If you’re ever wondering why the next 40 years are sucking, remember a former game show host convicted of 34 felonies appointed one third of the Supreme Court

Every. Damn. Charge. #TrumpGuilty

An early look at next week’s cover, “A Man of Conviction,” by John Cuneo. #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/LwgvaV6

Crazy — my son was looking for a book on our bookshelves, so he took an iPhone picture of the whole shelves (hundreds of books) and then searched for the book’s title in his photos.

A great sign of our times is that Mary Oliver's 'tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild & precious life?' is often quoted as a form of pressure to do some grand thing, when the grand thing Oliver did in her poem is watch grasshoppers, & something akin to prayer.

We just need to invent a straw that lasts a little bit longer than 4 seconds but still less than a million years

I was today years old when I found out owls could swim 😳

The best place to relax is near water.

After just 2 minutes of viewing water outdoors, blood pressure and heart rate drop. It's more calming to look at a lake, pool, or stream than trees or grass.

Beaches are popular for a reason. Wider bodies of water bring more tranquility.

I love this letter CS Lewis sent to a young writer, especially this line:

'Much of my best work, or what I think is my best, is the rewriting of things begun years earlier.'

Stuff the woman sitting in front of me has googled in class today:
Henry Cavill
Clam chowder
New England clam chowder
Where is New England
Old England
Henry Cavill

Someone asked my daughter if she had a hobby and her answer was “just sitting”

would pay some amount of money to hear Apple Martin’s World War II insights…

We at the Review mourn the loss of Alice Munro (1931–2024). In memory of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Fiction interview from our archive.

theparisreview.org/interviews/179…

Completely over the moon at having a new poem in the latest issue of the The New Yorker — 'Late Shift' is part of my manuscript-in-progress called WAGE that deals w/precarious work, precarious love. So much gratitude to Hannah Aizenman & Kevin Young.

newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

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RFK Jr.'s campaign says the worm that ate part of his brain will not affect his ability to serve as president. vntyfr.com/K7PMNab

this man will not see the kingdom of heaven

Me destroying the family computer with Limewire…

New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school

- significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls
- reduced bullying among both genders
- improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates
- largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids