Robotic technology is coming, whether we want it or not. In this video, the robot does cartwheels—mostly just to prove it can do what humans do, which is honestly a little scary
Keyhole Arch at Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, California. Beautiful. It’s incredible how it was designed to resemble an arch or doorway.
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Currently watching: The Astronaut 🍿 I hope the movie turns out to be good. I’ll share my rating after watching.
Another horror find from Bookshop’s eBooks under $4 newsletter—a globe‑trotting dark fantasy about a painter who steps inside cursed canvases & must destroy them b4 collectors or the magic does. eBook on sale for $1.99—why not grab that deal? Added to my Want to Read: The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson.
I love horror books, and Bookshop just featured The Lamb by Lucy Rose in their email newsletter, so of course I had to check it out. It’s a queer, gothic folktale about a girl, her cannibal mother, and the beautiful stray who upends their bloody forest life. Just added to my Want to read list.📚
Margot and Mama live on the edge of a hungry forest, welcoming “strays” in from the cold with wine and warmth—then picking apart their bodies. When a beautiful stray named Eden appears in a snowstorm, Margot must confront desire, hunger, and how far she’ll go to escape.
This is Bridge House in BC’s Gulf Islands — a 3,200 sq ft home literally suspended between two rocky ridges over a fern gully. And that dining room? Globe pendants cascading over a wooden table with the forest right outside the window. I’d never leave. 🌿 Check out more images of that house.
Things That Stopped Me Mid-Scroll
You know those moments when you're scrolling through your reading list and something makes you stop mid-sip of coffee? I had a few of those this week.
Milk Without Cows (Yes, Really) So apparently, we’re living in the future now. Scientists are making real dairy milk without cows. Not almond milk, not oat milk. Actual milk with the same proteins as cow’s milk, but made in labs using precision fermentation.
And this isn’t some far-off sci-fi anymore. Remilk and Gad Dairies just launched “The New Milk” in Israel. Like, it’s rolling out in cafes and restaurants right now, with retail launches happening in January 2026. This is real milk you can …
DNF-ing I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes for now.
Robin’s Books summed it up perfectly —
‘about 350 pages too long’ and ‘needed a much tighter edit.’
Feed Me Fiction backed that up, saying
‘those first 200 pages were overwhelming, so detailed in telling backstory which you weren’t sure you really needed to know.’
Hayes is verbose and meanders instead of getting to the point. Not in the mood for that kind of commitment right now.
So I am currently reading The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly. 📚
Living longer doesn’t require a dramatic life overhaul. Small, consistent swaps. An extra 15 minutes of sleep, a daily walk, cooking one more meal at home. It adds up to real years. Start w/ one change, then build from there. Keep it simple. I have already done some. Already doing some? Even better.
Winter-bound? There are kits: Crochet, macrame, & decorating beautiful cakes. I always want to learn those new things. There are so many ways to keep your hands busy that aren’t doomscrolling. Pick up a hobby kit & turn the cozy season into something actually creative. Check it out here.
This Pittsburgh contractor built her house with a 6,000-pound copper spiral slide — a safety exit — and an 800-pound glass floor craned through the window. She’s hosted 32 slide rides in a day. How cool is that? Would you live in a house with a slide and a glass floor?
My watchlist is stacked! Bridgerton S3, Victoria S1, and The Empress S1 — apparently I’m in my royal era. Drama, gorgeous costumes, and palace intrigue for weeks. No complaints here. 👑
Currently watching: Alien: Earth S1E7, Emergence 🍿
I have caught up all episodes of: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 🍿 It is good. Now I can’t wait for the third season coming up soon.
Starlink is up last night! Promised 400 Mbps, delivering 361. Cable always promised 500, gave me 250-350. Starlink’s upload at 31 Mbps destroys cable’s 5-10. Genuinely impressed… just hoping it doesn’t drop as often as my neighbors say it does.
Norway sold just 7 gas-powered cars in January 2026. SEVEN. Meanwhile, 2,000+ EVs hit the road — that’s 95.9% of all new car sales last year. The fossil fuel era isn’t ending; it’s already ended. At least in Norway. ⚡🚗Amazing. Why isn’t the US doing the same? We can do better.
Read Nesbø’s The Snowman years ago but never finished. Now Netflix is turning The Devil’s Star book into Detective Hole w/ Tobias Santelmann as Harry. Time to finish both books before March 26 (but I doubt I will)! Nesbø also had The Snowman filmed in 2017. Hope it is good. Trailer: this Oslo noir!
AI tools are everywhere now - every app racing to add generative features. But there’s a backlash brewing: AI fatigue.
As Siddhant Khare puts it:
“People can smell AI slop from a mile away.”
And he’s right. We’re drowning in content from the same bland algorithm - polished but lifeless.
His piece nails why I keep my writing voice authentic. AI helps with writer’s block, but can’t capture weird brain connections or how you’d explain something over coffee.
The internet doesn’t need more generic content. It needs real voices.
Saw Mummy films & enjoyed all of them. Brendan and Rachel are coming back for another Mummy movie! May 2028. She wasn’t even in the 3rd one, so getting both of them back is amazing. After Brendan’s comeback w/ The Whale, this feels perfect. Two years feels like forever to wait though!
I love Spiderman! There is another Spiderman coming! Nicolas Cage is playing Spider-Man Noir in a new series dropping May 27th on Prime Video, and it looks incredible. 1930s noir detective vibe, and they’re releasing it in both black-and-white AND color. I’m definitely watching it in noir.
Before Dracula, there was Carmilla—literature’s first major vampire, and she was a lesbian. Published in 1872, Le Fanu’s novella features Laura’s tortured attraction to the mysterious Carmilla.
“I experienced a strange tumultuous excitement that was pleasurable, ever and anon, mingled with a vague sense of fear and disgust.”
Carmilla whispers,
“You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever.”
The novella predated Dracula by 25 years and established the lesbian vampire archetype. Though Dracula (born 1400s) is older in his story than Carmilla (1698) in hers.
I came across this fascinating study abt how the Chincha Kingdom in Peru fertilized their way to success w/ seabird poop! They used guano to grow surplus maize, which they traded w/ the Inca for ceremonial beer. They even celebrated this in their art, showing seabirds & sprouting corn together!
Here’s something wild: an old Texas coal mine is now a garden feeding 3,000 people a year. The Dewey Prairie Garden near Jewett grows 10,000 pounds of produce for local food pantries—turning land that once powered plants into something that actually nourishes families. Pretty cool redemption story.
Just read this fascinating study where older adults (65+) did brain training for 10 weeks and reversed about a decade of brain aging. They actually measured brain chemistry changes. Kind of makes me think about what I could be doing now at 50 to keep my brain sharp down the road. Read more here.
Rant: I am frustrated that I can’t edit the date because of the post(s) I accidentally add today’s date when it should be last Friday at that time when it was scheduled. The mobile site doesn’t make it easy to change the date. Sigh. Any idea how can I fix the date on the phone?
Cc: @help