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Jan Morris correctly predicted that whatever her merits as writer, her obituary would inevitably read "Sex Change Author Dies"

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Massive Fraud in California

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Hitler’s Edifice Complex

Big Tech Shouldn’t Be Writing the Rules for AI

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“Always read the magazine you’re submitting to,” “don’t resubmit the same day,” and other advice from literary magazine editors

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David Rieff, Doritos, and the intellectual deformations of social media. “I don’t exactly think better of myself for all the time I spend on Twitter”

Doris Lessing on How to Read a Book and How to Read the World

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Don’t assume that women’s low retraction rates reflect male ‘boldness’

"There should be a simple rule for being a thinker," says Cal Newport. "Don’t let AI write anything for you. Writing is to cognitive health what steps are to physical health"

Markwayne Mullin Says Agents Don't Need a Warrant If They're Pursuing a Suspect. Here's What the Law Says.

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