For all their destructive potential, cars can also provide a distinctly American freedom. As I neared the end of my freshman year of college, my sister and I started laying out plans for a weeks-long cross-country road trip. We were going to start south down the coast from Massachusetts, turn west to catch some sights…Continue Reading
Mattias Bostrom’s new book is a worthy account of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s surprising and culture shaping success. From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon, by Mattias Bostrom (The Mysterious Press, 2021), 597 pages.This is a perfect book for Sherlock Holmes fans. It is an exhaustive study…Continue Reading
A new look at “Slaughterhouse Five” examines the intersection of the writer’s personal and political lives. The Writer’s Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse Five, by Tom Roston (Abrams Press, 2021), 261 pages.Forty-five years ago, fresh off the success of his classic novels Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut wrote a…Continue Reading
Kati Marton’s paean to the four-term chancellor overlooks the contested aspects of her legacy. The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel, by Kati Marton (William Collins, 2021), 344 pages.You’ve heard it before, that special form of hubris indulged by politicians and their spin doctors when faced with defeat. “Ours was the better case,” they…Continue Reading
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Log in or sign up to leave a comment level 1Do not take Tolkien for a conjurer of cheap trickslevel 2The crypto devs: “I’m not trying to rob you. I’m trying to help you!”level 2Agreed. I was really panicked Tolkien’s name was gonna be tainted by the bullshit that is crypto. Thank fuck (for real,…Continue Reading
This actually shows the perfect thing of why you don’t feed wild animals (I know this one is in captivity, but it’s no less ‘wild’). So the crocodile has learned to associate the slapping of the water like that with food, hence why he charges up so quickly and hence why he instantly settles when…Continue Reading
Lmfao.Shut down activity on platforms where people can actively converse about the shady shit they do, AND save money by firing the social media teams, convenient.OH LOOK LMAO YOU WEREN’T JOKINGhttps://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/06/lush-cosmetics-toronto-union-busting-progressive-image-hypocrisy”In 2020, the Guardian broke a story about poor working conditions and high rates of injury in Lush’s Sydney factory. Three Lush employees working in…Continue Reading
All the mega monster Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales and deals, in one place. Can you smell that, Brad? It’s the sweet, nutmeggy smell of eggnog and Amazon Black Friday deals for breakfast, because the savings are already popping off on the best home goods, kitchen tools, tech, fashion, beauty and sexual wellness finds…Continue Reading