The Challenge of Interviewing Kamala Harris
Jess Bidgood in the NY Times Newsletter: Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, will sit down with Dana Bash of CNN tomorrow at
Democratic Disenchantment
Samuel Bagg in Boston Review: Can better decision-making procedures ever achieve real democracy? … Continue readingDemocratic Disenchantment
How ‘Tranny’ Became a Slur
by River Page at The Free Press: “I hope to have a few girls one day,” said the actress. “If not girls, they’d better be trannies. Because I have some
Monday Poem: Bahadur Shah Zafar
On Seeing Bahadur Shah ZafarThe Last Mughal Emperor1775 – 1862 The king is a subject—A worldReversed Son of a pig—A viceroy will take pleasureIn a king exposed Bolstered on a
This AI Learns Continuously From New Experiences—Without Forgetting Its Past
Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Our brains are constantly learning. That new sandwich deli rocks. That gas station? Better avoid it in the future. Memories like these physically rewire connections
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‘Daal Bhat Tarkari Achar’ in Nepal
Habib Khan, Quetta: Nepal was visa-free for Pakistanis (at least) in 2009, and Kathmandu had a direct PIA flight from Karachi (which I’m sure no longer operates). When I asked
Sunday Poem: Airborne Hope
by Vivian Huang (age 15): a contrapuntal poem dedicated to my family. —from 2024 Rattle Young Poets Anthology Why do you like to write poetry?Vivian Huang: “I like to write poetry
The Riot in Toronto: An Excerpt From The Revelations
by Erik Hoel at The Intrinsic Perspective: IN THE SUMMER after they graduated from college, Kierk and Mike—friends, classmates, and intellectual competitors in many late-night dorm-room debates—had gotten into Mike’s
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How a Group of Chocolate-Making Spanish Nuns, a Mixologist, and a Former Vatican Ambassador are Trying to Make Catholicism Great Again
By Marta Represa at Air Mail: The Poor Clare nuns of the Belorado Monastery in the Spanish region of Burgos have always been known for one thing: their mojito chocolates,
What Science Can and Can’t Tell us About Cheating Ageing
Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers in Nature: We are born; we grow up; we become an adult and perhaps reproduce. Then we might increasingly develop ailments or chronic diseases, before we
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Saturday Poem: The Moods Of Music
I hear flowing notes.smooth and soothing cool.They rush through my earsand filter my brainof all anxieties.I feel relaxed-calmas after heroinor salicylate. A violin it’s now.a sitar also.Lifeless dreams becomeliving, and
Are Our Worldviews Structured by Language?
by James McElvenny at Aeon Magazine: Anyone who has learned a second language will have made an exhilarating (and yet somehow unsettling) discovery: there is never a one-to-one correspondence in