The billionaire’s typewriter A friend pointed me to a story on Medium called “ Death to Type­writ­ers,” by Medium de­signer Marcin Wichary. The story is about the in­flu­ence of the type­writer on dig­i­tal type­set­ting. It ref­er­ences my “ ex­cel­lent list” of type­writer habits . Thank you for…

With her deadpan delivery and keen eye for quotidian detail, Australian singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett provides the calm narration of a deeply hysterical reality. By Amanda Petrusich. Mia Mala McDonald “This has just gotten more intimate,” Courtney Barnett announces. I’m sitting cross-legged on…

" Each person should feel happy at work. They should feel happy with their task as creators. They should instill all those around them with their revolutionary and creative enthusiasm ." — Che Guevara. In Havana this month, I saw a man cutting the grass with a kitchen knife. He was an old man,…

Photo: Heide Benser/Corbis Where are you the funniest, smartest, most Facetuned version of yourself? This week, the Cut explores the complexities, vanities, and pitfalls of self-presentation online We'll call him Michael, and my friend Demi was obsessed with him. An image search of his name would…

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David Carr believed that, through the constant and forceful application of principle, a young knucklehead could bring the heavens to their knees. Stephen Chernin/AP Things have been hard since I got let go from TIME. Me and Kenyatta have been scrambling to hold everything together. Relationship is…

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