Meghan McCarron
@meghanmccarron.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering food & culture. Work in NYT, Atlantic, Bon Appetit. Also a science fiction writer. Recent work in Lightspeed. Nebula & World Fantasy finalist. I live in Los Angeles.
Charles Mok@charlesmok.bsky.social · 3h agoOur best export to the world. Hong Kong’s Iconic ‘Cha Chaan Teng’ Diners Are Going Global From Spam sandwiches and pineapple buns to milk tea, cha chaan teng classics are following a new generation of Hong Kongers overseas. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
a lot of AI guys have incredibly strange — and I think wrong! — ideas about how people, markets, and societies experience technological change nymag.com/intelligence...
ZOMG Nerdist has an exclusive preview: the first five pages of STAR TREK: ZERO POINT #1 See a starship crashed on the moon! Admiral Janeway's radical plan! Seven of Nine wearing a tie and suspenders! Raffi's granddaughter! D'Vana Tendi has a lot of questions! nerdist.com/article/star...
STAR TREK: ZERO POINT Warps Into the 25th Century (Exclusive Preview)
IDW's Star Trek: Zero Point introduces us to the crew of the starship Endeavour, a 25th Century Federation ship captained by a fan-favorite.
nerdist.com
When I started skills-based therapy, I felt the same initial suspicion that @katewagner.wehwalt.net describes, and I now feel the same gratitude. All those stupid acronyms offered me a way out of my gnarly anxiety prison that nothing else could
Flaming Hydra@flaminghydra.com · last wk.TODAY: @katewagner.wehwalt.net on the life-changing power of skills-based therapy. "A lot of this stuff has saved my life and the thing it’s saved my life from is not capitalism, or any other form of adversity, but myself." flaminghydra.com/issue-620/?a...
John Crowley was a great example of a writer who followed his own weird. He followed his own interests into history — besides Aegypt I'm thinking of Four Freedoms, Lord Byron's Novel, Flint and Mirror — and wrote what he wanted.
Liz Hand@elizabethhand.bsky.social · 3d agoI first read this in 2000 but it's still a great essay, with links to JC's work for the Boston Review.
Sheila Williams, the longtime editor of Asimov's and champion of new writers, needs financial help to weather medical difficulties. If you have anything to throw her family's way I know they'd appreciate it. gofund.me/209b51407
Donate to Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care, organized by Irene Bruce
Hi - This is Irene and Juliet, the daughters of Sheila and David. As many of… Irene Bruce needs your support for Help Irene's Parents Get Skilled Nursing Care
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I was nervous about interviewing Jill Lepore but it turned out to be a lot of fun techcrunch.com/2026/08/09/h...
nothing better than a tourist town that resents the tourists. thank you for coming to my ten-seat microbrewery and vintage ice cream shoppe. you son of a bitch
my plug keeps sending ravens that say “i’m but a days ride from the castle” bro you aren’t even in my lord’s many and vast territories
pretty sure we gotta retire the restaurant phrase “soft opening.” that’s just not lingo that’s built for 2026
Someone got fired to teaching an Ottessa Moshfegh story?? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...
Florida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit Says
South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.
nytimes.com
Speculative short story people! Has anyone read any recent thoughts on the craft of writing speculative short stories, especially in e.g. introductions, speeches, etc, where they might not be easily findable?
larger implications aside it’s always funny when an LRB piece breaks containment because it’s like a crowd shows up with machetes on your porch and you are. an old Man whittling whistles or making cups out of willow bark
In some pretty bumpy air flying from Los Angeles to Philly, and the toddler in the next row cried, "It's like an earthquake!" California babies are different
However you feel about the substance of the shows themselves aside, you gotta admit apple tv is the only network that cares about hard sci fi freaks.
This newsletter is terrific for answering questions you probably have if you live in LA (like the story below). Really recommend subscribing—it’s a quick and fun read every morning!
L.A. Material@lamaterial.com · 3w agoOn almost any given day, the center median of Larchmont Boulevard is packed with cars parked in flagrant violation of the California Vehicle Code. L.A. Material’s Tomo Chien reports from the scene on what has become a daily "Carmageddon." Read more: lamaterial.com/p/larchmont-...
People think Blade Runner is about neon-drenched cityscapes, but it's actually about wearing the ugliest shirt and tie combo imaginable. We forget about it because of the jacket, but it's there, lurking.
Going to say something…please stop saying the kids don’t read. You aren’t either. People are not reading past headlines and repeating misinformation about recalls, outbreaks, etc.
The NYRB Author’s Closet, a series of videos of the least camera-ready people in society mumbling inaudibly about Vasily Grossman.
Ned Resnikoff@resnikoff.bsky.social · 3w agoNYRB should do their own version of the Criterion Closet for their book publishing arm imo
Saul Bass also redesigned LA's RTD logo in 1980. “I viewed it as a personal project. Los Angeles is my home. We all know that #publictransportation is one of the major issues that confronts society generally—and Los Angeles in particular," #SaulBass. RTD mug via @metrolosangeles.bsky.social store:
Michael Warburton@michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 3w agoJust some of the iconic corporate logos designed by the legendary SAUL BASS
where is this in piranesi house
The Public Domain Review@publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 3w ago"The Temple of Time" (1846) by Emma Willard.⠀ From our essay by Susan Schulten exploring the pioneering work of Emma Willard (1787–1870), a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today: publicdomainreview.org/essay/e...
This is a great day. Cinerama Dome reopening in 2028. It will join Sony's Drafthouse chain, but it WON'T be a dine-in theatre, with other motifs intact. Thank you Ben Steinberg for your unflagging persistence in the face of long odds to help get this to the finish line. deadline.com/2026/07/cine...
Cinerama Dome & Hollywood Arclight Could Reopen In Sony Deal
Sony is looking to lease the dormant and Covid-struck Cinerama Dome and Hollywood Arclight and bring it back to life in the near future.
deadline.com
An Instagram post about Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to wealthy communities in Marin County, CA, turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.
wired.com
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