@sheonhan

writer • pronounced "Sean" • words in @NewYorker @WIRED @thepointmag @NYTmag + elsewhere

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My new @WIRED piece about arXiv: either 1) the most important website you've never heard of or 2) the platform your entire field depends on Also had the pleasure of hanging out with its creator, Paul Ginsparg—the Forrest Gump of the Internet age
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I haven’t felt this good after reading a piece about books in a long time
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In this week’s @NewYorker, I profile James Daunt—founder of Daunt Books, now transformative chief executive of both Barnes & Noble and Waterstones—and look closely at both the art of the ideal bookstore and the future of reading. newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

The New Age of Reading

Alarm about declining interest in books is perpetual. But, as bookselling reaches unexpected heights, James Daunt, the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, thinks a different future is at hand.

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Love the arts Fuck the charts
s🎞️@cinephilishhOct 7
digger was for the arts not the charts
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Replying to @kmad @matthew_pines
I think we might lose public key cryptography.
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Aaron Wistar@aaronwistarOct 4
Looking forward to learning the six laws that all historical processes obey
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BALDWIN: A LOVE STORY, the award-winning 2025 biography of literary and civil rights icon James Baldwin, is headed to the big screen. Author Nicholas Boggs will write the script with his partner, bestselling novelist Marlon James. @HGMedia @fsgbooks ow.ly/fyhJ50ZTYOM
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jess ★@dreamfyrveOct 1
a24 outdone themselves with this
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Lance Oppenheim is getting tons of attention lately, and it’s well-deserved. But even before he was working with Nathan Fielder, his filmmaking & interviews have been phenomenal. 10 years ago today, high school me emailed him seeking videography advice. Here are his responses:
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YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, a documentary by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Featuring Elizabeth Holmes. Only in theaters this October.
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This morning, mathematicians at OpenAI announced that a group of 10,000 autonomous AI agents under their direction proved that the Navier-Stokes equations can “blow up,” thus solving one of the six remaining Millennium Prize Problems. But this massive result is not without controversy. quantamagazine.org/ai-has-so…

AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems | Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians at OpenAI showed that the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe how fluids flow, can sometimes “blow up.” But the massive result is not without controversy.

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Today officially marks the beginning of the late 2020s.
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I tend to think there are great critics and then there are great critics who are also great-souled. Parul Sehgal's reviews consistently show that she's the second kind
Parul Sehgal@parul_sehgalAug 28
A few notes on a scandal, a (terrible) new novel + the notion that persecution is proof of integrity nytimes.com/2026/08/28/magaz…

Rachel Cusk Tried to Caricature Natalie Portman. She Only Caricatured Herself.

Her latest novel appears to savage a celebrity. But Cusk has, once again, managed to turn herself into the victim.

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I was reading Steinbeck's East of Eden and found a 2008 Walgreens receipt on which someone copied out the passage: "A man, after he has brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard, clean questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done well—or ill?"
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Harrison Blackman@HWBManJul 2
Do yourself a favor and read @sheonhan 's journey into Jesus-drone country. wired.com/story/i-found-jesu…

I Found Jesus at a Drone Show

Drone shows are the new fireworks—and possibly a new kind of religion. I traveled to Texas to be converted.

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I had wanted to read a drone show story for years. This one by @sheonhan, about the crossover of drone shows and religious zeal, is so fascinating wired.com/story/i-found-jesu…

I Found Jesus at a Drone Show

Drone shows are the new fireworks—and possibly a new kind of religion. I traveled to Texas to be converted.

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For @WIRED, I reported everything you need to know about drone shows—including a Guinness Record-setting show in Texas—which became a piece about God, AI, and America. With them increasingly replacing 7/4 fireworks, you'll see more at America 250. Enjoy some wild drone videos.
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I Found Jesus at a Drone Show

Drone shows are the new fireworks—and possibly a new kind of religion. I traveled to Texas to be converted.

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@WIREDJun 29
Drone shows are the new fireworks—and possibly a new kind of religion. I traveled to Texas to be converted. wired.com/story/i-found-jesu…

I Found Jesus at a Drone Show

Drone shows are the new fireworks—and possibly a new kind of religion. I traveled to Texas to be converted.

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Film Updates
@FilmUpdatesMay 23
Renate Reinsve’s Cannes history: • 2021 - ‘THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD’ (Best Actress Winner) • 2024 - ‘ARMAND’ (Camera d’Or) • 2025 - ‘SENTIMENTAL VALUE’ (Grand Prix) • 2026 - ‘FJORD’ (Palme d’Or)
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@WIREDMay 11
There’s a deep, forbidding moat that surrounds Nvidia—and it has nothing to do with hardware. wired.com/story/cuda-proves-…

CUDA Proves Nvidia Is a Software Company

There’s a deep, forbidding moat that surrounds Nvidia—and it has nothing to do with hardware.

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✧˖@colditionerApr 4
Final monologue of Sonya to Uncle Vanya is one of the most hauntingly beautiful final acts in the last decade of cinema.
✧˖@colditionerApr 4
Still one of the best the last decade of cinema.
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