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Hi friends,


After a trés bien two-week holiday in France, it's back to the grind. With the added fun of building work starting next week and a baby arriving in 3 months!!!!! 😰

Baby recs: If you have any tips on what baby gear to buy (or avoid), please send 'em through. Maybe I'll pop your nuggets of info in one place so we can all enjoy them.

Cheap pasta: Lastly (and at the risk of sounding like a podcast host flogging mattresses) we had fresh pasta delivered through our door this morning, promptly ate it for lunch, and damn it was tasty.

It's made by Nonna Tonda and you can get four half-price carb helpings with this link. (You'll also be furnishing my stomach with more pasta.) UK only, sadly.

Yours in carbs,
Luke

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Ten Things


1. 💿 Bear Garden – Sunshine Fruit

Ambient, sax-drenched, Swedish jazz. Delicious.

2. 📺 The Chair

Netflix miniseries feat. Sandra Oh as the chair of a failing university English department. I had no idea what to expect and loved every second.

3. 📻 To Live and Die in LA

We needed a big ol' podcast to get us through some long holiday drives and this series about a missing young woman did the trick. (Bizarrely, it's hosted by Neil Strauss (author of The Game) and features Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger as a co-investigator?!)

4. 🎥 Worth

A lawyer wrestles with the question of how much a life's worth as he helps the victims of 9/11.

5. 📝 The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship

Crypbros are silly.

6. 📝 The gospel of consumption

Exceptional read about why we started buying so much crap over the past 100 years.

7. 📝 ‘There is so much bad behaviour everywhere’: how to raise a good child in a terrible world

I really hope we don't raise a monster.

8. 📝 Don't be afraid to quit. It could help you win.

Everybody chill.

9. 📝 A stunning second act! Meet the people who changed course in midlife – and loved it

Can't wait to quit writing and become a dog walker.

10. 📚 Torrey Peters – Detransition, Baby

Fascinating look at the world of family and relationships through a trans woman's eyes. I was hooked! I laughed! I felt sad at times!
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👨🏻‍🚀 I'm Luke, a freelance writer and maker. If you liked this email, tell a friend. If you're new here, you can subscribe.

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Referral codes for UK pals


🍝 Get 50% off fresh pasta from Nonna Tonda with this link. I'll get free pasta, too.

💡 Switch energy provider to Bulb with this link and we'll both get £50.

💰 Start a pension (or move your pensions) to PensionBee with this link and we'll both get £50.

⚰️ Make a will through Farewill with this link and we'll both save some money.
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