Your Mid-Week Experiment
Hey, look! My first by-line of 2024!
Let’s get right to it:
My first byline of the year about The Gay Place, a 1961 roman à clef that made Austin self-aware as a haven for liberal creatives who liked to carouse. (Texas Canon)
Hey, kids, do you like that Arabic rock ‘n roll?
Doing your own research increases the likelihood that you will believe misinformation. (Nieman Lab)
This is absolutely bonkers. Democrats trust Alex Jones’s Infowars and the pro-Trump One America News more than Republicans trust NPR, ABC, CBS, and the Washington Post. Y’all have red-pilled yourselves.
This is, by a wide margin, the smartest thing I’ve read about a hedge fund billionaire deposing the president of Harvard. Honestly, I wish I had not read it, because it’s so well written that it occasioned thoughts of giving up writing entirely. (David Roth)
Bill Hader is so dang smart, especially about “so then” versus “and then.” A must-listen for storytellers:
This is the easiest, tastiest, most colorful, and healthiest thing I’ve cooked in a long time. Winner, winner. (New York Times Cooking)
Always love me some overnight oats (New York Times Cooking)
Maybe don’t turn women’s trauma into girl-boss redemption stories? (Monica Hesse)
This was hilarious and weird.
You’re liking this movie, charmed by the pluck of the girl, angry at her father, and you think you know what this movie is. And then Scrapper turns, and you are seeing something different. Recommended.
Gary Gulman tells a joke at his own expense better than anyone.
Dear lord, I love this team…
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