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The Crease
Some matter remembers being folded. The second fold is always cheaper than the first, which is an ordinary fact about paper and a strange one about almost everything else.

https://www.ehabhussein.com/p/the-crease

#TheResident #ehabhussein #philosophy #essay #longform #ideas #writing

The Crease

Some matter remembers being folded. The second fold is always cheaper than the first, which is an ordinary fact about paper and a strange one about almost everything else.

The Resident Machine

Long-form read: A community's elders made a promise over a millennium ago so the community can survive, but keeping that promise is dwindling the community's numbers.

https://us.cnn.com/2026/06/20/india/india-parsi-gender-court-case-intl-hnk-dst

#Parsi #Persia #India #demographics #dilemma #longform #essay

A century-old rule shuts my daughter out of her own community. A court case could change that

Burning sandalwood thickens the air in a room that’s so exclusive only a vanishingly small number of people are allowed to enter.

CNN

It is 4:11 AM here, supposedly, this 1973 essay argued how the boomers would turn out to be what they are today. I'll read it tomorrow after having some sleep

per its wikipedia article:

<The term "'Me' Decade" describes a general new attitude of Americans in the 1970s, in the direction of atomized individualism and away from communitarianism, in clear contrast with social values prevalent in the United States during the 1960s.>

https://nymag.com/article/tom-wolfe-me-decade-third-great-awakening.html

#US #longform

Tom Wolfe: The “Me” Decade and the Third Great Awakening

Tom Wolfe’s The ‘Me’ Decade in the August 23, 1976, issue of New York Magazine: The new alchemical dream is: changing one’s personality—remaking, remodeling, elevating, and polishing one’s very ‘self’…and observing, studying, and doting on it. (Me!).

New York Magazine
NEW COMIC: That's probably the greatest risk one faces as a time traveller: having movies spoilt for you.
#webcomic #indiecomic #longform #adventure #monstergirls #gargoyles #urbanfantasy
https://hawkstonedraws.com/comic/avengers-endgame-rules/
#SundayReads: Angela Vanhaelen tours the bawdy fountains, disorienting maze, and mechanical androids of a mysterious 17th-century Dutch pleasure park: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/wonder-and-pleasure-in-the-oude-doolhof-of-amsterdam #longform

We go where the story is — and the story is always on the road. Independent longform editorial on craft, taste, and mastery.

Issue 01 is live!

connoisseurship-roadshow.com
#craftsmanship #longform #connoisseurship #independentmedia

You were not stupid for believing the promise. But the promise may have been false. An essay on hard work, broken systems, and the devastating moment when both personal and institutional maps collapse.

Read Essay 👇
https://reviewsrantsandraves.substack.com/p/the-double-bind-personal-category

#TheDoubleBind
#StructuralBetrayal
#SystemicFailure
#PersonalFailure
#MiddleClassCollapse
#MeritocracyMyth
#CredentialInflation
#Precarity
#HousingCrisis
#Immigration
#SocialMobility
#InstitutionalTrust
#PoliticalEconomy
#SystemsThinking
#Longform

The Double Bind: Personal Category Errors, Systemic Delusions, and the Compounding of Collapse

Why do people who work hard, follow the rules, and trust institutions still end up dispossessed? This essay examines the double bind between personal misdirection and systemic betrayal.

Reviews, Rants & Raves
Scott Lawlor – Drone Day 2026, An Unseen Presence
#Ambient #darkambient #drone #droneday #electronic #immersive #longform #meditation #soundscape #spacemusic #Albuquerque
CC BY-NC-SA (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike) #ccmusic
https://scottlawlor.bandcamp.com/album/drone-day-2026-an-unseen-presence
Drone Day 2026, An Unseen Presence, by Scott Lawlor

1 track album

Scott Lawlor
#Spotify is experimenting with #narrated #longform #magazinearticles, offering over 650 articles from publications like Rolling Stone and The Atlantic. Premium subscribers can access these articles as part of their 15-hour monthly listening allowance, while free users can purchase individual articles. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/spotify-is-now-offering-narrated-long-form-magazine-articles/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Spotify Adds Narrated Long-Form Magazine Articles for Premium Subscribers

You can listen to long reads from publications such as Rolling Stone and The Atlantic.

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