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“I cheer for everyone”
A special Weekender curated by Edith Zimmerman: handsome physical therapists, interruptions mid-Bach, and what it takes to call oneself a runner
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“Authenticity is a story the tourist tells about herself”
In this edition of the Weekender: the end of travel, why AI can’t make great art, Met Gala cringe, and Laura Marling on Elliott Smith
May 9
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“How glorious it would be to be freed of the messiness of wanting”
In this edition of the Weekender: a year of buying nothing, ChatGPT’s goblin problem, and the tragic irony of Mark Zuckerberg
May 2
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“Wine-rimed lips and voices a little too loud”
In this edition of the Weekender: AITA as literature, temperance 2.0, and the rise of the hospitality economy
Apr 25
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“You wouldn’t ask a fish how to catch a fish”
In this edition of the Weekender: a swingers’ cruise, what literacy does to the brain, and Hockney’s beef with Rothko
Apr 18
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“The guard stared at me with the expression of a man trying to decide whether the person in front of him is a threat or simply an idiot”
In this edition of the Weekender: sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, chasing a black-beaked swan, and the Cinnamon Gum Olympics
Apr 11
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“There is no music or booze to save us”
In this edition of the Weekender: college radio, ancient grains, and the fine art of doing the dishes
Apr 4
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“All waltzes are for ghosts”
In this edition of the Weekender: folk history, ATMs vs. bank tellers, and a belly button named Boris
Mar 28
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“Don’t guillotine the messenger”
In this edition of the Weekender: what men want, yin-yang photography, and reading Zola at Disney World
Mar 21
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“I just kept thinking, they were almost home”
In this edition of the Weekender: studio lot crickets, the spiritual predecessor to vibe coding, and camel-birds
Mar 14
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“Like closing a hundred tabs you’re not ready to lose”
In this edition of the Weekender: fantasy’s Irish obsession, marriage pacts, and what the AI/DOW showdown really means for our data
Mar 7
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“An extravagant, delightful, ridiculous, and wholly unnecessary gimmick”
In this edition of the Weekender: London Bridge in the desert, the tension of portrait photography, and a 10-year-old’s guide to fragrance
Feb 28
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