The metaverse gets the A Supposedly Fun Thing treatment, courtesy of Paul Murray (author of the very funny Skippy Dies and a new novel, The Bee Sting, out this summer): nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Congratulations to Adam Willis! This story promises to be a proud addition to the body of work supported by the Power Award.

Proud of this collection about birds that I co-edited with Jonathan Franzen (who's not on Twitter), which is available for pre-order now: orionmagazine.org/product/sparkb…

The line from this Larissa MacFarquhar interview with Gottlieb that has stuck with me isn't shouting matches over semicolons. It's what he said next: "As you grow older you realize that there are bad lines in King Lear and it has survived." theparisreview.org/interviews/176…

Big thanks to Christopher Cox Christopher Cox and New York Magazine for visiting New Bullards Bar in Yuba County to hear about Yuba Water Agency, our Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (#FIRO) program and the planned Atmospheric River Control (ARC) Spillway. The New York Times #CaWater #CaWx #CaFlood

Six years ago, the tallest dam in the US nearly failed. It may have been a harbinger of disasters to come. “Whereas an earthquake is more like an act of God,” Christopher Cox writes, “flooding points out the flaws of man.” nytimes.com/2023/06/22/mag…

Another hydroelectric dam may have been destroyed in the Himalayas by a catastrophic flood. Some rumours suggest this might have been a GLOF. Either way, I once again make the point thatmany large dam projects are not properly considering extreme events. ndtv.com/india-news/sik…

This article about the JFK assassination turned me from a “lone gunman” believer into … something else. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Writer friends! Apply now for the best prize in journalism (named after one of the best people in journalism): the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award. $12,500 to support your longform passion project. journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/award…

Deadline for this is one week from tomorrow—more about the award here: journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/award…

All feet are trochees, including trochees, except for anapests, which are dactyls.

Brain tumors shrinking overnight. I wrote about it: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Longest story I've worked on at New York Magazine. You'll see why: vulture.com/article/hannah…