Stories

And vice versa, of course. For instance: James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Oscar Wilde all found some freedom in France, but Charles de Gaulle? He loved Ireland. - Irish Times

“Penguin, publisher of The Salt Path, is delaying author Raynor Winn’s next book after reporting cast doubt over the truth of the 2018 memoir. The decision was taken to 'support the author.’” - The Guardian (UK)

There’s “a growing wave of collaborative projects in which Latin American LGBTQ+ communities preserve and share their struggles and triumphs. They digitize photos, collect testimonies, and build databases of letters, personal memories, and other items that have survived dictatorships, censorship, and stigma.” - Wired

Cow (as the cow character is known) “has become Mario Kart World’s breakout star, validated by her leading role in popular videos on Instagram and TikTok.” - The New York Times

“When you have surgery to look like your best self as shown on a flat screen, the results in three-dimensional reality can be very odd indeed.” - The Guardian (UK)

“Perhaps the best way to understand Tingle’s career plot twist is as part of a trend in horror fiction that speaks to contemporary identity issues.” - Slate

Why in the entire heck did no one previously think of adding a dog? - The New York Times

“Most people aren’t posting, arguing, or fuelling the outrage machine. But because the super-users are so active and visible, they dominate our collective impression of the internet.” - The Guardian (UK)

Well, why not? “Every movie is a new chance for a popcorn bucket artist to shine.” - NPR

“From the beginning, the Earth Room drew pilgrims, like the woman who visited a few decades ago and would stand silently for a bit and then start to laugh. Or the pre-med student who changed her major to soil studies after her first visit.” - The New York Times

“Everyone deserves to go to work and do their job without their boss trying to have sex with them. … My goal is to help ensure that the next generation of actors and creatives don’t have to choose between their dreams and their dignity.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)

“Amid the streaming deluge, there are signs — small, tenuous and anecdotal, but real — of a rebellion.” - The New York Times

It’s not great: Subscriptions are down 36 percent. But “complicating things for a number of NSO supporters … is the energy surrounding the orchestra itself, which remains infectiously high, ascendant and alive with promise, especially following last season’s extension of music director Gianandrea Noseda’s contract.” - Washington Post (MSN)

Musicians dealing not only with tiny streaming payments but now software-created “musicians” that steal even that limited option say they need some legal support. - CBC

The tale is a wild, sad one, and what’s at fault? The California’s public employees’ retirement system. - San Francisco Chronicle