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New @NYMag column is about American violence
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“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” That’s not even close to the definition of insanity! Really bugs me when people say this.
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Lula winning means this clip will be immortalised, as it rightfully deserves
Excellent episode
NEW @KnowYrEnemyPod! We’re joined by the great @rozina_ali to discuss her superb book, Seasons of Fury, about the rise of Islamophobia in America as told through the stories of four families podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Out of touch liberal elites don’t understand that for the average American the Cheesecake Factory is the nicest place they can imagine. For these people, sweatpants are like tuxedos. They think of Tweety Bird as a kind of God. Don’t you dare condescend to them.
so fucking lame
Shane Gillis and Danny McBride play feuding weathermen in a new four-minute Kalshi ad.
“In the past year I’ve made some questionable trades on contracts for local weather, Costco hot dog prices and cricket,” McBride said in a statement. “Working with Kalshi to make this very unique ad was a great way to both make amends on some of my questionable predictions, but also get to work with Shane, and reunite with my good pal, Deep Roy.”
variety.com/2026/tv/news/sha…
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Gotta say that You Can See Everything has me feeling very vindicated in my thoughts on Vertigo after my most recent viewing last year
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Twenty years from now when I’m encouraging Vivek Vance to write patricidal diaspora autofiction in the workshop I lead at an MFA that costs $400,000 >>>
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For his soon to be hundredth birthday, I wrote an essay trying to explain why John Berger’s appeal is so enduring, and also what he has meant to me
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I wrote about Cormac McCarthy (including the new biography) for @Harpers harpers.org/archive/2026/11/…
There are still spots in Hannah's class: learn about reading and writing and Joyce Carol Oates with one of the greats
Incredibly excited to be teaching a class on the great Joyce Carol Oates at the Center for Fiction this fall ~ starts in three weeks ~ a mix of close reading and creative writing exercises ~ more info here!
centerforfiction.org/group-w…
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Earlier this year, Sarah Chihaya was diagnosed with MSA—a terminal neurodegenerative disease. Right now, she can no longer read or write—this will be her last piece. And it's a brilliant one about Emily Brontë and unknowability. thenation.com/article/cultur…

























