FYI #100
The radical dignity of Zohran Mamdani, by Anand Giridharadas. I’m keeping an eye on the NYC mayoral election (November 4)
A recent episode of Konfekt Korner included a mention of Ibraaz in London… ‘a brave space for art, culture, and ideas from the global majority’. Sumayya Vally is the Architect-in-Residence of the space.
Anne Helen Petersen explains her move to Patreon from Substack
AI Product Liability: The Light-Touch Law with Heavyweight Impact, via the Centre for Humane Technology
Baseball for Beginners, via PBS. I did some homework on the rule of the game so I could enjoy following the LA Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays World Series.
Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump, and It’s Not Just You: The Internet Is Actually Getting Worse, both via the New Yorker Radio Hour
The Return of the Luddites, by Erik J. Larson, via LA Review of Books
‘No & ...’ A Forum on Technological Refusal, this forum in the Netherlands next February sounds interesting (h/t Brian Merchant and his excellent updates from the Luddite Resistance)
I read a chapter of Pirate Care: Acts Against the Criminalization of Solidarity. by Valeria Graziano, Marcell Mars and Tomislav Medak, for an Australia reMADE reading group. The book grew out of an interesting sounding process.. Pirate Care, a syllabus
Can You Be Serious and Seriously Glamorous?, by Zadie Smith, via Vogue
Samin Nosrat’s advice on deseeding a pomegranate
MCA Australia announces artist line-up for its major summer exhibition Data Dreams: Art and AI
Feeling Stuck? Dull? Flat? Here's a Better Path to the "Good Life." | Shigehiro Oishi, via 10% Happier with Dan Harris
Launch of Equator… a magazine of politics, culture and art.
The View from Here: Has it been six years already?, Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley on the acquisition of Air Mail by media company Puck
10 Coastal Stays To Book For Your Summer Break, via the Design Files
Nick Offerman on Mike Birbiglia’s Working it Out. I loved listening to Offerman to talk about A Room with a View (the movie) in a recent episode of Criterion Closet.