I report the news with code at the Wall Street Journal. In 2023, I wrote a book, LESSONS AND CAROLS. New book, THE INTERNET WILL DIE, AND SO WILL YOU, out this year. Next book, a novella called THE PSALMIST, out in 2027.
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1. I'm working on EPITAB: a browser extension that helps you memorize poems. If you add poems to your browser, it quizzes you on lines each time you open a new tab. Here, for example, after I opened a new window in Firefox, it's asking me for the line "The season's ill—"
I have an ask though...
Novel sentence alert
I went to the Met (for the first time ever!). My partner and I decided to pick a piece to sit and stare at for at least 15 minutes. We picked “Old Woman Cutting Her Nails” by someone who isn’t Rembrandt.
It was wild to feel how rusty my attention is—and to see how applying it still drives wonder.
This is incredible reporting from my colleague @georgiawells.bsky.social
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RETVRN to computers with integral bench seating
OpenAI’s chatbot dispenses advice on weapons and role-plays mass shootings. The carnage is raising scrutiny on when and how companies intervene.
MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND comes out in one week and I am certainly not freaking out about it! There's still time to get 20% off the hardcover by preordering from Hachette with the code MYBAD20. All my June tour dates are below! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
Attention is precious.
The Internet Will Die, and So Will You (by John West)
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The Internet Will Die,
and So Will You
by @johnwest.bsky.social
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too much internet, not enough death :)
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