“There were other loves in Alexander’s life, but none who meant so much to him as Hephaestion.” On Alexander the Great andHellenistic homophobia.| Lit HubHistory
Inside Trump’s war on American classrooms (and American history): “History and social studies classrooms are of particular consequence because that’s where the nation’s past is taught.” | The Baffler
“The tech CEOs, venture capitalists, social media platforms, AI features being rammed into software and hardware alike are all abetting the president of the United States in his war on reality.”Why reality still matters. | The Verge
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly.”David Marchese interviews George Saunders.| The New York Times
Aditi Rao on the problem with Babel: “ the task remains, to extend care, humanity, solidarity, and life, to tongues—and people—outside of the trajectories inscribed by our protos; to raze the language tree that dictates our cultural debt and our naturalized nations.” | Public Books
