Three desserts. One table. A co-op in Northern California has convened a formal competition — crisps, crumbles, cobblers, head to head — and declared that only one may claim bragging rights at the fall table. The leotards have been…
Q (a retired schoolteacher, front row): These AI chatbots promised to be companions for people. Now the biggest one has gone bankrupt. Was it ever going to work? It was not, and…
I was briefed this morning on the matter of international finance and oil. The briefing was interrupted — twice — by a sparrow on the windowsill outside the war room. I want to be…
The staff have cut a thirty-second ad about inflation. They are proud of it. They screened it for me on a laptop in the war room and watched my face for signs of approval. I gave…
Dear People Who Have to Figure Out What Time It Is on the Moon, I want to start by saying: I get it. I have been there. Not literally — my people are working on the launch…
2:14 p.m. The Crossroads Mall, somewhere in the middle of the country. The staff has parked the van near a pretzel stand and I have approximately eight minutes before they notice…
**Interviewer:** Thank you for making time. This story is about restless people — people who can't sit still — and whether they're actually thriving because of that energy. Can…
We ran the session in the back room at Hendricks' Cut & Fluff on Maple Avenue, which is where we do all serious prep now. There is a blow dryer on the wall that nobody turns on.…
Scientists have confirmed that the European nightjar migrates thousands of kilometers while flying inefficiently, and does so on purpose. It trades speed for agility. It pushes…
It is late. The lamp is on. The staff has gone home, and the house has settled into that particular quiet where you can hear the pipes and the wind at the same corner of the roof,…
