Just kitting!

I would like to begin today’s newsletter with a moment of silence for D.C.'s snowy owl, who was struck by a bus this morning as he majestically wheeled around downtown D.C. This is why we can’t have nice things. ….
In other news:
1. Like a contemporary Theodore Twombly, Bonnie Downing used to write other people’s love letters. That has her pondering relationships, the act of authorship and digital affection -- and discovering, weirdly, that “ghostwritten” emotion is kind of a major part of modern life.
2. No one reads the news. By “no one” I mean “4 percent of the U.S. population.” And that was before Facebook launched its news app/mobile reader thing.
3. Making art from typed letters is old -- typewriter old. Nineteenth-century old. But could they do this?!

Endless H/Ts and congratulations to Max Ehrenfreund, newly minted overseer of Know More.

Postscripts: Cronut™. Forgetify. A brief history of retouching. Every ad in the upcoming Super Bowl, every bad Twitter profile ever. Hipster blogs so precious you’ll want to gouge your eyes out. If this is cyberwar, where are all the cyber weapons?
Important programming note: This newsletter will not come out tomorrow or Monday, as I’ll be out of town! Please surprise me on my return by *ahem* forwarding it to everyone you know and imploring them to sign up. Happy weekend!
Until Tuesday, @caitlindewey
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