PicoBlog

My name is Luke Winkie. I have been a freelance journalist for six years, and a chronic poster for far longer than that. My ailments are chronic and vast. I have spent hours deep-scrolling through surreptitious “Likes” tabs to uncover the root of intra-publication beef, I have broken down quote-tweet animosity like it’s Super Bowl tape, and I am tragically aware of the tense relationships between different leftist podcasts, and their respective Reddit coteries.

There is nothing I love writing about more than TV. (Perhaps you know this. At very least you probably know me from this.) From a critic’s point of view, television shows are the perfect smol objects: little pocket worlds, dense with meaning, but just big enough to do a pirouette on before jetéing away to the next thing. At the same time, there so much TV out there these days, and holstering a nuanced opinion of every latest hit will have your belt sagging in no time.

This is a home for both poetry lovers and the poetry-curious, that grew out of the Poetry Unbound podcast hosted by poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama, one of many offerings from The On Being Project. This newsletter is a companion to the show. Whether you’ve folded Poetry Unbound into your life from its beginnings, or are joining us for the first time, know you are most welcome. All that’s required is a curiosity towards what you might meet — in the poetry, in others who you’ll meet here, in yourself — and how your life will rise to meet it all in turn.

Audiobook is coming soon. Who is the real Donald Trump? A serial liar with long ties to both organized crime and the Kremlin. A corrupt demagogue whom most historians consider the worst U.S. president of all time. And, most urgently, a vengeful wannabe dictator whose re-election would end American democracy. In this short and necessary volume, Dirty Rubles author Greg Olear presents the facts about FPOTUS: who he is, what he plans to do, and why the country cannot survive a second Trump term.

I’m Rachel E. Greenspan, a writer and journalist who is now working in social media strategy. I’ve spent the last few years reporting on internet culture, with my main focus being the far-right’s mis/dis-information mechanics — particularly the QAnon conspiracy theory, for which I won an inaugural American Journalism Online Award from NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute in 2020. Here, I’ll be writing about the internet, while also sharing learning while becoming an adult: how to be a decent human; dating; New York City; TV shows I’m obsessed with; journalism I’m poring over; things that spark joy; and everything in between.

A seismic cultural shift has taken place since my first rave in 1995 in Detroit and today. Too much of the original meaning has diluted into a shallow pool of EDM blandness. There are beautiful bright pockets of extraordinary talent, energy and community which are thriving, but they’re way too few and far between. Why? The reasons are extensive, but I’ll name a few; the lack of intergenerational communication and dance music’s explosive growth magnified by social media and celebrity worship culture.

is a twice-weekly newsletter about the future by the award-winning journalist Max Read. It is an idiosyncratic and sometimes funny guide to new and forward-looking ideas, trends, and networks in tech, politics, culture, and media. ✅ the internet ✅ the tech industry ✅ the 90s ✅ deep forum lore ✅ action movies ✅ conspiracy theories ✅ digital culture ✅ the political economy of science fiction franchises Paid subscribers receive: 💫 At least two newsletters every week, exploring and explaining internet culture, the tech industry, funny memes, and other artifacts of our weird new future

I’m Mike Konczal. In 2011 Time magazine named me the 22nd best financial blogger. I’m on twitter dot com and my personal website is here. I wrote a book called Freedom From the Market about the emancipatory potential of decommodification. I’m currently the director of the Macroeconomic Analysis team at the Roosevelt Institute. I write about stuff, mostly economics, finance, policy, politics, and ideas. I’ll put writings here I don’t use elsewhere.

I’m Martin B. Justesen, and here I write about the world of chess—covering everything from its rich history and book publishing to practical tips for chess improvement. As a passionate chess player and a publisher, I share updates on my book projects and write about the chess topics that interest me. I picked up chess in my late teens. Twenty years later, I’m an avid chess improver, steadily working towards my goal of achieving a 2000 FIDE rating—currently, I’m at around ~1890.