04-28 “China has a model called technological leapfrogging, where they tend to lag behind in one technological development so they can innovate on the next”: The revolutionary history of Chinese synths (news.google.com)
04-28 My 3 teens text me throughout the day and check my location. I could be frustrated by this digital tethering, but I''m grateful. (www.businessinsider.com)
04-28 How Putin and Zelensky View the War in Iran - The war’s ripple effects have exacerbated conflicts, economic insecurity, and regional tensions around the world, including in Ukraine. (www.newyorker.com)
04-28 Michel Hurst’s Impassioned Vision of Mexico - Hurst captured the country’s culture—from public rituals of the cult of Santa Muerte to scenes from everyday life—with no small amount of homoeroticism. (www.newyorker.com)
04-28 Conversation with a Health-Care-Provider Support Bot - Here are a few things I’d rather do than log in to a portal: Get three mosquito bites. Drive all the way to Encino to have something notarized. (www.newyorker.com)
04-28 Donald Trump’s Lose-Lose Negotiations with Iran - How the President’s insistence on Tehran’s unconditional surrender made it impossible to make a deal. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Donald Trump’s Pardon Economy - For some wealthy offenders, clemency is just a golf game—or a million-dollar plate at Mar-a-Lago—away. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Patrick Ball’s Path to Broadway and “Becky Shaw” - Before “The Pitt,” the actor waited tables, made lattes, and schlepped Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe around town. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 How Long Can Martha Graham’s Dance Revolution Last? - As the company she left behind celebrates its centenary, it finds itself caught between preservation and radical tradition. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Reverend Billy Takes On Norman Foster’s New Monolith - Fresh from opening shows for Neil Young, the street preacher Billy Talen has moved on from burning Mickey Mouse in effigy to protesting JPMorgan Chase’s ties to fossil fuels. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Medallions, Movement, and Mamdani at MOMA PS1 - The cab-driving Elcharfa brothers, Bilal and Salah, star in a new piece by the artist Kenneth Tam that showcases the hardships of their jobs. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Kash Patel’s Implausible Lawsuit Against The Atlantic - The F.B.I. director’s lawyers seem to misunderstand how the law (or logic) works. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 The Lessons from Jerome Powell’s Defiance of Donald Trump - An independent Fed needs an independent leader. Is Kevin Warsh up to the job? (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 What Happens When Someone Throws a Message in a Bottle Into the Sea? - Most simply disappear. One enthusiast is on a quest to find the notes—and the people behind them. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 “Death in Rome” and “The Hothouse,” Reviewed - Wolfgang Koeppen’s “trilogy of failure,” written from 1951 to 1954, is a sprawling, polyphonic portrait of a physically and morally shattered country. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 “A Theory on the Origin of Language,” by Tishani Doshi - “Last night, after months away from home, / a lapwing piercing the still dark still / with its warnings.” (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Laurie Metcalf’s Third Act - The once cancelled producer Scott Rudin has staked his own comeback on making her the First Lady of American Theatre. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Ellen Burstyn’s Inner Library - Kris Kristofferson told her he was a poet when they co-starred in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Her new book tells the story of her life in poetry. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin? - The agency, which was founded to protect the environment and human health, has cancelled safety regulations, supported coal, and stopped caring about climate change. (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 “Tompkins Square,” by Anthony Walton - “It was an evening they had planned, privately, in the sequester / of their thoughts for years before it could or should have / happened.” (www.newyorker.com)
04-27 Ava’s Life List - Spring is here, and with it sightings of the Great-breasted Hausfrau, the Pot-Bellied Galoot, and the Common Nanny. (www.newyorker.com)