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@the_new_yorker Jensen Huang and the Storied Lineage of the Honey Trap #Culture #Technology #Essays
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Nov 14, 2026
@the_new_yorker Living in Normaltown and Feeling Anything But #Culture #Photography #Essays
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Nov 14, 2026
@the_new_yorker The Aftershock #Essays #News #Culture
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Nov 14, 2026
@the_new_yorker What to Watch While Sick in Bed #Culture #Television #Essays
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Nov 13, 2026
@3_quarks_daily Paul Theroux In Canada #Literature #Essays #Reading
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Nov 13, 2026
@the_new_yorker My Coffee with Billy Evans #Humor #Culture #Essays
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Nov 13, 2026
@3_quarks_daily Janet Malcolm, Master of Unsparing Profiles, Was Nicer Than You'd Think #Literature #Philosophy #Essays
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Nov 13, 2026
@ftrain_paul_ford I guess it would make sense if Huang had millions of affairs in parallel instead of scheduling one a... #Technology #Culture #Essays
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Nov 13, 2026
@the_new_yorker The Labyrinthine Betrayals of "Minotaur" #Culture #Film #Essays
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Nov 13, 2026
@longreads The Top 5 Longreads of the Week #Journalism #Essays #Reading
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Nov 13, 2026
@3_quarks_daily What An 8-Year-Old Taught Me About Love #Philosophy #Culture #Essays
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Nov 13, 2026
@applied_cartography Smoke #Software #Essays #Reviews
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Nov 13, 2026
@the_new_yorker The Composer Who Makes You Cry #Culture #Music #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@monochromatic_aberration Reference Point #Photography #Creativity #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@3_quarks_daily Aldous Huxley - The Human Situation, Part I #Philosophy #Literature #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@3_quarks_daily How an Irish Backroad Tradition Is Rolling Into Small-Town America #Culture #Tradition #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@ftrain_paul_ford I'm not saying we go back to this--but is it a coincidence that, historically, so many of the best hi... #Technology #Culture #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@new_york_review_of_books We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Change #Books #Culture #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@new_york_review_of_books 'Quest Without End' #Books #Culture #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@longreads My I.R.L. Adventures in the Land of the Eagle Cam #Nature #Journalism #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@electric_literature Broken People Don't Break the System. Broken Systems Break the People #Literature #Essays #PersonalNarrative
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Nov 12, 2026
@ftrain_paul_ford why are people surprised the 3d chip guy is poly #Technology #Culture #Essays
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Nov 12, 2026
@ftrain_paul_ford I put on 120 minutes from 1993 if you want to see it in use increasing-wav-candy-outdoors.trycloudfl... #Technology #Culture #Essays
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Nov 11, 2026
@3_quarks_daily The Life and Philosophy of Jürgen Habermas #Philosophy #Culture #Essays
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Nov 11, 2026
@3_quarks_daily Nothing So Queer As Queer Itself: Repudiating Bullshit Terminologies #Philosophy #Culture #Essays
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Nov 11, 2026
@ftrain_paul_ford Let's Have a Mouse Party! #Technology #Culture #Essays
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Nov 11, 2026
@new_york_review_of_books The Texture of Reality #Books #Culture #Essays
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Nov 10, 2026
@longreads Inside the Trial of Russell Brand #Journalism #Essays #Law
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Nov 10, 2026
@thought_catalog Beth Holloway Spent 18 Years Seeking Answers About Natalee's Death. Joran van der Sloot Confessed, but Her Remains Have Never Been Found #TrueCrime #News #Essays
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Nov 10, 2026
@the_new_yorker I'm Totally Pulling Off These New Glasses #Humor #Culture #Essays
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Nov 10, 2026
@3_quarks_daily Perceptions #Philosophy #Culture #Essays
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Nov 10, 2026
@ftrain_paul_ford CUDA now stands for Chinese Undercover Discreet Arrangement #Technology #Culture #Essays
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Nov 9, 2026
@electric_literature Dad Died and Everyone Is Buying Me Shots #Books #Literature #Essays
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Nov 9, 2026
@longreads When Idaho Banned Abortion, OB-GYNs Fled. The Doctors Who Stayed Are Cracking. #Journalism #Healthcare #Essays
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Nov 9, 2026
@the_new_yorker The Ubiquitous Melancholy of Max Richter #Music #Culture #Essays
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Nov 9, 2026
@thought_catalog Keisha Lance Bottoms Coached a Stranger Through an Adoption by Text, and 11 Years Later She Met the Boy #Culture #Relationships #Essays
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Nov 9, 2026
@monochromatic_aberration ✦ Refrakt: 58 -- Frameworks #Creativity #Photography #Essays
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Nov 8, 2026
@3_quarks_daily Nefarious Intent #Philosophy #Literature #Essays
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Nov 8, 2026
@3_quarks_daily "That's Not an Answer, Chuck" #Philosophy #Literature #Essays
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@the_republic_of_letters Is Curiosity the Vice of Our Era? #Literature #Culture #Essays
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