“My mom and I lived together for five years—the breast cancer years—until she died from the disease.”
Krista Stevens
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The End of Books
“What happened when a dumpster arrived behind my university’s library.”
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Librarians on Horseback
“The New Deal project that preserved Kentucky’s recipes.”
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This Literary AI Scandal Changes Everything
“A magazine’s response to accusations of publishing AI-generated fiction points to a new phase in the struggle to keep literature human.”
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I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who’s the Robot Now?
“Cooking. Doing laundry. Tidying up. All your household tasks can be turned into data to train future humanoids—if you’re prepared for the consequences.”
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I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?
“Apparently anyone can vibe code anything these days. So Claude and I tried to make a database for tracking the petty grievances of the masses.”
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Strangers Rent My Home, Sleep in My Bed, Play My Guitar
“Is it suffering? Is it just a sign of the times?”
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The Guadalupe Swept Us Away. This Is the Story of All That Came After.
“In the days after last July’s historic disaster, I wrote about the tragedy that befell my family. But crawling out of the river was only the beginning.”
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How Everest Has Changed Since Into Thin Air
“Scaling the world’s highest mountain is a very different experience than it was when I climbed it.”