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4/8/2022 3:14:27 PM
Desert Daddy
Planning For Desert Storm William Sayers | Mystics & Statistics | 6th April 2022 Retired Pentagon analyst recounts how much work went into war-gaming and computer-modelling the US invasion of Iraq
4/7/2022 3:14:27 PM
Sublime Forgiveness
Forgiving Someone Who Isn't Sorry Rachel Wilkerson Miller | Vox | 25th March 2022 Advice from experts in reconciliation on how to move past a conflict when the other party isn't willing or able
4/11/2022 3:04:28 PM
Unfollow War
The Last Great War Richard Overy | Literary Hub | 8th April 2022 Historian argues for a more expansive view of the causes and effects of the Second World War, giving more weight to events in Asia.
4/6/2022 3:14:27 PM
Magical Reality
Human Kind Cannot Bear Very Much Reality Amit Chaudhuri | n+1 | 28th March 2022 Reflections on TS Eliot's 1936 poem "Burnt Norton" and its interactions with the Bhagavad Gita, a Sanskrit
4/12/2022 3:04:27 PM
Circus Dictionary
Circus And Philosophy Meg Wallace | Aesthetics For Birds | 2nd December 2021 Account of an unusual university course, in which the professor uses circus skills like juggling to illuminate the study of
4/5/2022 3:04:27 PM
Realist Mushrooms
Thucydides Was A Realist Patrick Porter | Engelsberg Ideas | 1st April 2022 Modern scholarship has "nuanced" the work of Athenian historian Thucydides to death. Attention to detail has
4/22/2022 3:24:27 PM
Over Heart
The Unfathomable Heart Stephanie Krzywonos | Dark Mountain | 19th April 2022 Notes on a short walk in Antarctica, visiting "Nukey Poo", a leaky nuclear reactor abandoned by the US Navy in
4/25/2022 3:04:28 PM
Handy Talk
When We Talk About Holes Evelyn Lamb | Scientific American | 25th December 2014 Yes of course one knows what a hole is ... Or so you might think until you read this attempt to arrive at a satisfactory
4/27/2022 3:04:27 PM
Lost Polyester
How Polyester Bounced Back Virginia Postrel | Works In Progress | 21st April 2022 On the rise, fall and rise again of polyester. In the 1960s, it was a wonder-fabric that "freed women from their
4/28/2022 3:14:26 PM
Historic Friction
Defending History Maurice Earls | Dublin Review Of Books | 20th April 2022 It is worth studying the cultural and political landscape of Ireland post 19C famine precisely because it is now part of the
4/29/2022 3:04:27 PM
Insomniac Fantasia
Barneys Fantasia Adrienne Raphel | Paris Review | 27th April 2022 Anatomy of a departed department store. Barneys was a Manhattan institution that endured for almost a century before its demise in 2019
4/21/2022 3:14:28 PM
Exile Underground
Ship Them Into Exile Joan DeJean | CrimeReads | 19th April 2022 Extract from a book about how early 18C "money madness" in France resulted in the first transports of enslaved African people
5/25/2022 3:14:27 PM
Darwinian Church
Churched Maria Farrell | Lunate | 24th January 2022 Short story told from the perspective of an Irish immigrant in London, who finds attending Mass both a comforting link with home and a distressing
5/26/2022 3:14:28 PM
Writing Memory
The Evolution Of Writing Piers Kelly | Sapiens | 19th May 2022 Vai, one of about 30 indigenous languages of Liberia, had no written form until 1833. Then, a man who had never learned to read or write
5/27/2022 3:14:27 PM
Look Stupid
New Look, Same Great Look Kim Beil | Lapham's Quarterly | 16th May 2022 The rise of colour photography in the mid-20th century turned long-running scientific and philosophical debates about visual
5/24/2022 3:14:27 PM
Even Crit
Join us this Sunday for our London walking tour "The Sublime and the Ridiculous: Guildhall and the Barbican". Details here. Even If You Beat Me Sally Rooney | Dublin Review | Spring 2015 | U
5/23/2022 3:04:29 PM
Trolley Truths
A Passenger's View of The Trolley Problem Tyler Gooch | McSweeney's | 18th May 2022 Should you let the trolley race ahead and kill five people? Or should you switch the points and have the
5/22/2022 3:04:27 PM
Enemy Music
On Sundays, Browser readers receive a special edition with puzzles, poems, books, charts, music and more – here's a little taste of this week's edition. ----------------------------------------
5/29/2022 3:04:27 PM
Excarnation Portrait
On Sundays, Browser readers receive a special edition with puzzles, poems, books, charts, music and more – here's a little taste of this week's edition. Image Of The Week Portrait of Charlotte
5/21/2022 3:04:27 PM
Nomen Manifesto
Nomen Est Omen Roger's Bacon | Secretum Secretorum | 19th May 2022 Notes on the power of names, and on nominative determinism, which holds that people are drawn to jobs that fit their names — a
6/18/2022 3:04:27 PM
Nightmare Evolution
We might have evolved to be smart But interestingness is an art. Nightmare Evolution By Sylvia Bishop – 18 Jun 2022 – View online → Evolution And Archaeology Sarah Constantin | Rough Diamonds | 16th
6/24/2022 3:04:28 PM
Likely Expectations
How likely are you to be smitten By what other humans have written? Likely Expectations By Sylvia Bishop – 24 Jun 2022 – View online → What To Expect From Your Craniotomy Mary South | White Review |
6/25/2022 3:04:28 PM
Eyebrow Queen
Let us send you more picks like this, please, And we'll keep those fine eyebrows raising. Eyebrow Queen By Sylvia Bishop – 25 Jun 2022 – View online → A Brief History Of Women's Eyebrows In Art
6/23/2022 3:04:27 PM
Radical Earthworms
If worms can harm soil, and A. Smith Might depart from his free market myth Radical Earthworms By Sylvia Bishop – 23 Jun 2022 – View online → Revenge Of The Earthworms Moira Donovan | Walrus | 13th
6/26/2022 3:04:29 PM
World Temple
On Sundays, Browser readers receive a special edition with puzzles, poems, books, charts, music and more World Temple By Sylvia Bishop – 26 Jun 2022 – View online → On Sundays, Browser readers receive
6/22/2022 3:14:29 PM
Temple Smashing
From temples to techno-utopia; From horror to something much hope-ier Temple Smashing By Sylvia Bishop – 22 Jun 2022 – View online → The Perils Of Smashing The Past Nathan Gardels | Noema | 17th June
6/27/2022 3:04:29 PM
Eyes Theft
While light through the eyes Can cause a migraine, Insight through the eyes Only brightens the brain Eyes Theft By Sylvia Bishop – 27 Jun 2022 – View online → The Pervasive Problem Of Tree-Theft
6/21/2022 3:14:28 PM
Star Travel
