All's well here at The Dispatch. The snails are feeling better about their summer camp heartbreak. They started texting us this week to talk about it, which we were secretly glad about because we think it was stressing out the camp counselors. We let them know that even though they might feel like they were rejected, they will always belong with us and belong with each other. Then they told us that they had snuck a bunch of PBR into the cabin to share with the kids and we told them to absolutely not do that, but they stopping texting us back, so now we're worried about that.

Game Boy 👾

• Magic Arena and Exponential Idle
• Going around to different Magic card shops on our trip and trying to get a different pack from all the different places that we're visiting

Coding Corner 👨🏻‍💻

• PhotoPrism
  • AI-powered photos app that can be self-hosted
• The looming demise of the 10x developer
  • Not convinced that their exact argument is true, but some interesting thoughts around why people go into programming as a career and how the idea of "craft" fits into software engineering
• https://wiby.me/surprise/
  • Random link to the old internet
  • Some cool and interesting sites

Albums 🎧

• "Tomboy" by Panda Bear
  • Never got so into this, but there are some good songs
• "The Lonesome Crowded West" by Modest Mouse
  • A lonely record
• "Building Nothing Out of Something" by Modest Mouse
  • "This is the part of me that needs medication / this is the part of me that believes in Heaven" Going to church in high school
• "The Moon & Antarctica" by Modest Mouse
  • "I will remember to remember to forget you forgot me" classic modest mouse ism
• "Halcyon Digest" by Deerhunter
  • "I'm saved I'm saved, and oh, can you believe it"
• "Capacity" by Big Thief
  • This one stands alone
• "DAMN." by Kendrick Lamar
  • Storytelling
• "Burn Your Fire For No Witness" by Angel Olsen
  • Feels essential now
• "The Life of Pablo" by Kanye West
  • Interesting to listen to now knowing but maybe emptier than I think
• "Apologies To The Queen Mary" by Wolf Parade
  • Wisconsin but free
• "A Ghost Is Born" by Wilco
  • Charlottesville

Links 🔗

• Cat Lounge Music TikTok
• Where's Your Husband From TikTok
• A bell that rings two notes at once YouTube
  • Cool video explaining sonic phenomenon