A list of good reads
- Arwa Mahdawi in The Guardian wonders if Elon Musk wants to deliberately destroy X.
- Also in The Guardian, a provocative question: should we abolish literary genres?
- Vox has a fascinating read on mud libraries—which don’t hold books but cylinders of sediment that tell the story of the Earth's past and foretell its future.
- Counter Offensive has the lovely story of how a slab of cheese made its way out of war-torn Ukraine to compete in the World Cheese Awards contest in Norway.
- Wired has an interesting fix for your phone addiction: Try grayscale.
- Sreelatha Nelluli in The News Minute tells the moving and eye-opening story of her marriage to a closeted gay man.
- Reeta Tremblay in The Conversation argues that failed (or successful) assassination plots in the West help bolster Modi’s appeal at home.
- The Atlantic explains why the South China Sea is the most dangerous conflict zone no one is talking about.
- New York Review of Books reviews a fascinating book on Jane Austen’s wardrobe.
- LitHub has a handy list of best audiobooks of 2023.
