May I Never Get Over The Magic Of Asking My Smart Home The Weather And Air Quality
My darlings, how are we? Today’s Missive is a real grab bag of stuff on the internet, so I am hoping everyone finds something of interest in this here newsletter.
And speaking of the above, FYI - I’m taking vacation next week, so no Missive shall be had, because I am doing my best to toss my laptop into the Pacific and abandon all digital activity (except for Waze, and Yelp, and Swarm, and internet browser to access restaurant lists, and my iPhone’s camera, and actually probably my laptop so I can watch silly movies, OK FINE, YOU’VE CAUGHT ME).
TO THE INTERNET!
Sometimes these articles are seemingly written for this newsletter: an opinion piece about the founders of SoulCycle starting a “relational fitness” company, a “spiritual practice of connected conversation” targeting the millennial #girlboss who is now married with kids, that on first read seems to be making fun of the gatherings but then dives further into how our society has lost its connection to “some of the most valuable benefits of taking part in an established religious community — connection, transcendence, a sense of larger purpose”… I mean, it’s Missive through-and-through (h/t Friend of the Missive Daniel for sending and just knowing I’d lose my shit over it.) And OOOOOF, that kicker gets you right in the gut. (Washington Post)
Speaking of people who know what I find interesting and want to devote attention to, Mum of the Missive sent this one in and I am kicking myself that Cousin of the Missive Tannis and I didn’t go walk by this haunted structure while she was here this past weekend: The beautiful 30-room San Francisco Pacific Heights mansion that was once a Nazi enclave (SFGate)
Related, this is bonkers: The heyday of American Nazism was led by a prize-winning Hollywood screenwriter (Timeline)
Also related, and relevant: How White 'replacement theory' evolved from elderly racists to teens online to the alleged inspiration for another racist mass homicide (CNN)
And finally, this this this this this: “I’m both your leisure activity and your only form of exercise. I’m the last thing tethering you to reality, yet your only way of escaping it. I’m the singular effort you make to maintain your sanity and your sole means of experiencing joy, hope, and happiness.” I’m A Short Afternoon Walk And You’re Putting Way Too Much Pressure On Me (McSweeney’s)
That’s it, that’s all! Drink some water, listen to your favorite album, get outside for a bit, remind someone you love them, and be kind to yourself, won’t you?
xoxo Amy