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Postcard #36
Hello and welcome back to another edition of THE POSTCARD, Unregistered’s fortnightly roundup of recommendations.
Thoughts, tools, and treats
This week’s POSTCARD is about, well, life.
What if
Absolutely marvellous meditation on unlived lives by Lei Wang: „But because things happened the way they did, I am not on an island off the coast of Portugal, enjoying the best temperate weather in the world. I am not writing overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and considering the travails of America from the vantage of Europe. I am not married. I am here, but also if I were there, I would still always be here, wherever I am.“ Remember: „you only have FOMO because YOLO.“
Log off
G. Elliott Morris, who was a Senior Data Journalist for The Economist and now runs his own data-driven news website, „Strength In Numbers“, has written the last post you’ll ever need to read about what used to be called social media. Seriously.
Watch out
An interactive map that reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources, and affiliations.
Persuade
We should test, Dan Williams argues in defence of rational persuasion, „what happens when the liberal establishment is required to argue under the same rules as everyone else.“
Enjoy
Writer Manfred Klimek arrived too late for his keynote on the transformation of the wine world and posted it online instead (in German). His message: „We need a movement. Not a trade show, not a campaign. A fresh language, a new irony, a renewed desire.“
Noteworthy
“Scientific facts are considered boring. So being confronted with boring facts apparently works excellently as a provocation! On the other hand, we’ve gotten used to art as transgression; it’s accepted as normal.“
—Artist Hito Steyerl, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, December 7, 2025, p. 37
A mystery link leading into the unknown
Dream…
As always,
Dirk
P.S.: Feel free to send me pointers to articles, books, sites, pods, tools, and treats that could be interesting for this roundup. While I cannot promise to link them, I read and appreciate every hint.