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wired.com
Donald Trump’s White House UFC Event Would Be Embarrassing Anywhere

A Monster Energy–sponsored MMA show on the White House's South Lawn was never going to be the height of dignity. But UFC Freedom 250 is failing to clear even the lowest bar.

— Tim Marchman
4d ago
jefftweedy
In My Life (Beatles cover)

If you haven't heard them, you should check them out. I'm always turning people on to that band.

2w ago
whyisthisinteresting
The AI Mirror Edition

AI is a mirror, not a crystal ball. It reflects ourselves back to us because it was trained on our words. When we wonder why it's boring or corporate, it's because we're boring and corporate!

3w ago
3quarksdaily.com
The Use and Abuse of Joan Didion

Authors and their entire bodies of work can be encapsulated in fragments: a few underlined sentences from their books endlessly reposted on Instagram, influencers flaunting book covers on the beach, photographs of authors appearing lost in melancholy—or best of all, smoking—making rounds on the Internet.

4w ago

The moment one learns English, complications set in. As soon as we have learned to read, we begin, almost inevitably, to read the kind of thing we had already decided to enjoy. The reading of newspapers and popular novels—anything, in short, which has an immediate appeal—goes on at such a pace, and fills the hours so completely, that we have no leisure to feel bored.

1mo ago
honest-broker.com
The Fantastic Nicknames of Jazz

If you're a jazz fan, see how many of the nicknames in the poem below you can identify. And even if you're not a jazz fan, keep reading—you will still enjoy this.

1mo ago
honest-broker.com
Four Steps to Hell

Record labels and movie studios have always sought profit—but not long ago they also sought prophets. So when talent scout John Hammond signed Bob Dylan at age 20) or Bruce Springsteen (at age 23) or even earlier launched the recording career of Billie Holiday (at age 17), he obviously wanted his employer Columbia Records to make money. But that was secondary—his real goal was promoting artistry and boosting talent.

2mo ago
whyisthisinteresting
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 96

From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits.

3mo ago

The poets make all the words, and therefore language is the indelible record of mankind's being.

3mo ago
longreads.com
Who Can I Dance With?

It lingered only at private gatherings, where people would move their bodies in ways that barely resembled dance—rigid, mechanical, almost comical.

3mo ago

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