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Nick Allen, the founder of the event space Sovereign House, “is in this weird role where he’s kind of like an embassy in New York for us,” a young Trump official said. Read about the man behind the popular gathering spot for right-wing Zoomers. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/cguYAF
The Party Politics of Sovereign House
Nick Allen’s venue in Dimes Square was a popular gathering spot for right-wing Zoomers. Now he’s opening a new club called Reign, an attempt to build a lasting cultural institution.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Nick Allen, the founder of the event space Sovereign House, “is in this weird role where he’s kind of like an embassy in New York for us,” a young Trump official said. Read about the man behind the popular gathering spot for right-wing Zoomers. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/cguYAF
After a weekend of unimaginable violence, one wouldn’t expect the President to make matters worse. And yet that’s exactly what Donald Trump did, David Remnick writes.
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Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
After a weekend of unimaginable violence, one wouldn’t expect the President to make matters worse. And yet that’s exactly what Donald Trump did, David Remnick writes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Ur12DI
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Ur12DI
“During the past decade, Twitter, now known as X, had an outsized and frankly grotesque hold on the journalism business,” Jay Caspian Kang writes. “This past year, the fever broke.” Read about five major trends in media this year. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/WDXUiw
Five Things That Changed the Media in 2025
A.I., of course—but there were also other, less obvious stories and trends that are going to shape how we understand the news.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“During the past decade, Twitter, now known as X, had an outsized and frankly grotesque hold on the journalism business,” Jay Caspian Kang writes. “This past year, the fever broke.” Read about five major trends in media this year. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/WDXUiw
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani invited New Yorkers to meet with him one-on-one. Here’s what they had to say. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/v_On6E
Want to Talk to Zohran Mamdani? Get in Line
The Mayor-elect dabbles in performance art at the Museum of the Moving Image, talking with everyday New Yorkers one on one.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani invited New Yorkers to meet with him one-on-one. Here’s what they had to say. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/v_On6E
Shokuhin sampuru—mesmerizingly lifelike handmade food replicas—are a roughly $90 million industry, and a beloved part of Japanese pop culture. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/MZDGoU
Feast Your Eyes on Japan’s Fake Food
Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are being spotlighted as art.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Shokuhin sampuru—mesmerizingly lifelike handmade food replicas—are a roughly $90 million industry, and a beloved part of Japanese pop culture. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/MZDGoU
“No one has written more enduring characters, ones whose company we continue to seek out year after year.” In today’s daily newsletter, Alexandra Schwartz reflects on the timelessness of Jane Austen on the novelist’s 250th birthday: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-g3wCz
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“No one has written more enduring characters, ones whose company we continue to seek out year after year.” In today’s daily newsletter, Alexandra Schwartz reflects on the timelessness of Jane Austen on the novelist’s 250th birthday: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-g3wCz
“Gone are the simpler days of the first ‘Avatar,’ an anti-imperialist war flick,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. Read his review of “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” James Cameron’s latest 3-D science-fiction extravaganza. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/bFXF6n
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” Mostly Treads Water
In James Cameron’s latest 3-D science-fiction extravaganza, the Na’vi family tree gets more complicated, but our sense of wonderment flattens out.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“Gone are the simpler days of the first ‘Avatar,’ an anti-imperialist war flick,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. Read his review of “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” James Cameron’s latest 3-D science-fiction extravaganza. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/bFXF6n
“I sometimes think my main complaint about old age is the way it interferes with looking at art and listening to music,” Calvin Tomkins, who turns 100 this year, writes. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Becoming a Centenarian
Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“I sometimes think my main complaint about old age is the way it interferes with looking at art and listening to music,” Calvin Tomkins, who turns 100 this year, writes. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“After October 7th, there was an eruption, really, of anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli sentiment and behavior,” the commissioning editor of the Jewish Independent tells Isaac Chotiner after an attack at Bondi Beach, in Australia.
