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A beautiful object, a terrifying process
Inside the glass studio, a very small apartment, and the parental phrasebook.
Greg Sullivan
November 11, 2026 • Est. Reading Time: 3 minutes
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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov
I can barely carry a full glass across the room without an incident, so making one from a glowing blob of molten sand feels ambitious. Today, Suzanne Peck takes us inside the glass studio, Evan Porter introduces a New York apartment with a very tempting price and some questions attached, and we revisit a few parenting phrases that tend to leave everyone involved more annoyed than when they started.
Culture
Your humble tumbler deserves a little more respect.
Watching someone blow glass is mesmerizing. A glowing blob becomes a bubble, then somehow a beautiful object, while the artist looks remarkably calm about having molten glass on a stick.
As glass artist Suzanne Peck explains, even making a basic drinking glass takes a team, careful choreography, and a working relationship with physics. Too thick, and it dribbles. Too thin in the wrong place, and it breaks. The difference between art and a disappointing pile of shards can come down to heat and timing.
And finishing the shape doesn't mean you're finished negotiating with the glass. Even cooling down is a production. Peck takes us inside the hot, noisy, surprisingly collaborative process that makes an ordinary cup feel considerably less ordinary.
GOOD reader Konrad Crist was up before the fishermen could disturb the lake’s pristine surface in this stunner taken from their property on Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. I’m struggling to think of anything better than an early morning view like this with a cup of coffee.
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Yesterday we shared how to make friends with a crow, which inspired us to ask: What do some young American crows do after they’re old enough to leave home?
51.7% of you knew they help their parents raise younger siblings! Moving out doesn’t necessarily get you out of babysitting duty.
Help their parents raise younger siblings (51.7%) 🏆
Build a nest for their parents (8.5%)
Take over their parents’ territory (18.6%)
Live alone until they find a mate (21.2%)
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A woman ruffled some feathers with a tour of her $650 NYC micro apartment. | ||
Woman gives tour of her $650 New York micro apartment and people were unprepared | ||
Could you live in this apartment? | ||
By Evan Porter | ||
They say New York City is the City of Dreams. Young people all over the world flock to the city when they’re ready to start chasing after their biggest ambitions. If you have a passion for theater, television, or the arts, there’s no better place to be. Want to become a successful and prestigious stock broker, lawyer, or investment banker? It’s all New York, baby. It’s a city of immense opportunity and tough competition, but that’s what makes it full of life and culture for those who choose to live there. | ||
But all of that doesn’t come cheap. The average rent in New York for even just a small, studio apartment is now over $4,000 per month. That buys you less than 500 square feet. And, even though it seems like you’re really pinching pennies by living somewhere so cramped, that price tag is enormous! Even if you account for the higher-than-average salaries in New York. | ||
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Impact
“Because I said so” is parenting junk food, but we’ve got the healthy alternatives.
You know that moment when you say “How many times do I have to tell you?” and even you don’t buy it? Child psychologists agree, it doesn’t work. In fact, it might be backfiring.
In this piece by Erik Barnes, experts outline five of the least effective phrases parents often rely on... and five deceptively simple swaps that actually encourage kids to listen, calm down, and feel understood. Think of it as a cheat code for parenting with fewer meltdowns (yours and theirs).
We won’t say “Because we said so”… but seriously, you should read the full story.
On November 11, 1930, Albert Einstein and fellow physicist Leo Szilard received a patent for a refrigerator with no moving parts. Yes, Einstein invented a refrigerator, too. The pair had been inspired by reports of a family killed by toxic gas leaking from a conventional refrigerator and wanted to develop a safer alternative.
Their ingenious design used heat and pressure rather than a mechanical compressor to keep things cold. Although the invention never became a commercial success, the underlying ideas have continued to interest engineers researching alternative cooling technologies. Even the man who revolutionized our understanding of space and time occasionally turned his attention to keeping the milk cold.
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Until tomorrow, spare a moment’s appreciation for that glass. It’s been through a lot!