Mark
@markenglehartevans.bsky.social
Telling jokes into the void.
Coffee of the week
March 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Coffee of the week
Coffee of the week
February 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Coffee of the week
Well then. Of course www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Well then. Of course www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
This is el0n. He’s a Bond villain.
a man wearing glasses and a suit is sitting in a car .
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a suit is sitting in a car .
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is el0n. He’s a Bond villain.
We just came across an old Chinese man walking the canal playing an ocarina, and I’m just tickled with the idea that this old guy just plays a ton of Zelda
February 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
We just came across an old Chinese man walking the canal playing an ocarina, and I’m just tickled with the idea that this old guy just plays a ton of Zelda
Recent evidence suggests that my strategic mind and decades of experience make me a far superior nerf battle general than the average 7 year old.
January 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Recent evidence suggests that my strategic mind and decades of experience make me a far superior nerf battle general than the average 7 year old.
StarHub hold music has real “70s love scene soundtrack” vibes
January 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
StarHub hold music has real “70s love scene soundtrack” vibes
I love @changiairport.bsky.social airport. Off the plane and into a taxi in 17 minutes. WITH KIDS.
December 30, 2024 at 9:39 AM
I love @changiairport.bsky.social airport. Off the plane and into a taxi in 17 minutes. WITH KIDS.
My favorite thing about Singapore right now - the chickens. Not the chicken rice, the actual feral chickens. In a place so clean and efficient the chickens are a wonderful glitch in the matrix and i love them
December 13, 2024 at 6:14 AM
My favorite thing about Singapore right now - the chickens. Not the chicken rice, the actual feral chickens. In a place so clean and efficient the chickens are a wonderful glitch in the matrix and i love them
Which is funnier: Chicken Coup or Autocratic asphyxiation?
there was a self-coup in south Korea? Paging @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Which is funnier: Chicken Coup or Autocratic asphyxiation?
And the 50s.
The 1918-1937 speedrun we’ve all been doing is exhausting but it looks like we’re about halfway there
Millions of Mexican Americans were deported in the 1930s. Are we about to repeat this ‘ethnic cleansing’?
Nearly 2 million Mexican Americans, more than half US citizens, were deported without due process during the Great Depression, reminiscent of what is unfolding today
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:43 AM
And the 50s.
there was a self-coup in south Korea? Paging @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 12:42 AM
there was a self-coup in south Korea? Paging @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
What’s the best book you read in 2024? (Not written in 2024)
Mine
Fiction: creation lake, recommended: silver bone, hurricane season, Pachinko
Non-fiction: empires of the indus. recommended: end times,
technofeudalism. Exact thinking in demented times. The badass librarians of Timbuktu
Mine
Fiction: creation lake, recommended: silver bone, hurricane season, Pachinko
Non-fiction: empires of the indus. recommended: end times,
technofeudalism. Exact thinking in demented times. The badass librarians of Timbuktu
What’s the best book you read this year?
For me
Fiction: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin, close second is The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
Non-fiction: how the world really works by Vaclav Smil, close second is Kingdom of Characters by Jing Tsu
For me
Fiction: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin, close second is The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
Non-fiction: how the world really works by Vaclav Smil, close second is Kingdom of Characters by Jing Tsu
December 1, 2024 at 6:51 AM
What’s the best book you read in 2024? (Not written in 2024)
Mine
Fiction: creation lake, recommended: silver bone, hurricane season, Pachinko
Non-fiction: empires of the indus. recommended: end times,
technofeudalism. Exact thinking in demented times. The badass librarians of Timbuktu
Mine
Fiction: creation lake, recommended: silver bone, hurricane season, Pachinko
Non-fiction: empires of the indus. recommended: end times,
technofeudalism. Exact thinking in demented times. The badass librarians of Timbuktu
Peruvian food is bangin’. What the fuck
Table of preferences by country and cuisine. Seems like a good data set too. HMM. Interesting.
I like how Japan hates like half of em.
I like how Japan hates like half of em.
December 1, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Peruvian food is bangin’. What the fuck
i read too much buttondown.com/Magpie/archi...
magpie 64/ too many books not enough time
Okay, let’s get into it. First off, some articles: Trauma and addiction – two things you already knew were connected, but now there’s research backing it up,...
buttondown.com
October 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
i read too much buttondown.com/Magpie/archi...
this phrase “best efforts basis” has come into business jargon and somehow it means “not really trying” and I am confused
October 1, 2024 at 8:02 AM
this phrase “best efforts basis” has come into business jargon and somehow it means “not really trying” and I am confused
It had never occurred to me that modern still-life’s would capture modern things.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/s...
Junk Food, High Art
Noah Verrier’s oil painting of an Uncrustables sandwich sold for $4,999. It looks delicious.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2024 at 12:35 AM
It had never occurred to me that modern still-life’s would capture modern things.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/s...
I have a newsletter buttondown.com/Magpie/archi...
Magpie 63/ Commentary without consequences
Welcome to the age of commentary without consequences. Here, the Broletariat reigns supreme. They’ve mastered the art of speaking with the conviction of a...
buttondown.com
September 3, 2024 at 9:43 AM
I have a newsletter buttondown.com/Magpie/archi...
I’ve come back to blue sky agai. Tell me who to follow - I picked up most of my followers from @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social and now my feed is all about missiles and navy vessels.
September 3, 2024 at 9:41 AM
I’ve come back to blue sky agai. Tell me who to follow - I picked up most of my followers from @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social and now my feed is all about missiles and navy vessels.
Ben Evans’ annual presentation is out - it is a must read, as always. Ben’s presentations follow the same narrative, “what are we talking about when we talk about X?” with clever insights about the different use cases and examples that define the edges of X.
www.ben-evans.com/presentations
www.ben-evans.com/presentations
January 10, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Ben Evans’ annual presentation is out - it is a must read, as always. Ben’s presentations follow the same narrative, “what are we talking about when we talk about X?” with clever insights about the different use cases and examples that define the edges of X.
www.ben-evans.com/presentations
www.ben-evans.com/presentations
I heard someone call tweets “muskets” and it is so apt.
January 7, 2024 at 5:54 AM
I heard someone call tweets “muskets” and it is so apt.
This book made me feel things bookshop.org/a/94747/9780...
Stay True: A Memoir a book by Hua Hsu
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art, by the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu "...
bookshop.org
January 3, 2024 at 10:31 AM
This book made me feel things bookshop.org/a/94747/9780...