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Caroline Mimbs Nyce
Newsletter editor
This week, the seasons seemed to change. Where I live, in Los Angeles, temperatures dropped as storms arrived. I watched over Zoom as my colleagues in New York peered out glass skyscraper windows, searching for signs of snow. Of course, true meteorological winter is still two weeks away. But, in many parts of the country, it’s officially soup and reading season. Below, I’ve curated some New Yorker stories for those planning to stay inside this weekend.
If you’re looking to catch up on the news from this week:
More Jeffrey Epstein documents were released—thousands of them. The scandal isn’t going away, Susan B. Glasser writes in her latest column.
Our writers also covered the end of the government shutdown, the crisis at the BBC, and an A.I. artist’s breakout Spotify hit.
If you’re looking to snuggle up with a blanket and a long read:
I’m still thinking about Dhruv Khullar’s story exploring a future in which A.I. can help doctors diagnose patients. (Dhruv, in addition to being a writer for The New Yorker, is a practicing physician, which makes his perspective extra-interesting.)
If you’re looking for a smart piece of criticism:
Jessica Winter tackles Scott Galloway’s new book, Gavin Newsom’s podcast, and the men-in-crisis discourse in an essay on the state of American masculinity.
If you’re looking for something new to stream:
Netflix’s “Death by Lightning” dramatizes the assassination of President James Garfield. Read our television critic Inkoo Kang’s review.
If you’re looking to start a new book:
This week, I’m adding “Big Kiss, Bye-Bye,” by Claire-Louise Bennett, and Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” trilogy to my reading list, thanks to our weekly book recommendations.
If you’re short on time but wouldn’t mind a little bite of something interesting:
These photographs of homes on the Outer Banks in North Carolina being battered by climate change are worth a scroll.
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