Need goods for your commonplace book? The Browser's the place you should look. Star Travel By Sylvia Bishop – 21 Jun 2022 – View online → The Stars Are Blind Anna Dorn | Granta | 15th June 2022
6/28/2022 3:04:27 PM
Worse Inside
Browsification. Adj. Edification, astonishment, delight. Worse Inside By Sylvia Bishop – 28 Jun 2022 – View online → It's Worse Than You Think Oliver Burkeman | The Imperfectionist | 23rd June 2022
7/9/2022 3:04:29 PM
Poison Pyramid
Get a daily embarrassment of wonders with The Browser Poison Pyramid By Sylvia Bishop – 09 Jul 2022 – View online → My Poison Snake Erika Kobayashi | CrimeReads | 29th June 2022 Memoir about growing up
7/25/2022 3:04:27 PM
Influenced Ice
You could find life's peace by being a holy man in a desert Influenced Ice By Sylvia Bishop – 25 Jul 2022 – View online → How To Be Influenced Ian Leslie | The Ruffian | 23rd July 2022 In a world
7/23/2022 3:04:27 PM
Race Between
I could wish this Browser were ten times as long. Race Between By Sylvia Bishop – 23 Jul 2022 – View online → The Maintenance Race Stewart Brand | Works In Progress | 22nd July 2022 Lessons learned
7/26/2022 3:04:28 PM
Great Giraffe
We might be biased, but we think the greatest giraffe of all is The Browser's own Cecily Giraffe. Great Giraffe By Sylvia Bishop – 26 Jul 2022 – View online → Hispaniola's Great Divergence
7/22/2022 3:04:26 PM
Remember Growth
If productivity growth will be irrelevant to human welfare, maybe have a little sit down. Remember Growth By Sylvia Bishop – 22 Jul 2022 – View online → Why We Don't Remember Pandemics Mark
7/27/2022 3:04:27 PM
Life Tables
Here's a time-table for the future Life Tables By Sylvia Bishop – 27 Jul 2022 – View online → How To Search For Life On Mars Robert Zubrin et al | New Atlantis | 22nd July 2022 There may well be
7/21/2022 3:04:27 PM
Alaska Kat
Stock your freezer with meaty reads Alaska Kat By Sylvia Bishop – 21 Jul 2022 – View online → EE Cummings And Krazy Kat Amber Medland | Paris Review | 20th July 2022 On Krazy Kat, a cartoon strip by
7/28/2022 3:04:28 PM
Statement Smell
Some guesses: Security is one of your major goals in life. Statement Smell By Sylvia Bishop – 28 Jul 2022 – View online → Links Between Smell And Memory Roxanne Khamsi | Nature | 22nd June 2022 Notes
8/9/2022 3:04:28 PM
Vice Metals
Most ideas go out of circulation Vice Metals By Sylvia Bishop – 09 Aug 2022 – View online → Inflationary Vice Theodore Dalrymple | Law And Liberty | 8th August 2022 Persuasive if not conclusive
8/23/2022 3:14:10 PM
Parry Time
Oral tradition or written tradition: either way, great stories are meant to be shared. Parry Time By Sylvia Bishop – 23 Aug 2022 – View online → Deep Time Sickness Lachlan Summers | Noema | 14th July
8/24/2022 3:04:31 PM
Email Ode
Coming soon: an option to upgrade to an entirely jade-based edition of The Browser. Email Ode By Sylvia Bishop – 24 Aug 2022 – View online → Email Innovation Timeline Elizabeth Feinler & John
8/22/2022 3:04:27 PM
Judgement Bird
Catching and killing things in order to study them is, as a rule, hard work. Judgement Bird By Sylvia Bishop – 22 Aug 2022 – View online → Fair Judgement John Porter | The Garden Professors | 13th
8/25/2022 3:14:29 PM
Panic Bewilderment
Seek out questions the easy way Panic Bewilderment By Sylvia Bishop – 25 Aug 2022 – View online → Panic At The Library Brian Michael Murphy | Lapham's Quarterly | 24th August 2022 The creation of
8/22/2022 3:25:27 AM
Milk Mathematics
Fantasising about the future is all very well, but not if it distracts us from present realities Milk Mathematics By Sylvia Bishop – 19 Aug 2022 – View online → How To Milk Emily Ogden | Granta | 17th
8/26/2022 3:04:40 PM
Earth Essay
How many errorrs are there? Earth Essay By Sylvia Bishop – 26 Aug 2022 – View online → Wikipedia And The Flat Earth Anonymous | Wikipedia | 6th August 2022 Explainer of Wikipedia's editorial
8/22/2022 3:14:53 AM
Chimerica Physics
The Universe is mostly made up of vacuums. Chimerica Physics By Sylvia Bishop – 20 Aug 2022 – View online → The Rise And Fall Of Chimerica Jacob Dreyer | Noema | 18th August 2022 Discursive essay about
8/22/2022 3:09:28 AM
Future Tribe
On Sundays, Browser readers receive a special edition with puzzles, poems, books, charts, music and more Future Tribe By Sylvia Bishop – 21 Aug 2022 – View online → On Sundays, Browser readers receive
9/6/2022 3:14:30 PM
Better Identity
Don't fill your electronic harbour with digital rocks. Better Identity By Sylvia Bishop – 06 Sep 2022 – View online → Identity, Alphabetically Alfian Sa'at | Sydney Review Of Books | 5th
9/20/2022 3:04:28 PM
Mrs. Neanderthal
When the Neanderthals made art, it was in manageable quantities. Mrs. Neanderthal By Sylvia Bishop – 20 Sep 2022 – View online → Did Neanderthals Make Art? Bruce Hardy | Sapiens | 11th August 2022 The
9/21/2022 3:04:27 PM
Tiny Power
Use your tiny power for tiny good. Tiny Power By Sylvia Bishop – 21 Sep 2022 – View online → Tiny Murder Scenes Of Frances Glessner Lee Nicole Johnson | Al-Jazeera | 11th September 2022 While she was
9/22/2022 3:14:29 PM
Belly Prodigy
Are you unhappy to be told at whatever level of frankness that you're stupid? Belly Prodigy By Sylvia Bishop – 22 Sep 2022 – View online → In Egypt, Foreigners Dominate Belly Dancing Chahrazade
9/23/2022 3:15:31 PM
End Norms
Oligopoly is never good End Norms By Sylvia Bishop – 23 Sep 2022 – View online → The End Of Cinema Jared Marcel Pollen | Verso | 20th September 2022 Engaging account of Jean-Luc Godard's early
9/19/2022 3:14:28 PM
Word Energy
Running out of word energy? Don't waste it reading any old words. Word Energy By Sylvia Bishop – 19 Sep 2022 – View online → Word Watch Maria Heim | Princeton University Press | 12th September 2022
9/18/2022 3:04:28 PM
Cow Text
On Sundays, Browser readers receive a special edition with puzzles, poems, books, charts, music and more Cow Text By Sylvia Bishop – 18 Sep 2022 – View online → On Sundays, Browser readers receive a
9/16/2022 3:04:29 PM
Build Paradise
Build paradise? That's a tall order Build Paradise By Sylvia Bishop – 16 Sep 2022 – View online → Build A Home That Lasts A Thousand Years Wrath Of Gnon | 12th September 2022 After a brief salute
9/25/2022 3:04:28 PM
Vertebrate Trees
On Sundays, Browser readers receive a special edition with puzzles, poems, books, charts, music and more Vertebrate Trees By Sylvia Bishop – 25 Sep 2022 – View online → On Sundays, Browser readers
9/15/2022 3:04:28 PM
Floppy Focus
