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Week Links: 5/24/26

The best student film I’ve ever seen:

May 24 • Occasional Hazards

Week Links: 5/17/26

Today’s links will be slightly abbreviated, because I am recommending some very difficult things.

May 17 • Occasional Hazards

Week Links: 5/10/26

Happy Mothers’ Day (US).

May 10 • Occasional Hazards

Week Links: 5/3/26

Spent this morning finishing Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Come to Me.

May 3 • Occasional Hazards

Week Links: 4/26/26

To riff on a Kenneth Koch poem, One Spectacle May Hide Another:

Apr 26 • Occasional Hazards

Week Links: 4/19/26

Great piece from JSTOR Daily on Chinese-Indonesian photography.

Apr 19 • Occasional Hazards

Week Links 4/13/26

Sorry to be one day late — helped yesterday with a student film which took up quite literally my entire day.

Apr 13 • Occasional Hazards

The Ruler of Debate

1 I am attempting to write this will sitting at a debate tournament with one round off from judging duties.

Apr 11 • Occasional Hazards

Week Links: 4/5/2026

Apr 5 • Occasional Hazards

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