Reading list
Shortform reading
This is an incomplete list of the shortform reading (and listening and watching) I’ve been doing lately.
Why are popularizing educational newsletter-frequency writers of important fields like Matt Levine for finance so rare? Because most fields are too slow or ambiguous, and writers of the right combination of expertise, obsession, and persistence are also rare.
What I learned in year four of Platformer
Ever since Platformer left Substack in January, readers have been asking us how it’s been going. Today, in keeping with our annual tradition of anniversary posts (here are one, two, and three), I’ll answer that question — and share some other observations on the state of independent media over the past year.
#better-web · #fediverse · #ghost · #journalism · #newsletter · #substack
Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine
Rusty Foster could never live in New York. But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is an enduring obsession of the city's media class.
What Are We Dune 2 Journalism?
But being a journalism grad student right now must feel like studying paleontology in the hopes that when you graduate you’ll find a job as a dinosaur.
Ten Blue Links, "Tech is Bad Right Now" Edition
I remain a technology optimist, but weeks like this give even me an "are we the baddies" moment or two.
The never-ending doom spiral is back
Read to the end for a good meme