Simon de la Rouviere 🇿🇦🇺🇲
@simondlr.com
Writer, Artist, and Technologist. Also enjoy systems, economics, and blockchains. Weekly newsletter: https://sceneswithsimon.com
Wrapping up 3 years of on and off writing on my second novel. I wrote up some extensive thoughts for it, for my July newsletter! Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/writing-a-...
Writing a Novel in 2026 Feels a Bit Insane (In a Good Way)
Thoughts on wrapping up 3 years of work on my second novel, getting ready to query.
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What may hallways and enfilades (interconnecting rooms) teach us about today and the future? Enjoy the June newsletter! sceneswithsimon.com/p/on-the-inv...
On The Invention of Hallways, Incidental Life, and Enfilade Shaped Futures
A long entry through all. Walk with me.
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What may hallways and enfilades (interconnecting rooms) teach us about today and the future? Enjoy the June newsletter! sceneswithsimon.com/p/on-the-inv...
On The Invention of Hallways, Incidental Life, and Enfilade Shaped Futures
A long entry through all. Walk with me.
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April newsletter is out. Enjoy! A Roadway Design Detour Into Protocol Resolution and When To Do Nothing: sceneswithsimon.com/p/a-roadway-...
A Roadway Design Detour Into Protocol Resolution and When To Do Nothing
April 2026 is about: roads, protocol resolution, ZIRP, and plotting.
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Good friends have a new game announcement out! A fun take on metroivania. Go wishlist!
Feather’s Edge by Clockwork Acorn@clockworkacorn.com · 3mo agoOur new game, Feather’s Edge, has taken flight! We proudly introduce you to our fast, tough-as-talons adventure about becoming the ultimate bird warrior. Please share & wishlist! Playtest coming soon. (Wishlist link in the thread)
Anyone here on bluesky going to AWP Conference this weekend in Baltimore?
Back with a new monthly newsletter! This month, among other things are full of: algorithms, boredom, AI coding, seriousness, and aesthetics in the 21st century. Multiple essays, multiple links, many things. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/a-long-dri...
A Long Drive Back to Non-Algo Time
January 2026 is about: algorithms, boredom, AI coding, seriousness, and aesthetics in the 21st century.
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Last newsletter for the year. A roundup and retro. Enjoy. sceneswithsimon.com/p/things-i-e...
Things I Enjoyed In 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
Thanks for reading!
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The critique of the algocene through Beeple and onchain art: sceneswithsimon.com/p/the-critiq...
The Critique of the Algocene Through Beeple's Regular Animals and Intimate Systems
Sunday Edition #28: Also, Aesthetics Matters, Top Records of 2000-2025, and new Knives Out
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This is a small change with a massive impact. Seriously hope this gets done. 🤞
Axios@axios.com · 8mo agoDemocratic politicians and activists are quietly lobbying to upend the way the party picks its presidential nominee by urging the use of ranked-choice voting.
Anyone know where to look for info on prospective delays/cancellations for flying in the US while the ATC shortage and government shutdowns continue?
Enjoy my latest Sunday newsletter. Dove deeper into the UMG / Udio deal. sceneswithsimon.com/p/umg-deals-...
UMG Deals and Generative AI in Music
Sunday Edition #22: Also, Amtrak, Lemons, and Revisions, Revisions, Revisions
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I was curious why Substack's revenue curve looks the way it does. Not 100% on the reasoning why. But there's interesting suggestions. sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #21 - Dissecting Substack’s Inverted Revenue Curve
Also: The Streets of Queens, One Battle After Another, and Night Tapes (again)
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Whoops. Forgot to post last week's newsletter. Play in Storytelling. Enjoy! :) sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #20 - Play in Storytelling
Also: History of the Braai, The Lobster, and Naming Conventions
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New Sunday Edition is out! On The Crisis of Cool. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #19 - On The Crisis of Cool
Also: Meditation, Gambling, and Jadu Heart
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New Sunday Edition! Talking about social media decline, stablecoins, Ocean Vuong, Hades 2, and more fun things. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #18 - Social Media Use Really Is Declining
Also: Mass Stablecoins and Burning Money as Art, Ocean Vuong, and Hades 2
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New Sunday Edition is out. Enjoy! :) Sunday Edition #17 - Too Much Information and the Loss of Dynamism sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #17 - Too Much Information and the Loss of Dynamism
Also: Rifts by Hashrunner, Hades 2, and Metalcore Shoegaze
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Sunday Edition #15 - The Heteropia of Hypographic Media. Enjoy! (Also, most eclectic newsletter yet? Also contains comments on K-Pop Demon Hunters and Ocean Vuong 😂) sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #15 - The Heteropia of Hypographic Media
Also: Sami Angawi's House, Half-Marathon #3, K-Pop Demon Hunters, and Ocean Vuong
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Just in time before the US Open Men's Final. Enjoy the latest Sunday Edition! :) sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #14 - Protocol Design in Urbanism
Also: "Bullshit" jobs aren't "Bullshit", AI Boyfriends, and Sofia Kourtesis
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Big thanks to Simon for highlighting my 'Exit through the Casino' post in his newsletter this week. "Jay is one of my favourite linguistics wranglers, coming up or arriving at terms which so neatly encapsulate concepts or ideas." 🤗
Simon de la Rouviere 🇿🇦🇺🇲@simondlr.com · 11mo agoSunday Edition #13 - Co-Composting Collaboration: sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi... Enjoy!
Sunday Edition #13 - Co-Composting Collaboration: sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi... Enjoy!
Sunday Edition #13 - Co-Composting Collaboration
Also: Exit Through the Casino, Protocol Futurology, and new Big Wild Album
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Instead of just seeing generative AI as a way to shortcut process, I tried sketching a vision for what it might actually be good for in terms of its medium. It's not a replacement of media we know and love. Written in collab. sceneswithsimon.com/p/a-vision-o...
A Vision of LLM-Native Media
Conversations: When Kernels and Agents Combine
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Latest Sunday Edition is out. Enjoy! Rethinking Cinema (by Making It More Communal) - sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #12 - Rethinking Cinema (by Making It More Communal)
Also: Urban Archeology, Hiding Character Goals from the Reader, and new Tourist
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Sunday Edition #11 - The First Ten to Fifty Pages. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #11 - The First Ten to Fifty Pages
Also: Soft City, A-Corps Updates, Thoughts on Moving, and Lord Huron
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Sunday Edition #10 - On The Decline of Conscientiousness (also ht to Night Tapes for always having amazing music video thumbnails!): sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #10 - On The Decline of Conscientiousness
Also: On Rejections, Genie 3, Naked Gun, and new Night Tapes
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New Sunday Edition is out. Building Better Courtyards. Enjoy! sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...
Sunday Edition #9 - Building Better Courtyards
Also: A Decade of Ethereum, Getting Artists Paid, and Common Side Effects
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I *really* don't get how mega-budget films like Avengers: Doomsday don't shoot with a finished script. Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Why gamble like that?
Wrote about my feelings about Ethereum a decade later. Not entirely happy with where the crypto space has gone in general. We need more cypherpunk and we need people to just, be better. sceneswithsimon.com/p/a-sober-re...
A (Sober) Reflection on a Decade of Ethereum
It's not just about protocols. Nothing is inevitable.
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