FYI #93

• A War on Children: A Generation in Gaza at Risk (James Elder), via Leading podcast. Elder is spokesperson for the United Nation's Children's Fund. A difficult conversation but important.

• New series of Take 5 with Zan Rowe, guests include Kevin Bacon, via iview

• Five Years of Perfectly Imperfect, created by Tyler Bainbridge and Alex Cushing

• Thank you Team Techmeme… Explaining, at some length, Techmeme's 20 years of consistency, by Gabe Rivera. At 20, Techmeme has never been hotter, by Fred Vogelstein

• Jeff Tweedy on His New Triple Album, “Twilight Override”, via New Yorker Radio Hour

• Is this “dirtbag billionaire” the exception that proves the rule?, Anand Giridharadas speaks with David Gelles, author of Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away

• Belvoir St theatre’s 2026 season to be headlined by 24-year-old debut playwright, via the Guardian

• Tiny Awards 2025 winner, Fifty Thousand Names

• The Last Days Of Social Media, by James O’Sullivan, via Noema

• 72, debut issue of new magazine, co-founded by Edward Enninful and his sister Akua Enninful.

• Miriam Toews on Grief, Guilt, and Memory, via LitHub

• I came across a reference to the Domesday Book this week, and realised that I didn’t really know anything about it.

• The Diderot Effect, by Ian Leslie, via the Ruffian