one day near salinas: a sizeable California city has no local coverage, with original content limited to paid obituaries—see also
suzanne primate: every documentary about historical Edinburgh
ugly duchess: Quinten Massy’s 1513 portrait, “The Old Woman” is likely a drag queenthe future is a dead mall: Dan Olson on the impoverished, dystopian metaverse as a third-place—via Waxy
confessions of an idiom: the proverbial elephant in the room confronts the skeleton in the closet
the pictish trail: wanderlust in northern Scotland
strategies to foreground vertical video: media company Gannet’s success has little to do with journalism—via the New Shelton wet/dry—see also