Happy Tuesday, friends! I have kept meaning to post this dumb thing on a Friday, then forgetting about it, then getting distracted, then feeling too guilty about not having done it to do it, and then pushing the whole thing off to next week. No more! I’m just posting it on a Tuesday, a perfectly cromulent day to read links. ENJOY.
Uh-oh. The Millions and Lithub both have their big second-half-of-the-year book previews. RIP me and my admirable resolution to read my own damn books rather than constantly checking out huge stacks of 15 books at a time from the library.
What’s happening to sex workers is a warning about algorithmic content moderation.
My pledge to you is that I will always, always share content about reborns. Always. Trust.
The always-brilliant Gita Jackson wrote about Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
“There’s a book I love that no one else knows about.” Molly Templeton on the pleasure and sadness of being a fandom of one.
“The term ‘salmon farming’ yields 2,698 titles, 95 of which are works of fiction.” On the real and fictional salmon falmers of Norway.
Why are the networks siding with the streamers?
AI isn’t going to disrupt books because the people making AI don’t understand what people want from books.
Clio Chang, a hero for our times, researches what exactly is in that subway water that drips on your head when you’re waiting for the train.
This is an incredibly cool visualization of how a translator approaches her work, the different iterations she tries on a passage, and how she makes her decisions.
I have clearly not been using my copywriting powers for evil enough. This is the story of a copywriting scammer who made millions sending scam psychic letters.
“In our risk-averse climate, a lot of what is exciting, original and untested is being published by independent publishers.”
The Ann Landers / Dear Abby feud is one for the ages.
America’s Next Top Model turns 20. The Cut speaks to former contestants about their experiences.
Rafia Zakaria on passport freedom.
Et vous? What have you been reading on these here internets that you’ve enjoyed? Please share!