Human beings have already accomplished miraculous feats in the technology of retrieval of the singular past. À la recherche du temps perdu is notable among them.
↩︎ Justin E.H. Smith…
“I didn’t realize then that I’d simply been netted.” Diana de Vegh recalls details of her affair at age 20 with JFK.
↩︎ Air Mail
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Prior to the US Open starting this week, Racquet Magazine hosted a roundtable discussion about pressure, profits, and mental health with Mardy Fish (who’s got a new doc coming to Netflix that we’re very interested to see), Billie Jean King, Nick Kyrgios, and Naomi Osaka. It’s short and interesting for tennis heads, if a little too abbreviated on the big issues.
Kiana Hayeri’s portraits of Afghans raised after the US invasion in 2001.
↩︎ The New York Times Magazine
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A musical retrospective of legendary reggae producer Lee “Scratch” Perry, who died on Sunday at 85.
↩︎ Rolling Stone
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How some game producers are finally making options available to disabled players.
↩︎ Ars Technica
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“It almost works. Almost.” Some of the more listenable results from AI software that can mash up any two songs.
↩︎ Input
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Hurricanes beginning with “I” are often dangerous because of when they arrive in the most active seasons.
↩︎ The Washington Post
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A fascinating link collection on Follies, Stephen Sondheim’s 1971 Broadway smash that eventually went bust.
↩︎ MetaFilter
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Thirty years ago, a New York subway crash killed five passengers and injured 200—and finally changed safety protocols.
↩︎ The New York…