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A progress report
And a financial announcement.
17 mins ago
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Naming briefs #21: Silly Season edition!
PANIHOLE! SLEEVEY WONDERS! BRETTON WOODS!
Jul 15
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Word of the week: Room tone
The sound of silence, sort of.
Jul 13
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Name in the news: Oura
One ring to track us all.
Jul 9
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Word of the week: Taste
AI companies pursue it. Director John Waters disdains it. Tiffany's John Loring epitomized it.
Jul 6
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The Fourth
Some reasons to celebrate.
Jul 3
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Our tacky 250th
"With so many idiots."
Jul 1
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June 2026
Character names in "Disclosure Day"
What do they disclose?
Jun 29
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June linkstack
What I've been reading on Substack and beyond.
Jun 25
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Small changes
That may foretell bigger changes.
Jun 22
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How Rockefeller Center got its name
There's more to the story than you'd think.
Jun 18
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Word of the week: Midkini
Does its existence presuppose a standard kini?
Jun 15
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