Good afternoon,
I am officially unemployed which means I am currently in liminal space. With all this free and not free time, I am contemplating a restructuring of LoG? Business plan? Athletic Greens or Squarespace, if you’re reading this, I am open to sponsorship.
The only net positive of New York’s flash flood was Sally the sea lion who briefly escaped the Central Park Zoo. Sea Lion Escapes From Central Park Zoo Enclosure During Flooding at NYT.
The government’s case to break up Amazon, explained by Sara Morrison at Vox. Meanwhile in Canada, monopoly is under just the status quo that gets pushed under the rug. See: Rogers. // the FTC is successful, it could have huge implications for Big Tech and e-commerce alike. It will show that government agencies can take these companies on and win. Amazon could be subject to penalties up to being forced to break up into smaller companies to handle its separate lines of business. That may create a more level playing field for sellers that currently just can’t compete with Amazon’s reach, resources, and control. People who support the case believe it will mean lower prices and a better shopping experience, as Amazon will have more competitors for people’s business. Consumers, third-party sellers, and other e-commerce platforms would benefit from that. But opponents say it will be bad for consumers, who won’t be able to get all of the Amazon services they’ve become so used to and may even pay higher prices.
To all the Asana, Trello, Monday, Notion die hards! Honestly, I find them mostly a waste of time and they become overly bloated with unnecessary and a job itself. Your Project Management Software Can't Save You by Matt Alston at Wired. // Because there is no one way to organize projects and workloads, no software can be everything for modern workers.
I have an aversion to people wearing perfume (obviously because I don’t even wear deodorant) and it’s really just a cash grab to lure the every day people to buy into luxury, but I can appreciate the simplicity of this Loewe campaign starring Greta Le.
Highly recommend this podcast ep featuring Naomi Klein on The Gray Area (Vox). Really great insight with how people who have extremist views (which includes the far left as well) perceive the world and their reality. I will buy the book eventually but it’s $38! Also interviewed by Jia Tolentino at The New Yorker here.
Prepare to feel hopeless while reading this. Sorry. I visited a beautiful coral reef in 2022. What I saw there this summer shocked me. by Benji Jones at Vox.
The most rigorous critique of Architectural Digest’s Open Door. I watched 151 celebrity house tours and they’re full of lies by Kendra Gaylord. // there is a general obsession with citrus
We need to break up big alcohol (???) also known as the LCBO in Ontario. TLDR: product reviews are bought. Their magazine is in shambles and the design oscillates between safe and contemporary design. I read the magazine for fun but honestly it’s all ads and then I just throw out that shit. A Wine Critic Spills All at Canadaland.
Listening to Haim’s Days Are Gone album on repeat a lot lately because of their 10th anniversary re-release. It all still hits very hard. From Falling, to Forever, to The Wire to My Song 5. Alana and Este actually sing more on this record compared to their later records. If you’re looking for a fashion time capsule of 2013, look no further than the Falling music video. (Trigger warning)
Closing out Hanlans on October 1 for the season. This year was a pretty good season. Honestly could have used more friends to go with but what are you going to do? Make friends?
YouTube has rolled out a new feature where it recognizes my ad blocker and will not let me watch YouTube unless I disable the feature. Albeit, I found a workaround because the ad blocker still works in incognito mode. Annoying because incognito doesn’t have my subscribed channels, but ad free nonetheless. For now…
Underwhelmed by everything from SSENSE’S XX collection. Sportswear, I am so over her. Why is every shoe out there a running shoe. Stop making running shoe’s casual. I am fatigued.
I absolutely do not care for Elvis’s life story, but the trailer for Priscilla by Sofia Coppola (writer and director) looks really good. By A24 which means I am culturally obligated to watch and critique. Then I segued to watch a bunch of other A24 trailers: Dream Scenario (looks fun!), The Iron Claw (most likely won’t watch), Dicks: The Musical (@absurdittie writes “Cannot tell whether this will be an instant classic or absolutely insufferable” — I am leaning towards the latter)
Fly me to NY and serve me anything pandan from this pop-up. Really good story about following your passions. Very American dream.
Poog is back after Kate’s work trip to London. (Yes, we are on a first name basis. Parasocial 101.) She’s getting a Breville Bambino and I have a Bambino. Kate, if you’re reading this, call me, I can help you set up. We can meet in a public place. Say Erewhon in Silver Lake?
Sufjan Stevens has a new album, Javelin, dedicated to his late partner, Evans Richardson, who passed away this year. The album is sad, raw and his most personal. Stevens who is private and has never publicly come out has come out. He was also diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome and is relearning how to walk. I am telling you all of this because I am Sufjan Stevens’ #1 fan.
Thanks for reading,
Perry
hmmm.. I probably should have edited this more but oh well....