TheNewsGal, Edition No. 108
What a week! These are the standouts.
All the things
Ukraine On The Brink: It is quite normal to refuse to believe that you are about to be engulfed by a cataclysm. My god. (Tim Judah, New York Review of Books, ~24 min.)
Ben Stiller Sees The World Differently Now: He’s been pretty amazing your whole life. Then things started to crumble — his marriage, his work, his health. But now? Everything is very much coming back together again. Excellent. (Ryan D’Agostino, Esquire, ~21 min.)
The Age Of Anti-Ambition: When 25 million people leave their jobs, it’s about more than just burnout. Hear, hear. (Noreen Malone, New York Times Magazine, ~19 min.)
Grieving In Translation. My heart. (Chris/tine Deng, Pigeon Pages, ~6 min.)
Buster Keaton’s Last Stand: Production for The General involved guns, bombs, fires, and the blowing up of a bridge in a tiny Oregon town. When the filming was over, the comedic legend’s career was in tatters. Forty years later, the movie was hailed as a masterpiece. Fascinating. (Julian Smith, Alta, ~20 min.)
How Ketanji Brown Jackson could change the Supreme Court. But it won’t be nearly enough. (Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, FiveThirtyEight, ~5 min.)
A Guide To Getting Rid Of Almost Everything: Once you’ve thanked and said goodbye to the items that do not spark joy, what can you do with them? Funny and useful. (Patricia Marx, New Yorker, ~19 min.)
Libfeld vs. Libfeld vs. Libfeld vs. Libfeld: Teodor Libfeld arrived in Toronto with nothing and built a multi-billion-dollar real estate company. When he died, his four sons took over and destroyed the empire he created. Families, holy schnikees. (Luc Rinaldi, Toronto Life, ~27 min.)
The Dream Of The ’90s Is Alive In Sun-Dried Tomatoes. Yikes. (Kat Kinsman, Food & Wine, ~12 min.)
If you read one thing this week
A Prayer For Volodymyr Zelensky: History has found the Ukrainian president, and his courage is remarkable to witness. Truly. (Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, ~4 min.)