16
May
‘Parallel Shift’
‘Parallel Shift.’ This 2024 number from the iconic Cybotron team of Juan Atkins and friends brings a slightly crisp update
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16
May
King’s rules
Member’s despatch, Week XX: Why would Donald Trump accept a $400 million jetliner from the dictatorship in Qatar? A rebel group fighting for almost half a century disbands. & A rare copy of the Magna Carta has been hiding in plain sight. + Music from Cybotron. What is electro? &c.
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14
May
‘Unknown territory’
‘Unknown territory.’ On April 24, the German government revised its forecast for GDP growth this year from 0.3 percent
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14
May
Divergence
Why are younger men increasingly voting for the populist right and younger women, the environmental left? Rosie Campbell on a new gender divide in the Western world.
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13
May
‘Bounce’
‘Bounce.’ The New York-based DJ and producer Anthony Naples has a new album, Scanners, that lands perfectly in time for
12
May
China first
China first. Since U.S. President Donald Trump declared a new round of global tariffs on April 2, Chinese diplomats
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12
May
Whisked away
Why are millions of factory jobs leaving China? Victor Shih on the country’s extraordinary self-inflicted loss.
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11
May
‘Perihelion’
‘Perihelion.’ The composer and pianist Max Richter has drafted a string section for his latest single, “perihelion”—which means the
09
May
‘Ring the Alarm’
‘Ring the Alarm.’ Tenor Saw, a pioneer of dancehall reggae, was killed in 1988 at the age of only 21
09
May
Veritatis splendor
Member’s despatch, Week XIX: ‘We have a pope.’ India, Pakistan, and all-out war. & Thinking about the beauty of art helps thinking abstractly. + Is Donald Trump making China more popular? How to have humane labor in an age of automated work? Music from Tenor Saw. What is dancehall reggae? &c.
18 min read