Outline, by Rachel Cusk. Interesting narrative. Nothing much happens but at the same time a lot does too. Short yet expansive. 3.5/5.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, by Wes Anderson. Based on “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” by Roald Dahl. beautifully produced and acted.
As a leader of humans, I’ve watched sadly as valued co-workers have resigned. Each time I work to understand two things:
Why are they leaving?
When did their shields go down?(..)
The real question, the real insight, comes from the answer to Question #2: When did their shields go down?Their shields drop when, in the moment they are presented with the offer of potential future opportunity, they quickly evaluate their rubric and make an instant call: Is this job meeting my bar?
— Michael Lopp
Stop with the fucking history lessons about what the Israelites did, or what the Ottomans did, or what the British did, or whatever. IT IS FUCKING IMMATERIAL. There is a pile of dog shit in the living room. Instead of arguing about whose dog took the bigger shit in the living room, maybe focus on how we clean up the dog shit, and maybe we keep the dogs outside.
— mo husseini, 50 Completely True Things
The Blue and the White, nice New Yorker profile of Fitzcarraldo Editions and its founder Jacques Testard (“Nobel whisperer”). First came across the now-iconic International Klein Blue covers when Jon Fosse’s books gathered publicityy after the Nobel Prize.