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the best read today, from Amy X. Wang nytimes.com/2023/05/04/mag…

once interviewed a luxury goods authenticator who admitted it's nearly impossible to spot fakes now. as "super fakes" have become nearly indistinguishable from the real thing, i think "authenticity" is more nakedly about status anxiety than actual quality nytimes.com/2023/05/04/mag…

Can you tell the difference between a $10,000 Chanel bag and a $200 knockoff? Almost nobody can, and it’s turning luxury fashion upside down. Welcome to the delirious world of "Superfake" handbags. nyti.ms/3LslGBG

A marvelous essay by ⁦Amy X. Wang⁩, worth every word. And I love the Ship of Theseus intro. nytimes.com/2023/05/04/mag…

This story about replica luxury handbags is wildly good. “The fashion business is about mass delusion. At what point does a mass delusion become a reality?” Whew, Amy X. Wang (I really thought I would ace the quiz and I did not.) nytimes.com/2023/05/04/mag…

congrats to Mona Chalabi who has just won a PULITZER PRIZE for this piece!!! 💐pulitzer.org/prize-winners-…

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Walked past two girls in Soho taking pictures of each other in the amber wildfire haze. “I don’t know what’s going on,” one said, “but this weird lighting is IT”

having ever had a boyfriend should qualify you to work in project management

“Thanks everyone for comments on the draft, here it is revised with all your edits.”

i wrote an essay for this week's NYT Magazine about IYKYKism, trying too hard, and what that Tabi swiper really stole nytimes.com/2023/09/26/mag…

It was great getting to spend a day with you wandering NYC and talking about the world. Thank you James Nachtwey, Amy X. Wang and NYT Magazine. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

poet mary ruefle answering interview questions by typewriter. "if you've only ever eaten velveeta, you can't imagine manchego. but if it makes you happy, who cares?" austinkleon.substack.com/p/an-interview…

I have a new short story out today—about pain, pleasure, and the amount of money it'd take to blur the line between the two—in Joyland 💞 You can read it here: joylandmagazine.com/fiction/catch-…

The Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement got its start in the early 2000s with a mantra of extreme saving. It has since come to include anyone who would like to exit the work force on their own terms, at an age of their own choosing. nyti.ms/4a659gV

a number of strangers and high school acquaintances have emailed me to say "I will think about your butt every day now," which is of course all I could've asked for in writing this essay nytimes.com/2025/01/14/mag…

using the kierkegaard dash to show i’m human