#NewYorker

I read the #NewYorker article about #HassanMinhaj and I'm not sure what the fuss is. Clare Malone seems to have taken The Daily Show more seriously than the show itself wants people to

Queer Lit Cats

4 days ago

New Yorker: Sikh Separatism and the Brewing Conflict Between Canada and India https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/sikh-separatism-and-the-brewing-conflict-between-canada-and-india #NewYorker #ForeignRelations #Assassination #News/Q.&A. #Autonomy #Canada #India #Sikhs

Queer Lit Cats

6 days ago

New Yorker: Nikki Haley’s Consensus Appeal https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/nikki-haleys-consensus-appeal #NewYorker #News/ThePoliticalScene #PresidentialCandidates #NewHampshirePrimary #RepublicanParty #Republicans #NikkiHaley #G.O.P.

Queer Lit Cats

1 week ago

New Yorker: The Fight Against Climate Change Returns to the Streets https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-fight-against-climate-change-returns-to-the-streets #NewYorker #News/DailyComment #ClimateChange #Activism #Marches

Queer Lit Cats

2 weeks ago

New Yorker: The Rage of the Toddler Caucus on Capitol Hill https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-rage-of-the-toddler-caucus-on-capitol-hill #NewYorker #News/LetterfromBiden’sWashington #KevinMcCarthy #DonaldTrump #Republicans #Impeachment #JoeBiden

Queer Lit Cats

2 weeks ago

New Yorker: Looking for Art in the James Webb Telescope https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/looking-for-art-in-the-james-webb-telescope #NewYorker #Science/Elements #ArtExhibits #Telescopes #OuterSpace #Stars #NASA

Queer Lit Cats

2 weeks ago

New Yorker: The Secret Life and Anonymous Death of the Most Prolific War-Crimes Investigator in History https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-secret-life-and-anonymous-death-of-the-most-prolific-war-crimes-investigator-in-history #NewYorker #(President)Basharal-Assad #News/AReporteratLarge #Earthquakes #WarCrimes #Turkey #Syria

Queer Lit Cats

2 weeks ago

New Yorker: How to Decolonize the City https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/how-to-decolonize-the-city #NewYorker #Culture/CulturalComment #Architecture #ArtNouveau #History #Belgium #Congo #Art

HistoPol

2 weeks ago

@noondlyt @TheEconomist

Looking at the #NewYorker's cover picture featuring #ElonMusk, there can only be one fitting song for this:

The World Is My Oyster (Including Well, Snatch of Fury)

from

#FrankieGoesToHollywood epic album

#WelcomeToThePleasureDome

#SongOfTheDay
#HistoSongs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcSLxE_a-H8

Erika Sumner

2 weeks ago

As a born & raised #NewYorker who was home in Lower Manhattan for #September11 & whose heart was broken again when the #US started a war with the wrong country, I implore you to read this article. There’s much more for #America to mourn beyond those that died in the towers. #military #GoldStarFamily #Afghanistan
#Afghans #abandoned #women #girls
#Democracy

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/30/opinions/opinion-anniversary-afghanistan-withdrawal-kabul-airport-horton

रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)

2 weeks ago

On the phenomenon of wanting to be seen carrying #ToteBags:

"Our Tote Bags, Ourselves" [2022], The Walrus (https://thewalrus.ca/tote-bag/).

#Bags #Culture #Fashion #Society #NewYork #Strand #NewYorker #Design

Queer Lit Cats

2 weeks ago

New Yorker: The Wisconsin G.O.P.’s Looming Judicial Attack https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-wisconsin-gops-looming-judicial-attack #NewYorker #News/DailyComment #Gerrymandering #Republicans #Judiciary #Wisconsin

Till

3 weeks ago

„Utkin and Prigozhin succeeded in tarnishing Wagner’s name for a new generation. Those who see the composer as something other than an irredeemably evil figure may wonder if he will ever escape the historical purgatory in which he dwells. In all likelihood, he will not, nor should he.“ Lesenswerter Text im #newyorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/deciphering-the-wagner-groups-love-for-wagner

HoldMyType- main :: [Response]

3 weeks ago

Reasons to Abandon #Spotify That Have Nothing to Do with #JoeRogan | The #NewYorker

