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wrote about rap's embrace of AI and why it's bad for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social www.hearingthings.co/attention-hi...

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I reviewed Yaya Bey's do it afraid. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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I wrote about the Democrats’ embrace of Andrew Cuomo. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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not sure my mind will ever open enough to understand the things brits do with beans

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"The dream of "A-pop" holds no apparent regard for...any of the things that constitute artistic freedom. Its omnivorous approach, in search of an everything box for pop songcraft, seems to see imagination itself as a hindrance." www.npr.org/2025/06/17/n...

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Annahstasia's Tether is named Best New Music 🏆

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really hard to overstate the amount of water used by data centers insideclimatenews.org/news/1606202...

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I reviewed Annahstasia's debut. It's sterling pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

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it has never been clear to me why pasta boxes have that little window

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everyone I know who hated big fish theory in 2017 is now an evangelist for it. love to see it

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how protest movements finally lost social media nymag.com/intelligence...

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waiting impatiently for DC peruvian chicken spots to discover the wonders of moisture

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Earlier this year, The New Yorker sent me to Los Angeles to train to become an intimacy coordinator, the new shepherds of the sex scene in a post #MeToo Hollywood. Was this job legit, or a cynical HR move? I investigated... www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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hard not to wonder if the kente cloths from that one time were rented

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I would love to know if anyone has ever given liquid snakes as a father's day gift

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scary stuff nymag.com/intelligence...

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fun apnews.com/article/minn...

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Political imagination is a moral responsibility. Those who cannot imagine that justice is possible will make peace with the unjust and contort themselves in their defense.

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I wrote about some Wayne songs. I don't believe the post-No Ceilings fall-off is as absolute as my peers (especially if we're counting features, e.g. "Mad," "Smuckers"), but Wayne's arc is fun to probe pitchfork.com/features/lis...

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great retrospective on Be, and the arcs of Common, Kanye, Dilla, and backpack rap www.npr.org/2025/05/24/n...

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Local Man's Short Story Arsenal Grows

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the chances of this ending in a duel on 5th avenue aren't 0%, strangely

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wrote a good chapter today

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“I feel helpless. I feel like so much is out of my control,” one former employee says as the Trump administration targets USAID, AmeriCorps, and beyond.

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I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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been singing this to my dog and myself for months youtu.be/mbvGHbI0IP8?...

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dear Big Juice www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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watching people who should know better treat the diddy trial like Content has been an experience

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upgrade u has such a fun structure

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the 100 men v gorilla thing is a great example of the jay "don't argue with fools" line if you facetiously ask a pro-100-men guy if the gorilla can summon bahamut, he will answer, "yes, but the men all have a full limit gauge"

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everyone has an infinitely rebooted series whose continued life feels personally insulting for me it's jurassic park. like an intestine, ever since 2 that franchise has just further refined its ideas into sloppity slop slop gloop and the execs just keep pushing them out like I (ME!) don't notice

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long live sports

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Journalism is a slow and uncertain grind with no shortcuts and if that is unsatisfying, well, imagine how we feel! www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/free-advic...

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joe rogan being earnestly presented as like the metric system for learning is so fucking bleak

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I spoke to the person who AI-generated the Chicago Sun-Times reading list. Says he's very embarrassed. This was part of a generic package inserted into newspapers and other publications, so likely to run elsewhere. He didn't know it'd be in Chicago Sun-Times www.404media.co/chicago-sun-...

wrote about rap's embrace of AI and why it's bad for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social www.hearingthings.co/attention-hi...

I reviewed Yaya Bey's do it afraid. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

I wrote about the Democrats’ embrace of Andrew Cuomo. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

not sure my mind will ever open enough to understand the things brits do with beans

"The dream of "A-pop" holds no apparent regard for...any of the things that constitute artistic freedom. Its omnivorous approach, in search of an everything box for pop songcraft, seems to see imagination itself as a hindrance." www.npr.org/2025/06/17/n...

Annahstasia's Tether is named Best New Music 🏆

really hard to overstate the amount of water used by data centers insideclimatenews.org/news/1606202...

I reviewed Annahstasia's debut. It's sterling pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

it has never been clear to me why pasta boxes have that little window

everyone I know who hated big fish theory in 2017 is now an evangelist for it. love to see it

how protest movements finally lost social media nymag.com/intelligence...

waiting impatiently for DC peruvian chicken spots to discover the wonders of moisture

Earlier this year, The New Yorker sent me to Los Angeles to train to become an intimacy coordinator, the new shepherds of the sex scene in a post #MeToo Hollywood. Was this job legit, or a cynical HR move? I investigated... www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

hard not to wonder if the kente cloths from that one time were rented

I would love to know if anyone has ever given liquid snakes as a father's day gift

scary stuff nymag.com/intelligence...

fun apnews.com/article/minn...

Political imagination is a moral responsibility. Those who cannot imagine that justice is possible will make peace with the unjust and contort themselves in their defense.

I wrote about some Wayne songs. I don't believe the post-No Ceilings fall-off is as absolute as my peers (especially if we're counting features, e.g. "Mad," "Smuckers"), but Wayne's arc is fun to probe pitchfork.com/features/lis...

great retrospective on Be, and the arcs of Common, Kanye, Dilla, and backpack rap www.npr.org/2025/05/24/n...

Local Man's Short Story Arsenal Grows

the chances of this ending in a duel on 5th avenue aren't 0%, strangely

wrote a good chapter today

“I feel helpless. I feel like so much is out of my control,” one former employee says as the Trump administration targets USAID, AmeriCorps, and beyond.

I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

been singing this to my dog and myself for months youtu.be/mbvGHbI0IP8?...

dear Big Juice www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

watching people who should know better treat the diddy trial like Content has been an experience

upgrade u has such a fun structure

the 100 men v gorilla thing is a great example of the jay "don't argue with fools" line if you facetiously ask a pro-100-men guy if the gorilla can summon bahamut, he will answer, "yes, but the men all have a full limit gauge"

everyone has an infinitely rebooted series whose continued life feels personally insulting for me it's jurassic park. like an intestine, ever since 2 that franchise has just further refined its ideas into sloppity slop slop gloop and the execs just keep pushing them out like I (ME!) don't notice

long live sports

Journalism is a slow and uncertain grind with no shortcuts and if that is unsatisfying, well, imagine how we feel! www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/free-advic...

joe rogan being earnestly presented as like the metric system for learning is so fucking bleak

I spoke to the person who AI-generated the Chicago Sun-Times reading list. Says he's very embarrassed. This was part of a generic package inserted into newspapers and other publications, so likely to run elsewhere. He didn't know it'd be in Chicago Sun-Times www.404media.co/chicago-sun-...

please do not ask LLMs for medical advice apnews.com/article/goog...

and she is

Rico said "actually, I'M the king of rage"