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Monthly Archives: August 2026
Campus Life at
Five American Universities
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Quote, Unquote
Before I publish this letter, I retype the whole thing from start to finish. It means I take the draft that lives in my Notes app on the left half of my screen while I retype the whole thing into the Google Docs on the right side of my screen. It’s a final check to catch infelicities. More importantly, by simulating the experience of a reader, it’s another way to see if the whole essay stands together.
~ Dan Wang via his 2025 letter
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Quote, Unquote
The first person I’m introduced to is a woman who looks like Daryl Hannah’s android in Blade Runner, beaming in on a TV screen. A bleach-haired goth, Amanda Askell is a philosophy PhD who did her dissertation at NYU on moral uncertainty. She was one of the first 10 employees, and her actual job has been to give Claude a personality. She’s Scottish and enjoys bagpipe music.
~ Joe Hagan via Vanity Fair.
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Midday Music Fix
The Tragically Hip – Grace, Too
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Quote, Unquote
Jane Austen and Charles Dickens were both masters of comedy, but the contrast between her ironic understatement and his histrionic exaggeration reflects profoundly different personalities and life experiences, in which class and gender played an important part.
~ Adam Kirsch via The Atlantic
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University of North Florida was founded
on this day in 1965
The University of North Florida was founded on this day — August 5 — in 1965.
The first group of students started their studies on October 2, 1972.
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Midnight Trailer
The Consultant – Season 1
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