Don't focus floppily. Floppy Focus By Sylvia Bishop – 15 Sep 2022 – View online → In The Floppy Disk Business Niek Hilkmann & Thomas Walskaar | Eye On Design | 12th September 2022 Interview
9/26/2022 3:04:26 PM
Kripke Calendar
Should we keep solar or lunar time? It's a doozy. Kripke Calendar By Sylvia Bishop – 26 Sep 2022 – View online → Obituary: Saul Kripke Jane O'Grady | Guardian | 21st September 2022 Saul Kripke
10/13/2022 3:14:28 PM
Bestseller Science
What is this newsletter for, and who should control it? Bestseller Science By Sylvia Bishop – 13 Oct 2022 – View online → What Counts As A Bestseller? Jordan Pruett | Public Books | 11th October 2022
10/18/2022 3:14:28 PM
Space Playground
Space travel not living up to expectations? Space Playground By Sylvia Bishop – 18 Oct 2022 – View online → Space Filled Me With Sadness William Shatner | Variety | 6th October 2022 Extract from the
10/19/2022 3:04:26 PM
Tree Republic
The trees of Mumbai work hard - and so do we Tree Republic By Sylvia Bishop – 19 Oct 2022 – View online → If A Tree Falls In A City Sananda Mukhopadhyaya | Soup | 12th October 2022 The trees of Mumbai
10/23/2022 3:04:27 PM
Mole Blast
On Sundays, Browser readers receive a special edition with puzzles, poems, books, charts, music and more Mole Blast By Sylvia Bishop – 23 Oct 2022 – View online → On Sundays, Browser readers receive a
10/21/2022 3:14:27 PM
Living Inside
Sometimes it can be very helpful to collapse a haze of probabilities. Living Inside By Sylvia Bishop – 21 Oct 2022 – View online → Living Descendants Of Mark Anthony Theodore Kopaliani | Antigone |
10/24/2022 3:04:29 PM
Freeman Land
You aren't living in freeman land right now. Sorry. Freeman Land By Sylvia Bishop – 24 Oct 2022 – View online → Freeman Dyson And Me Jeremy Bernstein | MIT Press Reader | 20th October 2022 Memoir
10/25/2022 3:14:33 PM
Pointless Policing
From the miscroscopic to the necro-cop's shtick, we find you articles to surprise and delight. Pointless Policing By Sylvia Bishop – 25 Oct 2022 – View online → Inventing New Particles Is Pointless
10/17/2022 3:04:27 PM
Happened Beyond
I don't know much about milk, but you should definitely get some great reads past-yer-eyes Happened Beyond By Sylvia Bishop – 17 Oct 2022 – View online → What Happened To Rod McKuen? Dan Kois |
11/18/2022 4:04:27 PM
Narrative State
If you enjoy being in a narrative state, then you'll enjoy reading five outstanding pieces of writing daily Narrative State By Sylvia Bishop – 18 Nov 2022 – View online → Grand Narratives Brad
11/21/2022 4:04:29 PM
Better World
Making the world better is a tricky business. Better World By Sylvia Bishop – 21 Nov 2022 – View online → Things Could Be Better Adam Mastroianni | Experimental History | 15th November 2022 In which
11/22/2022 4:04:27 PM
Reading Kick
Do you get a kick out of reading, too? Reading Kick By Sylvia Bishop – 22 Nov 2022 – View online → Choice Reading Denise Gigante | Lapham's Quarterly | 21st November 2022 New York in the 19C was so
11/23/2022 4:04:27 PM
Toxic Reputation
Copies of texts keep them alive Toxic Reputation By Sylvia Bishop – 23 Nov 2022 – View online → The Toxic History Of Colour Whitney Bauck | Atmos | 21st November 2022 Colour has always been deadly. The
11/17/2022 4:04:28 PM
Sacred Era
Fed up of seeing all those walking advertisements? Sacred Era By Sylvia Bishop – 17 Nov 2022 – View online → Sacred Feathers Elizabeth Hlavinka | Atmos | 16th November 2022 Climate change is affecting
11/24/2022 4:04:28 PM
Lethal Hounds
Please enjoy this comprehensive list of names for your dog Lethal Hounds By Sylvia Bishop – 24 Nov 2022 – View online → When Lethal Weapons Grew On Trees Kris De Decker | Low-Tech Magazine | 23rd
11/16/2022 4:04:27 PM
Ghost Busters
If there's something strange in your neighbourhood... Ghost Busters By Sylvia Bishop – 16 Nov 2022 – View online → We Have Our Ghosts Elodie Olson-Coons | Guernica | 14th November 2022 Essay that
11/25/2022 4:14:27 PM
Key Quettabyte
A yottabyte of data? Key Quettabyte By Sylvia Bishop – 25 Nov 2022 – View online → The Death Of Key Change Chris Dalla Riva | Tedium | 9th November 2022 For 30 years or so until 1990 there was a pretty
12/12/2022 4:14:29 PM
Making Hackwork
Fancy reading some writing that transmits levity? Making Hackwork By Sylvia Bishop – 12 Dec 2022 – View online → History In The Making Stephen Davies | Work In Progress | 8th December The study of
12/21/2022 4:04:27 PM
Marriage Broths
Looking for the perfect gift? With a subscription to the full Browser, you can gift a year of great reading Marriage Broths By Sylvia Bishop – 21 Dec 2022 – View online → Nietzsche's Tips For A
12/22/2022 4:04:28 PM
Jetpack Crossroads
Looking for the perfect gift? With a subscription to the full Browser, you can gift a year of great reading Jetpack Crossroads By Sylvia Bishop – 22 Dec 2022 – View online → The Race To Create Personal
12/23/2022 4:04:27 PM
Periodic Skiing
Looking for the perfect gift? With a subscription to the full Browser, you can gift a year of great reading Periodic Skiing By Sylvia Bishop – 23 Dec 2022 – View online → Picturing The Periodic Table
12/20/2022 4:04:28 PM
Lonely Watch
Looking for the perfect gift? With a subscription to the full Browser, you can gift a year of great reading Lonely Watch By Sylvia Bishop – 20 Dec 2022 – View online → Lonely Surfaces LM Sacasas | The
12/19/2022 4:34:29 PM
Sound Right
Looking for the perfect gift? With a subscription to the full Browser, you can gift a year of great reading Sound Right By Sylvia Bishop – 19 Dec 2022 – View online → Sound Bartosz Ciechanowski | 22nd
12/16/2022 9:24:51 AM
Becoming Scientists
Becoming a scientist isn't easy Becoming Scientists By Sylvia Bishop – 14 Dec 2022 – View online → Becoming A Chatbot Laura Preston | Guardian | 13th December 2022 Account of a year working as the
12/16/2022 9:04:34 AM
Peer Year
Already thinking about your 2023 reading? Peer Year By Sylvia Bishop – 15 Dec 2022 – View online → The Rise And Fall Of Peer Review Adam Mastroianni | Experimental History | 13th December 2022 Peer
12/30/2022 4:04:35 PM
Influenced Remembrance
Remember anything you read this year? Influenced Remembrance By Sylvia Bishop – 30 Dec 2022 – View online → 🦒 This week, The Browser looks back at some of our favourite selections from the year gone by
1/10/2023 4:04:29 PM
Ocean Reviews