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/imagine-a-world-without-spotify

gclef

3 weeks ago

#FoodForThought

 #Nature #Science #Environment #Atmosphere #Ocean #Oceans #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #ClimateMonitoring #ClimateDiary #ClimateJustice #Anthropocene

#NewYorker

Albert Cardona

3 weeks ago

James W. Truman featured in the New Yorker. A warm, lovely piece on his career studying insect metamorphosis, from moths to flies and mosquitoes, and the role and impact of hormones on insect development and behaviour—motivated by his latest work mapping the fate of neurons from larva to adult through pupal stages, and addressing an old question: do associative memories persist through metamorphosis?

https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/what-insects-go-through-is-even-weirder-than-we-thought

The paper:
“Metamorphosis of memory circuits in Drosophila reveals a strategy for evolving a larval brain” Truman et al. 2023 https://elifesciences.org/articles/80594

#neuroscience #entomology #metamorphosis #insects #ecdyzone #Drosophila #moths #mosquitoes #NewYorker

A cartoon featuring a larva and an adult fly, colored in green and magenta, respectively, observed by two scientists that themselves have fly heads.

Queer Lit Cats

4 weeks ago

New Yorker: The Twilight of Mitch McConnell and the Spectre of 2024 https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-twilight-of-mitch-mcconnell-and-the-spectre-of-2024 #NewYorker #News/LetterfromBiden’sWashington #2024PresidentialElection #RepublicanParty(G.O.P.) #MitchMcConnell #Republicans #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #Politics

Beth P

4 weeks ago

Many of the beliefs discussed here gave me head-explody, but there was also this hopeful tidbit: "The far-right scene looks different from how it did at the outset of [Trump’s] term: more scattered, more spacey, more incarcerated." #rightwingextremism #newyorker #antifascism
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-to-treat-right-wing-violence-in-the-us

Queer Lit Cats

4 weeks ago

New Yorker: Hurricane Idalia’s Explosive Power Comes from Abnormally Hot Oceans https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/hurricane-idalias-explosive-power-comes-from-abnormally-hot-oceans #NewYorker #News/AnnalsofaWarmingPlanet #Environmentalism #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Environment #Hurricanes #Oceans

Dee G Lloyd

1 month ago

Samuel Charap Has Learned His Lesson.

By Susan Collins

#Russia #Ukraine #War #RANDCorporation #KeithGessen #SamuelCharap #NewYorker #NYTPitchBot

https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/the-case-for-negotiating-with-russia

Queer Lit Cats

1 month ago

New Yorker: What We Lose When Streaming Companies Choose What We Watch https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/what-we-lose-when-streaming-companies-choose-what-we-watch #NewYorker #Culture/TheFrontRow #Preservation #Streaming #Records #Books #DVDs #CDs

Queer Lit Cats

1 month ago

New Yorker: Vivek Ramaswamy Is Not the Next Trump https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/vivek-ramaswamy-is-not-the-next-trump #NewYorker #PresidentialPrimary #News/OurColumnists #RepublicanDebate #DonaldTrump #Politics

Shawn in Montreal

1 month ago

Trump’s Mug Shot Is His True Presidential Portrait

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/trumps-mug-shot-is-his-true-presidential-portrait

#trump #Mugshot #NewYorker #GOP #Maga #justice

Queer Lit Cats

1 month ago

New Yorker: Ronan Farrow on the Rule of Elon Musk https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/ronan-farrow-on-the-rule-of-elon-musk #NewYorker #Podcast/ThePoliticalScenePodcast #Podcasts #Politics #ElonMusk #SpaceX #Tesla

Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦

1 month ago

INFRASTRUCTURE is a natural monopoly.

It is extremely short-sighted to allow it to be held as an unregulated corporation, private or public.

GOP rhetoric argues the opposite.
It’s a lie.

#NewYorker
#ElonMusk
#SpaceX

https://apple.news/A1ymwDRsITWKZV7kQw5yUdw

New Yorker story screenshot

ELON MUSK’S SHADOW RULE
How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.

Pablonius Monk

1 month ago

Daydream: Elon changes his surname to "Muzzle" and takes a solemn vow of silence. Yes, "Elon Muzzle" has a nice ring to it.

