What is “enough screens?”

Small thought: Twitter might be “the hellsite,” but one observation– the layers of performance both cushion the blatant status-seeking and encourage an obfuscatory “I just care so much” attitude. But I’d take that in a heartbeat over LinkedIn, where everyone also … read more

Christmas Trees Trimmed in Irony, NYTimes “American consumers’ spending on winter holidays including Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa has grown, rising from some $567.6 billion in 2012 to around $889.3 billion in 2021, according to data from the National Retail Federation, a trade group. Among … read more

It’s the time of year to break out my favorite Christmas record– George Winston’s December. It’s an instrumental holiday album you really need to hear. Spotify YouTube December is a masterpiece, a collection of twelve delicate piano solos. Some are original compositions, and … read more

Counter Culture’s new winter blend “Iridescent” has arrived! I’m excited to put this one into circulation— right after this bag of Foundry from Mad Goat. Notably, Counter Culture isn’t in line with my goal of only buying coffee from roasters less than “2 hours away” from my home in IL, but one … read more

“Rent control policies seek to ensure affordable and stable housing for current tenants; however, they also increase the incentive for landlords to evict tenants since rents re-set when tenants leave. We exploit variation across zip codes in policy exposure to the 1994 rent control referendum … read more

The Canadian Press Newsroom, Toronto- U.D.

The writer’s room at The Awl, circa 2015

From The Verge

“The Courier” newsroom, April 1950, Urbana, IL

Subjecting our mental health discourse to the whims of an advertising-based content economy was probably a very bad idea.

Reading at lunch today: [Local politics]

www.news-gazette.com/news/my-t…

Morning Music:

Young Gun Silver Fox, “Ticket to Shangri-La”

A new album from YGSF is always welcome.