📚 Readng — a global community of book lovers and some-time readers

Readng is opening its beta access. It looks really nice! And you can import your books from Goodreads too 😏 Can’t wait to see what’s next, recommendations I hope?

Here’s my profile:

JPKoudstaal / Profile / Oku

Jan-Paul Koudstaal is using Oku to track & rate books.

🥰 You Are Enough Mirror

Jessica had a heartbreaking conversation with her daughter the other day: she told her that sometimes she looks in the mirror and wishes she had a different and more beautiful face. It inspired Jessica to make this piece with the message “You Are Enough”.

Jessica Hische — Shop

Gifts & goods for letter lovers.

📺 Normal People

Based on the novel by Sally Rooney, this is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love between Marianne and Connell. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can’t.

⌛️ The Present — Day Moon Year

A counter balance to linear time, The Present is cyclical time for the western mind.

The Present — Day Moon Year by Scott Thrift — Kickstarter

Tools for being in time.

✅ He Predicted a Trump Win in 2016. What’s His Forecast For 2020?

In 1980, Allan Lichtman developed a presidential prediction model that retrospectively accounted for 120 years of U.S. election history. Over the past four decades, his system has accurately called presidential victors, from Ronald Reagan in ’84 to, well, Mr. Trump in 2016.

🏙 Street View of 1940s New York

Between 1939 and 1941, the Works Progress Administration collaborated with the New York City Tax Department to collect photographs of every building in the five boroughs of New York City. In 2018, the NYC Municipal Archives completed the digitization and tagging of these photos. This website places them on a map. Zoom in! Every dot is a photo.

🛹 Otherworldly Freestyle Skateboarder Isamu Yamamoto Shows Off His Stuff

Isamu Yamamoto is 17 years old and has been one of the world’s best freestyle skateboarders for years — he won his first world championship in 2014 at the age of 11. Check his amazing tricks:

Otherworldly Freestyle Skateboarder Isamu Yamamoto Shows Off His Stuff

Isamu Yamamoto is 17 years old and has been one of the world’s best freestyle skateboarders for years – he won his first wo

👵👴 Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro With Bus Stop For Their Grandkids

Their hard work has made a lot more than their grandkids happy, though. Totoro fans from all around the world now visit this village to see the sculpture and take a picture with it.

👀🦜 Luke Bird

Luke Bird is a graphic designer specialising in book design and limited edition packaging for music and books. Check out his portfolio below and his instagram for even more delicious graphic design.