Musk Told Pentagon He Spoke to Putin Directly, New Yorker Says

(Paywall) 💰 💵

Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule | The New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

#RonanFarrow #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #ElonMusk #NewYorker #StarLink

Brynawel

1 month ago

Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.

#NewYorker #ElonMusk #RonanFarrow

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

Queer Lit Cats

1 month ago

New Yorker: Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 21st https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/monday-august-21st-desantis-disney #NewYorker #Cartoons/DailyCartoon #Humor

Christian Willmes

1 month ago

Very long story about #musk in the #NewYorker , but OMG who has time to read this? I will add it to my podcast queue. Listening time 1h! But its read by a real person and not just text to speech. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

Queer Lit Cats

1 month ago

New Yorker: The Invisible Fire on Maui https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/maui-hawaii-fire-aftermath-tourism #NewYorker #News/Dispatch #Wildfires #Disasters #Tourism #Hawaii #Maui

Beth P

1 month ago

The unique human misery -- and absurdity -- that is uniquely possible in a #theocracy. The US helped to establish this one, at least indirectly, and I truly worry about theocratic forces here, too. It could absolutely happen here. Some might argue, in fact, that with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, legislative movements against LGBTQ+ rights, and the stated intentions of some conservatives to go after birth control next, it has already begun. #Iran #newyorker #longread

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/14/the-protests-inside-irans-girls-schools

Queer Lit Cats

1 month ago

New Yorker: Is Guatemala About to See an Upset Win for Democracy? https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/is-guatemala-about-to-see-an-upset-win-for-democracy #NewYorker #PresidentialElections #News/DailyComment #LatinAmerica #Corruption #Guatemala #Democracy

Katiame

1 month ago

"Ah, yes, but how can we be *sure* that the temperature increase was caused by man?" #TommySiegel

#Accountability
#HotWater
#ClimateChange
#FrogInThePan
#LandBack
#NewYorker
#HumandisgRace

Jew Of the Day

1 month ago

✡️ Today's Jew of the Day is Emma Lazarus!

Emma Lazarus was a poet and activist for Jewish and Georgist causes. Her most famous work is "The New Colossus". A quote from the The New Colossus is inscribed on a plaque near the Statue of Liberty.

Lazarus believed in equality and the single tax movement. She also worked to assist Jews fleeing pogroms in Eastern Europe, despite the fact that she herself came from a wealthy family of Sephardi Jews who had come to New York City (then New Amsterdam) in the Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam in 1654. She helped found the Hebrew Technical Institute and the Society for the Improvement and Colonization of East European Jews.

Her poems and positions appeared in many newspapers and publications of the time.

Many historians credit Lazarus for shaping the self-identity of the United States.

#JewOfTheDay #UnitedStates #StatueOfLiberty #poet #activist #NewYorker #NewYork #American #Georgist #SingleTax

Queer Lit Cats

2 months ago

New Yorker: Clarence Thomas Hikes Price of Supreme Court Decisions to Keep Pace with Inflation https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/clarence-thomas-hikes-price-of-supreme-court-decisions-to-keep-pace-with-inflation #NewYorker #Humor/SatirefromTheBorowitzReport

🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥

2 months ago

🥥 Today from the #NewYorker's #AndyBorowitz: Supreme Court Justice #ClarenceThomas's luxury RV stranded in #Oklahoma when he's unable to get enough of the Beluga caviar that its engine runs on. Calls friends for assistance. 🥥

David Weinberger

2 months ago

The must be a German word for the moment between when you've finished a New Yorker and when you turn and see the stack of ones you have yet to read. #NewYorker

U.S. Politics in Real Time

2 months ago

Georgia’s Broad Racketeering Law May Now Ensnare Donald Trump

https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-south/georgias-broad-racketeering-law-may-now-ensnare-donald-trump

#NewYorker #GeorgiaRacketeeringLaw #DonaldTrump #Ensnare #BroadLaw #South #Politics #News

Florian Fecher

2 months ago

The 3 options are “‘cooperate,’ ‘co-operate,’ and ‘coöperate.’ Back when the magazine was just getting started, someone decided that the first misread and the second was ridiculous, and adopted the diaeresis as the most elegant solution with the broadest application. The diaeresis is the single thing that readers of the letter-writing variety complain about most”. #NewYorker

PS: I have been mispronouncing ‘diaeresis’ for years.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-curse-of-the-diaeresis

Ciara

2 months ago

George Saunders chose Claire Keegan’s story So Late in the Day to read on the New Yorker podcast. ‘I was on fire with love for the story’. Then. ‘Oh wait, this word is in the story that I don’t like, the c-word. I'd a real sense of not wanting to read that, not wanting to say it aloud as a dude.’

