Posts by Swedan Margen
The Stories That TV Tells About Online Sex Work
Much of the emotional potency of the show’s début season came from Levinson’s canny, perhaps even prescient, channelling of Zoomer doomerism. Multiple story lines channelled the anxiety that the internet may be uniquely bad for teen-age girls, who hooked up with suspect men, got catfished, and had their nudes leaked. Even a relatively positive plotline,…
Read MoreWaymo launches services with cheaper robotaxis in Los Angeles
Waymo is rolling out a new driverless taxi to help the company expand into more cities and tackle tougher driving conditions, including snowy roads, the company announced Wednesday. The new vehicle, dubbed the Ojai, will begin serving select customers in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix in the coming weeks. Rides will be free of…
Read MoreProtecting Humanness from AI | National Review
It is instructive that Pope Leo’s first statement raises concerns about artificial intelligence. Source link
Read MoreHow Issa Rae built TikTok’s first micro-drama hit
A brawny bodyguard shoves a bruised man, hands tied behind his back, toward the hood of a black SUV. A pen and a contract lay atop the metal, ready for a forced signature, while the man’s fiancee and her father watch in silence, seeking revenge on the person who betrayed them. It has all the…
Read MoreAll the Films in Competition at Cannes 2026, Ranked from Best to Worst
12. “Coward” After winning awards and generating controversy at Cannes for “Girl” (2019) and “Close” (2023), two queer coming-of-age dramas that veer between exquisite sensitivity and near-exploitative cruelty, the Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont returned this year with his third and strongest feature, set during the First World War. Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne shared the…
Read MoreDemocrats Need to Learn How to Fight Each Other | National Review
They’ve lost the mantle of the party of change because the party is so settled in its identity. Source link
Read MoreData Centers Aren’t the Enemy | National Review
The growing animus to these facilities is as irrational as the campaign to stop nuclear power. Source link
Read MoreEverlane and the Death of the “Good” Millennial Life-Style Brand
In 2017, the clothing brand Everlane opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Nolita. Right down the block from the former location of the bookstore McNally Jackson, it was a beacon of retail at the time, austere, brightly lit, and installed with shelving that brought to mind a gym locker room at an upscale hotel. It…
Read MoreNew York Plays Russian Roulette with Its Fiscal Future | National Review
By caving in to public employee unions, the state’s leaders seem determined to follow the road to fiscal hell. Source link
Read MoreThe Kids Are Not All Right at Cannes
Writing last week from the seventy-ninth Cannes Film Festival, I noted that some of the best movies to première here are often overlooked for prizes. The events of the past few days have forced me to amend that statement. During that time, “La Gradiva,” an exceptional début feature from the French director Marine Atlan, won…
Read MoreThe Revolutionary Force of Sonny Rollins
The album is called “A Night at The ‘Village Vanguard’ ”; it features Rollins in a trio, with only bass and drums, no piano, the effect of which is to maximize the saxophonist’s solo time and to omit the pianist’s habitual chordal signposting during his solos. He had done this in a studio session, earlier that…
Read MoreThe Disappearing Reappearing Iran Deal | National Review
Negotiations remain in flux, but we’re a long way from ‘Unconditional Surrender.’ Source link
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