t kept up (and why should you?

With paid preview screenings starting tomorrow as early as 3:00 pm, Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part Two is expected to be Hollywood’s first tentpole smash of 2024. Conventional wisdom suggests an over/under $75 million domestic and over/under $170 million global launch. Warner Bros. Discovery has tried to temper expectations, offering a $65 million domestic projection. Studios almost always “predict” smaller figures than tracking services and rival studios for what should be obvious reasons.

Ongoing reminder that I am trying to transition off of Substack. I’m currently in the process of building up the whole archive on my own little website — remember personal websites? — but for now, if you feel icky about supporting Substack, all posts that appear here also appear on my Patreon. They are available for free, but I wouldn’t be mad if you gave me $1 (or more!) a month.

Today’s short newsletter was prompted by Kavita Favelle’s retweeting of this article about scrapple by Kae Lani Palmisano. A popular regional speciality in Pennsylvania, scrapple has an impeccable nose-to-tail pedigree. Made from pork offcuts (including offal) after farmers and homesteaders butchered their pigs, the inclusion of flour (or cornmeal) and seasonings made the meat go even further. Fashioned into a loaf, sliced and fried to give it a crispy crust, scrapple becomes incredibly versatile.

I’m nervous. I woke up nervous which is always unsettling. I can tell I’m nervous because I am rubbing my legs on my sheets. Trying to find comfort in the fabric. Sometimes I wake up and I’m just rolling my ankles. Sometimes I am basically running. Medically this is called periodic limb movement disorder or PLMD. Sometimes its called restless leg syndrome. I have never been diagnosed but it’s amazing what you can diagnose yourself with after a simple WebMD search.

I’m not one of those cinephiles who can instantly tell you their favorite films from this year or that. In fact, if you ask me to tell you what I watched last month, my brain freezes up and I, in turn, stammer like an idiot at you. It’s a shit handicap to have when talking about what you’ve recently watched is a key part of taking general meetings as a screenwriter.