things i’ve liked this week, vol. 9
2025-07-06
summary: here are some things i’ve liked this week.
sports
the 2025 tour de france
i’m waking up early to watch tour de france once again. defector has a wonderful guide on what to look out for1. what you need to know is that cycling teams are built around one leader, with the rest of the team being domestiques who support their riders. it’s just the first two days but i feel as if there have been a remarkable number of falls so far, or is it just me?
this route will grace a lot of the atlantic ocean (see the map) , and i hope to see a lot of riding among sea cliffs in the first few days before it heads to more traditional Alpine fare. also, as much as i find NBC’s commentary to be too filler-heavy and low on actual information, i also like some of the banter. for example, someone just spent half a minute talking about france’s delicious croissants! look out for the beautiful architecture and the corny crop art.
short story
“long distance” by sarah cummins
This is the dream for my work, even if it’s nebulous: that the outside of a building doesn’t dictate what’s inside. I want boundaries that are impossible for the player to properly observe. I want a seamless non-seamlessness.
ok, this is just something i forgot to put in a previous blog but i was reminded of it. in it, a video game level designer loses herself in designing vast, seemingly infinite landscapes while struggling with the contours of her personal relationships.
music
music for 18 musicians by steve reich
specifically, the Nonesuch recording in 1998. not new by any means, but new to me, and—as it turns out, it’s great ceramics music.
bonus
music friday
more of a reminder to myself really. users submit songs to a shared spreadsheet and then every friday that spreadsheet is compiled and published in youtube playlist (and spotify, and bandcamp) form.
a very cool way to discover music. not all of it is to my tastes, but that’s the point.
i found this guy on soulseek actually! but turns out he was a friend of eggbug as well :)
i hope you’ve enjoyed this!
but when the article refers to “Jumbo”, he means the team whose official name is “Team Visma | Lease-A-Bike,” yes with that vertical bar, but often shortened to just “Visma”. so how did “Jumbo” turn into “Visma”? of course this is because in cycling, the sponsors tend to take over the entire name of the team. before Visma—Lease-A-Bike was Jumbo-Visma, and before that LottoNL-Jumbo (which is not to be confused with Lotto, sponsored by the belgian lottery.) yeah.↩︎