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A letter from
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« Even if you feel at home in time and space today, you know that you are already in mourning for the future loss of everything that is beautiful. This is the first time humanity is mourning in the future tense. »
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Can AI have a headache?
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« This summer my inner warrior was kissed back alive by an unlikely figure: the Pope. »
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The sea between
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« In order to survive amidst this bleak existence, the Mediterranean people established two distinct strategies: hopelessness or salvation. Some embraced hopelessness as the best way to approach the absurd condition of human life. »
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~ Potpourri: Paris
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Copi channels his fascination with lowlives, queer people, immigrants and other outcasts
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~ Potpourri: Florence
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Langer, the Europeanist, the practical pacifist, the man who inaugurated Italian environmentalism and inspired European environmentalism.
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~ Potpourri: Spain
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It’s one of those non-fiction chronicles in which the topic doesn’t really matter.
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~ Potpourri: France
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« Chaos is no longer the weapon of the rebels but the banner of those in power. »
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~ Potpourri: Malta
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He tried to live as if none of it had ever happened, but some stories don’t let you go.
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A Madman’s TaleThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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« I guess it all began, » he said, « because of that weak-headedness my father sometimes had. It just rubbed me the wrong way. »
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Current Preoccupations, week 39
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Any fool can see that the head of state is naked, that he is a complete phony — except for himself. Such appears to be the premise of The Emperor’s Clothes, a fairy tale I see referred to more and more. Apparently, Hans Christian Andersen’s 1837 parable is awfully relevant today. Reading yet another reference…
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Texting with … Lilia Topouzova
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I wanted to show that history and memory are inseparable—and that unsilencing is itself a method.
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Babushka Z CosplayThis article is available for Members only. Check out our subscription plans to become a member.
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A Ukrainian great-grandmother inadvertently becomes a pro-Russian icon.