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  • Link Party: 1/30-2/3

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This article on how Taylor Swift made her career on being a victim has the Receipts. (This blog is vehemently anti-Taylor Swift. Don’t @ me.) 2. Rahawa Haile on being a black female thru-hiker on the Appalachian Trail. 3. The heart-breaking stories of Filipinos who work on cruise…

  • Link Party: 8/1-8/5

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. The life of paramedics in Laredo, Texas. 2. The future of American malls. 3. Harvard’s final clubs. 4. The miseducation of John Muir, America’s highly problematic fave. 5. The oral history of the lobster roll. And a bonus: Jenna Maroney from 30 Rock + Donald Trump = Donald…

  • Link Party: 6/13-6/17

    I read so many great articles this week, and I couldn’t pare them down to the best six because they were all. so. great. The more the merrier. Here’s what I read: 1. Can Netflix survive in the world it created? (My take: probably not.) 2. How Silicon Valley nails Silicon Valley. (Do you watch this…

  • Link Party: 5/2-5/6

    This week was a great week in Internet writing. Here’s what I read: 1. This new Joan Didion piece is just her notes from reporting on the Patty Hearst trial in the 1970s, and it’s still incredible writing. I am in awe. 2. America and Allrecipes. 3. The eternal magic of Beirut. 4. The stories of…

  • Link Party: 4/18-4/22

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Earning the “woke” badge. 2. The social media cabals that run the Internet. 3. The Coachella way of life. 4. How rich was Shakespeare? 5. Finding “lost” civilizations. And a bonus: Starting at 3:28, Prince’s incredible guitar solo in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at the 2004 tribute…

  • Link Party: 4/4-4/8

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This 9-year-old reporter and her community news efforts make me so proud. 2. This is a stupendous feature on Yellowstone National Park and its wildlife. This is a must-read. 3. The work of professional taste testers. 4. Read about the guy who recorded, tamed and sold nature sounds to…

  • Link Party: 3/14-3/25

    I spent an extra-long weekend in Seattle last week, so I didn’t have much time to read on the Internet / compile a roundup before I left on Thursday. That means that this week you get double the links, which also means double the partying. Here’s what I’ve read lately: 1. Kinfolk and the hipster aesthetic. 2.…

  • Link Party: 11/16-11/20

    1. This is a magnum opus on selfies. If you only have time to read one thing in this week’s party, make it this. 2. This article really makes me miss video stores as a cultural institution. Netflix is really and truly The Worst. 3. The history of the siren on Starbucks cups. 4. The phenomenon of…