Journal

Dispatches

Letters from the workshop and arguments we keep having.

Letter from the workshop, March Dispatches 25 Mar 2026 Letter from the workshop, March There is a version of this decision that would have been cheaper, faster and entirely defensible. We did… On making one thing well Dispatches 21 Mar 2026 On making one thing well Most of what gets written about wetsuits is written to sell them. What follows is closer to a… Against the annual release Dispatches 17 Mar 2026 Against the annual release The material behaves differently at the third hour than it does at the first. Any claim that ignores… Sir Henry Royce was right Dispatches 13 Mar 2026 Sir Henry Royce was right Limestone neoprene has a denser cell wall than its petrochemical equivalent. In practice that means less water taken… A short defence of scarcity Dispatches 9 Mar 2026 A short defence of scarcity We cut to eighteen points because seventeen was not enough and nineteen changed nothing we could detect. That… What happens when the thousandth ships Dispatches 5 Mar 2026 What happens when the thousandth ships Assembly happens in Ericeira, by hand, by people whose names are on the record inside the cuff. It…
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