Vibes, ancient tanks, commodity traders, ambient music

Roundup 6/5/2022

Jun 05, 2022

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Weekend greetings from Read Max! As always, thank you to paying subscribers for subsiziding my tedious bullshit, week after week. If you missed it, this week’s free column was on Top Gun: Maverick and its relationship to death.

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