things i’ve liked this week, vol. 5

2025-06-08

here are some things, new (to me), that i liked this week.

music

every video without your face, every sound without your name by lucy liyou¹

this album feels like a meditation through vhs tape on the impossibility of revisiting long-lost love and the alienation of arriving at a world that is so hostile toward queer women—an album that conveys the feeling that your time is past that of the world you are in. highly recommended if you’re a fan of synth pads, poppy ambient music, cold windswept days on the beach. the album’s themes obviously resonate with me too.

something beautiful by miley cyrus

i’m afraid this slays.

games

foodguessr

i feel like foodguessr has gotten better since i first encountered it, and now i play it daily. basically, from a photo and description of a food, you guess the country it originates from. i still feel like sometimes it’s far too easy (the ingredients list sometimes contain dead giveaways) but i enjoy building up my culinary map of the world. i’m sure there’s an optimal strategy to do things but i’ve learned to always bet on brazil, the philippines, or turkey as the progenitors (or close geographically) of some truly delicious food. goes great as a palate cleanser to scrandle.