The solution: he discussed it with Deborah Treisman, but Claire Keegan did the reading.

Good on him for dude-nuance. And fair play, Claire Keegan.

#ShortStories #NewYorker

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ZOUfHVwIdaRCGME6eNuhD?si=ji0cHykrSh-zzz9EH-HQHA

Steve Dustcircle :rose:

2 months ago

Inside the #ActorsStrike
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3RvZGF5LWV4cGxhaW5lZA/episode/YTNjOThmOGMtMzM5Zi0xMWVkLWE1NTAtZGZkYmU4NmFmZmE1?sa=X&ved=0CGIQz4EHahcKEwiApf35hpmAAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

The #actors are officially on strike. @Vox senior correspondent and critic #AlissaWilkinson breaks down what @sagaftra is afta, and the #NewYorker’s Michael Schulman explains how one of @netflix 's first original shows was an early warning sign.

Queer Lit Cats

2 months ago

New Yorker: A Newly Discovered Realm of Accomplishment for John Coltrane https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-newly-discovered-realm-of-accomplishment-for-john-coltrane #NewYorker #Culture/CultureDesk #JohnColtrane #LiveMusic #Albums #Jazz

Rafael Caricio

2 months ago

I'm already a subscriber of The New Yorker, but their website still keeps showing me "subscribe NOW ads". I'm already giving you money, stop showing me ads! So annoying!!

#TheNewYorker #NewYorker

Betsy

2 months ago

“What’s saved to the cloud”

@NewYorker #NewYorker

Jenny

2 months ago

Hahaha I don’t know why but this happens to me too. Short read for a good laugh.

#NewYorker #Bicycling #Bicycle #Cycling #OnYourLeft @NewYorker https://press.coop/@NewYorker/110704514248586194

Martin Nutty

2 months ago

How many here struggle with fear, helplessness, and worse, depression in the face of #GlobalWarming?

I know I have.

What have you done to allay your #ClimateAnxiety?

Jio Tolentino of the #NewYorker has a thoughtful article on the subject - see link below

#Climate #ClimateChange #MentalHealth

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/what-to-do-with-climate-emotions

Queer Lit Cats

2 months ago

New Yorker: Vermont’s Catastrophic Floods and the Spread of Unnatural Disasters https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/vermonts-catastrophic-floods-and-the-spread-of-unnatural-disasters #NewYorker #News/AnnalsofaWarmingPlanet #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #Flooding #Vermont

Queer Lit Cats

3 months ago

New Yorker: Is It Hot Enough Yet for Politicians to Take Real Action? https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/is-it-hot-enough-yet-for-politicians-to-take-real-action #NewYorker #News/DailyComment #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Wildfires #HeatWaves #Canada

Queer Lit Cats

3 months ago

New Yorker: The Rise and Fall of Smooth Jazz https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-rise-and-fall-of-smooth-jazz #NewYorker #Culture/CulturalComment #KennyG #Music #Jazz

Dave Spector

3 months ago

Very interesting profile of Samuel Delaney in the #NewYorker …

Galaxy Brain https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/samuel-r-delany-profile

Aron Fischer

3 months ago

a belated #introduction

I'm a #mathematician living in #Berlin. Former researcher at #Ethereum and @colony #DAO.

a #news junkie and avid reader of #theatlantic #newyorker,

currently unemployed, and looking for inspiration :)

interested in #categorytheory, #theoreticalCS, #politics, #journalism and #technology. In particular how technologies can facilitate collective action and a responsive democracy. #privacy, #tech, #CivilSociety.

Dream of making #animations of #math papers.

#zappa fan.

