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I didn’t know about the Dashkov Vase until David Zwirner emailed it to me today, and even if its name means it’s connected to Princess Dashkova, who helped in the coup that brought Catherine the Great to power, it still stands on its...
Created by Aphex fan Ryan Verner, the excellent user18081971.com is back online after an absence of several years. Originally created by Ryan during Aphex Twin’s SoundCloud dump of 2015, the purpose of the site was to track fans opinions...
Spent 2 hours in a very long line today, in the hot sun to sign a petition to recall our horrible Louisiana governor. When we left, the line was just as long as when we got there, if not longer. The people of Louisiana have had it.
The Pixel 10 Pro is supposed to be Google’s flagship phone, but it certainly doesn’t feel like one.
Short Stories “Let’s Go to the Zoo” by Louis Evans (2026): Wanna watch the last sane human being through glass? “Welcome to Heroism” by John Wiswell (2026): There are some very cute lines (“Her mix of speed and spite was too potent for...
This movie is so much fun.
The outstanding series Couples Therapy is back, and I interviewed season 5 directors Kim Roberts and Yemisi Brookes about everything from the casting process to how they condense months of therapy into minutes of riveting reality TV.
by Elisa Giudici TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA. MUBI By the time Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma premiered at Cannes, Jane Schoenbrun had already become something close to a generational folk hero for younger cinephiles. You...
It's 1951. The Indian government has just decided to build a new capital city for the Punjab region. You are one of the urban planners working on this project. This city will be called Chandigarh. As you build the city, there are...
I like little bespoke mechanics. Here’s one. How to stabilise a dying person If you have a medical kit, it contains five tools a tincture (d4), a tourniquet (d6), a lancet (d8), a trephine (d10), and a bonesaw (d12). When you’ve used one...
That is the title of my most recent work-in-progress, available here via SSRN, which is currently “under review” at the Review of the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Below is the Introduction to my paper (footnotes omitted):...
Fine. I admit it. I hate most writing prompts. Why? Well, that’s a good question. I enjoy thinking up ideas for stories. But I rarely find that “traditional” writing prompts help me do that. I suspect that the skills for creating a good...
Hawaiian ʻŌkolehao is a modern version of Hawai’i’s first distilled spirit, originally distilled from a mash made from Ti roots but these days the product also includes spirits distilled from Hawaiian cane. There are historical...