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3 stars Book Review: Elon Musk | Astral Codex Ten This isn’t the new Musk biography everyone’s talking about. This is the 2015 Musk biography by Ashlee…

Sep 17

3 stars How Larry Gagosian Reshaped the Art World | New Yorker The dealer has been so successful selling art to masters of the universe that he has…

Sep 3

August 2023

3 stars How Modernity Made Us Allergic | Noema Great piece: Part of Elizabeth’s rationale is that no one else in her family has allergies. In fact, it’s…

Aug 13

July 2023

3 stars The scale of The Milky Way - why is the galaxy bigger than we think? | YouTube [Epic Spaceman] The extreme scale of the The Orion Nebula …

Jul 30

Sorry for the hiatus. Just moved. And as you know, that requires a rather large amount of time. 4 stars Everyone in Stephenville Thought They Knew Who…

Jul 16

June 2023

Travelling this week. Even still, I’m not sure what happened; I don’t think I’ve ever sent out an issue with only 2-star links. I suppose you could…

Jun 11

May 2023

4 stars Your Book Review: Cities And The Wealth Of Nations / The Question Of Separatism | Astral Codex Ten Starts slow, is a bit wonky…but also…

May 28

4 stars Amor Eterno | Texas Monthly Beautifully written and heartbreaking: One year ago, before the school shooting in Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio had…

May 14

April 2023

3 stars Berlin in 1945 | Kottke Seven minutes of color film footage of Berlin in 1945, right after the end of World War II. Lots of bombed out…

Apr 30

3 stars The Case of the Fake Sherlock | New York Magazine Richard Walter was hailed as a genius criminal profiler. How did he get away with his fraud…

Apr 16

3 stars Highrises Collection The prosperity of early 20th century America resulted in a boom of skyscrapers that still tower over cities across the…

Apr 2

March 2023

4 stars Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest | After Babel I keep on linking Haidt’s new Substack because I keep on being…

Mar 19

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