American Cricket Found a Star. He’s a Silicon Valley Tech Worker.
Pranshu Verma in The Washington Post: Saurabh Netravalkar finds it hard to log off Slack. But…
Shikarpur’s Balconies and Brackets
by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro at Youlin Magazine: I have been documenting Shikarpur’s cultural heritage since…
Further Thoughts on the Dawning Era of Right-Populist Politics
Damon Linker at Notes From the Middleground: My previous post was an attempt to make…
Tomiwa Owolade: My New York Intellectuals
Leonard Benardo‘s note at Ideas Letter: The New York Intellectuals were a hallowed group of…
“Silence for Gaza” by Mahmoud Darwish
Khaled Beydoun at Pen > Sword: These are the words of Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian…
Friday Poem: I under stand!
Legs locked,shoulders set,eyes ahead straight, mouth firmly wavering,range bound, betweena back n’ forth,from grimaceto smile resolute,…
Israel’s Descent
Adam Shatz at the London Review of Books: When Ariel Sharon withdrew more than eight…
How AI is Going to Transform Civilization Over the Next 5-10 Years
Scott Aaronson at Shtetl-Optimized: My friend Leopold Aschenbrenner, who I got to know and respect…
The New-Old Authoritarianism
From Project Syndicate: Over the past decade, Ruth Ben-Ghiat has emerged as one of the…
A Deep Dive Into New York’s Subways With Ed Hotchkiss
Lawrence Weschler at Wondercabinet: Ed Hotchkiss was born in Denver in 1956 and remained thereabouts…
Thursday Poem: Do You Know Why Men Cry in the Bathroom?
Why Men Cry in the Bathroom For so many reasons.I will tell you the why.I…
Can Democracy and Billionaires Coexist? Not on This Planet.
by Sam Pizzigati at Inequality: One person, one vote. The classic essence of democracy. But…