“So is this new hire good on Silicon Valley, or Hollywood, or…”
No.
“Has she spent a lot of time out here?”
Hardly any.
“Ok, but surely she’s had experience managing a staff, has sharp editing skills, has respect for the standards of…”
Look, she’s letting us run an excerpt from her book, okay?
No.
“Has she spent a lot of time out here?”
Hardly any.
“Ok, but surely she’s had experience managing a staff, has sharp editing skills, has respect for the standards of…”
Look, she’s letting us run an excerpt from her book, okay?
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“So is this new hire good on Silicon Valley, or Hollywood, or…”
No.
“Has she spent a lot of time out here?”
Hardly any.
“Ok, but surely she’s had experience managing a staff, has sharp editing skills, has respect for the standards of…”
Look, she’s letting us run an excerpt from her book, okay?
No.
“Has she spent a lot of time out here?”
Hardly any.
“Ok, but surely she’s had experience managing a staff, has sharp editing skills, has respect for the standards of…”
Look, she’s letting us run an excerpt from her book, okay?
This is not a nostalgic piece about the good old days when Jeff Epstein was king — it’s a piece about how deeply institutional moral rot can spread in elite circles. And the headline all but ensures that most people won’t read it or will read it from a combative posture. Why would you do this?
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is not a nostalgic piece about the good old days when Jeff Epstein was king — it’s a piece about how deeply institutional moral rot can spread in elite circles. And the headline all but ensures that most people won’t read it or will read it from a combative posture. Why would you do this?
I honestly don’t understand how Times headlines got like this. They’ll headline straightforward news stories in the most arch, tiptoey fashion possible, then give a really nuanced piece a misleadingly blunt headline seemingly designed to piss people off on social.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I honestly don’t understand how Times headlines got like this. They’ll headline straightforward news stories in the most arch, tiptoey fashion possible, then give a really nuanced piece a misleadingly blunt headline seemingly designed to piss people off on social.
No creature of that size in the entire animal kingdom has a more unmistakable “I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass” vibe.
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
No creature of that size in the entire animal kingdom has a more unmistakable “I am not afraid of you and I will beat your ass” vibe.
Strokes also get a lot of credit for general lack of defensiveness about being rich kids who became rock stars almost instantly after starting a band. No fake hardship stories/“nobody believed in us”/etc. They seem aware that things came together pretty easily for them.
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Strokes also get a lot of credit for general lack of defensiveness about being rich kids who became rock stars almost instantly after starting a band. No fake hardship stories/“nobody believed in us”/etc. They seem aware that things came together pretty easily for them.
I wrote an entire novella in the “reasons for cancelling” box. It was really satisfying.
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I wrote an entire novella in the “reasons for cancelling” box. It was really satisfying.
Honestly the most innocent way for kids to drive grown-ups insane that I can remember. I’m all for it, even if it makes no sense to me whatsoever.
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Honestly the most innocent way for kids to drive grown-ups insane that I can remember. I’m all for it, even if it makes no sense to me whatsoever.