Colin Wright
colinwright.bsky.social
Colin Wright
@colinwright.bsky.social
Author, analytic journalist, podcast host.

Work: https://colin.io
Newsletter: http://colin.substack.com
Pinned
Intro!

I'm Colin Wright, I write books & make podcasts for a living.

I love (LOVE) books, nice people, trying new things and visiting unfamiliar places, learning about pretty much anything, playing games, and cooking.

Nice to meet you! More if you're keen: colin.io
Colin Wright
colin.io
300,000 AI-Animated Poses in an Instant: My Visit to Disney and the New Reality for Cartoons
300,000 AI-Animated Poses in an Instant: My Visit to Disney and the New Reality for Cartoons
Disney checked out "thousands of AI companies" before backing one that keeps animators in the driver's seat.
www.cnet.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Meet the Woman on a Mission to Photograph Every Species of Hummingbird in the World
Meet the Woman on a Mission to Photograph Every Species of Hummingbird in the World
In less than a decade amateur photographer and Hummingbird Spot founder Carole Turek has photographed more than 250 hummingbird species, including one that was long considered extinct.
www.audubon.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.
Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.
The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem.
www.quantamagazine.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
They're Making Dutch Golden Age Art in Minecraft
They're Making Dutch Golden Age Art in Minecraft
And by "they" I mean 23-year-old furries from the Netherlands
www.pushtotalk.gg
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Scientists Discovered a New Creature That Exists at the Fringes of Life
Scientists Discovered a New Creature That Exists at the Fringes of Life
Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one complicate matters.
www.popularmechanics.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
America’s Pistachio Industry Came From a Single Seed
America’s Pistachio Industry Came From a Single Seed
www.atlasobscura.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A Struggle to Find Adequate Care for a Common Menstrual Disorder
A Struggle to Find Adequate Care for a Common Menstrual Disorder
Millions of women have pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD. But diagnoses and treatments vary considerably.
undark.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Steamy, Sweaty, Towel-Spinning Weirdness of the World Sauna Championships
The Steamy, Sweaty, Towel-Spinning Weirdness of the World Sauna Championships
Whatever you’re picturing, we promise it’s stranger
thewalrus.ca
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Other End
The Other End
W&S is a weekly newsletter about reading, writing, and publishing by author Colin Wright.
writingandsuch.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Stop justifying illusory wants with invented needs.

(This is a message to myself as I encounter marketing messages for nifty, shiny, purchasable objects that wouldn't actually serve me or my priorities)
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual
Almost Everything About NASA’s Latest Mission to Mars Is Unusual
The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A Liver on Ice
A Liver on Ice
How a liver goes from a brain-dead donor to a living recipient.
press.asimov.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So Much Everything Else
So Much Everything Else
W&S is a weekly newsletter about reading, writing, and publishing by author Colin Wright.
writingandsuch.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Scammer Next Door
The Scammer Next Door
In India, an era of glaring inequality is also a golden age of graft.
www.thedial.world
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM