Seoul is building the world’s largest (also spokeless) Ferris wheel.
Seoul is building the world’s largest (also spokeless) Ferris wheel.
↩︎ Uncrate
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A college student in the 1960s, in pursuit of a young woman, attempts to make a movie with Marlon Brando to impress her.
The script opened with a huge battle around the Greeks’ beached ships. For that spectacular scene, Susan and I had meticulously assembled ships, five hundred shields, two thousand costumes, and the other requisites….
A researcher uses GPT-4 to measure the passage of time in fiction. “This is a preliminary report on a very strange world.”
A researcher uses GPT-4 to measure the passage of time in fiction. “This is a preliminary report on a very strange world.”
↩︎ Ted Underwood
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For your midweek wanderlust, some photos and a diary from a bikepacking trip between México City and Oaxaca.
For your midweek wanderlust, some photos and a diary from a bikepacking trip between México City and Oaxaca.
↩︎ The Radavist
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Jia Tolentino: Drugs like Ozempic may help people see appetite as a biological fact, not a moral choice.
When I told people about my semaglutide stash, they were intrigued. “Should I take it and be your guinea pig?” a friend asked. I reminded him that he was already skinny. “I’m Gigi Hadid skinny,&rdq…
An excellent story about the entwined plights of a Phoenix sandwich shop and a homeless encampment.
An excellent story about the entwined plights of a Phoenix sandwich shop and a homeless encampment.
↩︎ The New York Times
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