Florian Steglich
@floriansteglich.bsky.social
Product ⚭ Journalism
🎩 «Your correspondent’s journey, inspired by the smoky aroma of this tea for grown-ups that permeated his childhood in Britain, was a quest for answers to a mystery in three parts.»
The rise and fall and rebirth of lapsang souchong
A smoky tea is fading in the West; in China, a better version survives
www.economist.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🎩 «Your correspondent’s journey, inspired by the smoky aroma of this tea for grown-ups that permeated his childhood in Britain, was a quest for answers to a mystery in three parts.»
A list of lists: Books from 2025 considered the best. 🧵
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A list of lists: Books from 2025 considered the best. 🧵
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"abandoned teddy bears" category on wikimedia commons
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"abandoned teddy bears" category on wikimedia commons
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
I put the OKR in Prokrastination.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I put the OKR in Prokrastination.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Jetzt ein Mitternachtskonzert mit der Sängerin Beth Gibbons? #Portishead Gerade frisch hochgeladen auf dem Sydney Opera House Kanal. Alte und neue Songs. #Nachtsong youtu.be/apAoxiEKBcU?...
Beth Gibbons | Live at Sydney Opera House
YouTube video by Sydney Opera House
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Jetzt ein Mitternachtskonzert mit der Sängerin Beth Gibbons? #Portishead Gerade frisch hochgeladen auf dem Sydney Opera House Kanal. Alte und neue Songs. #Nachtsong youtu.be/apAoxiEKBcU?...
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All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
September 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
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Today, Trustfund is launching into private beta. With @trustfnd.com trustworthy creators can set up Collaborations to help each other earn more income and grow faster.
If you post to inform, not to sell, Trustfund is made for you. Reserve your username at trustfnd.com
If you post to inform, not to sell, Trustfund is made for you. Reserve your username at trustfnd.com
Trustfund
Collaboration tools for the world's trustworthy creators.
trustfnd.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today, Trustfund is launching into private beta. With @trustfnd.com trustworthy creators can set up Collaborations to help each other earn more income and grow faster.
If you post to inform, not to sell, Trustfund is made for you. Reserve your username at trustfnd.com
If you post to inform, not to sell, Trustfund is made for you. Reserve your username at trustfnd.com
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you have been visited by the Skylight Napping Fox and will have good fortune for the rest of the week 🤗
August 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
you have been visited by the Skylight Napping Fox and will have good fortune for the rest of the week 🤗
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Photographer Fujio Kito documents cement playground equipment in Japan, often capturing them at night, lit up in captivating & surreal ways. [kottke.org]
The Surreality of Japanese Playgrounds at Night
For years now, photographer Fujio Kito has been documenting cement playground equipment in Japan, often capturing them at night, lit up in captivating ways.
(via laura olin and present & correct)
kottke.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Consider this a proof-of-concept of how a publisher could decide to connect its work to AI interfaces — its own or someone else’s.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/a-ne...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/a-ne...
A new tool lets your favorite AI model talk with 2 million articles from The Guardian
The intersection of news archives and large language models is a topic for the courtroom these days — but it can also bring useful overlaps.
www.niemanlab.org
July 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Consider this a proof-of-concept of how a publisher could decide to connect its work to AI interfaces — its own or someone else’s.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/a-ne...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/a-ne...
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In the last week, Marines were deployed in an American city, the president has called for a governor to be arrested & the speaker of the House has called for that gov to be tarred & feathered, a senator has been pinned and handcuffed, and two state legislators have been shot in their homes.
June 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In the last week, Marines were deployed in an American city, the president has called for a governor to be arrested & the speaker of the House has called for that gov to be tarred & feathered, a senator has been pinned and handcuffed, and two state legislators have been shot in their homes.
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This is bonkers: a 108-gigapixel scan of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring. Each pixel is 1.3 microns in size (1000 microns = 1mm). At full zoom, the tiny cracks in the paint look like canyons. [kottke.org]
What?! 108-Gigapixel Scan of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Several years ago, digital microscope technology company Hirox collaborated with The Mauritshuis museum to create a 10-gigapixel scan of Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring. Recently, Hirox upped the game
kottke.org
May 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is bonkers: a 108-gigapixel scan of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring. Each pixel is 1.3 microns in size (1000 microns = 1mm). At full zoom, the tiny cracks in the paint look like canyons. [kottke.org]
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„Solche Plug-Flow-Systeme seien zudem günstiger, umweltfreundlicher, einfacher einzurichten und zu warten als Wasserkraftwerke und nicht nur für ländliche Gegenden mit viel Platz, sondern auch für städtische Räume wie Dächer geeignet.“ www.scinexx.de?p=300057
Energie aus fallendem Regenwasser
Wasserkraft 2.0: Aus Regentropfen lässt sich doch erneuerbarer Strom in rentablen Mengen erzeugen, wie ein Experiment zeigt. Optimal dafür sind senkrecht
www.scinexx.de
April 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
„Solche Plug-Flow-Systeme seien zudem günstiger, umweltfreundlicher, einfacher einzurichten und zu warten als Wasserkraftwerke und nicht nur für ländliche Gegenden mit viel Platz, sondern auch für städtische Räume wie Dächer geeignet.“ www.scinexx.de?p=300057
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Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage
March 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage
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Ruth Marcus hat 40 Jahre bei der Washington Post gearbeitet und am Montag gekündigt. Jetzt hat der New Yorker die Kolumne veröffentlicht, die ihr Ex-Arbeitgeber nicht drucken wollte. Ich setze auf den Streisand-Effekt.
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
www.newyorker.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ruth Marcus hat 40 Jahre bei der Washington Post gearbeitet und am Montag gekündigt. Jetzt hat der New Yorker die Kolumne veröffentlicht, die ihr Ex-Arbeitgeber nicht drucken wollte. Ich setze auf den Streisand-Effekt.
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The product teams over at the Post have put together a nifty feature that summarises comments.
Here's the one on the story about the owner's latest move... They're not loving it
Here's the one on the story about the owner's latest move... They're not loving it
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The product teams over at the Post have put together a nifty feature that summarises comments.
Here's the one on the story about the owner's latest move... They're not loving it
Here's the one on the story about the owner's latest move... They're not loving it
Raus aus der Apo, rein in die Apo. Das ist das doppelte Vermächtnis des Christian #Lindner. Was bleibt vom Ausnahmekönner des politischen Liberalismus? Mein Rückblick auf die Ära eines Mannes, der alles erreicht hat. Und als Gescheiterter geht. 👇
February 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Es ist besser, Powerpoint nicht zu benutzen, als Powerpoint falsch zu benutzen.
November 28, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Es ist besser, Powerpoint nicht zu benutzen, als Powerpoint falsch zu benutzen.