Sitemap - 2026 - Meditations in an Emergency

High ratings for new cinema, some recent recordings of big symphonies, the best from the week online

Change of scene

Fresh T-shirts for spring, a new pasta in the rotation, transgressive diary fiction

Favorite new R&B and country-tinged rock, and some vibe-coding for people scared by Claude Code

Sixty minutes in a new shopping plaza

How I use AI models day-to-day, great new music I overlooked, books to read for style, and some online reads to soothe the doom-scroll

A new favorite weather app, trailers for newish films, and three "affordable" sunglasses for spring

A good playlist of guitar music, terrific animation for children and adults, and my "productivity stack" (gag)

Favorite new trousers for camp and office, AI for your playlists and your coffee, a weird epistolary novel

New classical and pop, the podcast I use to learn new things, coffee pour-over timing, protest and strike materials

Emergency apps for your phone, new music for prepping to party, and a John McPhee I didn't know about

Working with others

Jeans at two price points, some lively books to check out, and a news app I surprisingly like

Being a regular

Go-bag essentials, a smartphone app for evaluating your sleep, and two dark (inspiring) recent reads

Travel headphones, ten favorite reads from the year (with 10-word poems for each), and my favorite jazz song released in 2025

Sixty minutes at a ryokan

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