“For $100, I bought bric-a-brac that explains a nation.”
Krista Stevens
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What Remains
“We may know that nothing lasts forever, but this knowledge doesn’t alleviate the loneliness of grief.”
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The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent
“The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.”
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The Feeding
“My mom and I lived together for five years—the breast cancer years—until she died from the disease.”
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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.”