Links of the week - 09/29/23

• Why Trek wants to sell you a used bike | Fast Company

  Giving credit to companies trying to do the right thing. In my opinion, carbon offsets are almost not even helpful, because they’re just raising the bar we need to clear and maintain; the better and simpler option (albeit sometimes less fun to execute) is to not create that carbon to offset in the first place.

• Spinning beads, cloud tanks and crucibles of molten thermite | Befores & Afters

  The team behind Oppenheimer is starting to pull back the curtain of how this movie was made “without computer effects”. Also listen to the fantastic episode of FX Guide.

• Focused Podcast | 187 Jesse J. Anderson

  Some good conversation on how it’s important to assess if the latest shiny tool is best for you or not. What works for you, or someone else, might (probably) won’t work for everyone.