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The Newsletter Leaf Journal
Oct 10, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

The Katydid Next Door 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCCI

Virid Intro Welcome to the 301st edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal (“NLJ”) and its short-form wr...

Case Vault — EN
Oct 08, 2026 from Case Vault — EN

The OneCoin Scheme

Bulgaria · 2014–2019 · Fraud — Ruja Ignatova and Sebastian Greenwood defrauded millions of investors worldwide of over €4 billion through OneCoin, a fake cryptocurrency operating on a simple SQL da...

The New Leaf Journal
Oct 07, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Halloween and the Closed Carroll Gardens Library

The completion of renovations to the Carroll Gardens Library in Brooklyn has been delayed. One Halloween skeleton had commentary on the ongoing situation.

The Public Domain Review
Oct 07, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

Paul Carus’ The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil (1899)

A history of the Evil One, from the earliest times to the present.

The Autodidacts
Oct 07, 2026 from The Autodidacts

TIL how to deeplink all the things

I have written before about how to link to a specific segment of a youtube video, and how to link to specific words or paragraphs within a webpage. I even knew, vaguely, that you could link to page...

Let’s get Person-al
Oct 07, 2026 from Let’s get Person-al

🗨️ we’re on the verge of democratizing only the worst part of celebrity

We’re on the verge of democratizing only the worst part of celebrity: the pervasive hovering cameras that are always there to preserve and distribute your failures. Cory Doctorow on Meta glasses

Noahie's Blog
Oct 07, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

A Just Creative

I'm not a liar, just creative! I've been feeling more restful lately, coming down off a tangential heat of mania, but still needlessly worried about dumb situational things that don't matter. Yet d...

The New Leaf Journal
Oct 06, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

How and Why I Rescued a Housefly

I ordinarily terminate houseflies with homemade fly spray. But on October 5, 2026, I saw one unexpectedly trying to leave my home. This is the story of win-win heroism.

The Emu Café Social
Oct 06, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Interpreting Trackback Spam on NLJ

I receive remarkable amounts of comment spam on The New Leaf Journal’s Guestbook page, but I seldom receive pingback/trackback spam. For that reason, I took note when my first 2D Japanese girl hair...

Improve Something Today
Oct 06, 2026 from Improve Something Today

Three metaphors from nature for working with impermanence

When in doubt, look outside.

The Public Domain Review
Oct 06, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

The Alchemical Transformations of the Mutus Liber (1677)

Carl Jung’s copy of an alchemical hoax, purporting to detail the discovery of the Philosopher’s Stone.

The New Leaf Journal
Oct 06, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

June 2026 at The New Leaf Journal

October is the season for many things. One of those things is now publishing reviews for June.

Let’s get Person-al
Oct 06, 2026 from Let’s get Person-al

🗨️ spotify numbers are not the pulse of culture, it’s the music that plays in a doctor’s office.

[Macklemore is] the hottest act there is right now, but you’d never know it from looking at his popularity on Spotify, where “Can’t Hold Us” is already regressing to the mean. This isn’t necessaril...

Noahie's Blog
Oct 06, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Dialing Into Sanity

Though certain aspects of my health have improved with weight loss, I'm still climbing up the hill. My sleep apnea symptoms have eased, my A1C is really good, and even though I still deal with mood...

Let’s get Person-al
Oct 05, 2026 from Let’s get Person-al

🗨️ It’s as if the primary question of this generation is, “Am I doing it right?”

From Mike Posner’s weekly newsletter:

Let’s get Person-al
Oct 05, 2026 from Let’s get Person-al

🗨️ the feminist’s greatest enemy is not men, but stories about how things have always been

Excerpts from The Perpetual Present Tense:

Noahie's Blog
Oct 05, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Negative Space

All art is a cry to God. I've had this idea regarding an art concept known as negative space. In visual art, it's the space around the image's subject. Much of the time in art, we criticize the sub...

The Emu Café Social
Oct 04, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Re-Filling My Gingerbread Man Soap Dispenser 3

I documented my then-new Gingerbread Man Soap Dispenser on The New Leaf Journal last December. I then documented my second refill of Mr. Gingerbread Man back in July. Today, it was time for re-fill...

The New Leaf Journal
Oct 04, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten S2 – Anime Review

After reviewing the first TV anime season of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten back in 2023, it is only natural that I also review the second season, which aired in spring season 2026.

The Emu Café Social
Oct 03, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Issue 300 of The Newsletter Leaf Journal

I mailed the 300th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal earlier this afternoon. I launched the newsletter back in July 2020 as a companion to The New Leaf Journal. While it still serves the purpo...

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