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Twin Peaks foregrounds a kind of American emptiness of the soul that is filled by violence. The show places this evil in the whole country now, not just in a single town. nplusonemag.com/issue-29/revie…

I interviewed Jordan Thomas, a former wildland firefighter and cultural anthropologist who researches Indigenous burning practices, to understand why megafires in California burn the way they do. A helpful and ultimately hopeful conversation: nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

"Mangione looks good on camera and seems to have an uncanny sense of where the cameras are located. Head high brows done."

The will Tavlin effect nplusonemag.com/issue-49/essay…

"Right here, a man lost his life, because they were negligent. They did not go to one tent to check if somebody was in there. Not one tent. They are negligent, and regardless of how society or whatever tries to judge us, we are somebody. There was somebody's son."

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Fantastic liusanity 囧 about tariffmania, Trump and Xi Jinping in the 80s, and Japan as an inevitable reference point. Plus Oprah, Lee Iacocca, DeepSeek, and much more. nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

Slow news day -- wrote about Trump's tariffs, Chinese exports, CARS!, and all the uncanny resemblances between today and the 1980s rise of Japan and the Asia-Pacific capitalist monster. (bonus: Trump dropping a "motherfucker!" in the first paragraph!) nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

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Still a few tickets left for this amazing double bill of anarchist slow cinema tomorrow night at Spectacle! Honored and excited to talk to Sasha Tycko after the screening.

“Trump is older, slower, diminished, while Musk works nights and weekends to bring about the end of civil society.” New: Mark Krotov on DOGE and the first month of Trump. nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

A few thoughts about DOGE, DEI, COBOL, and some other acronyms and tendencies. Thanks as always to Lisa Borst. nplusonemag.com/online-only/on…

For n+1, on 17 Oscar-nominated movies and David Lynch — nplusonemag.com/online-only/un…

“Defined by wishful thinking, these movies presented the triumph of the sacrosanct in difficult, intractable situations that in reality did not offer clear resolutions or even cause for hope.” A S Hamrah on 2025 Oscar films (and David Lynch). nplusonemag.com/online-only/un…