Your Mid-Week Experiment

We need to talk about Fleishman. He's in trouble.

A lot of new subscribers jumped in after last weekend’s essay on the unintended consequences of dating apps killing off scarcity.

New album out by Bill Callahan.

“Why Can’t Pollsters Reach Gen-Z?” (The Verge)

This Brussel sprout recipe might be going into the regular Thanksgiving rotation.

Really on a Selah Sue jag lately.

“Scientists Don’t Agree on What Causes Obesity, but They Know What Doesn’t” (New York Times)

Best thing about FX’s Fleishman Is In Trouble, other than the show, is probably this Q&A with Jesse Eisenberg and Claire Danes.

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We set up a merch table in the back where you can get T-shirts, coffee mugs, and even tote bags now. Show the world that you’re part of The Experiment. 

We’ve also got a tip jar, and I promise to waste every cent you give me on having fun, because writing this newsletter for you is some

Buy the book Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick banned from the Bullock Texas History Museum: Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of the American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and myself is out from Penguin Random House. Out in paperback now!