Your Mid-Week Experiment

2 songs, 2 book excerpts, 2 movies, 2 TV shows, 2 essays, 2 articles, 1 podcast about why Feud stinks, and 1 innovative way to tell a story

Let’s get to it:

Y’all ain’t gonna believe this. The New York Times called racism racist. Not racially charged, not racially insensitive. Straight up racist. (Annie Karni)

I love everything about this cool way The New York Times tells the story of Taylor Tomlinson working out her closer. h/t EJ (Jason Zinoman)

Remember last year when an AI chatbot tried to get a Times columnist to leave his wife? That had a huge effect on AI. (Kevin Roose)

Great episode on why Fued isn’t any fun.

Kara Swisher, naming names. (Kara Swisher)

This is a great read about reading the worst kind of books that are only accidentally revealing. (Carlos Lozada)

This is the best advice on writing a eulogy I’ve ever read. (Tom Chiarella)

How holding hands with a loved one reconnects you with your emotional baseline is mind-blowing. h/t S (Washington Post)

This headline —> “I am the Bullshit King of my Household” (Drew Magary)

Folks, when the credits rolled, I applauded.

Well this is fun…

I am embarrassed how well this worked on me.

Kudos to Julia Roberts for having the guts to play such an unlikable character.

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