Workers aren’t working in Wyoming. (Including proofreaders, it seems.) Behold! A 100-tweet thread about Friedrich Schlegel! Here’s an unrolled version + more
Workers aren’t working in Wyoming. (Including proofreaders, it seems.) Behold! A 100-tweet thread about Friedrich Schlegel! Here’s an unrolled version + more
The Internet is awash with terrible, terrible things, e.g. university websites, totalitarian millennials, and TikTok influencers. But sometimes—sometimes—a guy can + more
From the diary of James Lees-Milne, August 10, 1945: I had to lunch with Charles Fry my publisher at the + more
From John McWhorter’s delightful Nine Nasty Words, we learn the origin of one of my all-time faves: shit. English ultimately + more
Over at the Literary Review, Adrian Tinniswood reviews James Fox’s The World According to Colour: A Cultural History, in which + more
Things I learned while paging through the Oregonian today: (1) Our neighbors to the south need instruction on how to + more
The term groupies entered the lexicon around 1965; four years later, both Rolling Stone and Time covered the topic extensively + more
With the news of the ZZ Top bassist’s untimely death, I reckon the appropriate way to mourn is to mix + more
After poking fun at our local newspaper a few days ago, I feel compelled to mention that long-form journalism, when + more
Saw this in today’s paper: Coeur d’Alene-based technology company, Rohinni, is under new leadership and is planning to relocate its + more
I learned a new word today: kakistocracy. My copy of the OED defines it as “the government of a State + more
Yesterday, with no explanation (or warning, for that matter), my son texted me a link to this video. So it’s + more
From this comprehensive list of helicopter prison escapes—helpfully defined as “when an inmate escapes from a prison by means of a helicopter”—we learn + more
According to Wikipedia, Benjamin Franklin was “an American polymath active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and + more
My friend Bill, in town for the summer, is directly responsible for turning me on to Domini’s and the Thad + more