Hi,
Happy Friday! Here’s a list of 20 neat things.
1. Art: “I realized that this stuff has been around a long time, and it’s passed through this odd transition. Before it was in the earth, it was floating as a molecule in outer space - it was part of somebody’s star, or part of somebody’s exploding planet.” - Nancy Rubins, bridging the worlds of engineering and art.
2. Art: Chick pics! - enjoy an abundance of fowl.
3. Architecture: Workspaces for the world’s biggest tech companies and other cool tech office spaces. I like a rooftop.
4. Film: Fallout - why are bottle caps the currency? Why aren't ghouls legendary combatants? and why is the Ghoul sexy?
5. Entertainment: David Lynch meets George Lucas and has a really bad day :(
6. Linguistics: Learn about JFK’s pure "Boston Brahmin”.
Kennedy, by contrast, never “code-shifted” his accent; nor did he alter his Harvard-learned method of constructing a sentence and delivering a speech. To his audiences, Kennedy sounded refined, educated, serious and intellectual, an advantage in 1963 that would represent a virtual bar to election in today’s America. - oof.
7. Culture: I asked DeepSeek (my new favorite) - Is "Cheugy" Cheugy now? Verdict:
Yes, "cheugy" is likely cheugy now- a victim of the same trend cycle it once policed. As one VICE writer noted, "cheuginess probably comes for everyone in the end". It’s fate mirrors earlier slang (e.g., "YOLO" or "on fleek"), now relegated to nostalgia or ironic revival. For true Gen-Z cred, you’d say it’s "giving 2021".
TL;DR: The word’s lifespan follows its own definition - it’s a linguistic ouroboros. Embrace the cheug. Or don’t. Either way, it’s already cringe.
8. Philosophy: Learn philosophy - here’s a list of the main philosophical movements and branches.
9. Business: Women are judged more critically and on a more personal level than men - “76% of high-performing women receive negative feedback compared to only 2% of men”
10. Business: Learn how companies prevent repairs and what consumers can do about it
11. UX: “Strategy starts with insights. If UX is serious about building the right thing, we must be well versed in research and synthesis to guide our own conviction.” - Design Is an Activity of Research, good article by
.12. UX: Learn how to use signal detection theory (SDT) in UX research.
13. AI: The dead internet theory - claims activity and content on the internet, including social media accounts, are predominantly being created and automated by artificial intelligence agents.
14. Fiction: The year is 2149 and… Novelist Sean Michaels envisions what life will look like 125 years from now.
15. Tech: Understanding TESCREAL (Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism) - the weird ideologies behind Silicon Valley’s rightward turn.
16. Math: “Good mathematicians see analogies. Great mathematicians see analogies between analogies” - Stefan Banach.
17. History: Discover the tale of The Green Children of Woolpit - young siblings with green skin, an unknown language, and who claimed to hail from an underground world.
18. Spirituality: Try spiritual bathing or limpia espiritual - to cleanse your aura, clear out negative energy, and for chakra clearing and healing. - good to do once a month, especially when there’s a full moon.
19. Beauty: Tubing mascaras are the best! - I’ve used Blinc, it’s good, but I’m looking to try something new.
20. Funny: Yes, we do sound like this.