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Repair cafés are the real internet of things
Repair cafés are the real internet of things

A Saturday in a church hall where toasters come back to life.

Priya NairPriya Nair
Jul 16, 2026
1 min read
Notes on a very small server
Notes on a very small server

I moved my family photos to a computer the size of a paperback. Here is what I learned about owning my data.

Priya NairPriya Nair
Jul 12, 2026
1 min read
Learning to read a glacier
Learning to read a glacier

Four days on the ice with the people who measure how fast it is leaving.

Hana YoshidaHana Yoshida
Jul 7, 2026
1 min read
The heron that did not leave
The heron that did not leave

A single bird, a frozen lake and the stubborn logic of staying.

Hana YoshidaHana Yoshida
Jul 1, 2026
1 min read
Notes from a summit that was not the summit
Notes from a summit that was not the summit

We turned back three hundred metres below the top. It was the best decision of the trip.

Hana YoshidaHana Yoshida
Jun 27, 2026
1 min read
Winter is a different language
Winter is a different language

What changes in a landscape when everything is white, and how to learn to read it.

Hana YoshidaHana Yoshida
Jun 23, 2026
1 min read
The ferry timetable as literature
The ferry timetable as literature

Eleven crossings, one island and a laminated card that explains more than the guidebooks.

Hana YoshidaHana Yoshida
Jun 16, 2026
1 min read
The meeting that could have been a silence
The meeting that could have been a silence

A manager's experiment: replace the weekly status meeting with fifteen minutes of nothing.

Callum BrooksCallum Brooks
Jun 11, 2026
1 min read