September 2026 Dispatch

Welcome back to Dispatch, a personal roundup of videos, records, and anything that I found interesting this month. Think of Dispatch as my monthly mixtape from the internet with no real theme except “this was neat.” This time we cover September but also some items from August when I didn’t dispatch 🥁 my roundup. Videos Quincy Sandbank published a video essay that on first glance seems to be about a classic 1991 Mercedes but that couldn’t be further from the truth. He talks about durability and repairability in the age of subscriptions and enshitification. Liam Thompson is one of the few creators I’ve continued to follow despite a sharp pivot in his videos. I find both his old and new stuff entertaining for different reasons. His newer videos are less quirky and more cinematic including the latest one where Liam Thompson visits Greece and follows his grandma’s footsteps from 65 years ago. It also helps that the music choice sets the mood rather nicely. Why does China keep building…