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Staff writer at the New Yorker. Jes Grew Carrier.
https://www.julianlucas.com
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I dove to the wreck of Brazilâs last slave shipâand wrote about the global network of maritime archaeologists excavating the Middle Passage
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Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships
A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecksâand reconnecting Black communities to the deep.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/03/dredging-up-the-ghostly-secrets-of-slave-ships
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Skye
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules â mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The âofficialâ date is when it hits automated sorting â sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting â itâs a clever way to disenfranchise voters thatâs going largely overlooked
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A favorite essay on snow, by Charlie Fox, in
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www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/59/fo...
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A Mind of Winter | Charlie Fox
The feeling of snow
https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/59/fox.php
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josh (auldfriend99)
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>>
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Fascinating interview about cultural restitution. Things I learned: The stolen jewels were purchased off the private market by the museum in the 1980s, and Hitler blocked the return of the Nefertiti bust from Berlin to Egypt in 1933. I need to read her books now.
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The Burgled Louvreâs Stolen-Art Expert
BĂ©nĂ©dicte Savoy is Europeâs leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, sheâs bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-burgled-louvres-stolen-art-expert
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Joshua McElwee
6 days ago
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. For
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In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/first-christmas-sermon-pope-leo-decries-conditions-palestinians-gaza-2025-12-25/
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âtis the season for giving (back plundered heritage), so I interviewed a champion of restitution, the art historian BĂ©nĂ©dicte Savoy. We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the âencyclopedicâ museum, Hitlerâs love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the LouvreâŠ
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The Burgled Louvreâs Stolen-Art Expert
BĂ©nĂ©dicte Savoy is Europeâs leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, sheâs bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-burgled-louvres-stolen-art-expert
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Anna Kornbluh
8 days ago
âthere are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller) more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a livingâ
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Criticism Is Literature. Why Is It Vanishing?, by Adam Morgan
What do the best book reviews do? What is the current state of the critical ecosystem? Chicago Review of Books founder Adam Morgan takes stock of book reviewing in the US.
https://worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/september/criticism-literature-why-it-vanishing-adam-morgan?fbclid=IwZnRzaAO3p39leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEehtE3LTp2Po49LyIGyO4MBcAzP2MAukhdksnt5IFiskmfxoJN6d6WO4bfBLo_aem_wtzDa2bRCUaITLzhWy0WVQ
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Peter Sagal
8 days ago
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you canât broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldnât give their side of the story.
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Got to tell Samuel Delanyâs daughter that her baby teeth were in her fatherâs âpapersâ at the Beinecke
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Anna Bower
9 days ago
Per NY Timesâs Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsiâs email to her â60 Minutesâ colleagues in full:
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âtis the season for giving (back plundered heritage), so I interviewed a champion of restitution, the art historian BĂ©nĂ©dicte Savoy. We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the âencyclopedicâ museum, Hitlerâs love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the LouvreâŠ
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Burgled Louvreâs Stolen-Art Expert
BĂ©nĂ©dicte Savoy is Europeâs leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, sheâs bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/the-burgled-louvres-stolen-art-expert
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The New Yorker
10 days ago
BĂ©nĂ©dicte Savoy has emerged as one of the art worldâs leading thinkers. In a new interview, she talks about Donald Trumpâs attacks on the Smithsonian, and the prospects for restitution amid the breakdown of the liberal international order.
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The Burgled Louvreâs Stolen-Art Expert
BĂ©nĂ©dicte Savoy is Europeâs leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, sheâs bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Iymz65
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Don Moynihan
10 days ago
An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament. Feel safer?
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Hari Kunzru
11 days ago
Iâm sorry but âheritage Americanâ makes you sound like a tomato
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molly taft
14 days ago
do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
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Katy Waldman
16 days ago
A âtakeâ on (or ode to) Mary McCarthy in last weekâs mag
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Katy Waldman on Mary McCarthyâs âOne Touch of Natureâ
A reader trusts the authorâs voice instinctively, charmed by its opaline assessments and zinging aperçus. Still, one can quibble.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/takes/katy-waldman-on-mary-mccarthys-one-touch-of-nature
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Merriam-Webster
16 days ago
Merriam-Websterâs human editors have chosen âslopâ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Better Things Are Possible
22 days ago
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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Howard French
about 1 month ago
I've been reading Sven's book, and it is terrific and groundbreaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
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How Capitalism Took Over the World
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/books/review/capitalism-sven-beckert.html
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sadvil đ
about 1 month ago
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, itâs a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and theyâre stealing it. Can you believe that? Weâre going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what theyâre up to
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Olivia Messer
about 1 month ago
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5. Heâs been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/sanford-grandfather-born-in-refugee-camp-nabbed-by-ice-after-70-years-in-u-s/
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Brian Goldstone
about 2 months ago
This is far worse than anyone expected. Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the streetâredirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps. All as mass internment camps are being built.
