Belgian-Israeli diamond tycoon, Ehud Arye Laniado, is dead after reaching the peennacle of success sought by all entrepeeneurs dissatisfied with their small inheritance: lying on a gurney while a complete stranger injects…
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The Beatles Are Overrated
Somehow, in wild defiance of everything that has ever given order to the universe, I have come around to the idea that the Beatles might be overrated. Given that rich white men…
I Just Cleaned My Apartment and Now My Life is a Disaster
As a general rule, I find the idea of listening to a recording of my voice to be a horrifying prospect. I spend all day hearing my own voice, inside my head…
For Whom The Bell Tolls
The first time I saw Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, a 1996 documentary about the West Memphis Three was maybe during the Chicago Film Festival and definitely at…
Meat Sweating for a Good Cause
The stakes were high because I was on thin ice with hot shoes on after telling the company’s CEO I was taking two months of paternity leave in the middle of the…
So the world is run via group chat…
“The National Security Council said in a statement that it was looking into how a journalist’s number was added to the chain in the Signal group chat.” “:punch: :USA: :fire:”— The U.S….
200. Aforismos
Italianos são assim: quando você acha que está abafando, um deles te diz: “vai ver se eu tô na esquina”. Por isso somos chorões, por isso a nossa comida parece uma chacina,…
The Rejection Games Are Experiencing a Resurgence
Asking for a “rib eye refill” was not a prank. It was an exercise in overcoming rejection. I learned about it in a TED talk called “What I Learned from 100 Days…
Jam Sesh with Kevin, Vol. 3
I write about a wide range of topics on This is a Newsletter!, and one of my goals over the last six months has been to broaden it to include areas of…
Please Serfs. Can I have some more?
Who remembers when Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised that the £40bn worth of tax rises she had just imposed on Britain’s struggling bus drivers, shopkeepers, lorry drivers, business owners, self employed, and even…