The Autumn Wind Edition

Hello internet stranger,

The Weekly Click is a weekly (shocking, I know) updated list of interesting bits on the internet that I thought I’d share.

Happy clicking!

1. It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers. "I don't know about you, but I can't wait to get my hands on some fucking gourds and arrange them in a horn-shaped basket..." This evergreen McSweeney’s piece always makes me laugh.

2. “Your Moral Equation Must Have Human Beings on Both Sides,” Jonathan Chait, New York. This is what writing precisely, carefully, honestly, and humanely looks like.

3. Why do superheroes wear spandex? Good question…

4. Eight tailgating traditions that celebrate football season. 

5. This is a great overview and review by Teri Kanefield of Heather Cox Richardson's new book, Democracy Awakening. My wife reads Richardson every day. It’s all the news she needs.

6. Mimestream is my favorite Gmail app for Apple. There isn’t an iPhone app yet and there’s no way to use this with Outlook, iCloud, or any other email provider besides Google, but once those get added it will be the best email app out there.

7. Iron Claw follows the Von Erich family and their rise to professional wrestling fame. I know some of the story, but not all of it. Looking forward to catching this movie.

8. The Nones. “In many countries around the world, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people who are nonbelievers or unaffiliated with any organized religion. These so-called ‘nones’ — atheists, agnostics, or nothing in particular — comprise 30% or more of the adult population in the United States and Canada, as well as numerous European countries. Japan, Israel and Uruguay are among other nations where large numbers of people are secular.”

9. Watching this Japanese breakfast master cook an omelet is oddly relaxing.

10. According to a post on his official Facebook page that was reposted on his Twitter/X account, legendary comic book artist Keith Giffen—co-creator of Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon and DC’s Ambush Bug, Lobo and the Jaime Reyes version of the Blue Beetle—has passed away. His run on the Legion of Super-Heroes was a favorite growing up. I also enjoyed his “Bwa-ha-ha-ha” version of the Justice League.

11. SOMEWHAT RELATED: Phyllis Coates, the First Lois Lane on Television, Dies at 96.

12. Eight years have passed since season three, so in the world of For All Mankind, it’s now 2003. Here’s the first full trailer for season four. Highly recommend watching all the seasons of this show.

13. Mark Manson: “It's time to grow up and stop doing the things you hate.”

14. 'What Is Broken in American Politics Is the Republican Party'. "A grown-up Republican Party — even a deeply conservative one — would accept the rule of law, the norms of liberal democracy, and the legitimacy of the opposing party." Sigh.

15. A beginner’s guide to playing blackjack in a casino without embarrassing yourself. 

16. Coming to Netflix in November is an adaptation of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See. The trailer looks amazing.

17. My Delirious Trip to the Heart of Swiftiedom. “Our only proof that she was actually in the stadium was that the people close to the stage seemed to believe that she was, and we chose to believe them.” Great piece of writing.

18. My kind of zen garden.

19. 15 minutes of Yo-Yo Ma sitting by a river in the Great Smokey Mountains, playing Bach. Perfect.

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Be seeing you.