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Literary Lingo While serving in World War II, Joseph Heller concluded that war was a farce in which anyone crazy enough to shirk combat was considered sane enough to fight. That became the theme of…

He goes by many names: Forty Fonzarelli, Charlie Hustle, 40-Water or maybe you know him as the Ambassador of the Bay Area. When it comes to Bay Area hip-hop, E-40 quite possibly the greatest of all time. His distinctiveness has kept him relevant for three decades now, from mob music in the 1990's to hyphy slaps in the aughts to new music today. A couple months ago E-40 put out a brand new record with another Bay Area veteran: Too $hort – it's called Ain't Gone Do It. We're taking the time to revisit our conversation with E-40 from 2019. When he joined us we pulled up some deep cuts from R&B...

Part 4: In our final episode, the Capital Gazette is swept up in the troubles of the newspaper industry. Its corporate owners are making painful cuts, and a hedge fund with an ominous reputation seeks control. Staff members, who survived the 2018 shooting and kept the Capital going, wonder if the paper can last.

“To be truly countercultural in a time of tech hegemony, one has to, above all, betray the platform.”

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This new view should make it easier to manage tasks and calendar items.

He started making tech review videos when he was 15. Now 24, he’s a YouTube powerhouse.

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How the power-user web browser Vivaldi has managed to maintain a flexible design philosophy in an era when so much is decided for you online.

We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions!

If the internet is “coextensive with all our mental acts,” how can it be captured in a single memoir?

The author of ‘Trick Mirror’ discusses her writing process, her favorite Houston rappers, and how she maintains a healthy sense of self in the internet age.

The Windows Vista song is spot-on.

The app is being taken over by Clash Video, from a former Vine star.

The Ringed City, while a beautiful way to conclude Dark Souls, mostly left us with nothing but questions. As time went on, more and more…

I'm slowly, quietly mulling over the idea of a Write.as "version 2" that takes the past six years of lessons and starts from scratch, in ...

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FRIENDS, HELLO! We got a very simple, very straightforward email today. You can read it quickly, w/ v. little emotional investment if emotions are something...

Brené Brown tries her best.

Discord's founders just wanted to create a way to talk to their gamer friends. They created something much bigger.

A new history of Christian communism glosses over the tradition’s complications in the interest of a statist conclusion.

At 22, Marcus Hutchins put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story.

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Strip clubs, board games, sugar babies, an office coup — and a whole lot of money

“This is a work of criticism. If it were literary criticism, everyone would immediately understand the underlying purpose is positive. A critic of literature examines a work, analyzing its features, evaluating its qualities, seeking a deeper appreciation that might be useful to other readers of the same text. In a similar way, critics of music, […]