Robin

3 months ago

@bruce yes, thank you, they’re kind of random though. I have the various hashtags as a list. I’m trying to piece together more of a community. #newyork #newyorker #nyc

Matthew Cheney

3 months ago

This week's issue of The New Yorker includes a long and lovely profile of Samuel R. Delany: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/10/samuel-r-delany-profile

#Delany #NewYorker #SF #Writers #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Dave Spector

3 months ago

This is a devastating article about Stockton Rush. The level of arrogance and hubris is off the charts. Probably applies to every single #narcissistic #TechBro out there, too. #NewYorker

The Titan Submersible Was “an Accident Waiting to Happen” https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/the-titan-submersible-was-an-accident-waiting-to-happen

Queer Lit Cats

3 months ago

New Yorker: How Much Hotter Can Texas Get? https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-much-hotter-can-texas-get #NewYorker #News/DailyComment #ClimateChange #PublicHealth #Environment #HeatWaves #Texas

Flipboard Art & Photo Desk

4 months ago

Five ❤️ for #followfriday

@camhunt - #NYC photographer posting #Mirrorless #Fujifilm #StreetPhotography

@chashale - #NewYorker combines #history & #photography

@eniale - #digitalart meets #collage

@montymo - street photographer specializing in #Leica, #Monochrome shots

@Sunshiny.Sam - cheerful #mixedmedia

#ff #mastoart

argumento :socialiststar:

4 months ago

#NewYorker cartoon brought to date #NewYork made in #GIMP

An old New Yorker cartoon, where a man in ragged business clothes tell some children, also in rags: “Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.” But instead of the original background, that portrayed a destroyed city, you have an orange gradient that resembles New York's smoke problems due to the fires in Canada.

Queer Lit Cats

4 months ago

New Yorker: The Astounding Birth of a Gorilla at the Smithsonian Zoo https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-astounding-birth-of-a-gorilla-at-the-smithsonian-zoo #NewYorker #EndangeredSpecies #Science/Elements #Gorillas #Breeding #Birth #Zoos

Isma_MV

4 months ago

Vaig abandonar (com a professió) la #FotografiaDocumental, en part, per un sentiment que aquesta vinyeta de la revista #NewYorker retrata a la perfecció:

Còmic de la NewYorker en que les persones que hi apareixen no saben a qué fer més fotos. El text diu: 'Finalment, tothom a fet una foto de tot'.

Lorry

4 months ago

#Bourdain was moderately well-known before this article, but this was the one that shot him to fame, and deservedly so.
The last paragraph foreshadows his future nicely.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont-eat-before-reading-this

#Chef #AnthonyBourdain #Food #Cooking #Good #Writing #Restaraunts #TV #Health #Hygene #Offal #NewYorker

Queer Lit Cats

4 months ago

New Yorker: Salman Rushdie Remembers the British Novelist Martin Amis https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/only-martin-sounded-like-martin-amis #NewYorker #Culture/Postscript #MartinAmis #Obituaries #Writers #Authors #Deaths

Queer Lit Cats

4 months ago

New Yorker: W.G.A. Strike: Why Your Favorite Shows Could Go Dark https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/wga-strike-why-your-favorite-shows-could-go-dark #NewYorker #Podcast/TheNewYorkerRadioHour #News/NewYorkerFavorites #WritersGuildofAmerica #ClimateChange #MentalHealth #Television #Streaming #Podcasts #Writers #Strike #Essay

IM027

5 months ago

Tal cual 👇
#NewYorker #NewYorkerCartoons

Còmic del Newyorker en que les persones que hi apareixen no saben a qué més fer fotos. El text diu: 'Finalment, tothom a fet una foto de tot'

Queer Lit Cats

5 months ago

New Yorker: On “Succession,” Logan Roy Is Living+ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/review-succession-season-4-episode-6 #NewYorker #Culture/OnTelevision #Succession #TVReview #TVShows #HBO

Jake

5 months ago

Once again, Amanda Petrusich proves she’s the most empathetic writer there is. This time, she articulates why we need The National. #AmandaPetrusich #TheNational #NewYorker #mourning #grief

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/05/08/the-sad-dads-of-the-national

Simon Wheatley

5 months ago

M’friend Ed has been investigating the crims again. It’s gripping stuff, and I commend it to you.

(Ed also displaying a commendable grasp of the sanctity of private keys in encryption, unlike either the crims or the designers of their communications networks.)

