Everything Is Recorded is just so good. As a refresher, the man behind the name is Richard Russell, who was the big boss at XL Records for almost 20 years until he quit to become a producer again. Since then, he’s been making amazingly varied music with his deep portfolio of artist friends. “She Said” features Kamasi Washington and Obongjayar in a sort of Afrobeats waltz. The meter paired with Obongjayar’s flow feels a little metronomic and a lot meditative, but somehow it’s all still a party. Get in.

Hot take from a Times tech reporter about how he’s got a new social network that isn’t an app at all– it’s his own email newsletter following! Which is composed of… all people who agree with him and have actively opted into receiving his opinions in their inboxes.* Sounds like the way Twitter would work in The Good Place, right? Or, you know, maybe it’s just email, which was, um, also designed for messaging.

*Admittedly, Times guy is right about the way a self-selecting audience can lead to a delightful set of interactions. Case in point. (Email me.)

Someone at The Atlantic appears to have a younger acquaintance who let slip that the youth exchange messages in google docs during class. Seems like exactly what you would do if you were forced to be on google docs while sitting in a room with all your friends, right? Anyway, now all their teachers know and it’s ruined. But at least the adults had a good laugh.

And with this bevy of chat alternatives, Motherboard is wondering, why do we need so many proper chat apps? The answer is because each app only integrates with its native operating system (like the way that iMessage doesn’t like Google apps). But hey, maybe we can all just agree to move over Facebook as soon as they pivot to messaging. That feels safe, right?

So evidently white out sales are up? Who is buying it? The article doesn’t know. Is it crafters making mistakes on stationary? Artists using it as inexplicably tiny white paint? Really old secretaries who just won’t quit? My vote goes to teens huffing. Maybe we can suss it out in a google doc.