“The essay-writing habits of my school days have never left me.” In this week’s issue, Zadie Smith shares a writing tip she’s used for decades.
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“The essay-writing habits of my school days have never left me.” In this week’s issue, Zadie Smith shares a writing tip she’s used for decades.
Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
That is funny.
New York Pals, please come by and say hi!
Spain Bars Israel-Bound Arms Ships from Its Ports
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I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
The Aesthetics of Protest Typography: On Preserving Dissenting Letterforms - Carla
Trump has turned the National Guard into mall cops. Cost? $1 million a day.
Someone doesn’t look all that happy about her seating assignment
Holy shit! During the national anthem at the US Open men's final, the moment Trump is shown on the jumbotron the entire stadium erupted in boos. To say the pedophile president is loathed in his own hometown would be an understatement. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
Crying as I type . . .
(with laughter)
Love you, New York!
Nancy Levine Stearns U Albany college tennis
🧵 An open letter to the US Open and USTA:
Trump will attend the #USOpen as a guest of ROLEX. Yesterday, Trump declared 'WAR' on Chicago. The USTA has called for media censorship of dissent against Trump today.
I played NCAA tennis many years ago and still play. Today I resign my #USTA membership.
Pop Up Brigade in support of action in DC. If you're up for feeling heartened, go find some footage of The People out there in the Capital yesterday.
#FreeDC #WeAreAllDC #DoNotObeyInAdvance @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @indivisible.org
RFK Jr. lied to @alsobrooks.senate.gov He said he hadn’t fired any scientists.
RFK Jr. has fired over 3,000 scientists from HHS. The good Senator is giving us a #CupOfJoe that’s overflowing with Jrs. lies and deceit. It’s shameful. He must resign. He poses a clear danger to us all.
Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a ‘Culture of Fear’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/m...
🇹🇳 La légende dit qu'il aurait inspiré George Lucas pour un vaisseau de Star Wars: l'Hôtel du Lac à Tunis, emblème de l'architecture mondiale du 20è siècle, est en cours de démolition, suscitant une levée de boucliers de la société civile.
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If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.
85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity.
There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.
🇺🇸 En Ecosse, des manifestants dénoncent la visite de Trump occupé à jouer au golf sur son parcours de Turnberry, placé sous haute surveillance policière.
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🇫🇷🇵🇸 La France va reconnaître l'Etat de Palestine à l'ONU en septembre à New York, a annoncé le président Emmanuel Macron, en martelant "l'urgence de concrétiser cette solution" pour une paix durable au Proche-Orient.
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On my lunch break I reread this article by translator Damion Searls about how translation works. It's an extract from his book, The Philosophy of Translation.
Well worth your time.
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Love him forever. Love to his loved ones. Love to him again. The world misses you.
Alex Kydd
Ocean, Nature & Travel Photographer
Senator Chris Van Hollen, hands on hips, stands facing Zohran Mamdani. Both are smiling.
Great to meet Senator Chris Van Hollen yesterday in DC, who has shown tremendous leadership on fighting Trump’s extreme agenda.
I love him.