If you, too, do not enjoy too much water, sign up for the full Browser Ocean Reviews By Sylvia Bishop – 10 Jan 2023 – View online → An Ocean Of Earth Justin EH Smith | Hinternet | 13th November 2022
1/20/2023 6:34:55 AM
Powerful Sentence
The most powerful Uber driver, and the winters of a life sentence Powerful Sentence By Sylvia Bishop – 11 Jan 2023 – View online → The Most Powerful Uber Driver In India Varsha Bansal | Rest Of World |
1/20/2023 5:44:44 AM
Thinking Ship
What Were We Thinking? // What Happens When A Huge Ship Sinks? Thinking Ship By Sylvia Bishop – 12 Jan 2023 – View online → What Were We Thinking? George Scialabba | Commonweal | 11th January 2023 How
1/20/2023 4:55:05 AM
ATMs Paradox
The Infrastructure Behind ATMs // Zeno's Paradox ATMs Paradox By Sylvia Bishop – 13 Jan 2023 – View online → The Infrastructure Behind ATMs Patrick McKenzie | Bits About Money | 2nd January 2023
1/24/2023 4:04:28 PM
TikTok Craft
The 'Enshittification' of TikTok // Notes On Craft TikTok Craft By Sylvia Bishop – 24 Jan 2023 – View online → The 'Enshittification' of TikTok Cory Doctorow | Wired | 23rd January 2023
1/20/2023 3:35:06 AM
World Sound
Ending World History In... 1763? // The Sound Of The Dialup World Sound By Sylvia Bishop – 17 Jan 2023 – View online → Ending World History In... 1763? Rob Taber | Age Of Revolutions | 12th December
1/27/2023 4:04:29 PM
Book Mafia
The Business of Book Styling // The Montreal Mafia Murders Book Mafia By Sylvia Bishop – 27 Jan 2023 – View online → The Business Of Book Styling Chiara Dello Joio | LitHub | 24th January 2023 Books
1/20/2023 2:55:24 AM
Real Jobs
English In The Real World // Secretary Jobs In The Age Of AI Real Jobs By Sylvia Bishop – 19 Jan 2023 – View online → English In The Real World Dan Stahl | Millions | 3rd January 2023 Review of the new
1/29/2023 4:14:28 PM
Marriage Pulse
Pulse // Is There Hope For Marriage? Marriage Pulse By Sylvia Bishop – 29 Jan 2023 – View online → Pulse Nell Stevens | London Magazine | 18th January 2023 Short story about learning the piano,
1/31/2023 4:04:28 PM
Garden Thieves
The Oil Thieves of Nigeria // Battle Of The Botanic Garden Garden Thieves By Sylvia Bishop – 31 Jan 2023 – View online → The Oil Thieves Of Nigeria James Barnett | New Lines | 26th January 2023 Steady
1/9/2023 4:04:28 PM
Disruption Stacks
Does your mind need a little healthy disruption? Disruption Stacks By Sylvia Bishop – 09 Jan 2023 – View online → The Decline Of Disruption Michael Park et al | Nature | 4th January 2023 Scientific
1/6/2023 4:04:28 PM
Magic Mussolini
If writing is the second form of magic, then we'd better be careful which spells we're caught by. Magic Mussolini By Sylvia Bishop – 06 Jan 2023 – View online → The Third Magic Noah Smith |
1/5/2023 4:04:28 PM
Wolves Bay
Not got time to walk the Ardnamurchan peninsula today? Wolves Bay By Sylvia Bishop – 05 Jan 2023 – View online → Living With Wolves Nikki Kolb | Catapult | 3rd January 2023 Account of months spent at a
2/5/2023 4:04:30 PM
Revenge Doctor
Yamagami Tetsuya's Revenge // The Violin Doctor Revenge Doctor By Sylvia Bishop – 5 Feb 2023 – View online → Yamagami Tetsuya's Revenge Dylan Levi King | Palladium | 2nd February 2023 A journey
1/4/2023 4:04:28 PM
Daily Truffle
Your daily truffle might be a disappointment, but your daily read can still be superb. Daily Truffle By Sylvia Bishop – 04 Jan 2023 – View online → James Patterson's Daily Routine Clay Skipper | GQ
1/2/2023 4:04:28 PM
Cadaver Speak
Happy new year! Join The Browser today, and get 20% off with our new year discount code NY2023 Cadaver Speak By Sylvia Bishop – 02 Jan 2023 – View online → 🦒 This week, The Browser looks back at some
2/7/2023 4:04:28 PM
Paris Radical
Subterranean Paris // The Radical Idea That People Aren't Stupid Paris Radical By Sylvia Bishop – 7 Feb 2023 – View online → Subterranean Paris Félix Nadar | MIT Press Reader | 6th February 2023
2/8/2023 4:04:39 PM
Make Paint
Watching Paint Dry // How Do I Make Up For My Lost Years? Make Paint By Sylvia Bishop – 8 Feb 2023 – View online → Watching Paint Dry Ed Conway | Material World | 3rd February 2023 History of car paint
2/19/2023 4:04:27 PM
Wiser Children
Are plants intelligent? // Children of the Ice Age Wiser Children By Sylvia Bishop – 19 Feb 2023 – View online → A Wiser Sympathy Mary Kuhn | Lapham's Quarterly | 15th February 2023 Are plants
2/20/2023 4:04:29 PM
Name Conspiracies
Here's a conspiracy theory... Name Conspiracies By Sylvia Bishop – 20 Feb 2023 – View online → Things, Names, And Numbers James Propp | Mathematical Enchantments | 17th February 2023 What real
2/17/2023 4:04:28 PM
Enlightenment happened
Has enlightenment happened to you? Enlightenment happened By Sylvia Bishop – 17 Feb 2023 – View online → The Enlightenment As Reading Project David Wootton | The Critic | 15th February 2023 What we can
2/21/2023 4:04:28 PM
Losing Brain
Are you losing brain? There's only one known cure Losing Brain By Sylvia Bishop – 21 Feb 2023 – View online → Wide Awake During My Brain Surgery Harry Forestell | CBC | 20th February 2023 Gripping
2/17/2023 8:15:07 AM
Inside Creatures
Inside Flipkart // Creatures That Don't Conform Inside Creatures By Sylvia Bishop – 15 Feb 2023 – View online → Inside Flipkart Mihir Dalal | Rest Of World | 14th February 2023 Profile of a
2/22/2023 4:04:45 PM
Communist Merchant
Introduction to The Communist Manifesto // The Merchant, the Marriage, and the Treaty Port Communist Merchant By Sylvia Bishop – 22 Feb 2023 – View online → Introduction to The Communist Manifesto
2/23/2023 4:04:29 PM
Upsetting Dumpling
The World's Most Upsetting Book // The Great LA Dumpling Drama Upsetting Dumpling By Sylvia Bishop – 23 Feb 2023 – View online → The World's Most Upsetting Book Colin Dickey | Slate | 21st
2/24/2023 4:04:28 PM
Dreaming Flesh
Struggling to get your parchment right? Dreaming Flesh By Sylvia Bishop – 24 Feb 2023 – View online → Dreaming In More Than One Language Sophie Hardach | BBC Future | 17th February 2023 Inconclusive
2/10/2023 4:04:27 PM
Also China's
China's Policy Reversals // Also Italian Also China's By Sylvia Bishop – 10 Feb 2023 – View online → China's Policy Reversals Andrew Batson | Tangled Woof | 8th February 2023 China is
2/27/2023 4:04:29 PM
Moon Perspectives
Jeff Koons Goes To The Moon // From The Perspectives of Objects Moon Perspectives By Sylvia Bishop – 27 Feb 2023 – View online → Jeff Koons Goes To The Moon Daniel Riley | GQ | 23rd February 2023 Well-
12/29/2022 4:04:27 PM
