All Things Analogue

In “Wildwood,” a new release from the stop-motion animation studio Laika, magic is everywhere. And none of it was made with AI.

This makes me happy. I started out in book selling at Borders (remember them?) way back in 2001 and to see more bookshops opening up and people reading or listening more is just incredible. Long may it continue.

Literacy might be slipping, but it's looking up for bookstores.

Don't know who made this. But we love you for making it ❤️

I saw this at the Dr office #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon

Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

I’m going down a very expensive rabbit hole but I don’t care. This is going to be fun 😊

"I just want ministers to get on and bring our water into public ownership now". Secretary of State Angela Eagle already has the power, AND 568,674 REASONS, to put water companies into Special Administration. So what is she waiting for??

Big thanks to @redemmas.org in Baltimore for giving us the perfect tote bag for the End Times Fascism book tour. Out today! @astra.bsky.social naomiklein.org/end-times-fa...

Eric Green It is so sad and disappointing that this is the president of our country….

Hmm…. Suddenly The Lion King feels less like a children’s movie and more like required reading.

Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot' — Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

Billionaires don't use the money they save on taxes to create jobs. That's another myth. They use it to buy back stock, get bigger corporate jets, and build grander yachts.

I've already got the prize. The prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick in the discovery, the observation that other people use it—those are the real things; the honors are unreal to me. I don't believe in honors. — Richard Feynman

Nothing beats analogue. Tinkering away with a Hermes 3000 typewriter, taking photos with an Olympus Trip 35mm camera & jotting about it all in a Traveler’s Notebook. All different but all the same in that they are real, tactile objects that allow your senses to wonder. Love Analogue.

These old-fashioned data centers don't require massive cooling systems, extensive power grids, or generate intrusive noise. #books #library #datacenters

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

My fortress of solitude

I spent a good portion of my childhood in the New York Public Library in various branches. This evening's thought to ponder from Maggies Farm #Maggiesfarm

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

Good article by Big Think on Gen Z, the generation leading the charge to living more in the real world, with real things and connecting with people the old fashioned way, face to face. Viva the Analogue revolution. bigthink.com/mind-behavio...

Three hours of sleep... on a Monday 😩😴

Tickets for my latest live tour are available from JonathanPie.com

People see the finished book. They don’t see the days when your brain is fried from work, balancing family and writing, the uphill battle of marketing, and pushing through exhausting edits. They just see the end product. Writers know what it took to get there. #AuthorSky #BookSky

Text is no longer the medium that we use to spread information or culture—a change that will have “really far-reaching effects,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social argues. She speaks with @hannarosin.bsky.social about what happens when a society becomes “postliterate”:

Hakusan Gongen. Interior of ancient Shinto temple, Japan Curved natural timbers. Photography by Rasmus Hjortshoj on Behance.

Long live Patti

Stand by Me (1986) Director: Rob Reiner

What a blast we had yesterday at Winchester Books Festival – a full house a full heart. Big thanks to everyone who came, and it was lovely to meet so many of you at the signing afterwards. Thanks also to the wonderful festival team for having me. Onwards!

15 fresh mural illustrators to inspire you in 2026 👀 www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...

Packing a punch: the true story behind the first Zimbabwean film to qualify for Oscars

Analogue at its most fun. youtu.be/FNxHLVFjVdA?...

Happy Birthday to the guy who made me fall in love with cinema 😊

Heat pumps remain the cheapest way to heat in Germany for 2025. Despite overall increases, heat pumps rise only ~5% and still beat gas, oil, pellets, and district heat on annual costs. Fossil systems are a long-term cost trap. @co2online.bsky.social

I succumbed to another book from Camilla’s on my way to get lunch. That bookshop is going to bankrupt me 😊

Happy days. Can’t wait to see the new season. 😊

It’s the weekend. We made it. Whoop whoop!! Oh and this 👇 is me, Abel, cofounder of All Things Analogue, a little stationery shop in sunny Eastbourne, UK. Always good to put a face to things. Have a good weekend.

Yip sums me up perfectly.

I love Wes Anderson and this looks like his most Wes Anderson movie yet. youtu.be/qRAnphZLAIg?...

Watched Rams, documentary on legendary designer Dieter Rams & it did not disappoint. This man is a visionary in his design method which influenced countless products & designers including Jony Ive of Apple. Highly recommend it. youtu.be/AZU5xP5lNHk?...