"Oxford-educated. Obsessed with serial killers, “Serial,” and cereal. I’m a big list-maker. Yes, I’ve read the “Comma Sutra,” but I only bend one way, so please don’t ask." newyorker.com/humor/daily-sh…

“Writers learn to avoid expressing thoughts...that might be controversial with the group and hurt their numbers. In the most successful cases, the cultivation of followers becomes an end in itself and takes the place of actual writing.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

It's getting-charged-on-the-sidewalk-by-large-cockroaches season in New York again 🪲

I was hacked earlier this evening. Please note that I do not release memecoins, and there is no "Steven Pinker AI."

The semicolon was the pretentious punctuation mark of the 2010s; the em dash has been the pretentious punctuation mark of the 2020s — I wonder what it will be for the 2030s!

“Both the embroidery on the jackets and the hem-stitching with mother-of-pearl inlay on the trains had been grossly overdone.” Murasaki Shikibu’s eye for vulgarity at Japan’s 11th century imperial court is never less than a delight…

Excited to be able to share what the team has been working on. Meet Square Handheld

"I think the right initial metric is “do any users love our product so much they spontaneously tell other people to use it?” Until that’s a “yes”, founders are generally better off focusing on this instead of a growth target." - Sam Altman

"6 Shockingly Evil Things The Turn-Of-The-Century Meatpacking Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know" mcsweeneys.net/articles/great…

Steingarten save us.

"Performative piety". theguardian.com/technology/201…

"Also, as you can see, my hair looks like spun gold." newyorker.com/humor/daily-sh…

"21. Recount your most forgettable moment." damemagazine.com/2015/01/16/fen…

"Is wearing shorts to work unprofessional?" "Saving the world is not a profession, it's a lifestyle."

[Lebowski]: Hello! Do you speak English? Parla usted Inglese? I'll ask you again: did I urinate on your rug?

"Unfortunately, no matter how hard you try, nobody can cheat this triangle." x.com/tonyszhou/stat…

Regarding the em dash. themillions.com/2018/01/regard…