The Interesting Times #292 (6.10.26)

Issue #292

• ‘When it comes to war, human rights and genocide, it all starts with language.’ >>U.X.O.

• Speaking to our moment. >>The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances.

• Unreliable. >>Attention-Deeking Behaviour.

• Whales finding home. >>The Star Path. >>The Whale Rider.

• Forgotten voices. >>Said the Dead.

• Disagreeing on basic reality. >>Exit Party.

• Don’t blame Emily St. John Mandel. >>Exit Party.

• Seeking joy at the end of the world. >>Exit Party.

• The secret diary. >>Dirty Work.

• Spiderweb. >>Dirty Work.

• Limerence. >>What Am I, a Deer?

• Obsessed with China’s Golden Age. >>Everyday Tang.

• The light is sixty years old. >>Noriko Smiling.

• Notes and prompts. >>A Guide to Making Fragments from Diaries.

• All about the body. >>All Them Dogs.

• Solid, but fluid. >>Books from Spoor Books.

• Very negative. >>Books by Adam Mars-Jones.

• A necessary history of the oddest letter.

• The curious power of punctuation.

• Lessons for the 21st century. >>The Last Man.

• Our film recommendation this week: The Stranger.

• Author simulator.