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Under and Over Thinking

I’m a chronic overthinker. Whenever I think I have a solution to a problem, or a course of action, I start doubting myself. I consider multiple other…

Apr 23 •

Katrina Gulliver

Hello again, readers. As I type this, I’m on a ship crossing the Atlantic. One of the things I do is cruise ship lectures, and right now I’m on a luxury…

Apr 4 •

Katrina Gulliver

Hook em and book em

I read a lot about crime, and cops, and how the cultures of criminality evolve. Today Sam Bankman Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The judge…

Mar 28 •

Katrina Gulliver

I was fascinated to read this news story. There are more California redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) living in Britain than in California. I’d never…

Mar 14 •

Katrina Gulliver

This is how we lose it all.

The world of the internet has made us more connected, and yet more wary of connections. (See anyone under 25 freak out about an unexpected phone call…

Mar 10 •

Katrina Gulliver

Eating dirty, and the morals of weight

Two recent unrelated stories got me thinking. They both illustrate in a strange way the contradictions of our current food culture. Firstly, Kat…

Mar 3 •

Katrina Gulliver

Flaco, we hardly knew you

New York’s resident Eurasian Eagle Owl has hooted his last. After escaping from the Central Park zoo in early 2023, Flaco had settled in to life in the…

Feb 24 •

Katrina Gulliver

Paths, labor and the real cost of desire

Have you heard of desire paths? A desire path is the path, worn down by hundreds of feet, cutting a route from A to B - often not where the “official…

Feb 20 •

Katrina Gulliver

On newspapers, free access, and chat gpt

Jan 24 •

Katrina Gulliver

Small victories

Happy New Year, readers! I am glad you are here, and I’m always appreciative of the comments you leave, and emails you send. Inspired by my friend…

Dec 31, 2023 •

Katrina Gulliver

Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

Newsletter on the strange and quirky histories of popular culture.

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