Andrew Lewinter: “What things do I want to incorporate from that music into my own music, to make something that’s both intellectually satisfying and emotionally satisfying? … That’s the goal with every piece: to make it fun to listen to, enjoyable, and to not take myself too seriously.” - Oregon ArtsWatch
“Betty, who arrived just a decade after American women won the right to vote, was always working, and she often had jobs that were adventurous.” - The New York Times
“Cúirt is the time when all of us grassroots people get to celebrate literature and writing in our own city. ... Writers are very generous with what they share: they don’t hedge or hold anything back.” - Irish Times
"I couldn’t figure out why any computer program would suggest that a person attending an Australian journalist’s lecture about a distant Hungarian relative selling off rare Bible fragments would be interested in attending the Northern Rockland Lacrosse Comedy Night Dinner.” - Wall Street Journal (MSN)
“The suit argues that the steep cuts and at two other small agencies violate both the Constitution and other federal laws related to spending, usurping Congress’s power to decide how federal funds are spent.” - The New York Times
Perhaps that’s not a long list, but still - its design is inspired by the Sydney Opera House, and the plant “stands like a pair of minty green pagodas on the edge of the Irish Sea.” - The Guardian (UK)
“You can only make jokes about an enemies to lovers romance novel about two rival realtors who are also randomly immortal werewolves just trying to live a normal life in the mortal world if you’ve actually read said novel.” - LitHub
The problem is in the evaluators, not the kids: “‘Code-mixing, or using two languages in the same sentence, is often interpreted as confusion. It's actually a ‘normal part of bilingual development,’ and even a sign of ‘bilingual children's ingenuity,’ according to the researchers.” - NPR
She’s always in the studio, she says - and in addition, “I play and I sing, probably annoying people around me,’ she added. When I suggested that people around her were probably more than happy to hear her voice, she smiled. ‘I hope so.’” - The New York Times
The board chairman knows a thing or two about governmental overreach. “‘Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,’ Fujioka said.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
“His departure comes as President Trump has targeted the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in an executive order,” though the museum’s official statement was that he wanted to focus more on his writing. - The New York Times
“The Ghiblification of OpenAI’s image generation launch was likely a calculated move to ensure that people viewed the new feature in a good light.” - Gabriel Burrow
It was the first starring performance at the theater for Maria Shuvalova, daughter of former official Igor Shuvalov, who now heads a Kremlin-backed bank. Several reviews were harsh, and the ones that weren’t may have been paid for; one critic says she was offered money for a favorable report. - The Times (UK)