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In the Wake of Australia’s Hanukkah Beach Massacre
A conversation about the country’s unique Jewish community and rising levels of antisemitism.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“After October 7th, there was an eruption, really, of anti-Jewish and anti-Israeli sentiment and behavior,” the commissioning editor of the Jewish Independent tells Isaac Chotiner after an attack at Bondi Beach, in Australia.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4kp5n4
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4kp5n4
Jaylen Brown, a former N.B.A. Finals M.V.P. who struggled through stretches of last season, helps turn the Celtics’ season around. www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
How the Celtics Are Winning
A team that once could seem a little bloodless has, in the absence of its best player, become scrappy and slightly unpredictable.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Jaylen Brown, a former N.B.A. Finals M.V.P. who struggled through stretches of last season, helps turn the Celtics’ season around. www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
Sovereign House, an event venue in Lower Manhattan, was a gathering spot for a cross-section of right-wing Gen Z-ers: crypto bros, young religious people, internet posters, literary types. Now its founder is opening a members-only social club. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/SEYpic
The Party Politics of Sovereign House
Nick Allen’s venue in Dimes Square was a popular gathering spot for right-wing Zoomers. Now he’s opening a new club called Reign, an attempt to build a lasting cultural institution.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Sovereign House, an event venue in Lower Manhattan, was a gathering spot for a cross-section of right-wing Gen Z-ers: crypto bros, young religious people, internet posters, literary types. Now its founder is opening a members-only social club. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/SEYpic
“His urban idylls are populated by bald businessmen who escape reality by biking and daydreaming.” In a new comic, Ali Fitzgerald honors the late New Yorker illustrator J. J. Sempé, a deity of whimsy. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jTWork
Ali Fitzgerald on J. J. Sempé
His urban idylls are populated by bald businessmen who escape reality by biking and daydreaming.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“His urban idylls are populated by bald businessmen who escape reality by biking and daydreaming.” In a new comic, Ali Fitzgerald honors the late New Yorker illustrator J. J. Sempé, a deity of whimsy. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jTWork
This past year, we saw something that you might call “politicsmaxxing”: content creators who only recently have demonstrated an interest in politics began talking extensively about the news. Read about the things that changed the media in 2025. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TFeiUC
Five Things That Changed the Media in 2025
A.I., of course—but there were also other, less obvious stories and trends that are going to shape how we understand the news.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This past year, we saw something that you might call “politicsmaxxing”: content creators who only recently have demonstrated an interest in politics began talking extensively about the news. Read about the things that changed the media in 2025. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TFeiUC
In the year of David Lynch’s passing, one of his lesser-known films perfectly rejects our ugly, fake, and barbarous moment.
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newyorkermag.visitlink.me/9gH7mx
2025 Was David Lynch
The filmmaker, who died in January, showed us what our world was becoming, and how we should respond.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In the year of David Lynch’s passing, one of his lesser-known films perfectly rejects our ugly, fake, and barbarous moment.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/9gH7mx
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/9gH7mx
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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“Avatar: Fire and Ash” is “a goofily complicated maelstrom of transmigratory souls, cross-species lineages, and unholy alliances,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. Read his review. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/JR9vQo
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” Mostly Treads Water
In James Cameron’s latest 3-D science-fiction extravaganza, the Na’vi family tree gets more complicated, but our sense of wonderment flattens out.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” is “a goofily complicated maelstrom of transmigratory souls, cross-species lineages, and unholy alliances,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. Read his review. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/JR9vQo
Second Stage’s “Marjorie Prime” revival is particularly poignant in a world reckoning with A.I., leading to “a chilling night at the theatre,” writes Helen Shaw. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Memory Speaks in “Marjorie Prime” and “Anna Christie”
June Squibb sparkles opposite Cynthia Nixon in a futuristic drama, and Michelle Williams loses her way in Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize winner.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Second Stage’s “Marjorie Prime” revival is particularly poignant in a world reckoning with A.I., leading to “a chilling night at the theatre,” writes Helen Shaw. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
In @newyorkerhumor, welcome to Brooklyn’s newest Japanese-style vinyl listening bar. Please follow these simple instructions to insure that everyone’s experience remains as spiritually transcendent as possible. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/sYXMQw
So You Want to Come to My New Vinyl-Listening Bar
You may get up to use the restroom, but only between sides. During songs, please remain still. Any movement above shoulder level will be interpreted as dance.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In @newyorkerhumor, welcome to Brooklyn’s newest Japanese-style vinyl listening bar. Please follow these simple instructions to insure that everyone’s experience remains as spiritually transcendent as possible. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/sYXMQw
“Do I think about death? Yes, of course. I think about it fairly often, but without emotion.” Read Calvin Tomkins’s journal of his 100th year. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Becoming a Centenarian
Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.
