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July 21, 2026
Summer · 8 entries
newyorker.comMadonna and the Muppets Made the Case for LoveA World Cup halftime show featuring Madonna, Muppets, and global pop stars positioned music and celebrity as a universal solution to cultural division. The spectacle relied on the premise that entertainment can transcend boundaries and unite disparate audiences through shared emotional experience. T✦ Read ad free and get the full MichaelFilter · $5.50
The Impossible Scroll
For two thousand years, the Herculaneum scrolls were unreadable. Carbonized by Vesuvius in 79 AD. Touch one and it crumbles. Unroll it and you destroy the only copy. So they sat there — full of text, completely sealed.
Read the essay →Performing the Practice vs. Reading It: Why Inheritance Isn’t Understanding
A student asked me why the closing sequence comes last, and I heard how much of what I knew was inheritance, not understanding. I could have written a post about it. Instead I built the map — 81 lessons, on a platform I own. The thing is the proof.
Read the essay →get bent
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