Noa Kestrel
@noa · writes The Slow Feed
Writer and designer in Lisbon. I write about how pieces get made, the tools I actually keep, and the parts of the internet that are still worth your time. One essay every Thursday since 2019, short posts in between.
Lisbon, Portugal
Writing here since March 2019
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Now · updated September 2026
What I’m working on.
Writing
A short book on writing habits, built from the eight that stuck. First draft is at 31,000 words.
Reading
A long novel about a lighthouse keeper, and every back issue of a small design zine from the nineties.
Hosting
Office hours every Thursday at 17:00 Lisbon time. Forty drafts read live so far.
The story so far
Seven years, one thread.
2019
The first post
A thread about outlining on paper. Eleven people read it, and one replied.
2020
A thousand readers
The Thursday email starts. The first issue goes to 1,012 people and I spend the morning refreshing.
2022
The streak begins
No missed Thursday since March 2022. The rule: publish at nine, even if it’s short.
2023
Too many posts
A year of posting daily. The numbers go up and the writing gets worse. I write about it.
2024
Office hours
One reader, one draft, ten minutes, live. It becomes the best hour of my week.
2026
The Slow Feed
48,200 readers, one essay a week, and a book on the way.
Who I read
Six writers worth your Thursday.
A
Amara Osei · @amara
Essays on product and the people who build it.
J
Jonas Wirth · @jwirth
Sound, space and the rooms we work in.
L
Lena Park · @lenapark
Type, tools and very long footnotes.
D
Dev Raman · @devr
Plain-English notes on money and time.
R
Rui Tavares · @rui
Field notes from walking every street in a city.
H
Hana Sato · @hana
Short fiction, one page a week.
Say hello.
Commissions, talks, office hours or a reply that didn’t fit in a post. I answer everything within a week.
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