Read it! (Does contain references to violence… so maybe not if that’s something you want to avoid.)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/24/crooks-mistaken-bet-on-encrypted-phones

#Criminals #DrugsTrade #OrganizedCrime #Encryption #NewYorker #EdCaesar #ViolentCrime

Cory Doctorow

6 months ago

#20yrsago #NewYorker hotel’s new anti-privacy policy https://web.archive.org/web/20030406193537/weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000918.shtml

#10yrsago How DC insiders launder insider market information for the rich https://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2013/04/government-report-examines-political-intelligence-but-questions-remain.html

#10yrsago How the global hyper-rich have turned central London into a lights-out ghost-town https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/world/europe/a-slice-of-london-so-exclusive-even-the-owners-are-visitors.html

#10yrsago This American Life’s report on kids and disability claims riddled with factual errors https://www.mediamatters.org/national-public-radio/american-life-features-error-riddled-story-disability-and-children

Queer Lit Cats

6 months ago

New Yorker: Trump’s Indictment, and a Brief History of Election Dirty Tricks https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/trumps-indictment-and-a-brief-history-of-election-dirty-tricks #NewYorker #Podcast/ThePoliticalScenePodcast #ForeignPolicy #DonaldTrump #Indictments #Elections #Podcasts #Politics

Molly Cantrell-Kraig ✅

6 months ago

Garden prep today. I run dry eggshells through the blender and mulch them into soil. Coffee first.

#Coffee #gardening #mug #Author #Thursday #GoodMorning #NewYorker #cartoon

Full mug of black coffee. The design is a New Yorker cartoon by Mankoff of a man in a suit and tie, pointing at his day planner. The caption reads, “No, Thursday’s out. How about never — is never good for you?”

David Friedman

6 months ago

Perhaps you all need more evidence that A.I. wrote one of last week’s #NewYorker cartoon caption contest finalists. This is how easily reproducible it is! Watch this video. https://ironicsans.substack.com/p/did-ai-write-this-new-yorker-cartoon

PJ Coffey

6 months ago

@Jelaniya

Ooh nice article thanks!
#JelaniCobb #Rappers #HipHop #HipHopHistory #NewYorker

Jake

6 months ago

Nick Cave on the Fragility of Life. By Amanda Petrusich. #NickCave #AmandaPetrusich #NewYorker

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/nick-cave-on-the-fragility-of-life

Colin Sullender

6 months ago

"Honey, why is the toaster trying to convince me that all this new A.I. stuff is nothing to worry about?"

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/friday-march-17th-artificial-intelligence

#Cartoon #AI #NewYorker

Person wearing bath robe looking at their toaster oven with caption: "Honey, why is the toaster trying to convince me that all this new A.I. stuff is nothing to worry about?"

Steve Silberman

7 months ago

Fascinating, probing interview with #newyorker's brilliant #mashagessen on what's really at stake in debates about #trans rights. By David Remnick. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-trans-rights

Joanne Freeman

7 months ago

Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:”

The Problem of Presentism

This week’s New Yorker had an article about historians & their work, largely focused on the place of the present in studying the past.

Join us to discuss this BIG question.

Fri. 10AM ET
http://NCHEteach.org/conversations

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calamur

8 months ago

#salmanRushdie

The Defiance of Salman Rushdie
After a near-fatal stabbing—and decades of threats—the novelist speaks about writing as a death-defying act.

#worthreading #newyorker #

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/02/13/salman-rushdie-recovery-victory-city

Albriggs

8 months ago

“If you give a dad a bicycle….”

Left here without comment.
From the #NewYorker

Andre Cole

8 months ago

Introducing myself to a new instance…

Mostly I like talking about film and tv. I’ve been in the TV business for 25 yrs. Some producing -lots of editing in the last 10 yrs. Edited a Daytime Emmy nominee, and a multiple Webby winner, lots of social video and promos for premium cable and streamers. Directed and produced music videos. Produced award winning shorts.

I write and intend on creating more film.

