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· Sep 10
The Island of Scorching Caresses is not a popular destination but Brendan likes to stray off the beaten path. Illustration by @whatsacrybaby.bsky.social for my upcoming book Saint Brendan and the Brotherhood of Virile Serenity. More about it here: www.patreon.com/posts/second...
#gayart #lgbtbooks
#gayart #lgbtbooks
January 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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January 11, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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A cartoon by Jon Adams. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
A cartoon by Jon Adams. #NewYorkerCartoons
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Been volunteering in a local shelter to walk the dogs these weeks.
Definitely not ready to have a new one in my life, but at least I'm helping a little.
Meet:
Moroto: He likes to bite ankles
Dana: She chill
Pirata: He digs
Runa: She's got bad legs :(
If you can, volunteer. They'll appreciate it.
Definitely not ready to have a new one in my life, but at least I'm helping a little.
Meet:
Moroto: He likes to bite ankles
Dana: She chill
Pirata: He digs
Runa: She's got bad legs :(
If you can, volunteer. They'll appreciate it.
January 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Been volunteering in a local shelter to walk the dogs these weeks.
Definitely not ready to have a new one in my life, but at least I'm helping a little.
Meet:
Moroto: He likes to bite ankles
Dana: She chill
Pirata: He digs
Runa: She's got bad legs :(
If you can, volunteer. They'll appreciate it.
Definitely not ready to have a new one in my life, but at least I'm helping a little.
Meet:
Moroto: He likes to bite ankles
Dana: She chill
Pirata: He digs
Runa: She's got bad legs :(
If you can, volunteer. They'll appreciate it.
January 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled Germany from 1888 to 1918, had a talent for causing outrage. He believed he was brilliant at diplomacy, despite all evidence to the contrary, and had a limited understanding of cause and effect. Read more: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lMgHcO
January 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Kaiser Wilhelm II, who ruled Germany from 1888 to 1918, had a talent for causing outrage. He believed he was brilliant at diplomacy, despite all evidence to the contrary, and had a limited understanding of cause and effect. Read more: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lMgHcO
January 10, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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How an attempt to standardize Switzerland’s least known national language ignited quarrels that engulfed classrooms, newspapers, and eventually local politics. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CLu6vK
A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language
In the Swiss Alps, a plan to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel over identity, belonging, and the sound of authenticity.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
How an attempt to standardize Switzerland’s least known national language ignited quarrels that engulfed classrooms, newspapers, and eventually local politics. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CLu6vK
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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I had an idea for a story the other day about a guy who sees a car passing him driven by mannequins. How weird that would be!
January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I had an idea for a story the other day about a guy who sees a car passing him driven by mannequins. How weird that would be!
I kent posibli imadshin uai dis didant uark.
Optimistic opening to the first issue of The Pioneer (1912), journal for the "Simplified Speling Soesiety”. More here: https://buff.ly/3GeURMA
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I kent posibli imadshin uai dis didant uark.
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An advance look at Barry Blitt’s “Guzzler,” the cover for next week’s issue. #NewYorkerCovers
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
An advance look at Barry Blitt’s “Guzzler,” the cover for next week’s issue. #NewYorkerCovers
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‘The value of the world’s top ten companies is $25.6 trillion. Of that, $15.1 trillion has accumulated since 30 November 2022 and is directly linked to the AI boom.’
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island: Will the AI bubble burst?
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 AM
‘The value of the world’s top ten companies is $25.6 trillion. Of that, $15.1 trillion has accumulated since 30 November 2022 and is directly linked to the AI boom.’
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester on the AI bubble.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Title and content page from the final draft.
January 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Title and content page from the final draft.
January 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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The Island of Scorching Caresses is not a popular destination but Brendan likes to stray off the beaten path. Illustration by @whatsacrybaby.bsky.social for my upcoming book Saint Brendan and the Brotherhood of Virile Serenity. More about it here: www.patreon.com/posts/second...
#gayart #lgbtbooks
#gayart #lgbtbooks
September 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Island of Scorching Caresses is not a popular destination but Brendan likes to stray off the beaten path. Illustration by @whatsacrybaby.bsky.social for my upcoming book Saint Brendan and the Brotherhood of Virile Serenity. More about it here: www.patreon.com/posts/second...
#gayart #lgbtbooks
#gayart #lgbtbooks
Just finished the final draft of Brendan's story! Not in the best mood to celebrate but I'm glad it's done. www.patreon.com/posts/final-...
#amwriting #writerslife #bookpublishing
#amwriting #writerslife #bookpublishing
Final Draft Done! | Yanko Tsvetkov
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January 7, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Just finished the final draft of Brendan's story! Not in the best mood to celebrate but I'm glad it's done. www.patreon.com/posts/final-...
#amwriting #writerslife #bookpublishing
#amwriting #writerslife #bookpublishing
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‘Psychoanalysis can help us better understand how the world, including our oppressors, works, and so what we might do about it, and them; and what wishes we might have for collective life, and which of these the reality principle demands we set aside.’
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
What has returned of late is not the unconscious itself, but the felt need, in some quarters, for the unconscious and...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
‘Psychoanalysis can help us better understand how the world, including our oppressors, works, and so what we might do about it, and them; and what wishes we might have for collective life, and which of these the reality principle demands we set aside.’
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Figured out how to make French onion soup. In terms of improving the state of the world, this only impacts a fairly limited sphere, but every little bit counts.
January 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Figured out how to make French onion soup. In terms of improving the state of the world, this only impacts a fairly limited sphere, but every little bit counts.
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It moves! We can watch as the Kepler supernova remnant changes over a quarter of century in X-rays from Chandra. #aas247
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
January 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
It moves! We can watch as the Kepler supernova remnant changes over a quarter of century in X-rays from Chandra. #aas247
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/k...
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Some slop-machine users want to be artists, others want to be engineers, without actually putting in the work to be either. Take the time and actually learn the thing :P
January 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Some slop-machine users want to be artists, others want to be engineers, without actually putting in the work to be either. Take the time and actually learn the thing :P
“Every ego, so far from being a unity is in the highest degree a manifold world, a constellated heaven, a chaos of forms, of states and stages, of inheritances and potentialities.”
“Self-hate is really the same thing as sheer egoism, and in the long run breeds the same cruel isolation and despair.”
Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse on the key to finding peace www.themarginalian.org/2024/02/18/h...
Nobel laureate Hermann Hesse on the key to finding peace www.themarginalian.org/2024/02/18/h...
January 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
“Every ego, so far from being a unity is in the highest degree a manifold world, a constellated heaven, a chaos of forms, of states and stages, of inheritances and potentialities.”
January 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM