A mountain communion.
Some things you sell. Some things wait.
From sun to rainy, from hot, summer-like temperatures to cool, fall-like temperatures, this spring had a little bit of everything. But I didn’t let any of that keep me from getting out with the camera.
Blanchard Springs
March saw me making a trip to Blanchard Springs in North Central Arkansas. I arrived at the Blanchard Creek trailhead well before the 7:30 sunrise and waited in my truck…
A perspective on the Anthropocene – and the beauty that persists in spite of us.
Taking a page (no pun intended!) from Eleanor Konik’s book.
Assumed audience: People who care about note-taking and are already persuaded that thinking “with” a book via note-taking is helpful and good.
This evening I started rereading Sabrina B. Little’s excellent The Examined Run: Why Good People Make Better Runners (which I quoted briefly here a few months ago) with a two-fold…
Voluntary, temporary, beguiling creative exile.
The Syrian Rose and other Johannesburg highlights.
One year on. Four editions later. What comes next?
The New York vernacular, brush care, DIY directionals, Barcelona painters, and more from the field.
The land of sudden evenings.
(And other things spotted at the Fees.)
It’s my birthday (and World Book Day, and Shakespeare’s birthday too). I grew up loving books in the most literal way: in libraries, with a librarian mom. I also worked at Barnes & Noble for about two and a half years in total, and I even did story time there sometimes, which feels extremely on-brand in retrospect. Apr 23 is also Shakespeare’s birthday (and death date), which feels aggressively…
Cape Town's green heart.
I want to be honest about what this is: part practical upgrade, part new era temptation. The dream is an orange desktop setup (or that orange iMac), but my real-life needs a laptop I can carry to libraries and cafes, so the Citrus Neo became my next best whimsy compromise. Instead of impulse buying, I am writing the decision out in public. Here is the fork in the road. It is not just Neo or no…
Studio is my Notion home base. It holds my week (priorities, trackers, and the links I always need) and gives me a starting line when my week feels slippery. In this post, I’m giving you the tour — what the dashboard looks like, why it’s built this way, and how I use it to turn Notion work into posts on https://atilacore.pckt.blog. When I open the Studio page, I can see my week, my priorities,…
Hey, I’m Atila. I’m a writer and creator. I’m Black, femme, queer, from New York and now live in Philly. Most days, that looks like writing with too many tabs open, a Notion scratch page that will get the business, and a comfort show like Star Trek or The Twilight Zone on in the background.
Finding home amongst printed pages.
Visiting Agata Ingarden at Triangle-Astérides, Lucy McKenzie at Crac Occitanie, and Marlie Mul at Mécènes du Sud
_From Walmart out-valuing Big Tech to Cascale’s roadmap for APAC manufacturing, the industry is trading legacy paperwork for high-margin performance._
Yesterday was the wrap for this year’s Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes, which means we need to take a nap. See you Monday.
After a winter of low snow, more than half of the Western United States is now experiencing drought conditions. / Inside Climate News
The number of National Science Foundation grants that mentioned “climate change” fell from 889 in 2023 to 148 last year, part…
It’s not great to rely on unnamed White House officials, but one alleges that Trump is “just bored and wants to move on” from Iran. / MS NOW
Hamilton Nolan: “It is a moral imperative for members of the US military to leave their jobs… They have a bad boss and he is making them do bad things.” / How Things Work
Beyond those directly killed by ICE are people whose medical care has been neglected…
A round-up of President Trump’s mixed messages from the weekend regarding his war on Iran. / Foreign Exchanges
Detailed maps show how the war has widened. / The Wall Street Journal [$]
The Pentagon adopts Palantir’s Maven model as its main AI system. Ironically, Maven uses Anthropic’s Claude to analyze its own data. / Bloomberg [$], Semafor
In Gaza, Israel used an AI-assisted platform called…
Featuring Maxwell Graham, Galerie Buchholz, Pirates of the Carbomb Infantry, and Triest
A short but memorable trip to Alaska. This has been a bucket list item I’ve been picking off for 25+ years of road trips and other domestic travel. Following this, I’ve officially visited all 50 states.
Iran starts laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and vows to block oil exports from the Gulf. / CNN, AL-Monitor
At the same time, Tehran is exporting more oil than before—headed for China—while ignoring pleas from the White House for a ceasefire. / The Wall Street Journal [$], The Guardian
Donald Trump’s war is found to be historically unique in that it’s not popular with Americans, who…
Donald Trump’s war with Iran expands beyond “the geography that has long defined Iranian power projection.” / The Diplomat
According to military reporters, the lack of information from the White House makes the war “something of a black box.” / Reliable Sources
Sources say the CIA started supporting Iranian Kurdish groups several months ago. / CNN
At the same time, Kurdish forces remember when…
Getting personal at Isabella Bortolozzi, Tanja Wagner, Molitor, and Wentrup
Winter exhibitions from CAC Brétigny to Le Crédac
A report says people in the United States bore 90 percent of the cost of President Trump’s tariffs in 2025. / CBS News
Another consequence: Foreign countries reduced their future reliance on a US “that has increasingly embraced protectionism.” / Bloomberg [$]
“The job market is cooked.” Gen Z explains why they feel side hustles are necessary. / The Guardian
The US drops to its lowest-ever…
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