I’m a husband, a dad, and a lover of #hiphop. #introduction #Genx #NewYorker #film #TV

FAIR

8 months ago

New Yorker Takes Aim at People Who Still Think Covid Is a Problem

Corporate media’s overarching message is that it’s “time to move on,” and radicals holding on to precautions are impeding economic recovery.

https://fair.org/home/new-yorker-takes-aim-at-people-who-still-think-covid-is-a-problem/

#Coronavirus #Healthcare #NewYorker

mark henick :verified:

9 months ago

“Grief enables you to love more fully, to experience things more fully.”

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/talking-about-grief-with-anderson-cooper
#grief #loss #death #life #love #family #mentalhealth #health #wellness #psychology #psychiatry #socialwork #counselling #psychotherapy #support #andersoncooper #newyorker

Sean Reiser

9 months ago

#introduction (continued)

Since #mastodon doesn't seem to include profiles in hashtag searches, I'm going to list some right here.

#NewYorker #drupal #DrupalDeveloper #InfoSec #Photographer #GEEK #DoctorWho #MYSTie #Yankees #Jets #NAKnight #ITM #InTheMorning #Quinquagenarian #GenerationX #CommitAwesome

Timo Tijhof

9 months ago

I don't normally post or read about football, but this New Yorker article caught – and held – my attention. Worth a joyful read!

"""
Lionel Messi is soccer’s great ambler. For him, walking is tantamount to seeing and thinking. But it is also crucial to the ways he turns analysis into action.
"""

https://www.newyorker.com/sports/world-cup-2022/the-genius-of-lionel-messi-just-walking-around

Open access: https://archive.vn/2dZgZ

H/T @kottke #WorldCup #NewYorker #Messi

@woozle Excellent bit at the end of Doctorow's New Yorker profile on content moderation:

I worry that, because of the attacker’s advantage, the people who want to break the rules are always going to be able to find ways around them, and that we’re never going to be able to make a set of rules that is comprehensive enough to forestall bad conduct. We see this all the time, right? Facebook comes up with a rule that says you can’t use racial slurs, and then racists figure out euphemisms for racial slurs. They figure out how to walk right up to the line of what’s a racial slur without being a racial slur, according to the rule book. And they can probe the defenses. They can try a bunch of different euphemisms in their alt accounts; they can see which ones get banned or blocked, and then they can pick one that they think is moderator-proof.
Meanwhile, if you’re just some normie who’s having racist invective thrown at you, you’re not doing these systematic probes—you’re just trying to live your life. And they’re sitting there trying to goad you into going over the line. And as soon as you go over the line they know chapter and verse. They know exactly what rule you’ve broken, and they complain to the mods and get you kicked off. And so you end up with committed professional trolls having the run of social media and their targets being the ones who get the brunt of bad moderation calls. Because dealing with moderation, like dealing with any system of civil justice, is a skilled, context-heavy profession. Basically, you have to be a lawyer. And, if you’re just a dude who’s trying to talk to your friends on social media, you always lose.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/cory-doctorow-wants-you-to-know-what-computers-can-and-cant-do

I think Doctorow's touching on a universal truth: that any rules-based system ultimately ends up being a sort of barristered hell. It's why content moderation is so damned context-sensitive. And also why and how extremists on both sides of a divide can drive out moderates and give rise to a highly-partisan shriekfest. Closely related to SSC's "Toxoplasma of Rage":

https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage/

@pluralistic

#CoryDoctorow #NewYorker #ContentModeration #Lawyering #ToxoplasmaOfRage

Erika Sumner

10 months ago

#NYC Mayor #EricAdams has gone waaaaaaay too far & this #NewYorker is shocked. He just asserted that the #police & #FirstResponders can #involuntarily #commit a #homeless person if they cannot meet their own "basic human needs" (instead of just they're a danger to self or others).

It is well known that helping someone get off the street requires multilevel assistance w/ health & housing. Imprisoning someone for suffering from #MentalHealth issues shouldn't be so easy.
https://cnn.it/3uktm0P

Michael E. Mann :verified:

10 months ago

"Dimming the Sun to Cool the Planet Is a Desperate Idea, Yet We’re Inching Toward It" | Must-read cautionary essay in the #NewYorker about climate desperation and the dangerous lure of "Geoengineering" by my friend @billmckibben: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/dimming-the-sun-to-cool-the-planet-is-a-desperate-idea-yet-were-inching-toward-it