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Death
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Jun 3, 2025
Some people think humanity deserves extinction. I think we've earned a fate worse than death.
Travel
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May 29, 2025
In the mid-1990s, Phuong Anh Nguyen made Q Bar the most important bar in Vietnam—and possibly the world.
May 28, 2025
Celebrity travel shows are the worst, even when you love the celebrity. But they don't have to be bad!
Writing
+2
May 27, 2025
A Q&A with 'Andor' writer Tom Bissell on narrative structure, quick deaths, and getting T-boned by Star Wars history.
Fashion
May 22, 2025
Certain patterns catch the eye and trap the brain in ways no other brother can deny.
May 20, 2025
A Tuesday special: Five mini-essays in one newsletter!
May 13, 2025
What am I even trying to do here?
May 8, 2025
It takes a leap of faith to connect language and experience—and sometimes we land in the abyss.
Pop Culture
May 6, 2025
This musician not only changed my life—she defined it.