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Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-homeless-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.008.A-Vh.BDMddZPPd521&smid=url-share
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Adam Serwer
about 2 months ago
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
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Prisonculture
about 2 months ago
Benjamin Lay was out there THROWING FAKE BLOOD on Quakers in the damn EARLY 1700s because HE KNEW that enslaving Africans was a SIN, INHUMANE and should end IMMEDIATELY.
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Kashana
about 2 months ago
Republicans took away your healthcare. We refused to fight back. Please rush us $3
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Philip Eil
about 2 months ago
Quite a headline.
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdaniâs supposedly radical policies as ânormalâ
Critics of New York Cityâs mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe itâs a given
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal?CMP=share_btn_url
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The New Yorker
about 2 months ago
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary âRovinaâs Choiceâ tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Condé Union
about 2 months ago
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. Weâve filed a grievance.
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Perry Areolar
about 2 months ago
the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"
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Zito
2 months ago
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Platoâs allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillardâs theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Platoâs theory but is not the same
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Howard French
about 2 months ago
What kind of fresh hell is this? Trump is taking white, Christian nationalism to... Nigeria, with the world's largest Black population. (Read the quotes.)
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Donald Trump threatens Nigeria with military action over violence against Christians
US conservatives have alleged Islamist insurgents in the country are carrying out a genocide
https://www.ft.com/content/d0c7c8e8-a7d4-48a6-b263-5006a2632159
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âWikipedia has proven itself to be incredibly resilient because it is a project that specifically leans into the shared wisdom and collaboration of humanity . . . That is something that an LLM will never be able to compete with.â
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Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the worldâs wealthiest man.
https://www.404media.co/grokipedia-is-the-antithesis-of-everything-that-makes-wikipedia-good-useful-and-human/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01K8XRMWM75SMSD35JQXCYKSGH&_kx=3UX9P-lUeCQNnee25pczXNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER
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Nitish Pahwa
2 months ago
the absolute king
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Brian Goldstone
2 months ago
Just so we're clear: This administration's blatant, unapologetic choice to deny food to 42 million peopleâto have the money sitting there and say, "No, we'll let them go hungry"âis simply a more overt display of why homelessness and poverty keep worsening in this country. Because it's *decided.*
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Judge Skeptical Over Trump Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/food-stamps-shutdown.html
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2 months ago
Iâm not a believer but I very much believe in the power of Alice Coltraneâs work. In the new
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I write her musical and spiritual journey.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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The Spiritual Jazz of Alice Coltrane | Adam Shatz
Alice Coltrane reinvented her adoptive Hinduism by interweaving it with the music of the Black church.
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/11/20/alice-coltrane-monument-eternal/
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Prisonculture
2 months ago
Being historically illiterate costs us a lot.
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jeff
4 months ago
Makaya McCraven âą 4 EPs: The People's Mixtape / Techno Logic / PopUp Shop / Hidden Out! October 31 âą International Anthem
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Carl T. Bergstrom
2 months ago
Don't know if any of you have ever been tempted to use Evernote, but any company that eliminates their free tier AND makes current users subscribe to extract their own data is little better than a protection racket in my book.
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Molly Crabapple
2 months ago
âThe elites are ecstatic about imagining a vast, uneducated, and unproductive population forced to pay companies like OpenAI to access the written word and to approximate thoughtâ
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We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes usâand it is currently changing us for the worse.
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/we-used-to-read-things-in-this-country-mccormack
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Thomas Frampton
2 months ago
Again, not the most important here, but I'm begging for a journalist to figure out how/why NPS put up a Confederate statue DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. How is this "essential" when food stamps are not?
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Rolling Stone
2 months ago
Jack DeJohnette, the renowned jazz drummer who played in Miles Davisâ electric period band and one of Rolling Stoneâs 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time, has died at age 83. Access the free article here:
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As the Trump administration pushes for the restoration of Confederate monuments, Kara Walker has turned one an undead centaur. My review of âMonuments,â an extraordinary show that juxtaposes the lies of the Lost Cause with the black histories they eclipse
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As the Trump administration pushes for the restoration of Confederate monuments, Kara Walker has turned one an undead centaur. My review of âMonuments,â an extraordinary show that juxtaposes the lies of the Lost Cause with the black histories they eclipse
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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lauren
2 months ago
well this kicks ass
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Continent
2 months ago
Building up: The annual replastering of the Djinguereber Mosque, also known as Djingareyber, in Timbuktu. It was erected in the 14th century during the reign of Mansa Kankou Moussa and is 700 years old. Photo: Hameye Capii/AFP
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Lydia Polgreen
2 months ago
The whataboutism on Gaza really rankles, especially for those of us who have spent our careers reporting on the crises Israel's defenders cynically invoke as so much worse than Gaza. I wrote about how it actually compares, and what the true toll may be.
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Opinion | What Happened in Gaza Might Be Even Worse Than We Think
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/opinion/gaza-ceasefire-death-toll.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk8.Himy.oEGTXszQgaNl&smid=url-share
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Jessica Ritchey
3 months ago
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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