Goal Hijacked
Don't let a busy year hijack your goals. Resolve to read better Goal Hijacked By Sylvia Bishop – 29 Dec 2022 – View online → Own-Goal Football Generalist Academy | 7th June 2022 How a glitch in
2/28/2023 4:04:27 PM
Swans Vow
Oberammergau's Broken Vow // Black Swans Swans Vow By Sylvia Bishop – 28 Feb 2023 – View online → Oberammergau's Broken Vow Joy Clarkson | Plough | 23rd February 2023 Theologian reviews the
12/28/2022 4:04:29 PM
Machine Underground
Need some 2023 inspiration? Get 20% off a year of great reading. Machine Underground By Sylvia Bishop – 28 Dec 2022 – View online → 🦒 This week, The Browser looks back at some of our favourite
12/27/2022 4:04:28 PM
First Plant
It's been a year of daily delight here at the Browser. Join us in 2023? First Plant By Sylvia Bishop – 27 Dec 2022 – View online → 🦒 This week, The Browser looks back at some of our favourite
3/2/2023 4:04:28 PM
Loneliness Again
Loneliness Reshapes the Brain // Can We Make Bicycles Sustainable Again? Loneliness Again By Sylvia Bishop – 2 Mar 2023 – View online → Loneliness Reshapes the Brain Marta Zaraska | Quanta | 28th
3/3/2023 4:25:05 PM
City Gravity
A Claxonomy // Gravity's Rainbow City Gravity By Sylvia Bishop – 3 Mar 2023 – View online → A Claxonomy Of Mexico City Lachlan Summers | Allegra Lab | 2nd March 2023 Just when I was starting to
12/13/2022 4:04:27 PM
Soul Searching
How's your soul searching going? Soul Searching By Sylvia Bishop – 13 Dec 2022 – View online → All Souls Politics Exam All Souls College, Oxford | 2016-2022 | PDF Past paper for the last six years
12/9/2022 4:14:30 PM
Clinical Weirdness
From biotech to beavers, this free edition has got you covered. Clinical Weirdness By Sylvia Bishop – 09 Dec 2022 – View online → Clinical Trials And Biotech Innovation Matthew Herper | STAT | 3rd
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Finally Colonel
Interview With Colonel Oleh Shevchuk // When Ian Fleming Finally Started Writing Finally Colonel By Sylvia Bishop – 6 Mar 2023 – View online → Interview With Colonel Oleh Shevchuk Olha Kyrylenko &
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Novocain Nation
On Novocain // Sainsbury's Packaged A Nation's Dreams Novocain Nation By Sylvia Bishop – 7 Mar 2023 – View online → On Novocain Michael Clune | Paris Review | 6th March 2023 Recovering addict,
12/8/2022 4:04:29 PM
Ugly Poetry
Ugly poetry getting you down? Ugly Poetry By Sylvia Bishop – 08 Dec 2022 – View online → Why Is Everything So Ugly? The Editors | n+1 | 7th December 2022 You can walk for hours across New York City
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Kevin Pound
Interview: Kevin Kelly // In For A Pound Kevin Pound By Sylvia Bishop – 8 Mar 2023 – View online → Interview: Kevin Kelly Noah Smith | Noahpinion | 7th March 2023 Conversation with the "prophet of
3/9/2023 4:04:30 PM
Polygraph Plants
Are you an intelligent plant? Polygraph Plants By Sylvia Bishop – 9 Mar 2023 – View online → The Invention Of The Polygraph Amit Katwala | CrimeReads | 8th March 2023 Extract from a new book about the
3/21/2023 4:04:29 PM
Waiting Insect
Bugged by louse-y reading? Waiting Insect By Sylvia Bishop • 21 Mar 2023 View in browser Waiting For Brando Edward J. Epstein | Lapham's Quarterly | 7th March 2023 It is 1959. The author, aged 24,
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Oak Hydra
Leonard Cohen's Hydra // Day In The Life Of An Oak Tree Oak Hydra By Sylvia Bishop – 20 Mar 2023 – View online → Leonard Cohen's Hydra Richard Trapunski | Hazlitt | 15th March 2023 Arriving on
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Teach Blood
Beast In The Blood // What Films Should We Teach? Teach Blood By Sylvia Bishop • 23 Mar 2023 View in browser Beast In The Blood Peter Sahlins | Public Domain Review | 22nd March 2023 On the "
3/17/2023 4:04:29 PM
Seaweed Moles
Banking on the Seaweed Rush // Meet the Archive Moles Seaweed Moles By Sylvia Bishop – 17 Mar 2023 – View online → Banking On The Seaweed Rush Nicola Jones | Hakai | 14th March 2023 Will we all be
3/24/2023 4:04:27 PM
Temporary Works
How ChatGPT Works // A Decade Of Temporary Homes Temporary Works By Sylvia Bishop • 24 Mar 2023 View in browser A Decade Of Temporary Homes Rachel Heng | Esquire | 22nd March 2023 An unpromising title,
3/16/2023 4:04:29 PM
Fun Mathematician
Organised Fun: Who's It All For? // How To Think Like A Mathematician Fun Mathematician By Sylvia Bishop – 16 Mar 2023 – View online → Organised Fun: Who's It All For? Clive Martin | The Face |
3/14/2023 4:04:30 PM
Shadow Taste
"Either you have experienced the power of art or you haven't" Shadow Taste By Sylvia Bishop – 14 Mar 2023 – View online → Sound Shadow John Cotter | Guernica | 13th March 2023 On the many
3/13/2023 4:04:28 PM
Stacked Stalin
If your herd of 170 goats commits a trespass... Stacked Stalin By Sylvia Bishop – 13 Mar 2023 – View online → Stacked The Editors | Harvard Law Review | 10th March 2023 If your herd of 170 goats
3/12/2023 4:04:28 PM
Chartreuse Hole
Being a global drinks conglomerate is not compatible with the values of a religious order... Chartreuse Hole By Sylvia Bishop – 12 Mar 2023 – View online → Where Has All The Chartreuse Gone? Jason
3/27/2023 3:04:43 PM
Impossible Rules
Subjectivity is part of the game Impossible Rules By Sylvia Bishop • 27 Mar 2023 View in browser Helen's Rules Of Writing Helen Lewis | The Bluestocking | 24th March 2023 How to do journalism. Not
3/11/2023 4:04:29 PM
Little Elephant
Riding The Goddam Elephant // A Lot With A Little Little Elephant By Sylvia Bishop – 11 Mar 2023 – View online → Riding The Goddamn Elephant AS Hamrah | Baffler | 9th March 2023 I admit to a weakness
3/10/2023 4:04:29 PM
State Art
Yasheng Huang On The Chinese State // The Art Of Computational Narrative State Art By Sylvia Bishop – 10 Mar 2023 – View online → Yasheng Huang On The Chinese State Tyler Cowen | Conversations | 8th
3/28/2023 3:25:04 PM
Captain Counsel
Be not tedious in discourse Captain Counsel By Sylvia Bishop • 28 Mar 2023 View in browser View in browser 'We're Going To Follow Captain Cook' Suzanne Heywood | Guardian | 25th March 2023
12/6/2022 4:04:29 PM
Internet Brain
Do you want to be an internet person? Internet Brain By Sylvia Bishop – 06 Dec 2022 – View online → Finding Language In The Brain Giosuè Baggio | MIT Press Reader | 25th November 2022 Mathematical
