Weekly Varia no. 173, 03/15/26

New varia post: spinning out catastrophes in my mind over spring break, plus links about speculative fiction, AI, teaching, politics, and a little sports, plus my usual media roundup.

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/03/15/weekly-varia-no-173-03-15-26/

Weekly Varia no. 172, 03/08/26

New varia post: a few thoughts on this moment as I head into spring break, along with this week's links and media roundup.

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/03/08/weekly-varia-no-172-03-08-26/

February Reading Notes

Notes on every book I finished in February 2026.

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/03/07/february-reading-notes-2/

Weekly Varia no. 171, 03/01/26

New varia post: lots of discussion of Tolkien and Dune, plus history, reading, books, teaching, and a little politics this week, as well as my usual media roundup

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/03/01/weekly-varia-no-171-03-01-26/

Weekly (not)Varia no. 170, 02/22/26

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/02/22/weekly-notvaria-no-170-02-22-26/

Weekly Varia no. 169, 02/15/26

New varia post: middle aged health concerns threw my week out of whack, as well as links about history, classics, higher education, AI, politics, and Tolkien. Plus what I'm listening to, reading, and watching.

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/02/15/weekly-varia-no-169-02-15-26/

Weekly Varia no. 168, 02/08/26

New varia post: a few thoughts on the attention economy, links about higher education, politics, history, and media, and this week's media roundup.

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/02/08/weekly-varia-no-168-02-08-26/

January Reading Notes

A recap and discussion of every book I finished in January 2026.

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/02/05/january-reading-notes-2/

Weekly Varia no. 167

New varia post: some thoughts on turning 40, plus this week's links with commentary about higher education, history, books, and the state of the world, and concluding with my weekly media roundup.

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/02/01/weekly-varia-no-167/

Weekly Varia, no. 166, 01/25/26

New varia post: some thoughts on stories in dark times, followed by this week's links and a media roundup.

http://joshuapnudell.com/2026/01/25/weekly-varia-no-166-01-25-26/