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Food5 minThe case for eating pizza with a knifeFolding is fine. Hands are fine. But a knife lets you eat the best pizza in the city while it is still too hot to hold.Music3 minHeadphones are the new front doorIn a city with no privacy, putting your headphones on is how you close the door.Tech4 minRubber duck debugging, but the duck talks backProgrammers explain their bugs to a plastic duck because saying it out loud fixes it. What happens when the duck can answer?City4 minPaint your house. Your street will thank youThe cheapest thing you can do for your neighbourhood costs about three weekends and a few tins of paint.Home3 minOne plant, twelve apartments, zero deathsI have moved twelve times in fifteen years. One monstera came with me every time. Here is how it survived.Food2 minIce cream is a weather reportThe queue outside a gelato shop tells you more about tomorrow than the forecast does.Tech5 minThe neon sign repair shop at the end of the internetGlass benders are the last people in tech who fix things instead of replacing them. We spent a week in their workshop.Style3 minPastel sneakers ended the all-black eraFor a decade, black trainers were the safe choice. Then everybody's feet turned mint, lilac and butter yellow.Home2 minYour coffee mug is a personality testEveryone has a favourite mug, and everyone gets strangely upset when somebody else uses it.
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Issue 048 · Fri 9 OctInside this Friday:
- 01Why toast is having a moment
- 02The tram driver who plays requests
- 03A week without a single notification
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