I wrote this essay for the Guardian US's new lifestyle and wellness section, and this quote from Rina Raphael really nails it: “We have become a self-care nation. Though arguably one that still lacks the fundamentals of wellbeing.” theguardian.com/wellness/2023/…

"Gaza is ‘running out of time’ UN experts warn, demanding a ceasefire to prevent genocide" shar.es/agXUmX

Hala Alyan in Guernica Magazine. This poem undid me. guernicamag.com/revision/

For Guardian US I spoke with Naomi Klein about wellness culture and the far-right. "Things could be beautiful, things could be livable. There could be a world where everyone belongs. But I don’t think we can bear the reality of our moment unless we can imagine something else."

Arundhati Roy: "For the sake of Palestine and Israel, for the sake of the living and in the name of the dead, for the sake of the hostages being held by Hamas and the Palestinians in Israel’s prisons – for the sake of all of humanity – cease fire now." scroll.in/article/105922…

Excellent reporting by Ann Neumann on the legal limits of brain death, the emotional stakes of organ procurement, the inequities that contour transplantation and the ways religion inflects medical decisions in America.

I wrote about polyamory, America's self-actualization fetish, and what I call therapeutic libertarianism: the idea that we should adopt a pro-growth mindset for our personhood, deregulate our desires, and treat "fulfillment" like a kind of psychological Gross Domestic Product. 🧵

I interviewed Rick Doblin, Ph.D., of MAPS of MAPS for Guardian US . The most interesting point was that one MDMA experience could be challenging while another therapeutic. The therapy makes all the difference - practitioner training and expertise will make or break the psychedelic renaissance

Thanks Hanif Abdurraqib. This conversation moved me deeply. One moment that ended up on the cutting room floor was advice to writers: "Yell into an empty room and then something new echoes back. And that is your own abilities telling you we can be transformed into something new."

UN experts are "horrified" at the mass graves unearthed in the Gaza Strip -- 390+ bodies at Nasser & Al Shifa hospitals, including of women and children, "many reportedly showing signs of torture & summary executions" and potentially "people buried alive.” ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

As you get older, you just start throwing this stupid stuff off your airplane that kept you flying so low for so long...By my age, you’ve seen so many people die. And so you get serious about understanding we’re all on borrowed time - A gift to talk to ANNE LAMOTT for Guardian US

For years, I wished someone inside 3M could give me insight into the company’s decision to keep making and selling “forever chemicals” even though they were accumulating in people. Then I met Kris Hansen... propublica.org/article/3m-for…

I don't call myself a "war reporter" but I reported on a war and "my fixer" paid a price. This is how news is made in the West. TY to Jessica Reed Pulitzer Center's Tom Hundley my friend "Zleke" for letting me tell his incredible story. theguardian.com/world/article/…

Attacking women and children while they cower in their shelters in Rafah is a monstrous atrocity. We need concerted global action to stop Israel’s actions now. aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/…

And we're off! @elasticmag's first print issue, out in spring 2025, is on the theme of Dying (interpret widely!) and submissions open soon. If the lineup that's coming together is any indication, it's going to be rad as all hell.