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Fire Walk
Cataloguing rare books sounds complicated Fire Walk By Sylvia Bishop • 29 Mar 2023 View in browser View in browser Unstandardised, Decentralised Carnival Fire Oliver Darkshire | LitHub | 14th March
12/5/2022 4:04:29 PM
Honeybee Gentleman
This free Browser has a sting in the tail. Honeybee Gentleman By Sylvia Bishop – 05 Dec 2022 – View online → How To Speak Honeybee Karen Bakker | Noema | 2nd November 2022 Bees communicate mainly by
3/30/2023 3:04:27 PM
Bicycle Age
Are you stuck in the sea of sameness? Bicycle Age By Sylvia Bishop • 30 Mar 2023 View in browser View in browser Bicycle Bartosz Ciechanowski | 28th March 2023 Beautifully illustrated explanation of
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Swift Mystery
Three Children And A Mystery // Jonathan Swift On Jonathan Swift Swift Mystery By Sylvia Bishop • 31 Mar 2023 View in browser View in browser Three Children And A Mystery Giles Tremlett | Guardian |
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Learned Head
Make your head a learned head Learned Head By Sylvia Bishop – 02 Dec 2022 – View online → 52 Things I Learned In 2022 Tom Whitwell | Magnetic Notes | 1st December 2022 Tom Whitwell's annual
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Complete Whales
Autocomplete Richard Hughes Gibson | Hedgehog Review | 23rd November 2022 Artificial intelligence writing tools are still far from being at a level where they might convincingly replace a human writer,
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Taste Cola
Too much sugar is bad for us. It's sad. Taste Cola By Sylvia Bishop – 30 Nov 2022 – View online → When You Can Taste Everything You See Julia Skinner | Atlanta | 2nd November 2022 A food critic
4/3/2023 3:04:28 PM
Moral Starvation
The Moral Economy Of High-Tech Modernism // The Impact of Starvation Moral Starvation By Sylvia Bishop • 3 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser The Moral Economy Of High-Tech Modernism Henry
11/29/2022 4:04:27 PM
Airport Art
The Vatican wants to subtly influence what critics write; The Browser wants to very unsubtly influence what you read. Airport Art By Sylvia Bishop – 29 Nov 2022 – View online → Deconstructing Brian
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Wollstonecraft Accident
Memory is weird - and wonderful Wollstonecraft Accident By Sylvia Bishop • 4 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser On Mary Wollstonecraft Joanna Biggs | Paris Review | 3rd April 2023
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Glory Psychoanalysis
The Glory Of Trams // Marilyn Monroe's Psychoanalysis Notes Glory Psychoanalysis By Sylvia Bishop • 5 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser The Glory Of Trams Christopher Atamian & Aram
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Building Credit
Speedily constructed and beautiful? Building Credit By Sylvia Bishop – 28 Nov 2022 – View online → Social Credit In China Zeyi Yang | MIT Technology Review | 22nd November 2022 How China's "
4/6/2023 3:04:28 PM
Paris Names
Paris Kicked Out The Cars // I'm Usually Pretty Good At Naming Things Paris Names By Sylvia Bishop • 6 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Paris Kicked Out The Cars Henry Grabar | Slate | 30th
11/15/2022 4:04:32 PM
Saint Cadaver
Not feeling quite ready to dissect a cadaver? Saint Cadaver By Sylvia Bishop – 15 Nov 2022 – View online → My Saint Is A Weed Sophie Strand | Make Me Good Soil | 12th November 2022 On adopting pigweed
4/11/2023 3:04:27 PM
Advice Sketches
Finding it difficult to remain impressed with your own opinion? Advice Sketches By Sylvia Bishop • 11 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Publisher's note: Browser readers in and near New York
4/10/2023 3:04:27 PM
Highway Rhythms
If rhythm is central to our comfort and happiness, maybe we should get rhythmic with our reading Highway Rhythms By Sylvia Bishop • 10 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Highway Star Meg Bernhard
11/14/2022 4:14:28 PM
True Treasures
True treasures are hard to find True Treasures By Sylvia Bishop – 14 Nov 2022 – View online → True Colours Of Antiquity Suzanna Murawski | New Criterion | 9th November 2022 Were ancient Greek and Roman
4/20/2023 3:04:38 PM
Memory King
Do you feel like it's important to be aware of everything it's possible to be aware of? Memory King By Sylvia Bishop • 20 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Publisher's note: Browser
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Open Origins
The internet age hasn't quite had a million years yet, but it's certainly been busy Open Origins By Sylvia Bishop • 21 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser The Origins Of Clothing Ian
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Problem Lists
The British Pilgrimage Problem // Barack Obama's Reading Lists Problem Lists By Sylvia Bishop • 12 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser The British Pilgrimage Problem James Jeffrey | Critic |
4/19/2023 6:44:58 AM
Winter Chess
Greenland's Misunderstood Winter Delicacy // Chess Is A Game Of Perfect Information Winter Chess By Sylvia Bishop • 13 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Greenland's Misunderstood Winter
4/24/2023 3:04:28 PM
Mortality Ox
Where have all the oxes gone, and should that be oxen Mortality Ox By Sylvia Bishop • 24 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser The Penumbra Of Mortality Venkatesh Rao | Ribbonfarm | 20th April 2023
4/19/2023 5:35:03 AM
Chronicle Death
How about chronicling life? Chronicle Death By Sylvia Bishop • 17 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Chronicle Of Revolutions Foretold Branko Milanovic | Global Inequality | 13th April 2023 How
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DIY Myth
Protest against specialisation DIY Myth By Sylvia Bishop • 26 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser from The Browser ten years ago: Cooked: A DIY Manifesto Michael Pollan | Medium | 17th April 2013
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KeepCup Collection
Unscrupulous Collection // The Rise & Fall Of The KeepCup KeepCup Collection By Sylvia Bishop • 18 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Today, we're recommending a video and a podcast. In
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Flight Battle
