Week of June 8, 2026
Hello, friends. I’m back and battling jet lag. More on my trip to come.
In the meantime, ProPublica published a piece I helped edit called, Toxic Ground.
From the description, “About half of all Oklahomans live within a mile of an oil and gas site. A new documentary from The Frontier and ProPublica exposes the failure of state regulators to protect residents from a massive underground pollution crisis.”
I’m proud of this one and I hope you’ll check it out.
250 to 250, esteemed historian Heather Cox Richardson has produced a series of one-minute docs on “the many people, places, and events that have built our country and remind us of the power of each person to make history.”
The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech. Also in lists, The 100 Greatest Bird Names of All Time.
From filmmaker Adam Westbrook, Hayao Miyazaki’s wisdom for stuck artists. Also, I’m halfway through Austin Kleon’s new book, Don’t Call It Art and it’s excellent, as expected.
A few weeks old but brilliant all the same: Wanton Destruction Of CBS Property - Letterman & Colbert Toss Stuff Off The Roof Of The Ed Sullivan.