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“The essay-writing habits of my school days have never left me.” In this week’s issue, Zadie Smith shares a writing tip she’s used for decades.
The Art of the Impersonal Essay, by Zadie Smith
In my experience, every kind of writing requires some kind of self-soothing Jedi mind trick, and, when it comes to essay composition, the rectangle is mine.
www.newyorker.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“The essay-writing habits of my school days have never left me.” In this week’s issue, Zadie Smith shares a writing tip she’s used for decades.
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Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
A recent study found that children who transitioned young retained stable gender identities over time. But the fact that nearly a fifth of those in the group did not ought to give advocates of irreversible medical interventions pause
How stable are the gender identities of younger children?
A study finds that one in five who switch gender change their mind
econ.st
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
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New York Pals, please come by and say hi!
Opening tonight!
New York Folks: here's what I have coming up in a couple of weeks:
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
New York Pals, please come by and say hi!
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I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
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The Aesthetics of Protest Typography: On Preserving Dissenting Letterforms - Carla
The Aesthetics of Protest Typography: On Preserving Dissenting Letterforms
In 1968, photojournalist Ernest C. Withers captured an image of the Memphis sanitation strike. The black-and-white photograph depicts a group of Black male workers holding up copies of the same sign: ...
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September 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Aesthetics of Protest Typography: On Preserving Dissenting Letterforms - Carla
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Trump has turned the National Guard into mall cops. Cost? $1 million a day.
Trump has turned the National Guard into mall cops. Cost? $1 million a day.
If I got mugged in broad daylight, what could those National Guard members really, legally, do?
www.motherjones.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Trump has turned the National Guard into mall cops. Cost? $1 million a day.
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Someone doesn’t look all that happy about her seating assignment
JUST NOW: Donald Trump is booed by the crowd as he arrives at Arthur Ashe Stadium for the US Open men’s final
September 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Someone doesn’t look all that happy about her seating assignment
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Holy shit! During the national anthem at the US Open men's final, the moment Trump is shown on the jumbotron the entire stadium erupted in boos. To say the pedophile president is loathed in his own hometown would be an understatement. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
September 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Holy shit! During the national anthem at the US Open men's final, the moment Trump is shown on the jumbotron the entire stadium erupted in boos. To say the pedophile president is loathed in his own hometown would be an understatement. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
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Crying as I type . . .
(with laughter)
(with laughter)
September 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Crying as I type . . .
(with laughter)
(with laughter)
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Love you, New York!
Ooh, #USOpen just showed Trump on screen again during this set break and there was loud, clear booing this time.
September 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Love you, New York!
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🧵 An open letter to the US Open and USTA:
Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.
I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.
Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.
I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.
September 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Pop Up Brigade in support of action in DC. If you're up for feeling heartened, go find some footage of The People out there in the Capital yesterday.
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC #DoNotObeyInAdvance @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @indivisible.org
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC #DoNotObeyInAdvance @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @indivisible.org
September 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Pop Up Brigade in support of action in DC. If you're up for feeling heartened, go find some footage of The People out there in the Capital yesterday.
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC #DoNotObeyInAdvance @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @indivisible.org
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC #DoNotObeyInAdvance @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @indivisible.org
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RFK Jr. lied to @alsobrooks.senate.gov He said he hadn’t fired any scientists.
RFK Jr. has fired over 3,000 scientists from HHS. The good Senator is giving us a #CupOfJoe that’s overflowing with Jrs. lies and deceit. It’s shameful. He must resign. He poses a clear danger to us all.
RFK Jr. has fired over 3,000 scientists from HHS. The good Senator is giving us a #CupOfJoe that’s overflowing with Jrs. lies and deceit. It’s shameful. He must resign. He poses a clear danger to us all.
September 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
RFK Jr. lied to @alsobrooks.senate.gov He said he hadn’t fired any scientists.
RFK Jr. has fired over 3,000 scientists from HHS. The good Senator is giving us a #CupOfJoe that’s overflowing with Jrs. lies and deceit. It’s shameful. He must resign. He poses a clear danger to us all.
RFK Jr. has fired over 3,000 scientists from HHS. The good Senator is giving us a #CupOfJoe that’s overflowing with Jrs. lies and deceit. It’s shameful. He must resign. He poses a clear danger to us all.
Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a ‘Culture of Fear’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/m...
Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a ‘Culture of Fear’
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a ‘Culture of Fear’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/m...
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🇹🇳 La légende dit qu'il aurait inspiré George Lucas pour un vaisseau de Star Wars: l'Hôtel du Lac à Tunis, emblème de l'architecture mondiale du 20è siècle, est en cours de démolition, suscitant une levée de boucliers de la société civile.
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August 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🇹🇳 La légende dit qu'il aurait inspiré George Lucas pour un vaisseau de Star Wars: l'Hôtel du Lac à Tunis, emblème de l'architecture mondiale du 20è siècle, est en cours de démolition, suscitant une levée de boucliers de la société civile.
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If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.
The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...
newatlas.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
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85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
July 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
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🇺🇸 En Ecosse, des manifestants dénoncent la visite de Trump occupé à jouer au golf sur son parcours de Turnberry, placé sous haute surveillance policière.
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July 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🇺🇸 En Ecosse, des manifestants dénoncent la visite de Trump occupé à jouer au golf sur son parcours de Turnberry, placé sous haute surveillance policière.
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🇫🇷🇵🇸 La France va reconnaître l'Etat de Palestine à l'ONU en septembre à New York, a annoncé le président Emmanuel Macron, en martelant "l'urgence de concrétiser cette solution" pour une paix durable au Proche-Orient.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🇫🇷🇵🇸 La France va reconnaître l'Etat de Palestine à l'ONU en septembre à New York, a annoncé le président Emmanuel Macron, en martelant "l'urgence de concrétiser cette solution" pour une paix durable au Proche-Orient.
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On my lunch break I reread this article by translator Damion Searls about how translation works. It's an extract from his book, The Philosophy of Translation.
Well worth your time.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Well worth your time.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Damion Searls: ‘Nothing is untranslatable. Anything left untranslated is what you’ve decided doesn’t matter anyway’ | The Booker Prizes
In this extract from his book The Philosophy of Translation, the International Booker Prize-shortlisted translator explains how the boundaries of language are always permeable
thebookerprizes.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On my lunch break I reread this article by translator Damion Searls about how translation works. It's an extract from his book, The Philosophy of Translation.
Well worth your time.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
Well worth your time.
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...