Am unwell, so am catching up on old bookmarks. This from a week or so ago, on designing constrained spaces, is quite good. https://sarahendren.substack.com/p/the-city-and-the-limiting-virtues I mean, the old thing that constraint brings freedom is just that… extremely old… uh now I’m wondering what the history of that is: it’s certainly religious – certain rules enable … Continue reading "Old Man Shouts"

There is something particularly piquant about the mixture of elements in this story: Biden to warn Beijing against meddling in South China Sea A rusting wreck called the Sierra Madre in the South China Sea, with Philippine marines stationed on it, at the centre of a diplomatic flashpoint. I was mentally tagging this as #futureaesthetic, … Continue reading "The Wreck of the Sierra Madre"