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What it feels like
A morning with The Gist
It arrives before your alarm goes off, timed to your time zone. The subject line tells you the shape of the day—not clickbait, just a clean read on what happened overnight.
You open it at the kitchen counter, or on the train, or in bed with coffee. Today's edition opens with an original ink illustration—loose crosshatching, editorial in spirit. It sets the tone before you've read a word.
The writing is warm but has a point. It connects a story from one publication to something another source flagged last week. There are sections for the topics you told Nick you care about, and lifestyle picks—recipes, films, music—if you're into those. If you're not, they stay out.
Eight minutes later, you close it. You know what happened. You have context. You're not anxious about what you missed, because nothing was missed.
Not like the others
Newsletters summarize.
The Gist editorializes.
Summary tools give you bullet points and call it a day. The Gist reads the same sources, connects stories across them, and writes you something with a point of view. There's a difference between knowing what happened and understanding why it matters.
Summary tools
“OpenAI announced GPT-5. Apple released iOS 19. Congress passed an AI bill.”
The Gist
“It was an AI kind of week. OpenAI dropped GPT-5 the same day Congress moved on regulation—and Apple quietly shipped features that use both. Here's why the timing matters…”
What's in every edition
An original ink illustration and an opening column that gives you the shape of the day. Warm, direct, occasionally wry.
Coverage grouped by theme, not by source. When three publications cover the same thing, you get the synthesis, not three blurbs. Everything links back to the original for deeper reading.
Recipes, films, music, shopping picks—if the sources covered it and you're into it. If you're not, it stays out of the way.
How it works
You talk to Nick by email
No settings page. No onboarding wizard. You reply and your next edition adjusts.
Getting started
You:
Hey Nick, I'm mostly into tech and startups. I also like cooking. Not into crypto.
Nick:
Great—tech and startups front and center, cooking section included, crypto gone. Your first edition hits tomorrow morning. Let me know what you think.
Two weeks later
You:
Can you make it a bit shorter? I'm usually reading on the train and want to get through it faster.
Nick:
Done. I'll tighten things up and keep to the essentials. Tomorrow should feel different.
Anytime
You:
What's the deal with the OpenAI thing? I keep seeing headlines but haven't had time to dig in.
Nick:
Here's what the sources are saying…
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What changes when your morning changes
Without The Gist
- — Wake up, grab phone, open Twitter
- — Scroll through newsletters you'll never finish
- — Feel behind before you've had coffee
- — Forty minutes gone, nothing retained
With The Gist
- — Wake up, one email waiting
- — Eight minutes of curated, editorial reading
- — Informed, not overwhelmed
- — Morning back. Phone stays down.
Tomorrow morning can be different.
Email Nick tonight. Tell him what you're into, or just say hello. Your first personalized edition arrives tomorrow morning.
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