www.newyorker.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“Do I think about death? Yes, of course. I think about it fairly often, but without emotion.” Read Calvin Tomkins’s journal of his 100th year. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The brutality of Donald Trump’s language is nothing new. And yet, with his remarks on the death of Rob Reiner—made while the world was reeling from violent events over the weekend—he reached a new level of degradation, David Remnick writes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/L8pMc7
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/L8pMc7
Donald Trump’s Remarks on the Death of Rob Reiner Are Next-Level Degradation
On a weekend of terrible violent events, you would not expect a President of the United States to make matters even worse. But, of course, he did.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The brutality of Donald Trump’s language is nothing new. And yet, with his remarks on the death of Rob Reiner—made while the world was reeling from violent events over the weekend—he reached a new level of degradation, David Remnick writes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/L8pMc7
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/L8pMc7
“It wasn’t until I started cartooning myself that I realized he only made it look easy.” Navied Mahdavian pays tribute to James Thurber. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Navied Mahdavian on James Thurber
It wasn’t until I started cartooning myself that I realized he only made it look easy.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“It wasn’t until I started cartooning myself that I realized he only made it look easy.” Navied Mahdavian pays tribute to James Thurber. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
From the fall of Twitter to Ryan Lizza’s tell-all Substack, here are five things that changed the media this year. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
Five Things That Changed the Media in 2025
A.I., of course—but there were also other, less obvious stories and trends that are going to shape how we understand the news.
www.newyorker.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
From the fall of Twitter to Ryan Lizza’s tell-all Substack, here are five things that changed the media this year. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
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Here's my annual list of the top ten performances of the year. Featuring Emma Stone, Bad Bunny, Paul Reubens, Michael B. Jordan, Sarah Snook...and a lil cameo from Satan. www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
The Best Performances of 2025
In a year when the entertainment industry embraced the artificial, extraordinary human acts—from Sarah Snook’s one-woman “Dorian Gray” to Michael B. Jordan’s twin turn in “Sinners”—made their mark.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here's my annual list of the top ten performances of the year. Featuring Emma Stone, Bad Bunny, Paul Reubens, Michael B. Jordan, Sarah Snook...and a lil cameo from Satan. www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
“Avatar: Fire and Ash,” is an altogether less transporting experience than its two predecessors. James Cameron’s latest outing “has no new worlds to conquer,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. Read his review. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/8ru7bg
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” Mostly Treads Water
In James Cameron’s latest 3-D science-fiction extravaganza, the Na’vi family tree gets more complicated, but our sense of wonderment flattens out.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Avatar: Fire and Ash,” is an altogether less transporting experience than its two predecessors. James Cameron’s latest outing “has no new worlds to conquer,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. Read his review. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/8ru7bg
The shooting at Brown this weekend “made me start to rethink how safe I actually am,” a student told Karan Mahajan. ttps://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/a...
A Shooting at Brown
The first snow of the year often brings students out together. This year, they are being united “in a very different way,” one said.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The shooting at Brown this weekend “made me start to rethink how safe I actually am,” a student told Karan Mahajan. ttps://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/a...