better doing

I tried breathwork, guided by this video.

I overheard breathing coach Nick Sweeney talking about using a breathing technique to fight off infection, so I edged my way into the conversation. The idea is to exhale all your breath and then hold for ~1.5 minutes, activating the […]

oh, chicago

Chicago’s food halls have entered a new era.

“Chicago’s food halls were not built to be busy only three days a week during lunchtime. With Loop office occupancy rates still sagging from the pandemic, the businesses once predicated on vast numbers of customers are being forced to forge […]

oh, chicago

Chicago’s food halls have entered a new era.

“Chicago’s food halls were not built to be busy only three days a week during lunchtime. With Loop office occupancy rates still sagging from the pandemic, the businesses once predicated on vast numbers of customers are being forced to forge […]

fun facts

ACT test scores for U.S. students drop to a 30-year low.

This is fun because you can overfit whatever your preferred explanation is to this outcome. “Scores have been falling for six consecutive years, but the trend accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.” I’d love to see some more granular data, starting […]

tech, startups, internet

How to shut down a startup.

“Just six weeks earlier, in October 2020, Petal had finalized pricing for manufacturing its germ-freezing trash can, which consumers could use to get rid of germs in their trash and eliminate odors. Then, the cost of manufacturing the product shot […]