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Excited to write about one of my favorite artists, Liza Lou, who does big things with tiny ones in ways that don't seem possible. nytimes.com/2024/09/25/art…

"On anticipatory obedience and the media" Orban's "recipe" for an "illiberal" state: -Ingredients: #1: purge civil service (stated goal of 2nd Trump admin) #2: cripple independent media. Gets bought by wealthy allies. "unfolding before our eyes—far more effectively than some in

The documentary "Super/Man" explores the life and death of Christopher Reeve, a megastar as the Man of Steel, who then became a different kind of hero after he was paralyzed from the neck down. My story (gift article): nytimes.com/2024/10/11/mov…

Really loved this installation by Liza Lou, now on permanent display at Brooklyn Museum It takes incredible artistry and attention span to turn a mobile home into a tableau of someone's life, completely made in beads. HT Karen Brooks Hopkins

there are so many incredible tidbits in this stevie nicks interview, but this katy perry story killed me rollingstone.com/music/music-fe…

For anyone who doesn’t understand how dictatorship works here is a sample. With Trump potentially coming to power US outlets have been censoring critical coverage and not making endorsements in fear of retribution or trying to curry favor with Trump. Should he win media will

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In fact, he talked to me about it. Vulnerable and unfiltered, as always.

"I felt super, super lost" -- In 2022, Canadian pop singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes walked away from stardom when he canceled a world tour to focus on his #MentalHealth. Now he's back and ready to talk about it, by melena ryzik nytimes.com/2024/10/31/art… via The New York Times

I spoke to Tom Hanks and Robin Wright about their new movie "Here" and (de-)aging, how often people quote "Forrest Gump" to them, and whether Jenny was anti-feminist. Gift link: nytimes.com/2024/11/01/mov…

Of the 177 polling places in Georgia’s Fulton County, 32 received bomb threats Tuesday, county Police Chief W. Wade Yates said. As a result, voting hours were extended at five polling places in Georgia’s Fulton County that were briefly closed because of bomb threats that were

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

Why did Trump beat Harris? Anti-incumbency bias: People voted against the incumbent party in every part of American and every country in the world this year--for the first time in 70+ years! This global trend was a tsunami that swamped ideology, gender, race, age, etc.

In Mexico, the incumbent party won in a historic landslide. In Spain, the incumbent party won and picked up a seat as well. Both were left parties that didn't veer right under inflation.

Lots of interesting info here

In 2020 I was one of 7 dems that won a district that Trump won, so I held a series of listening sessions with people who voted for Trump and voted for me to understand their actions. I reread the transcripts yesterday and much of it felt like it could have been said today. THREAD

By the way, if you’re not reading the NYT Globes liveblog, you’re only getting half the story… nytimes.com/live/2025/01/0…

.melena ryzik spoke with David Lynch when he released his debut solo LP, “Crazy Clown Time,” in 2011. "Negativity is the enemy to creativity. So if you want more ideas flowing, happiness in the doing, happiness in the doing, happiness in the doing." nytimes.com/2011/11/13/art…

It's funny because...you can sing along to it. My piece: