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Tuesday ◾ June 23 ◾ 2026
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A short, clarifying read on why real rest feels different from idleness, and why the gap between them matters more than you'd think. On the Difference Between Rest and Idleness.
New research on why life actually tends to get better with age, and what younger people can borrow from it. Why older people are happier and what we can learn from them.
A brief reflection on the physics of momentum and why the hardest part of almost anything is just getting started. Push Things That Roll.
An essay on what ancient Greek and Roman thinkers made of domestic life, and why their conclusions feel surprisingly present today. A philosophy of home.
A Seth Godin reflection on why having more options matters more than making faster choices. Degrees of freedom.
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🔍 An endless I-Spy game built from millions of objects cut out of Wikipedia images. Wiki Spy.
🏥 New Zealand's hospice charity rates how well businesses treat terminally ill customers, with findings that will shift how you think about service. Hospice New Zealand rates businesses on how they treat the dying.
🎯 A small collection of browser toys with just-right physics: split firewood, doodle with ants, and a few more quiet satisfying nothings. screen.toys.
⌛deepculture Nostalgia / Revisiting stuff from the Past Years
🧠 An excellent little essay. On Godlessness.
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