Notes on Week 21 of 2026

Look up: Milky Way photographer of the year 2026. These are stunning.

Tess and I made these Salmon Gyro bowls for dinner on Tuesday and they were a smash hit. We all loved them. Jamelle Bouie recommended them in one of his recent email newsletters.

Cool Sword Day happens on May 21 of every year.

Why weekends are under threat. Via Tess.

‘You do not need fancy equipment, you do not need a degree, to make money and to do this as your job’. A bit of feel-goodness about my employer. It’s easy to forget in the day-to-day busy-ness how big an impact we can have. Via Tess.

University Professors Disturbed to Find Their Lectures Chopped Up and Turned Into AI Slop. The gall.