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World Building

Worlds are the new brands.

on “worldbuilding” as the new brand-building.

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Worldbuilding, Pt. 1

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The appeal of eerie aesthetics.

considers the autumnal line between actually scary stuff and the cozy unease of ghosts, pumpkins, and flickering candles. 👻🎃🕯️  

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On Spookiness

A grey apartment listing. (Streeteasy/Daisy Alioto)

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Gray spaces everywhere.

on the plague that is overwhelmingly gray interior design.

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Desaturation point

Peak Drink

Too many beverages, too little time.

on the oversaturated state of the beverage market, along with some drinks recommendations from Kyle Chayka. Also, a glitchy techno livestream and *House of the Dragon*.

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Jay and Silent Bob social

We're missing slackers.

on a curious development in entertainment: the total lack of aimless slacker heroes.

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Where are the losers?

Sarah Jessica Parker getting carried away at Barney’s on Sex and the City. (HBO)


Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City

Shopping all the time.

on Émile Zola and shopping, a chase that can feel almost sexual.

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Material girls

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000), on a super trendy cell phone. (YouTube/Lionsgate)

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Gastronomical scarcity.

on how startups have turned reservations at trendy restaurants into financial commodities.

Christian Bale on a super trendy cell phone.

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Hot seats

Sofie Royer in her video for 2022 single "Baker Miller Pink." (YouTube/Sofie Royer)

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