Kevin Patterson
@treeist.bsky.social
Nonfiction in NYT magazine, The Walrus, Globe and Mail. Best Amer Sci Wri. Fiction through Doubleday US, Randomhouse Canada, Albin Michel in France.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/23352/kevin-patterson/
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“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
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How every history and science textbook should start
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How every history and science textbook should start
Claire-Louise Bennett’s Misanthropic Breakup Novel www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
Claire-Louise Bennett’s Misanthropic Breakup Novel
“Big Kiss, Bye Bye” is a portrait of frustrated intimacy—and the ungovernable force of a woman’s mind.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Claire-Louise Bennett’s Misanthropic Breakup Novel www.newyorker.com/books/under-...
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In Nineteen Eighty Four all art for the "proles" is created without human intervention at all because they just feed a set number of scenarios and words into fiction machines and songwriting machines, which then create them and disperse them widely to keep the proles happy and FOR FUCK'S SAKE ORWELL
September 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In Nineteen Eighty Four all art for the "proles" is created without human intervention at all because they just feed a set number of scenarios and words into fiction machines and songwriting machines, which then create them and disperse them widely to keep the proles happy and FOR FUCK'S SAKE ORWELL
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If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
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[Art Kane’s "Great Day in Harlem" photograph was taken on this day in 1958. Of all these musicians, only Sonny Rollins is still with us.]
August 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
[Art Kane’s "Great Day in Harlem" photograph was taken on this day in 1958. Of all these musicians, only Sonny Rollins is still with us.]
Israel’s Zones of Denial
July 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Israel’s Zones of Denial
You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This
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July 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/o...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.
RFK Jr. says he may bar scientists from publishing in top medical journals
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at reputed journals such as the Lancet and said the agency will create “in-house” publications instead.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.
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Reliable sources tell me this book is excellent
May 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reliable sources tell me this book is excellent
May 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Dual-eligible Medicare–Medicaid beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy, which reduces cost sharing for medications. Loss of drug subsidies after Medicaid disenrollment was associated with increased mortality. Learn more in a Special Article: nej.md/4jS1wRt
#MedSky #PublicHealth
#MedSky #PublicHealth
May 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Dual-eligible Medicare–Medicaid beneficiaries receive the Low-Income Subsidy, which reduces cost sharing for medications. Loss of drug subsidies after Medicaid disenrollment was associated with increased mortality. Learn more in a Special Article: nej.md/4jS1wRt
#MedSky #PublicHealth
#MedSky #PublicHealth
This is brilliant.
A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump
Each morning, before the day’s decree, I turned to a slim book, hoping for sense, or solace.
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April 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is brilliant.
A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Math and linguistics have a lot to teach each other.
Where Does Meaning Live in a Sentence? Math Might Tell Us. | Quanta Magazine
The mathematician Tai-Danae Bradley is using category theory to try to understand both human and AI-generated language.
www.quantamagazine.org
April 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Math and linguistics have a lot to teach each other.
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Trump’s FBI Just Arrested a Sitting Judge newrepublic.com/post/194416/... via @newrepublic.com
FBI Arrests Sitting Judge as Trump Accelerates Attack on Courts
FBI Director Kash Patel proudly announced the arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan over an immigration case.
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April 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Trump’s FBI Just Arrested a Sitting Judge newrepublic.com/post/194416/... via @newrepublic.com
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Quote from Doug buried halfway in that should really be the headline “Sometimes, I think the cheese slips off the cracker with this guy.” www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Carney confirms Trump spoke to him last month about making Canada a U.S. state
Liberal Leader Mark Carney confirmed Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his idea of making Canada a U.S. state during their first bilateral call on March 28.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Quote from Doug buried halfway in that should really be the headline “Sometimes, I think the cheese slips off the cracker with this guy.” www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...