Sid Jain

The Antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam are despicable and echo dark moments in history when Jews were persecuted. We've been in touch with Israeli and Dutch officials and appreciate Dutch authorities’ commitment to holding the perpetrators accountable. We must relentlessly fight Antisemitism, wherever it emerges.

This is just speculation, but I do wonder whether the student demographic that used to read the most now reads less because of the intense extra curricular schedule a lot of them take on/are encouraged to take on.

One thing Asheville underscores for me is the inadequacy of so many media narratives about "climate havens."

Good god

James Baldwin, with no college degree and def no series of endless workshops, is a great reminder that the neoliberal invention of a fixed procedure to create writers is actually creating more dilettantes than anything. He wrote to survive not to pass a course, why do you write?

Someone in Florida snapped a picture of a raccoon riding a gator at the Ocala National Forest.

It’s 2037. Crop yields are down 60%. My son coughs. I pass him my water ration; he shakes his head but I insist. Sirens blare — fire tornadoes again. “I’m scared, Dad,” my son says. “It’s okay, bud,” I squeeze his hand tight. “ Biden gave it his all. That’s what it’s all about.”