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Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
In a 2015 interview with the Paris Review, editor Gordon Lish was asked many questions about his controversial working relationship with Raymond Carver, one of the most famous in the editor-writer-relationship canon. Lish used a heavy hand on Carver’s prose, slashing away at the text to create the “minimalism” for which Carver became famous. The…
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White Noise
Death unites us all. And societies are shaped by not just the dread of that inevitable outcome but the common manners in which we push those existential thoughts aside. Consumerism, conspiracy theories, and collective trauma collide in Noah Baumbach’s daring adaptation of a novel that may have been published in the mid-’80s but undeniably speaks…
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The horror! The horror! NOTEPAD gets tabbed editing (very briefly)
Is there a special meaning of “don’t” that means “go right ahead”?
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US passes the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act – and why not?
Cryptographic agility: the ability and the willingness to change quickly when needed.
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S3 Ep115: True crime stories – A day in the life of a cybercrime fighter
Listen now – you’ll be alarmed, amused and educated, all in equal measure. (Full transcript in article.)
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Mona Lisa painting analyzed
The Mona Lisa is a world-famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, believed to have been completed in the early 16th century. The painting depicts a woman seated in a chair, her hands folded in her lap and a enigmatic smile on her lips. Despite its small size (just 30 inches by 21 inches), the Mona…
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How to Make Scrambled Eggs the Way Kenji López-Alt Loves
This distinct recipe promises velvety, custardy soft-scrambled eggs.
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Where Did All the Bargain Bourbon Go? Blame the Whiskey Mania.
Bourbon and rye used to be workaday drinks, but prices are being driven way up by speculators, a scramble for bragging rights and a large shot of hype.
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Vivienne Westwood, provocative British fashion designer, dies at 81
She helped clothe the 1970s punk movement and remained a style icon for half a century.
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A tiny paper broke the George Santos scandal, but no one paid attention
The North Shore Leader was onto George Santos’s lies months before he was elected, but no one paid attention.