This is a doozy of an end-of-year roundup on copywriting and AI. I won't be posting this on LinkedIn.

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New on The Charlie Review of Books, introducing a report from Mexico's grocery stores owned and operated by the government, with reflections on food politics in the time that we're in: charliehopedanieri.substack.com/p/mexicos-pu...

Beyond Meat went public in the first place because of a delusional enthusiasm for meat replacements. Depressing. But to think that while $BYND gets meme-ified, we would long for that ecosystem, is more depressing still.
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Beyond Meat‘s stock is soaring. And I’m laughing my ass off. open.substack.com/pub/charlieh...

With Beyond Meat making financial news, I've taken the opportunity to re-introduce the piece I contributed during the heyday of the alt-protein craze. This was for @thebaffler.com and man does it hold up.
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Here’s my latest on The Charlie Review of Books, a library dispatch from Mexico City.
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New excerpt from my expanded paperback-

"Sysco’s market dominance means that something essential is being lost. As local businesses fade away, a sense of a distinct regional and local identity disappears with them."

The Charlie Review of Books is live!

I used to tweet a lot more, and that was useful. This is going to serve a similar purpose, providing an easy way to “follow” me if you care what’s going on.

I hope you join me!
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More on this later, but if you want to follow my work, please subscribe:
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Johns Hopkins University has mounted large AI-powered cameras where last year's pro-Palestinian encampments took place. Student activists say it's to suppress campus protests, while campus officials claim it's to keep the community safe. Read my latest:
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"The narrators feel shut out of the world, but the world also is tangible and full of sensuality." A review of "Mammoth," and on the novels of WWB contributor Eva Baltasar (tr. Julia Sanches).

"Even though their attempts to strongarm life never fully succeed, these narrators take absolute responsibility for their lives. They assign themselves the task of finding ways to really live."

Sophie and I for @clereviewbooks.bsky.social, this was fun!

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"For Mammoth, it’s language that lubricates the violent and oppressive machine-city, and has thus betrayed her."

Collaborative review by Charlie Hope-D’Anieri and Sophie D’Anieri on Eva Baltasar’s “Mammoth”

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