• Newsletter | Celine Song's Past Lives An... written by Rahul Desai
  • "It sounds like Arthur is admitting that he cannot stop Nora from reclaiming her narrative. As a storyteller, he is perhaps torn between being and mining; he is pained by this struggle, but the artist in him is fascinated by it."
  • "At that moment it’s the same for Arthur, who gets reminded that, as tireless storytellers, their togetherness need not inherit the spectacle of fiction. The ship in their companionship need not be in motion."
  • "I’ve willed some of them into mythical spaces: There are poor-boy-rich-girl and villainous-parents narratives, there are urban-loneliness and serendipitous-texts tales. We tend to feel stronger if there’s something – or someone – to defy. We tend to feel unique as underdogs fig...

• The Hidden Environmental Impact of AI written by Lois Parshley
  • "Each time you search for something like “how many rocks should I eat” and Google’s AI “snapshot” tells you “at least one small rock per day,” you’re consuming approximately three watt-hours of electricity."
  • "That’s a problem, because data centers are rapidly outgrowing the electric grid while keeping dirty sources of power, like coal plants, operating."
  • "In addition to power, these facilities suck up substantial amounts of water to cool their servers, and are often located in places where land is cheap — like deserts."
  • "People don’t realize that when the groundwater is exhausted, there’s no alternative."
• Why Do Rich People Love Quiet? written by Xochitl Gonzalez

i learned this year to start appreciating people's workpieces by refering to them as arts instead of mere media/content to consume. here's a monthly compilation of most memorable arts among the others i respectfully enjoyed:

june

• books
  • the besieged city by clarice lispector
• motion pictures
  • godzilla minus one (2023) dir. takashi yamazaki
• albums
  • the loved ones by flyte
  • conditions by the temper trap
  • i do not want what i haven't got by sinéad o'connor
  • central reservation by beth orton
  • the miseducation of lauryn hill by lauryn hill
  • in a poem unlimited by u.s. girl