"You can never underestimate how terrible art can give you permission to do your own. Like, go on Instagram and look at the idiots who have a million followers. The bar is low!" –@austinkleon [askpolly.substack.com]
A report on how the city of Montreal deals quickly and decisively with all the snow they get during a typical winter. "Sidewalks, bike paths, and streets are all cleared in a snow removal effort that is choreographed and masterful." [theprepared.org]
The dystopian Winter Olympics. "With their spectacle of extreme athletics held against a backdrop of climate emergency, public health disaster, political brinkmanship and rampant corruption, the Games reek of societal decline." [nytimes.com]
A comprehensive guide to understanding, producing, and using olive oil from a small California producer called Fat Gold. "Olive oil is best understood as the fresh fruit juice of the olive." [fat.gold]
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