I’ve stopped fighting the algorithm here, and now give it what it wants and deserves—a picture of my dinner.

(King Ranch casserole—tasty!)

If you’re seeking something else from me, you can find it on other less manipulative platforms.

Here’s a cute cat—my gift to the oppressive Twitter algorithm.

May it show mercy on writers some day.

The New Yorker (1995) #AprilFoolsDay

Metaphor alert!

Some highlights from my brother Dana's event yesterday.

We celebrate the 300th anniversary of Bach's St John Passion this Easter Friday with a glance back to our 2021 recording of John Eliot Gardiner and the MonteverdiChoir&Orch.
🎥 Watch the full performance on STAGE+.

An excellent and important and hopeful essay.

“The humanities aren’t just something you talk about in a classroom, but are our core tools when the human societies that created and preserved them are under attack.

Like right now.” honest-broker.com/p/the-real-cri…

The Wall Street Journal leaves a huge hole on its front page—in protest of the illegal imprisonment of its reporter Evan Gershkovich, still in a Russian jail after one year.

The excellent Ted Gioia is correct in identifying a crisis of skepticism or disinterest in the humanities outside of the classroom but as an insider I blame us too, with some exceptions like Zena Hitz. honest-broker.com/p/the-real-cri…

I Hear Music
Please Mr Please
An Old Fashioned Love Song
The Song is You
Goofus
Your Mother Should Know

This is a really good essay.

The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College, by Ted Gioia open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p…