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A Japanese technique for killing fish is considered more humane than the standard alternatives—and it results in seafood that tastes better and stays fresh significantly longer. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/oXQcrR
January 22, 2026 at 11:30 PM
A Japanese technique for killing fish is considered more humane than the standard alternatives—and it results in seafood that tastes better and stays fresh significantly longer. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/oXQcrR
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What was life in the Somali capital like nearly two decades ago? In this essay, @cisman-caydurus.bsky.social recounts his memories of visiting Mogadisho in one of its most difficult periods, walking us through his journey leading up to his arrival in the city.
www.1943magazine.com/post/put-out...
www.1943magazine.com/post/put-out...
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How was life in the Somali capital nearly two decades ago? And what was its security situation like from the point of view of someone who came from relative safety?
www.1943magazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
What was life in the Somali capital like nearly two decades ago? In this essay, @cisman-caydurus.bsky.social recounts his memories of visiting Mogadisho in one of its most difficult periods, walking us through his journey leading up to his arrival in the city.
www.1943magazine.com/post/put-out...
www.1943magazine.com/post/put-out...
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Concluding his review of "Warriors: Life and Death Among Somalis," @elgaadayare.bsky.social interrogates Hanley's portrayal of Somali hospitality, fatalism, and ignorance.
All colonial texts must be read with scrutiny, not given an uncritical embrace, he argues.
www.1943magazine.com/post/book-re...
All colonial texts must be read with scrutiny, not given an uncritical embrace, he argues.
www.1943magazine.com/post/book-re...
Literature | Book Review—Warriors: Life And Death Among The Somalis—Part 2
A contrapuntal reading and critical analysis of Gerald Hanley’s Work
www.1943magazine.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Concluding his review of "Warriors: Life and Death Among Somalis," @elgaadayare.bsky.social interrogates Hanley's portrayal of Somali hospitality, fatalism, and ignorance.
All colonial texts must be read with scrutiny, not given an uncritical embrace, he argues.
www.1943magazine.com/post/book-re...
All colonial texts must be read with scrutiny, not given an uncritical embrace, he argues.
www.1943magazine.com/post/book-re...
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In part one of this two-part series, @elgaadayare.bsky.social critiques Gerald Hanley's "Warriors: Life and Death Among Somalis," laying bare its many colonial undertones by conducting a comparative analysis of Warriors, The Tempest, and Heart of Darkness.
www.1943magazine.com/post/book-re...
www.1943magazine.com/post/book-re...
Literature | Book Review—Warriors: Life and Death Among Somalis—Part 1
A contrapuntal reading and critical analysis of Gerald Hanley’s Work
www.1943magazine.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
In part one of this two-part series, @elgaadayare.bsky.social critiques Gerald Hanley's "Warriors: Life and Death Among Somalis," laying bare its many colonial undertones by conducting a comparative analysis of Warriors, The Tempest, and Heart of Darkness.
www.1943magazine.com/post/book-re...
www.1943magazine.com/post/book-re...
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“The Brothers Karamazov” asks what we are living for, and it “seeks the answer in the little life, among the small people, in the frail, the fragile, the fallible, the failed,” Karl Ove Knausgaard writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CczEE1
The Light of “The Brothers Karamazov”
Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for?
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January 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“The Brothers Karamazov” asks what we are living for, and it “seeks the answer in the little life, among the small people, in the frail, the fragile, the fallible, the failed,” Karl Ove Knausgaard writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CczEE1
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Recently, A.I. passed a kind of Turing test for the eye: the images and videos that it can produce are now sometimes indistinguishable from real ones. @chaykak writes about how 2025 became the year of “slop.”
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7WY9vv
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7WY9vv
The Year in Slop
This was the year that A.I.-generated content passed a kind of audiovisual Turing test, sometimes fooling us against our better judgment.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Recently, A.I. passed a kind of Turing test for the eye: the images and videos that it can produce are now sometimes indistinguishable from real ones. @chaykak writes about how 2025 became the year of “slop.”
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7WY9vv
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7WY9vv
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In Mombasa for the first time. It was more than a decade ago, in 2011 I believe, the last time I have visited to a city with a shore. I am not sure if I am getting carried away, but I do truly considering to settle a coastal town in the near future — if certain factors are *not* being held constant!
August 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In Mombasa for the first time. It was more than a decade ago, in 2011 I believe, the last time I have visited to a city with a shore. I am not sure if I am getting carried away, but I do truly considering to settle a coastal town in the near future — if certain factors are *not* being held constant!
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Most financial advisers say that tying your savings to your employer’s prospects is unwise, since you already depend on them for your salary. Should you listen?
Why you should buy your employer’s shares
Even though doing so flies in the face of most financial advice
econ.st
August 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Most financial advisers say that tying your savings to your employer’s prospects is unwise, since you already depend on them for your salary. Should you listen?
In Mombasa for the first time. It was more than a decade ago, in 2011 I believe, the last time I have visited to a city with a shore. I am not sure if I am getting carried away, but I do truly considering to settle a coastal town in the near future — if certain factors are *not* being held constant!
August 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In Mombasa for the first time. It was more than a decade ago, in 2011 I believe, the last time I have visited to a city with a shore. I am not sure if I am getting carried away, but I do truly considering to settle a coastal town in the near future — if certain factors are *not* being held constant!
What One Fool Can Do, Another Can: open.substack.com/pub/abdelkha...
What One Fool Can Do, Another Can
Hubris can't dig the country out of the hole
open.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What One Fool Can Do, Another Can: open.substack.com/pub/abdelkha...
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Jon Lee Anderson profiles Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” determined to remake his country.
Javier Milei Wages War on Argentina’s Government
The President, a libertarian economist given to outrageous provocations, wants to remake the nation. Can it survive his shock-therapy approach?
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Jon Lee Anderson profiles Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” determined to remake his country.
