When Yanu returned from tribal council, you’d think that things would be pretty positive: after all, an overly elaborate plan to convince Jess she had a fake idol had worked like a charm. But Bhanu’s still spiraling after becoming overly emotional during tribal, realizing that the other three players hatched that plan without him. And while they subtly try to suggest that maybe his inability to hide his emotions make that a good choice for his game (given that Jess would target him with her vote and play the shot in the dark if she had known the idol was fake), he can’t get over the idea that they’re so willing to be deceptive, and are clearly going to target him next if they lose again.

We live in an era in which we can change the look of a document on a computer screen with a few button clicks. The aesthetics of type is both more noticeable than ever, yet, perhaps, less considered. Ease, ubiquity, and low cost have made ours both a golden age of typography and a veritable tower of typographic babble. Finding the right font – or, at least, a right font – remains one of the most important factors in designing text.

My member of Congress recently blocked me on X over a comment I posted criticizing her take on Serbian tennis star (and anti-vaxxer) Novak Djokovic. Yeah, 2024 is coming in hot.  I normally don’t follow Republican members of Congress on social media. X feeds them to me regardless, so what’s the point, right? But seeing as Claudia Tenney is my Rep in New York’s 24th district, and is someone I will continue to work to try to defeat each cycle, I thought it would be smart to follow her.

(Click here for an index of all past WTC recipes! And see the bottom of this newsletter for a printable PDF of this one.) Every time I cook pork tenderloin, I am transported back to my childhood kitchen — to its beige tiles and light green cabinets, the Talking Heads playing way too loudly from the stereo, and my mom shouting over the noise for my dad to "TURN IT DOWN, TOMMY!

"Upterrlainarluta.” Yup'ik, VERB: “to be wise in preparing for the unknowable."* When it comes to the planetary crisis, the most important question you can ask yourself is “Where?” It feels almost anachronistic to say it — in these days of globalization, international entertainment, worldwide travel, remote work, constant connection and instant access to everything — but the most important choice facing you and your family as the planetary crisis crashes down is where you choose to be.