"How Prepared Are We for a Public-Health Emergency?" by Dhruv Khullar (@dhruvkhullar.bsky.social) is our pick from the June 1, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/06/01?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "The Human-Trafficking Victim Next Door" by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee (@yudhijit.bsky.social). https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/25?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the May 25 issue: "The Dreamdrive" by Weike Wang. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/25?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

"She has thrown open the door to Hell itself," the PM said of Lucy Letby. But 2 years after this New Yorker investigation, her case is unraveling—with major questions about the evidence finally being heard. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2024/05/20

"Can the Democrats Take Back the Senate?" by Amy Davidson Sorkin is our pick from the May 25, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/25?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

"No thought was so devastating to Prima as the thought that she was ascribing wisdom and seriousness to something that would turn out to be stupid." A year ago, Lillian Fishman nailed every Gen Z anxiety about seeming profound. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2025/05/12

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?" by Jill Lepore. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/11?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the May 11 & 18 issue: "Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Complicated Commemorations" by Jelani Cobb (@jelaniya.bsky.social). https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/11?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

Patrick Radden Keefe (@praddenkeefe.bsky.social) turns El Chapo's capture into a thriller that reads like fiction. A decade later, his reporting on cartels, assassins, and Instagram posts remains unmatched. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2014/05/05

"The Life and Times of an American Tween" by Anna Wiener is our pick from the May 11 & 18, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/11?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Process of Elimination" by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/04?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the May 4 issue: "Donald Trump’s Spring Cleaning" by Benjamin Wallace-Wells. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/04?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

"I was not prepared for the St. John River, did not anticipate its size." — John McPhee, 50 years ago, on Maine's wildest water. His prose flows like the river itself. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/1976/05/03

And with this week’s pick, Michael Schulman (@michaelschulman.bsky.social) is now in a three-way tie for our #1 most selected author of the 2020s. newyorkerest.com/leaderboard?...

"Laurie Metcalf’s Third Act" by Michael Schulman (@michaelschulman.bsky.social) is our pick from the May 4, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/05/04?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Ordinary Wear and Tear" by Thomas McGuane. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/27?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the April 27 issue: "How Professional Wrestling Prepared Linda McMahon for Trump’s Cabinet" by Zach Helfand. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/27?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

A year ago, Sarah Stillman exposed how private companies profit millions while incarcerated people starve to death. Since then, jail food contracts have only grown more lucrative. https://www.newyorkerest.com/issue/2025/04/21?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=throwback

"J. D. Vance’s Bumpy Ride" by Amy Davidson Sorkin is our pick from the April 27, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/27?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "The Violence in Vermeer" by Anthony Lane. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/20?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the April 20 issue: "A Private View" by Douglas Stuart. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/20?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

"The Return of Family Detention" by Sarah Stillman is our pick from the April 20, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/20?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Rate Your Happiness" by Catherine Lacey (@catherinelacey.bsky.social). https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/13?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the April 13 issue: "Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s Warped Vision of the Iran War" by Benjamin Wallace-Wells. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/13?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

Michael Specter's 2000 piece on Monsanto reads like a thriller—corporate boardrooms, environmental activists, and the question of whether biotech giants are villains or saviors. 24 years later, still the sharpest take on agribusiness doublespeak. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2000/04/10

"Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?" by Ronan Farrow (@ronanfarrow.bsky.social) is our pick from the April 13, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/13?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "The Camps Promising to Turn You—or Your Son—Into an Alpha Male" by Charles Bethea (@charlesbethea.bsky.social). https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/06?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the April 6 issue: "What Was Behind the T.S.A. Meltdown?" by Benjamin Wallace-Wells. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/06?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

Only 7 years ago, hackers exposed how an entire country orchestrated a smear campaign that destroyed an American businessman—using fake identities, stolen phone records, and planted rumors. The digital playbook now defines modern disinformation. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2023/04/03

"He Helped Stop Iran from Getting the Bomb" by David D. Kirkpatrick (@davidkirkpatrick.bsky.social) is our pick from the April 6, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/04/06?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Is Cuba Next?" by Jon Lee Anderson. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/30?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the March 30 issue: "Floating" by Souvankham Thammavongsa. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/30?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

Ruth Stout's "no-work" gardening method from half a century ago now dominates every homesteading podcast and garden center—but her radical secrets went far beyond mulch. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2025/03/24

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"Robyn, on Her Own" by Jia Tolentino is our pick from the March 30, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/30?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Lisa Kudrow Is Back—Again" by Michael Schulman (@michaelschulman.bsky.social). https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/23?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the March 23 issue: "My Balenciaga" by Han Ong. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/23?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

"Trump’s Mass-Detention Campaign" by Jonathan Blitzer (@jonathanblitzer.bsky.social) is our pick from the March 23, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/23?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "The Zombie Regulator" by E. Tammy Kim. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/16?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the March 16 issue: "The City Is a Graveyard" by Addie Citchens. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/16?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

"A small, vicious-looking shark wheels through the tank. Eels spool around the shark." David Remnick's Howard Stern profile from 1997 opens like noir fiction. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/1997/03/10

"Where Is the Iran War Headed?" by Robin Wright is our pick from the March 16, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/16?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Calm Sea and Hard Faring" by Yiyun Li. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/09?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the March 9 issue: "The Man Who Broke Into Jail" by James Verini. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/09?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

2 years ago, Kathryn Schulz warned that solar storms could devastate our power grid. With recent geomagnetic activity hitting new highs, her question feels urgent: are we prepared? https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2024/03/04

"Can the Democrats Get It Together?" by Amy Davidson Sorkin is our pick from the March 9, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/09?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "The Trial of Gisèle Pelicot’s Rapists United France and Fractured Her Family" by Rachel Aviv (@rachelaviv.bsky.social). https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/02?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the March 2 issue: "The Migrants in the Ancient Forest" by Elizabeth Flock. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/02?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

"Irving's days had been as well ordered and as predictable as the Sun King's." Adam Gopnik's perfect 1993 portrait of a man who lived poolside luxury until reality intruded. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/1993/02/22

"James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters" by Tad Friend (@tadfriend.bsky.social) is our pick from the March 2, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/02?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick