FYI #141
Brian Dillon and Olivia Laing: Ambivalence, via London Review Bookshop podcast. I enjoyed Dillon’s new book
Australian Chamber Orchestra 2027 season launch
2026 National Biography Award… Max Dupain: A portrait by Helen Ennis
How Does AI Mess With Our Creativity?, via Culture Study… an interesting conversation between Anne Helen Petersen and Vauhini Vara
A is for Airtight Categories, B for Blanket Statements, C for Cherrypicking.., by Rebecca Solnit
Makenna Goodman reads from Helen of Nowhere, via Fitzcarraldo Editions
No Zuckerberg, The Future is Not Just For Individuals, by Petter Bae Brandtzaeg, via Tech Policy Press
Unwinding the Great Tech Power Grab, by Rebecca Williams
Why Didn’t India Build Its Own Silicon Valley?, by Angela Saini, via LARB
"Sara Bareilles: Good Grief" Documentary Trailer (2026)
In Which We Discuss THE CURLS, video by Samin Nosrat