# Town Hall #16: Bloat

[^note]: [Subscribe to Taylor's Town Hall via email](https://newsletter.taylor.town).

In [my latest essay](/pardon-2023), I argue that we need better wigwams.

If you know of any promising projects that will reduce our reliance on
bloated/unsustainable systems, please [email me](mailto:hello@taylor.town)! I'm
also planning to maintain a list of helpful ideas that nobody is working on
(yet).

You can view the initial list at
[wigwam.directory](https://github.com/surprisetalk/wigwams).

In honor of "rocking the bloat", I've removed most of the nonsense from this
newsletter. Thank you for reading (or not).

## New Writings

- [I hereby pardon all junior engineers](/pardon-2023)
- [“y’all’n’t”](/yallnt)
- [Knuth Airgaps & Knuth Buffers](/knuth-airgap)
- [Pseudoprose](/pseudoprose)

## Recommendations


[^note]: You can also scour my entire history of [book reviews](/books),
[album ratings](/music), and [active podcasts](/podcasts). You may also want to
[read about my rating system](/2-stars).

### Videos {videos}

- [music for bugs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIYnXgvRJVM)
- [Margot Robbie's eyes and teeth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bClER8fJwd0)
- [a very rational Finnish alcoholic IT cross-dresser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBhO6SwVz7I)
- [What you have done has made God very unhappy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF-TkVXYOis)

### Music {music}

|       |                                   |
| ----- | --------------------------------- |
| ★★★★★ | The Civil Wars :: _Barton Hollow_ |
| ★★★★☆ | Disasterpeace :: _Neutralite_     |
| ★★★☆☆ | Underoath :: _Ø (Disambiguation)_ |
| ★★★☆☆ | Robert Wyatt :: _Rock Bottom_     |
| ★★★☆☆ | Chris Thile :: _Deceiver_         |
| ★★☆☆☆ | Piper :: _Summer Breeze_          |
| ★★☆☆☆ | 16 Horsepower :: _Secret South_   |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Silentroom :: _Rainbow Frontier_  |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Matchbox Twenty :: _North_        |