Misfill, AI Bullshit Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Pen and paper are superior to your AI bullshit. (Maaike Brinkhof)

— The Paper Mind: Mitsubishi Bank Paper Notebook (Nathan King)

— Ink Omakase: June 2025 (Inkcredible Colours)

— 2025 Mid-Year Check-In (Rachel's Reflections)

— When EDC Objects are Actually Designed by Industrial Designers (Core77)

— Maybe It’s Not Coming Back (Line Variation)

— Ink Review: Sailor x Dromgoole’s Apricot Jam & Mint Jelly (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Anna Trench’s football love story Florrie unearths the hidden history of the women’s game (It’s Nice That)

— Issue#44: Eyedroppers and Burping (Fountain Pen Weekly)

— Sharp pencils for hard times (The Verge)

— Unboxing The Pen Tray I Didn't Know I Needed: Stationery Stack Alfie (DWRDNET Stationery Feed)

— Tanjiro Emerges in the Fields as Gyoda Unveils 2025 Rice Paddy Art | Spoon & Tamago (Spoon & Tomago)

— Act In The Gap Between Art and Handwriting (greg.org)

— Enjoy Collection 2025: Q2 (Dime Novel Raven)

— One of My Favorite Blues: The Wet Pen's Rainier Blue! - YouTube (Inkdependence)

— Tracking things is awesome. If you analyze it afterwards. (ner3y's Blog)

— Video-Review: The Superior Labor – Engineer Pouch (Scrively)

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Misfill, Fude De Mannen Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Fountain Pen Review: Sailor Fude De Mannen (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— 📷 Field Notes Film Festival Memo Book (Take Note)

— Review: Conklin 1898 fountain pen (Extra Fine Writing)

— Van Dieman’s Devil Black (Inkcredible Colours)

— Lamy's Song Dynasty Safari (Bleistift)

— Black Lodge Press is the decade-long print project dedicated to all things anarchist, queer and anti-fascist (It’s Nice That)

— Ink Dupes #16: Sailor, Platinum, and Pilot (Rachel's Reflections)

— Glastonbury 2025: How Shangri-La is schooling the art world (Creative Boom)

— Comparing Different Apica Paper Weights (Fountain Pen Love)

— Beauty with parasol, woodblock (ZEN in TECHNICOLOR)

— New Pen Day: Mayfair Pens Noldor - Copper Tortoise (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

— Crucial Tracks 009: Zach Barocas (Crucial Tracks)

— Top 5 Green Fountain Pen Inks of 2025 (Blake's Broadcast)

— If You’re Looking For Good Coffee (and cute packaging design) in Akita, Head to 08coffee (Spoon & Tamago)

— Sun Flower Power! The Retro 51 Girasole is here! (Inkdependence)

— Vintage Master-Craft Loose Leaf Notebook (Notebook Stories)

— Smallest Visconti Ever? The Diminutive Viscontina (Figboot on Pens)

— I am still doing stuff (plus a bonus feature) (Fountain Pen Companion)

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Misfill, Zen Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Untangling My Zen (From the Pen Cup)

— Fountain Pen Rainbow 2025, Bi Edition (Rachel's Reflections)

— Early Birthday Present to Myself: Pentax Q10 (Cheryl Lindo Jones)

— Making My Own Pigments- Carbon Black Paint- Lamp Black (Comfortable Shoes Studio)

— Gel pens in use (Stationery🍕)

— I bought it so you don't have to: the Ferris Wheel Press Carousel (Inkdependence)

— 'The War of Art' Charts the Catalyzing History of Artists' Protests in the U.S. (Colossal)

— ink review : Sailor Manyo ukikusa (inkxplorations)

— (un)Plans: May & June Notes (Line Variation)

— My Favorite Albums at Mid-Year (Crucial Tracks)

— Rick Fleming reimagines celebrity and pop culture through signature humour and standout line work (It’s Nice That)

— Ink Review: Dominant Industry Log of Elixir/Log of Atlantis Inks (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Finding the Why - an Update on My 5-year Journal (Dime Novel Raven)

— Pilot Iroshizuku Ku-jaku (Inkcredible Colours)

— Not a Gratitude Journal (Take Note)

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