For @spike_art food issue, I propose a theory: the RISE of foodie-ism, i.e. food/restaurants becoming a need-to-know category offering cultural cachet, can be directly attributed to the DECLINE of traditional haute culture forms—art, fashion, cinema etc
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For @bustle, I went to four Major Food Group restaurants in two weeks — Torrisi, ZZ’s club, The Grill, and yes Carbone— to see if there’s any magic left that Resy can’t destroy.
https://t.co/qQfmaEdeAL
My first academic publication came out today—a comprehensive plant species list for LA Coastal Prairie. This plant community used to cover 2.2 million ac. of LA but is now down to ~6,000 ac.(0.02%).
https://t.co/WTux2URCjP
It’s gonna be a 269-269 electoral tie. Krysten Sinema will cast the tie breaking vote making JD Vance President w Kamala as VP. Ella Emhoff, filming a documentary about her stepmom, falls for Trump’s lesbian head of security
This is insane. A species of Asteraceae (Heterosperma pinnatum) changes what kind of seeds it produces according to local growing conditions. If conditions are lousy, seeds with wind-dispersal structures are produced so the next generation can get the hell out of there.
For @guardian I wrote about Sleep No More—which is ending in May—and the decade of "immersive experiences" it spawned, a plague it seems we cannot escape
https://t.co/6Q8Fvq66L8
Counterpoint—kids have always hated wearing coats. The classic mom directive is “put your coat on!!!” And bc of global warming, it’s easier to go coatless, making their rebellion less cool