Give Dead Animals The Gift Of Flight // The Battle of the Bonds Flight Battle By Sylvia Bishop • 27 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Give Dead Animals The Gift Of Flight Thom Waite | Dazed |
4/28/2023 3:14:37 PM
Octopus Phones
How would an octopus experience the The Browser? Octopus Phones By Sylvia Bishop • 28 Apr 2023 View in browser View in browser Octopus Time David Borkenhagen | Aeon | 20th April 2023 We believe that
11/12/2022 4:04:28 PM
Uphill Note
Is the notion of a 'deluge of texts' all too familiar? Uphill Note By Sylvia Bishop – 12 Nov 2022 – View online → Biking's Greatest Uphill Achievement Braydon Bringhurt | Bicycling | 3rd
5/1/2023 3:04:30 PM
Medieval Metaverse
Monetizing The Metaverse // When Policy Goes Medieval Medieval Metaverse By Sylvia Bishop • 1 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Monetizing The Metaverse Nat Rubio-Licht | Patent Drop | 27th
11/8/2022 4:04:27 PM
Digital Caterpillar
Of course, unlike caterpillars, you feed not on foliage but on fascination Digital Caterpillar By Sylvia Bishop – 08 Nov 2022 – View online → At The Digital Doorstep Aiha Nguyen & Eve Zelickson |
5/2/2023 3:04:27 PM
Plan 911
Prepared to spend a lot of time reading? Plan 911 By Sylvia Bishop • 2 May 2023 View in browser View in browser My Lifetime Reading Plan Ted Gioia | Honest Broker | 29th April 2023 Tips for self-
5/3/2023 3:05:14 PM
Defend Mormonism
Not featured here: Fiji, Murakami, tipping culture, the World Fair and ping-pong Defend Mormonism By Sylvia Bishop • 3 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Should Japan Defend Taiwan? Kiyoshi
11/7/2022 4:04:29 PM
Dandelion Soup
Get a little more soup for the soul Dandelion Soup By Sylvia Bishop – 07 Nov 2022 – View online → Dandelions And Elephants Flux Collective | Lens Of The Week | 6th October 2022 Short and suggestive
5/4/2023 3:04:27 PM
Coronation Racing
Here at The Browser, our editors aren't ultramarathon runners Coronation Racing By Sylvia Bishop • 4 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Elsewhere from the Browser team: publisher Uri Bram
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Nightingale Soldier
You, too, have a unique ability to bring a world into fruition Nightingale Soldier By Sylvia Bishop • 5 May 2023 View in browser View in browser The Myth Of Florence Nightingale Sarah DiGregorio |
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Growth Way
How about five ideas to boost your growth, every day? Growth Way By Sylvia Bishop – 04 Nov 2022 – View online → Five Ideas That Might Boost Growth Tim Harford | 3rd November 2022 If you believe, as Tim
11/3/2022 4:04:28 PM
Vulnerable Care
The internet is vulnerable, but it's also mighty. Vulnerable Care By Sylvia Bishop – 03 Nov 2022 – View online → The Vulnerable Internet Matt Burgess | Wired | 2nd November 2022 Egypt is the
11/2/2022 4:04:32 PM
Everlasting Radio
Much like MDZhB, the Browser has never been claimed by any military. Everlasting Radio By Sylvia Bishop – 02 Nov 2022 – View online → A Feminist-Materialist Quest For Everlasting Life Anne M. Thell |
5/9/2023 3:14:29 PM
Ancient Coincidences
Ancient Greek Terms Worth Reviving // Are Coincidences Real? Ancient Coincidences By Sylvia Bishop • 9 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Ancient Greek Terms Worth Reviving Anya Leonard |
5/20/2023 3:04:46 PM
Cultural Machine
Enjoying your evolutionary advantages for navigating the world? Nice one, evolution. Cultural Machine By Sylvia Bishop • 20 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Cultural Synesthesia Meera Khare
5/18/2023 3:04:32 PM
Quest Rule
The Quest To Quantify Our Senses // Roger's Little Rule Book Quest Rule By Sylvia Bishop • 18 May 2023 View in browser View in browser The Quest To Quantify Our Senses Chris Salter | MIT Press
5/22/2023 3:34:26 PM
Molt Mars
Letter from a penguin colony in Argentina // Can humans survive on Mars? Molt Mars By Sylvia Bishop • 22 May 2023 View in browser View in browser The Molt Eric Wagner | Last Word On Nothing | 19th May
5/17/2023 3:04:28 PM
Work Wrong
Still reading the quiet way sometimes? Work Wrong By Sylvia Bishop • 17 May 2023 View in browser View in browser The Work Of The Audiobook Alexander Manshel, Laura B. McGrath & JD Porter | Los
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Bats Morals
The Scientist And The Bats // How Markets Crowd Out Morals Bats Morals By Sylvia Bishop • 23 May 2023 View in browser View in browser The Scientist And The Bats Caroline Chen | ProPublica | 22nd May
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Survive Doubting
Doubting Shakespeare // How To Survive A Car Crash In 10 Easy Steps Survive Doubting By Sylvia Bishop • 16 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Doubting Shakespeare Elizabeth Winkler | LitHub |
5/24/2023 3:04:30 PM
AI Penguin
Don't be left out in the cold: join our reading huddle. AI Penguin By Sylvia Bishop • 24 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Take The "I" Out Of AI Kevin Munger | Crooked Timber |
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No Conversation
How Tokyo Says No To Cars // Patrick Collison In Conversation With Sam Altman No Conversation By Sylvia Bishop • 15 May 2023 View in browser View in browser How Tokyo Says No To Cars Daniel Knowles |
5/25/2023 3:04:27 PM
Body Rewrite
From extinct languages to obsolete laws, the world is moving on fast. Body Rewrite By Sylvia Bishop • 25 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Body Languages Anvita Abbi | Scientific American | 23rd
5/12/2023 3:05:11 PM
Arctic Only
What a lovely day for appreciating a triumph of human thought Arctic Only By Sylvia Bishop • 12 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Encountering The High Arctic James Conaway | Hedgehog Review |
5/12/2023 7:29:57 AM
Dark IQ
On The Trail Of The Dark Avenger // Your IQ Isn't 160. No One's Is Dark IQ By Sylvia Bishop • 10 May 2023 View in browser View in browser On The Trail Of The Dark Avenger Scott J. Shapiro |
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Smidgen Disease
What If We Tolerated Diseases? // How Much Is A Smidgen? Smidgen Disease By Sylvia Bishop • 11 May 2023 View in browser View in browser What If We Tolerated Diseases? Liam Drew | Knowable | 9th May
5/8/2023 3:35:23 PM
Empire Life
