Your Mid-Week Experiment
Thanks for all the feedback on last weekend’s essay about the remarkable life of Socorro Hernández Dismore, who was bullied because of what she wore in elementary school and now thrives as the CEO of a company that sells school uniforms at an affordable price. And that goes especially to you, B.B., and to you, T.Y.M. And welcome to all the new subscribers!
Let’s get to it:
“No one is teaching your kids to be gay,” she told the room. “Sometimes, they just are gay. I have math to teach. I literally don’t have time to teach your kids to be gay.” (Washington Post)
This doesn’t remind me of Texas, not one little bit. (The New York Times)
If you’re at all interested in the media’s relationship with Trump and post-truth Republicans, you have to read this profile of CNN’s Chris Licht (Tim Alberta)
I am so here for the deep dives on CNN backstage drama. (The New York Times)
A thoughtful warning about using AI to automate tasks that require you to think (Ezra Klein)
If you can write a good Tinder profile, you can write good copy. (Simon Linde)
Apparently “greedflation” might be real. I know! (Axios)
Apparently using evidence-based strategies to teach kids to read works in public schools … in Mississippi - h/t RM (Nicholas Kristof)
I absolutely loved this movie, and so did Ann Hornaday.
Loved Sam Slade’s thoughtful conversation with Poncho Nevarez on Weirdos at Home.
Beef measured up to the hype.
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