Taylor Kuykendall

6/ The best way to get it to me is to check out my recent Substack post on this and shoot me a message there. If you like, please subscribe, it's free! moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/spotify-is-a…

5/Now I want to build something human. Send me up to 5 songs — old, new, weird, obvious — and I'll add them to the #BrokenMirrorPlaylist. Think of it like burning a CD for a stranger you'll never meet. Let's discover music like people again.

1/ Sadly, Spotify isn't expanding your taste. It's confirming it — over and over. I started thinking and reading about why our playlists feel stuck in a loop and how to fix it. 🧵👇 First, a pic of a band I don't know from a time I just wandered around looking for new bands.

Interesting stat: "More than 70% of all the wealth in the country is held by people over 55, per Federal Reserve data." Older Americans power a gray-shaped economy axios.com/2026/02/12/job… #axiosmarkets

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But my hands are not clean. Read more about my thoughts here and why I'm part of the problem with my nine-sausage rooftop cookouts, bulgogi cheesesteaks and homebrewing a beer for a specific party... moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/why-everythi…

Modern social life has a participation problem. We don't go to events anymore. We perform at them. I recently wrote about why everything feels like karaoke now (hyperbole alert) — and what we're losing in the process. 🧵👇 #CultureCommentary

Everything is karaoke now. It’s not enough to attend — you have to perform. Sing, dress up, post it, prove it. But community isn’t built on intensity spikes. It’s built on boring Tuesdays at the same lunch spot. Let's talk about events that do too much: moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/why-everythi…

6-7 Makes No Sense. That's Why it Works. Let's talk about nonsense as a powerful bonding tool. moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/6-7-makes-no…

Are platforms divisive—or just very good mirrors? A new Journal of Communication paper suggests political polarization emerges from a feedback loop: media adapt to audience demand, audiences adapt back, and small in-group biases get amplified. academic.oup.com/joc/advance-ar…

The Super Bowl marketing has gone too far. "... with a bit of honey and huckleberry in the flavor profile." Columbia Made a Beer with Bear Poop for the Super Bowl blueridgeoutdoors.com/go-outside/col…

In a world engineered to remove every bump, some people are putting them back. Cold plunges. Flip phones. Long walks. Life, but harder and on purpose. What is friction-maxxing? What is it doing for us and what is it not? moistcargoshorts.substack.com/p/friction-max…