“The reality, revealed most starkly by immigration policy but which is equally true in a workplace or a playground, is that your minority status is largely something that is done to you rather than how you feel yourself” - ⁦Stephen Bush⁩, on point on.ft.com/3NP7qnf

AHMED: It looks less like leveling up to the rest of the country and more like leveling down the cultural life of our one global city. What would you say? SEROTA: Well, once again, I am having difficulty hearing you ... AHMED: I find that surprising. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

These disputed artifacts are from a time before human civilization. They aren’t linked to cultural traditions or artistic practices of any specific society, and they can’t be identified as anyone’s ancestral remains. nyti.ms/3WPFbZA

I wrote about "Starmania" La Seine Musicale, a musical at once beloved in France - I'd never seen a *pre-show* standing ovation - and elusive on stage nytimes.com/2022/11/10/the…

Defunding ENO is devastating – but the writing was on the wall, writes its former musical director Mark Wigglesworth theguardian.com/music/2022/nov…

“It’s absolutely not clear if he can come back or not,” said the Berlin State Opera’s managing director. “We are aware of that. We have to be aware of that. And also Daniel is expecting us to be aware of that.” nytimes.com/2022/11/08/art…

He gesticulated with big swings of his arms while discussing everything from Ukraine to Detroit house music. (“I just spent the last week together with Juan Atkins, who I think is one of the most influential DJs of electronic music …”) nymag.com/intelligencer/…

“If I’m going to sit through a hagiography for the royal family, I need to be lubricated” nytimes.com/2022/11/15/art… I went and watched the Crown with some republicans

A court in Hamburg ruled that die Zeit must remove “around ten sentences and phrases” from its story on Johann König. What were they?? Sorry, can’t say.

"There is no longer even a skeleton crew manning the system. It will continue to coast until it runs into something, and then it will stop.” washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

Thinking of this scene today youtube.com/watch?v=c8N72t…

at the MoMA Tillman exhibit we entered a large dark space where a solitary individual was lying on the floor perusing his cell phone. several viewers were standing watching, others filed in. when we left we learned that the installation wasn't beginning for 4 hrs.