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Originally published May 16, 2025 The first thing my group of college friends after learning about Donald Trump’s brand-new definitely-not-a-bribe plane was put dollar amounts on our own principles. Turns

Originally published May 16, 2025 The first thing my group of college friends after learning about Donald Trump’s brand-new definitely-not-a-bribe plane was put dollar amounts on our own principles. Turns out we can all be bought for about a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. I must immediately emphasize that the

Originally published March 20, 2025. Back in February, my girlfriend and I spent a lot of time in Goods for the Study , a stationary store in Greenwich Village. It

Originally published March 20, 2025. Back in February, my girlfriend and I spent a lot of time in Goods for the Study , a stationary store in Greenwich Village. It was cold, and raining hard, and we were killing some time between a lunch date and an errand. Eventually, after

Originally published November 24, 2024 At the end of March 2020, as the pandemic lockdowns entered their first full month, Dan Olson published “I Can’t Stop Watching Contagion,” a short

Originally published November 24, 2024 At the end of March 2020, as the pandemic lockdowns entered their first full month, Dan Olson published “I Can’t Stop Watching Contagion,” a short video essay from which this work takes its title. Olson’s video is a tidy summary of the mental state many

Originally published April 20, 2024. The moment Alex Garland’s Civil War clicked fully into place was when I realized that nobody was writing anything down. The film, a dystopian road-movie

Originally published April 20, 2024. The moment Alex Garland’s Civil War clicked fully into place was when I realized that nobody was writing anything down. The film, a dystopian road-movie thriller about a motley team of journalists-two photojournalists, one newswire guy, and one print straggler-trying to reach Washington, D.C. before

Originally published on March 7, 2024. As I blasted through my second playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077, a part of my brain would gnaw at chores unfinished and meals uneaten, and

Originally published on March 7, 2024. As I blasted through my second playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077, a part of my brain would gnaw at chores unfinished and meals uneaten, and then I’d reënter reality and it would be 2am and I’d have cranked out another five hours gunrunning around the

Originally published on January 1, 2024. If you watch enough movies, soon enough your year gets divided up by release dates. Pre- and post-Oscars might be the most obvious line

Originally published on January 1, 2024. If you watch enough movies, soon enough your year gets divided up by release dates. Pre- and post-Oscars might be the most obvious line of demarcation, but there’s also the festivals (if and when you’re lucky and able to go), and the general cadence