Month: September 2023
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How “This Fool” Became the Summer’s Best Comedy | The New Yorker
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How “This Fool” Became the Summer’s Best Comedy The Hulu series tackles depression, the carceral state, and racial tension in L.A. It’s also laugh-out-loud funny. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/how-this-fool-became-the-summers-best-comedy Luis is impulsive, Napoleonic, and stuck in the values he held when he entered prison; Julio is self-important, neurotic, and paralyzed by choice even in…
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To Air Is Human
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Can a 55-Year-Old Roadie Learn How to Jump His Mountain Bike? Despite overwhelming concern for his physical well-being, writer and longtime road cyclist Tom Vanderbilt wanted to see what it felt like to take to the air via Outside Online: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/to-air-is-human/ For my efforts I was rewarded with a more technical blue trail, known as…