Want to read: Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake 📚

Thomas Chatterton Williams pens another chapter in the story of how every sport is breaking under the twin strains of global spectacle & algorithmic efficiency.

Two options: embrace it (sports betting, fantasy everything) or go hyper local (high school sports, minor leagues, pick-up games). 🔗🎾

Ran my first 10k this morning at the Fargo Marathon. I beat my goal, finishing in 54:25. More importantly, I discovered that these races are a blast and a great way to to structure my training toward a concrete goal. I’ll be back. 🏃💪

Our first pizza night with the wood-fired Ooni was a great success! Can’t wait to start using this amazing tool weekly. 🍕

Finished reading: Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford.

This book is incredible—it connects many of my interests: jazz, counterfactual American history, religion, noir; the characters are wonderfully unique; the plot is gripping. Highly recommended! 📚

Currently reading: Night Train by A. L. Snijders.

Very short stories translated from Dutch by Lydia Davis (who herself writes brilliant microfiction). 📚

Currently reading: The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden 📚

Currently reading: Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford 📚

I love the impulse toward community in the work of the great Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto, winner of this year’s Pritzker Prize.

But I find the reliance on concrete, glass, & stark metals off-putting—working against the goals of his projects. A lingering, cold modernism, despite the beauty.

Finished reading: The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu 📚