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The necessity of boredom
Why distraction is the enemy of creativity, wild camping is more attractive than you think, and how a lonely death might not be what it seems.
Adam Tinworth
Writer, journalist and lecturer. Has been blogging since 2001, but quite likes newsletters too.
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Engaged Reading Time is back
It’s back! After a three month hiatus, and a move away from the now-defunct newsletter platform Revue, ERT is back in your in-boxes.
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Engaged Reading Time - Season 2 is coming
The newsletter of interesting things is back — on a new platform.
The End.
So, here it is. The very last issue of Engaged Reading Time on Revue. Will it be the last issue completely? To be honest, I haven’t quite decided. This evening I will make the backups I need and store them safely, ready to use if I decided to resurrect
Musk wants to do WHAT? — Engaged Reading Time #90
Happy Friday, folks. Five days until Revue dies. But you don’t care about that do you? (If you do, here’s where you should move your Revue-based newsletter to…) But it’s nearly the weekend, so have some good reading and viewing to see you into the happy days.
Get in the sea, 2022. We’re done with you.
All I want for New Year is a year that I’m not glad to see the back of. * 2020? Get in the sea (in a socially distanced way) * 2021? Eff orf and keep effing off. * 2022? War, and energy crisis and financial crisis, and… oh, get in the sea.
The Twixtmas Issue — Engaged Reading Time
Revue’s not yet dead, so have another issue! Astonishingly, I’ve even picked up two subscribers since the last issue - welcome aboard to this newsletter-on-a-dying-platform. Burn, baby, burn. Musky Inferno… Artificial grass is evil Your plastic paradise is killing the planet. Ban this shit now. (I feel quite
Engaged Reading Time: The Burning Platform Edition
Greetings from the end of the Revue world. This little newsletter that couldn’t is going away in its current form in less than a month, because the new Overlord of the Blue Bird, Elongated Mustalid, has decreed that it must be so. All the team behind Revue are already
Engaged Reading Time - Issue #86
Dear subscribers old and new, Blah blah sorry for no issues blah blah excuse blah blah enjoy the links. Adam Have We Forgotten How to Read Critically? This might be better entitled “The Undeath of the Author”. It’s a function of the context collapse that the internet facilitates, but
Engaged Reading Time - Issue #85
Here's some links. Don't read them all at once… The bullwhip effect: A beginner’s guide Want to understand the roots of the supply chain chaos that's having all sorts of unexpected side-effects? You need to understand the bullwhip effect… Apple’s astonishing MacBook Pro reverse ferret Apple finally reverses
Engaged Reading Time - Issue #84
Hello, there, It’s summer holiday time in the northern hemisphere, and for the first time in a couple of years, I've actually been on holiday. We've been camping in a coastal valley with no WiFi and the merest sniff of 3G connection (if you climb part the way up
Engaged Reading Time - Issue #83
Good Lord, how did it get to be Thursday already? Somebody must have stolen a day somewhere along the line… Tikki, links on! (And if you understand that reference, you're probably also the parent of a primary school age child.) Watching Doctor Who can be embarrassing, and here's why This
Engaged Reading Time - Issue #82
I'm off to the (COVID-secure) dentist in a few moments, but you? You're going to procrastinate over those morning tasks by reading or listening to what's below, aren't you…? 😉 Explaining the difference between net-zero and carbon neutrality "is a challenge" says The Carbon Trust This is the big discussion of
Engaged Reading Time - Issue #81
Hello, there, Another missive from my rather sporadic use of Revue, in part triggered by the news that Twitter may add a single click subscribe option to Revue newsletters in the near future, which I wrote about over on OM&HB. Here's what's caught my attention today. Worth your attention
Engaged Reading Time - Issue #80
Welcome to my other Twitter account. Given that Revue, which I use to create this newsletter, is now a Twitter property, I suspect that a lot of moribund newsletters (like this one) might suddenly lurch into renewed life. We'll see. It'll also be interesting to see how the two platforms
Engaged Reading Time - Issue #77
I doubt anyone noticed - but this is the missing issue of ERT. I genuinely can't remember why this issue ended up being skipped. But hey, let's enjoy those nicely-aged links. A good link is like a good whisky. It gets better with age, and should be enjoyed in a