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!

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Without further ado, some links:

“Blackness deserves a seat at the Seder.” (link)

Jay Edidin’s consistent fury with Professor X shines in this important work of journalism about X-Men sex ed. (link)

Gita Jackson (link), Mikki Kendall (link), Ijeoma Iluo (link), and Stitch (link) consider The Slap.

On a totally different note, Sara Novic considers CODA’s Oscar win and the movie’s mixed reception in the d/Deaf community. (link)

Jaya Saxena wonders if we need to keep telling Julia Child’s story. (link)

Two Twitter videos that made me very happy: one (link) and two (link)

A goblin historian explains “goblin mode.” (link)

I am terrified of TikTok, and I’m right to be. That is my final statement on the matter. (link)

Drew Magary is done with sympathetic villains. Bring on the straight-ahead monsters. (link)

“Bridgerton’s thinned notion of color consciousness only acknowledges racial difference in as much as it does not derail the story.” Kristen Warner considers the new season’s approach to representations of race. (link)

I will read literally any story about the drama that’s currently happening in some random niche online community. This week it’s herbalism! (link)

Serial killer expert Stéphane Bourgoin built his career on a scaffolding of lies. The internet found him out. (link)

Angelea Preston won the all-stars season of America’s Next Top Model, but her crown was unceremoniously stripped from her because of a brief stint doing sex work. She spoke to Bustle about her experiences.(link)

“But sometimes there is no proper way to go, there is no trick of perspective that makes everything clear.” Colin Dickey on cabins in the mountains, lateral thinking, and the COVID-19 pandemic. (link)

Charithra Chandran, who plays Edwina in the new season of Bridgerton, seems like an absolute delight in this Teen Vogue interview. (link)

Sean Campbell writes with sorrow and grace about the Black Lives Matter organization’s decision to use money from fundraising in summer 2020 to buy a $6 million dollar house. (link)

Deciding people’s worth based on the trauma they’ve survived is a broken, exploitative system, and the Mackenzie Fierceton story proves it. (link)

That’s all, folks! Have a tremendous weekend! I wish you all the best of luck in staying out of niche community internet drama, which is much more fun to read about than to participate in.

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