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“In a world where state policy is shaped by A.I. hallucination, it’s cute to remember that consulting Wikipedia was once seen as irresponsible.”
I reviewed Richard Cooke’s “The Last Best Place on the Internet,” the “human history” of an encyclopedia being cannibalized by A.I.
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“September 11th was a primary day in NYC. Until that morning, Bloomberg had trailed badly in the polls. After the planes hit, officials rescheduled the election. Bloomberg’s victory was arguably a bigger surprise than Zohran Mamdani’s win last year.” newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
Eric Lach retweeted
Here is “New York”
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
Eric Lach retweeted
Don’t ask AI to write for you. Ask your editor to write for you, like an adult.
“Had I not revised Carver, would he be paid the attention given to him? Baloney!” —Gordon Lish theparisreview.org/interview…
Eric Lach retweeted
A father wanted to vaccinate his children. Their mother didn’t. Then the kids got sick.
The Scare newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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In “A Washington Irving Sketch Book,” the essayist Phillip Lopate tries to rescue New York City’s original mythmaker from literary oblivion. newyorker.com/books/under-re…
Eric Lach retweeted
We judge our enemies by their actions and our allies by their intentions.
That's the lead for my essay about Dwight Macdonald for @BostonReview, who searched for political hope while holding it to the highest critical standards.
Check it out here: bostonreview.net/articles/th…
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Chester “Chet” Mazur was a “torchbearer for sleaze rock,” one friend said, a staple of an ‘80s and ‘90s underground music scene laden with black leather, late-night pierogi and the camaraderie of penniless performers.
thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/…
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also: overreacting to feedback, responding too quickly, disrupting the economy by offering infinite free labor, refusing to log off
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LeBron sweating and heaving, scribbling intemperate letters from Philadelphia to his brilliant wife back home—finally, a new John Adams
Eric Lach retweeted
A.I. is quietly reshaping the American family, and we're just at the beginning.
So I followed along as an Ohio mom and her kids started to rely on the A.I. beings that are making their way into our homes.
In this week's @NewYorker:
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
Eric Lach retweeted
A team of reporters on the Metro desk examined the mayor's record on 7 major issues: nytimes.com/2025/12/23/nyreg…
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"Still, there were surprises. Visitor No. 108, a filmmaker, musician, and production-company operator from Bushwick, had come to tell Mamdani to beware of d.j.s," @ericlach writes from @ZohranKMamdani's foray into Marina Abramović-inspired performance art. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…
Eric Lach retweeted
What can NYC's history tell us about the roots of Zohran's win and what challenges he'll face?
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my new book "The Menace of Prosperity." RSVP today!
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What this candidate, this race, and this moment mean for New York City:
newyorker.com/news/our-local…
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At @ZohranKMamdani’s election party: kufis, keffiyehs, headscarfs and Jews for Zohran shirts.
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I covered one in Albany earlier this year where his people let out a literal sigh of relief when I showed up so there would be even a single media microphone on their lectern.
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.@ZohranKMamdani says he’ll vote yes on 1-5 on the ballot questions, no on 6.
