Hello from out here in the Thames Delta. I haven’t written here in a few days, so I’m attempting to make a fresh start with a single daily note for a while.
TODAY:
- Iran authorities demanding large sums for return of protesters’ bodies, BBC told
- Danish archaeologists find a strikingly well preserved merchant ship from the 1400s with features only ever seen in illustrations.
- Europe deploys troops to Greenland: not a headline I particularly expected to see this century.
TELEMETRY:
- Yesterday I discovered that Slavoj Zizek has a Substack newsletter.
- Herself hates my &SONS workwear-styled gloves (currently on sale!) so I’m reading Permanent Style’s guide to gloves even though I’m fine with my gloves and they will probably outlive me
- In ‘Funeral for a Tree,’ Steve Parker Etches Bird Song into Playable Oak Records
Accessions:
I was bad at the start of the year and bought myself a few books in Kindle sales. I presume they both do what it says on the tins.
OPERATIONS: production has been, frankly, fucked this week. I have a script to land and I still need to rebuild the template for the newsletter. Two weeks into the new year and I’m at least four weeks behind.
STATUS: Haven’t been feeling my best and it’s been one of those weeks here where nobody seems to want to allow me the sole uninterrupted use of my own (very tired) brain. Best night’s sleep in a week – 8hrs 7m.
READING: SPIES: THE EPIC INTELLIGENCE WAR BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, Calder Walton (UK) (US+)
LISTENING:
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