Still living in the language-centred world? Empire Life By Sylvia Bishop • 8 May 2023 View in browser View in browser Life After Language Venkatesh Rao | Ribbenfarm | 4th May 2023 What if the advent of
11/1/2022 4:04:28 PM
Rescue Spookiness
Yes, these clearly-halloween-themed picks are a day late Rescue Spookiness By Sylvia Bishop – 01 Nov 2022 – View online → Amid War, Bat Rescue Continues Wojciech Mikołuszko | Undark | 31st October 2022
5/30/2023 3:04:28 PM
Sulk Control
The Joy of Sulk // I Asked ChatGPT To Control My Life Sulk Control By Sylvia Bishop • 30 May 2023 View in browser View in browser The Joy Of Sulk Rebecca Roache | Aeon | 12th May 2023 Sulking is a
5/31/2023 3:04:40 PM
Illustrated Astrophysics
This newsletter is blowing metaphorical cigarette smoke your way. Illustrated Astrophysics By Sylvia Bishop • 31 May 2023 View in browser View in browser An Illustrated Guide To Mouth Gestures François
10/28/2022 5:54:28 PM
Poison Diaries
from the Browser eight years ago: My Grandma The Poisoner John Reed | Vice | 27th October 2014 Grandma is 94 now, and barely knows who or where she is. Clearing out her old house, and finding the
6/1/2023 3:04:29 PM
Money Valley
The Only People Who Made Money From Tumblr // The Lone Valley Money Valley By Sylvia Bishop • 1 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser The full Browser features five outstanding articles, a video and
6/2/2023 3:04:29 PM
Art Beings
The Art of Compression // We Are Not Human Beings Art Beings By Sylvia Bishop • 2 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser The Art Of Compression Richard Hughes Gibson | Hedgehog Review | 31st May 2023
10/27/2022 3:14:30 PM
Lipstick House
The Return Of The Lipstick King Viola Zhou & Meaghan Tobin | Rest Of World | 18th October 2022 On the disappearance and reappearance of Austin Li, China's most successful e-commerce influencer.
10/15/2022 3:04:27 PM
Drunk Hubris
Want to look good drunk? Make sure to get wise first Drunk Hubris By Sylvia Bishop – 15 Oct 2022 – View online → Publisher's Note: readers in New York are invited to meet Browser Publisher Uri Bram
10/14/2022 3:14:27 PM
History Rules
History rules, but so does science. And economics. And philosophy. And literature. And... History Rules By Sylvia Bishop – 14 Oct 2022 – View online → A History Of Nauru Peter Dauvergne | MIT Press
10/12/2022 3:04:28 PM
Psychiatry Happened
Psychiatry happened, and- spoiler alert - loads of other stuff did to. Psychiatry Happened By Sylvia Bishop – 12 Oct 2022 – View online → Psychiatry Wars Rachel Aviv | Guardian | 11th October 2022
10/11/2022 3:04:28 PM
Diplomatic Types
Don't let your reading devolve into pointless rambles Diplomatic Types By Sylvia Bishop – 11 Oct 2022 – View online → Diplomatic Dining Bompas & Parr | WePresent | 22nd September 2022 Pivotal
10/10/2022 3:14:26 PM
Human Collision
From Nobel fame to ignoble fame, we bring you the finest stories on the internet. Human Collision By Sylvia Bishop – 10 Oct 2022 – View online → Svante Pääbo And The Human Story Editorial Board |
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Wrong Diaries
From good economic sense to Sense and Sensibility - we've got you covered Wrong Diaries By Sylvia Bishop – 07 Oct 2022 – View online → What We Get Wrong About Inflation Tim Harford | 6th October
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Moral Convenience
Is society getting less kind, honest, nice and good? Moral Convenience By Sylvia Bishop • 13 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser The Illusion Of Moral Decline Adam Mastroianni | Experimental
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Book Hunt
Looking for some new texts to sample? Book Hunt By Sylvia Bishop • 20 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser Should You Read the Same Book Twice? Erich J. Prince | Merion West | 16th June 2023 Which
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Olfactory Years
Olfactory Overload // Snowden Ten Years Later Olfactory Years By Sylvia Bishop • 14 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser Olfactory Overload Kim Crowder | Polyphony | 13th June 2023 How it feels to
6/20/2023 6:26:55 AM
Kings Watch
Are you in the mood to buy a watch that looks like a very angry alien? Kings Watch By Sylvia Bishop • 15 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser Three Kings Jonathan Bousfield | Deep Baltic | 14th
6/20/2023 5:55:03 AM
Happy now?
'If It Makes You Happy' — Sheryl Crow // Why Do Movies Feel So Different Now? Happy now? By Sylvia Bishop • 16 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser The full Browser features five
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Nothing Giant
Nothing, Forever // Three Days With A Giant Nothing Giant By Sylvia Bishop • 17 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser Nothing, Forever Aharon Schrieber | Seinfeld Law | 13th June 2023 Quite apart
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Irrational Death
The Most Irrational Number // Could You Survive The Black Death? Irrational Death By Sylvia Bishop • 24 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser The Most Irrational Number Jordan Ellenberg | Slate |
6/25/2023 3:04:32 PM
Gasoline Eulogy
The Hidden Cost of Gasoline // Eulogy For Sidney Morgenbesser Gasoline Eulogy By Sylvia Bishop • 25 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser The Hidden Cost of Gasoline Kate Yoder | Grist | 14th June
6/20/2023 5:16:41 AM
Roman Library
Have you been conscripted to the Roman army this summer? Roman Library By Sylvia Bishop • 19 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser How To Raise A Roman Army Bret Devereaux | A Collection Of
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Meeting Folklore
The Mao-Kissinger Meeting Of 1973 // How Folklore Goes Digital Meeting Folklore By Sylvia Bishop • 12 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser The Mao-Kissinger Meeting Of 1973 David Cowhig |
6/12/2023 2:57:06 AM
Librarian Charisma
Hoping for a little librarian charisma yourself? Step 1... Librarian Charisma By Sylvia Bishop • 7 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser Ingenious Librarians Monica Westin | Aeon | 5th June 2023
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Wildlife Press
Read beyond the breaking news Wildlife Press By Sylvia Bishop • 29 Jun 2023 View in browser View in browser Europe's Secret Wildlife Movement Isobel Cockerell | Coda Story | 27th June 2023