Friday, July 31, 2026

I'm squeezing in one last newsletter in July, one of the Northern Hemisphere's warmest months, to finally address the elephant in the room: Christopher Nolan's filmography. And whatever else I can think of.

Item 1: a link

Marcin Wichary writes:

It’s hard to imagine it now, but during iPhone’s first year, no emoji were available at all. It took four years until 2011’s iOS 5 gave everyone an emoji keyboard.

But in between 2008 and 2011, there existed a peculiar interregnum where emoji were only available on Japanese iPhones.

Or were they?

I'm having trouble summarizing the story without just fully ripping off Wichary's blog post so just go read it please.

Item 2: a list

Christopher Nolan Films, Ranked (again):

1. The Prestige
2. Interstellar
3. Inception
4. The Dark Knight
5. Memento
6. Tenet
7. Dunkirk
8. Batman Begins
9. Oppenheimer
10. The Odyssey
11. The Dark Knight Rises
12. Following
13. Insomnia

Item 3: a media recommendation

Item 4: word of the week

Farouche

He was a farouche child, always sulking in a corner. Which made it all the more surprising when he grew up and became an improvisational comic. But then it made it all the less surprising when his improvisational comedy career was an utter failure.

Item 5: an image

See ya!

Thank you for reading Wolmania. I hope you stay cool or, for my many readers south of the equator, warm. See you in a couple of weeks.