Post-Nomad

Watching the World Cup final from Barcelona

Congratulations to my adopted home

18 hrs ago • Russell Max Simon

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Three years in: a fire, a death, a pizza

Dispatch from life in Barcelona

Jul 13 • Russell Max Simon

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June 2026

Mental health demands measurable contact with reality

Gratitude for the life-altering purity of climbing projects

Jun 10 • Russell Max Simon

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May 2026

Bitter sex and sweet vermut

My Barcelona writer friends help inspire the future of this newsletter

May 15 • Russell Max Simon

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Those little eternal problems of existence

In which I face challenges akin to a retired empty-nester

May 3 • Russell Max Simon

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April 2026

Big renovation update

There may come a day when I abandon the project—but it is not this day

Apr 16 • Russell Max Simon

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We're all afraid, and that's the point

The opposite of rebellion is imitation

Apr 14 • Russell Max Simon

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March 2026

Vibe coding as the bombs fall

Welcome to the very beautiful late state capitalist hellscape of wonder and possibility

Mar 20 • Russell Max Simon

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January 2026

Romanticizing escape from mundanity

Making peace with modern life

Jan 22 • Russell Max Simon

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December 2025

The algorithms are closing in

Has the whole world lost the plot, or am I just entering my Luddite phase?

Dec 30, 2025 • Russell Max Simon

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No one thinks they're the bad guy

My mental model for understanding why things happen in the world

Dec 26, 2025 • Russell Max Simon

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Whittling my life down to fifty books

Selling the New Hampshire farmhouse and choosing what mattered enough to cross the ocean

Dec 15, 2025 • Russell Max Simon

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