My first puzzle of the season—courtesy of the Portland Puzzle Exchange—is complete (yay!).
I love a good visual archive (and I appreciate they share the tools and process they used to bring the project to life). Related: Worn Stories, The Museum of Broken Relationships, and this Pinterest board.
Determined to not miss the next window for joining the Office of Collecting and Design’s incredibly cool security envelope swap. (They have other clubs, too.)
The PDX Sidewalk Joy Map is one of my favorite local community projects. I love that the movement is spreading.
Another cool local project: a community-sourced digital cabinet of curiosity.
Completely rethinking my beliefs about and approach to creativity and the creative process after listening to the latest episode of The Telepathy Tapes.
Very into this tiny junk journal of found scraps. Related: this blog post, this blog post, this entire blog, this nine-minute-long documentary, and the box full of things I found on the ground during my many walks two summers ago.
Last month, on the recommendation of menswear guy, I read Shopping All The Way to the Woods and learned so much. Imagine my delight when I learned the author is interviewed in this season of Articles of Interest. You can listen to episodes one and two now.
Two recent additions to my TBR list: this memoir, from the writer who brought us Dopesick the book that brought us Dopesick the (incredible) miniseries, and a collection of film photographs Portland photographer Corbin C. has taken over the last decade using only disposable cameras (this project in particular is extremely my shit).
Very much enjoyed this Decoder Ring episode on the mythology of the Hollywood red string evidence/investigation boards.
Such a cute and fun Halloween costume!
A few long-form articles for your weekend:
Never been more thankful for my natural autistic intolerance of protein powders and shakes (it’s a taste and texture thing).
AI will never be your friend: “The only world where loneliness is lessened is a world where humans are given a chance to be closer to other humans, not one in which they become a host for a digital parasite hanging around their neck, draining their life in service of profit for a tech company.”
In the last nine months, ICE has spent $71 million on weapons, a staggering 600 percent increase over the same period last year. Unconscionable.
We aren’t doing enough to protect our kids (or each other (or ourselves)).
Congratulations, you’re a terrorist.
And, lastly, a sliver of not-shit news during these trying times: Equator, a new politics, culture, and art magazine (website) launched this week.