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31 March 2024

“The future hinges on our ability to both reform the current system and create a new one that genuinely serves the best interests of humanity. To achieve this, we must break down data silos to encourage collaboration, create market conditions in which a diversity of options thrive to fuel creativity, and shift away from polarising content to an environment shaped by a diversity of voices and perspectives that nurture empathy and understanding.” Tim Berners-Lee on the web’s 35th birthday.
Steven Soderbergh’s year in reading.
This Interview magazine conversation between David Dastmalchian and Trent Reznor is pretty great.
The art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing.”
Marian Schembari on the great joy of returning to your childhood hobbies.

A little late to the party, but Victor LaValle’s Lone Women is straight-up fantastic.
I got my pre-ordered copy of Hailey Piper’s Cranberry Cove, which I enjoyed very much. I’m a big fan of supernaturally horrific crime/noir fiction, I’d like to see more of it.
Continuing my journey through books about walking, I read Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit. This is a modern classic of the walking essay genre and for a good reason. History and commentary and idealism all at once.
Love Lies Bleeding is awesome. I was a fan of the director’s debut feature, Saint Maud, which has quite a different vibe; but Love Lies Bleeding is an even stronger film.
In my humble opinion, Late Night with the Devil rules.
And, to wind down, I greatly enjoyed Wim Wenders’s quiet, affirming character study, Perfect Days.
I have a ticket to see legendary metal band Girlschool when they’re in my town soon, will my over-40 self actually make it there, let’s see!