Did you miss me? For five months, I rattled off a weekly newsletter—observations, irritations, the odd stray thought. Then, quite without warning, I vanished for a hundred days. A silence, but hardly restful. Because the truth is, I missed the outlet. As I once confessed in those earlier newsletters,
Today, we will dig deeper into what I wrote last week. There’s no need to write an introduction: The Rise of Viral Nothingness This week, I found myself yelling at a Tiktok trend. A man in Manchester, microphone in hand, accosting strangers with the question, “What is the worst
This week, I’m sharing my most personal story yet—something a bit closer to the bone than usual. And just below, you’ll find a fresh new idea I’m trying out for the newsletter. No need for preamble or padding—let’s get straight to it. iPhone, Therefore
“Really? You perceive your newsletter as leftist?” my lunch date, a work-related contact I respect dearly, asked me on Tuesday. I was taken aback. We were sitting in a fancy restaurant in Berlin; she had travelled from New York, and I had come from my sweet, tiny hometown of Bremen.