Pitchaya Sudbanthad
@pitchaya.bsky.social
Author of the novel BANGKOK WAKES TO RAIN, selected as a best book of the year by the NYT, WaPo, and Kirkus.
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NEW ESSAY — In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. Thea Applebaum Licht charts the course of this alluring aesthetic tradition: publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabine...
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
NEW ESSAY — In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. Thea Applebaum Licht charts the course of this alluring aesthetic tradition: publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabine...
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"Palestinians will struggle to remain even in the 47 percent of Gaza still accessible to them. That may well, in fact, be precisely what the current reconstruction plans are meant to achieve."
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Gaza: The Threat of Partition | Sari Bashi
On Monday the United Nations Security Council endorsed President Donald Trump’s twenty-point peace plan for Gaza, which creates a “Board of Peace,”
www.nybooks.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"Palestinians will struggle to remain even in the 47 percent of Gaza still accessible to them. That may well, in fact, be precisely what the current reconstruction plans are meant to achieve."
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Long-term warming means persistent rain and the ensuing widespread floods, like the kind inundating southern Thailand and other parts of SE Asia right now.
‘Flood after flood’ hits Thailand and Vietnam, with Malaysia next in line
Scores have died and entire communities displaced as a late-season monsoon surge overwhelms fragile flood-management systems.
www.scmp.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Long-term warming means persistent rain and the ensuing widespread floods, like the kind inundating southern Thailand and other parts of SE Asia right now.
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Fred McDarrah’s shot of 8th Street at night, looking east from 6th Avenue, 1950
Greenwich Village, near Washington Square.
Greenwich Village, near Washington Square.
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Fred McDarrah’s shot of 8th Street at night, looking east from 6th Avenue, 1950
Greenwich Village, near Washington Square.
Greenwich Village, near Washington Square.
There's a new writers' space in Brooklyn. I've written and read a good amount here, and can verify that it's as wonderful as it looks. Find out more and contribute here: app.thefield.org/home/donatio...
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
There's a new writers' space in Brooklyn. I've written and read a good amount here, and can verify that it's as wonderful as it looks. Find out more and contribute here: app.thefield.org/home/donatio...
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‘Possession of the same genetic variant may contribute to an increase in intelligence in one person, decrease it in another and do nothing in a third.’
Jonathan Flint and Iain Mathieson on the flawed logic of selective gene editing.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Flint and Iain Mathieson on the flawed logic of selective gene editing.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Flint and Iain Mathieson · What’s in the junk? Genetic Effects
We still only partly understand the relationship between genes and cognitive abilities. Over the last fifty years or so...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
‘Possession of the same genetic variant may contribute to an increase in intelligence in one person, decrease it in another and do nothing in a third.’
Jonathan Flint and Iain Mathieson on the flawed logic of selective gene editing.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Flint and Iain Mathieson on the flawed logic of selective gene editing.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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You wonder who they mean,
but then you see. Their poison hemlock? That
is you. Their brown tree snake. Their killer bee.
-Amit Majmudar, 'Invasive Species'
#everynightapoem
We flower where we flower.
but then you see. Their poison hemlock? That
is you. Their brown tree snake. Their killer bee.
-Amit Majmudar, 'Invasive Species'
#everynightapoem
We flower where we flower.
October 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You wonder who they mean,
but then you see. Their poison hemlock? That
is you. Their brown tree snake. Their killer bee.
-Amit Majmudar, 'Invasive Species'
#everynightapoem
We flower where we flower.
but then you see. Their poison hemlock? That
is you. Their brown tree snake. Their killer bee.
-Amit Majmudar, 'Invasive Species'
#everynightapoem
We flower where we flower.
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“The Family Pet” Postcard from my collection, mailed 1910.
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“The Family Pet” Postcard from my collection, mailed 1910.
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Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
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Now this is a reporter.
Kudos to Mary Bruce for fearlessly standing up to Khashoggi's killer and the president who was fine with it.
Kudos to Mary Bruce for fearlessly standing up to Khashoggi's killer and the president who was fine with it.
Reporter: Is it appropriate for your family to do business with Saudi Arabia while you’re president? The us intelligence concluded you orchestrated the murder of a journalist…
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
Trump: Who are you with?
Reporter: ABC News
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Now this is a reporter.
Kudos to Mary Bruce for fearlessly standing up to Khashoggi's killer and the president who was fine with it.
Kudos to Mary Bruce for fearlessly standing up to Khashoggi's killer and the president who was fine with it.
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Welcome to Trump’s America! A place where people can’t afford to call an ambulance | Arwa Mahdawi
Welcome to Trump’s America! A place where people can’t afford to call an ambulance | Arwa Mahdawi
How are people expected to handle increased health insurance costs when everything else in life has become more expensive? I think the answer is: they’re not, writes Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Welcome to Trump’s America! A place where people can’t afford to call an ambulance | Arwa Mahdawi
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The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
Drought and heatwaves lead to second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
England has suffered its second worst harvest on record after a year of heatwaves and drought, according to ECIU analysis of Defra figures.
www.edp24.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
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AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
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It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is genuinely incredible to me how much evidence there is to support investing in the public good and how much animus there is to do this simple, effective thing.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Before CPR there was... blowing tobacco smoke up the bum. One of the recommended procedures for resuscitating "persons apparently dead from drowning", from a 1787 booklet by the Humane Society. More here: https://buff.ly/3FSaQjs
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Before CPR there was... blowing tobacco smoke up the bum. One of the recommended procedures for resuscitating "persons apparently dead from drowning", from a 1787 booklet by the Humane Society. More here: https://buff.ly/3FSaQjs
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‘It is abundantly clear that corporate social responsibility was and is a myth. Even if firms claim to recognise their social and environmental responsibilities, profitability always trumps them when they clash.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
‘It is abundantly clear that corporate social responsibility was and is a myth. Even if firms claim to recognise their social and environmental responsibilities, profitability always trumps them when they clash.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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Tim Berners-Lee’s original “design for the [world wide] web was an antidesign, refusing to impose particular structures, leaving space for unanticipated uses and possibilities.” —@around.com
How the Web Was Lost | James Gleick
The Internet was not meant to suck.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Tim Berners-Lee’s original “design for the [world wide] web was an antidesign, refusing to impose particular structures, leaving space for unanticipated uses and possibilities.” —@around.com
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Another year, another record for carbon emissions:
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Head for Another Record in 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Another year, another record for carbon emissions:
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He gets the job done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
He gets the job done.
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Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
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“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
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Musk immediately confirms Joyce Carol Oates' assessment.
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Musk immediately confirms Joyce Carol Oates' assessment.