I have come to realize that the truth must be shepherded. It’s not self-evident nor single-threaded. It’s made up of disparate pieces which can stray. That’s where the phrase “the whole truth” arises, but we can’t always get the whole thing. We can’t ever be
The Art That Inspired the 2026 Met Gala Red Carpet Famous works the stars used as references for their red carpet ensembles By Megan Wahn Published in Elle Decor on May 5, 2026
We just got a wonderful NY Times obituary from Richard Sandomir for one of my favorite cartoonists, Nicole Hollander. My mother and I discovered her SYLVIA cartoons in the newspaper, and fell in love. As Sandormir says, Sylvia was "a big-haired, cigarette-smoking, cat-loving, hyper-opinionated feminist." We especially loved
This trip, I didn't take as many photos because I focused on Being There. But some things were just too good not to save. I think I've been exposed to the Haas Brothers of Austin, TX before, but their show at the MAD museum was stunning.
Every week Ingrid could send you a list of 'perfect sentences' discovered online in the preceding week. This week she shared something from one of my favorite novelists/bloggers/olive oil manufacturers: Robin Sloan Recently highlighted in Perfect Sentences newsletter: I love Japanese mysteries for their wacky,
Infinite midwitOR: if we were playing by Settlers of Catan rules, I’d be dead alreadyExperimental HistoryAdam Mastroianni I don’t feel like I have access to an on-demand omnipotence. Instead, I can talk to an infinite midwit: a stooge who is always available and very knowledgeable, but smart? Well,
This article definitely reset my mind about "how to market something." Aella is a high-paid sex worker who built her fortune on OnlyFans. However, she's also a first-rate intellect. Personally, I'm committed to being an innovator, and she definitely sees a valuable path to
Kelsey Ruger recently wrote a very interesting blog post about customer relationship management... The product doesn’t change between visits. Neither does your meticulously crafted website. But the customer does. Every minute, every hour of every day they are changing invisibly in ways that have nothing to do with your
I'm posting this to remind myself, but if you wish you could appreciate Shakespeare more, it's a good way to orient yourself... Further thoughts on some of the topics from my ‘Conversation with Tyler’religion, Dostoevsky, Pluribus, mental illness, reading Shakespeare, overrated, Milton, Bloom and PotterThe
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I guess it's reassuring to believe that some people are perfect, or at least, perfectly reliable. But all of us human beings have to accept the idea that the best of us can still be wrong. Over at Quartz Leadership, Matthew Fray interviewed Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, among
I'm sharing this article because I need to remember it, and I remember things I blog about... usually. AIO Is Not Killing SEO: The Person Who Told You That Is a Fraud • Dustin StoutEither they’re lying to you, or they don’t know what they’re talking