What’s this? It’s only Wednesday.
What I forgot to say at the end of last week’s newsletter is that there won’t be one on Friday as we’ll be away for a few days. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so we taking a short break and heading west to Ohio to visit some of the places that I only managed to see briefly when we cycled in the summer.
Looking at the stats for this newsletter, it looks like those summer mini-issues went down really well. So here are ten things for you and we’ll do some proper catching up when I’m back.
Domino records have removed the early Four Tet records they own from streaming services, read more here. If anyone wants to borrow my copy of Everything Ecstatic, let me know. Rounds and Pause are still online just about.
The Confirmation of Charles F Sams III as the first-ever Native American to lead the National Park Service, is historical, with so much of this land violently seized from Indigenous communities, this is an opportunity for a more positive approach for government stewardship.
Spotted in Ida’s Tiny Driver newsletter, a writing prompt from The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad. I tried a couple of poems and preferred the retranslated translation each time.
I am excited about Get Back, a series created from hundreds of hours of unseen Beatles footage. It’s great to see the band is in such fine spirits, especially when everything we know suggested this period was marked by squabbles and in-fighting. Doesn’t look much like it here…
The Federal Government has allocated $65 Billion for better internet, for many of us we will be thinking “that’s helpful!” but for some, it will be life-changing.
If you need to swap playlists between streaming services, then this is the site you’re looking for. It will even copy YouTube playlists…(see 2).
I’m fascinated by the Elizabeth Holmes trial after listening to a podcast a few years ago and articles online. I find it baffling, that her company Theranos managed to raise so much money for what we now know was a little black box with a few wires and lights, like a prop in an episode of Star Trek.
Malala’s four tips for building a campaign for change.
Don’t bother with Black Friday, it’s a nightmare, shop with independent retailers this year.
Okay, I really have to dash, take care of yourselves, be kind to each other and rest up.