worth reading: july 18-august 13, 2024

unsorted because i realized i had too many links backed up!

“Trekking Across Switzerland, Guided by Locals’ Hand-Drawn Maps” by Ben Buckland
- charming!
“A Guide to Miyazaki’s Weird Little Guys” by James Grebey
- endearing!
“Keanu Reeves Wrote a Book. A Really Weird One.” by Alexandra Alter
- scroll through for some genuinely weird (but also charming) celebrity photography!
Rat Cruise by Vera Brosgol
- cannot recommend this newsletter highly enough--it's by an artist who is currently on a residency with a bunch of scientists island-hopping in an Alaskan maritime reserve! i am learning so much! did you know that anti-nausea medication can make you lose your vision? i did not!
One Minute Park
- soothing!
“The Unexpected Poetry of PhD Acknowledgements” by Tabitha Carvan
- heartwarming!
“‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player” by Conor Niland
- depressing!
“Is Sleep Training Harmful?” by Tom Valiant
- really cool analysis & web design!
“Everyone Who Made This Happen: Meet the Many People It Takes to Produce One Thing” by Kate Guadagnino
- interesting! also more great photography in here!
"Inside "The Machine"" by Anne Helen Petersen
- threw this in last-minute because i read it this morning and it boggled my mind! (this is part 2 of a weeklong series on Greek Life at the University of Alabama, and it looks like it's shaping up to be a banger.)