Mon. 05/02 - Waste More Time

Why it’s time for you to waste time. Plus, a café in Tokyo that doesn’t let people leave until they’ve successfully hit their writing goals. And a possibly sustainable use for the ungodly amounts of disposable masks we’ve thrown out in the last two years? Sponsors: Novo, Sign up for a free business checking account and get access to over $5,000 in perks and discounts at novo.co/kottke Outer, Get $300 off and free shipping at liveouter.com/kottke Links: Coffee, tea and nagging at Japan's anti-procrastination cafe (Reuters) How to tackle 'wasted-time worry' – and why it's important (Metro News) I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt by Madeleine Dore There might finally be a good use for all those disposable masks (Mic) Disposable masks could be used to improve concrete (ScienceDaily) China banned Spider-Man: No Way Home because of Statue of Liberty scene (Consequence of Film) Gay references removed from Fantastic Beasts 3 for Chinese release (The Guardian) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices