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“Industry” Is a Study in Wasted Youths In the new season of the hit HBO series, its young protagonists have left the trading floor that made them. Their second acts are revealing.

The HBO drama “Industry” recognizes the way its characters are thwarted by Britain’s class system, but “it’s more interested in how their grievances fuel preëxisting personality defects, curdling ambition into insatiability,” @inkookang.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/xirM9G

“Industry” Is a Study in Wasted Youths In the new season of the hit HBO series, its young protagonists have left the trading floor that made them. Their second acts are revealing.

The HBO drama “Industry” recognizes the way its characters are thwarted by Britain’s class system, but “it’s more interested in how their grievances fuel preëxisting personality defects, curdling ambition into insatiability,” @inkookang.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/xirM9G

In “Riot Women,” the Punks Are All Grown Up Sally Wainwright’s irresistible new series follows a group of middle-aged women who start a band—and find an outlet for the kinds of female grievances that tend to go unsung.

The genius of Sally Wainwright’s irresistible new series “Riot Women” lies in connecting individual woes to societal failures. The show “dramatizes how women pick up the pieces as institutions crumble around them,” @inkookang.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/a1tBYY

Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙

I wasn’t at the Post for very long, but I developed a tremendous respect for so many of my former colleagues, who did excellent, important, painstaking work, every single day. This is such a huge loss for journalism and for the country.

What an absolutely brutal fucking day.

“The Beauty” Is a Hot Mess Ryan Murphy attempts to comment on incels, celebrity culture, and the age of Ozempic in a new FX series about a drug that makes its users young and gorgeous, at a terrible price.

With “The Beauty,” a new FX series starring Ashton Kutcher, Ryan Murphy attempts to comment on incels, celebrity culture, and the age of Ozempic. www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...

The Best TV Shows of 2025 This year, Hollywood’s decline was evident from its output—but a few great, conversation-starting shows made our critic crave the return of the water cooler.

Our TV critic picks the 10 best shows of the year. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Y61B_-

“The Lowdown” Is a Noir for Our Era Sterlin Harjo’s new series, starring Ethan Hawke as a citizen journalist determined to expose the crimes of the élite, is at once rollicking and timely.

Sterlin Harjo’s new series, “The Lowdown,” starring Ethan Hawke as a citizen journalist determined to expose the crimes of the élite, is at once rollicking and timely, @inkookang.bsky.social writes. Read her review.

How Donald Trump’s Culture-Wars Playbook Felled Jimmy Kimmel The late-night host’s show was pulled from the air after an F.C.C. pressure campaign—one that’s part of a much broader Presidential agenda.

The Trump Administration’s attack on late-night TV is part of a much broader agenda, @inkookang.bsky.social writes.

Hollywood’s Conservative Pivot After the success of “Yellowstone” and “The Chosen,” the industry is chasing other red-state hits—an uneasy context for the revival of the Texas-set “King of the Hill.”

Many in Hollywood have concluded that they have to win back audiences by producing more content that represents red-state values. “There’s an experimental energy in the crop of shows catering to this newly prized demographic,” @inkookang.bsky.social‬ writes.

“And Just Like That . . . ,” Carrie Bradshaw Bids an Unsatisfying Farewell The series sequel to “Sex and the City” ends with an abrupt, disappointing finale.

Is “And Just Like That” bad enough to retroactively diminish its predecessor? “I’d argue yes,” @inkookang.bsky.social writes.

“Too Much” Remixes the Rom-Com In her new Netflix show, Lena Dunham revitalizes the genre by delving into her characters’ pre-meet-cute pasts—and all the attendant emotional baggage.

With its quicksilver shifts and sneaking sweetness, the experience of watching “Too Much” feels a lot like falling in love, @inkookang.bsky.social‬ writes.

“Too Much” Remixes the Rom-Com In her new Netflix show, Lena Dunham revitalizes the genre by delving into her characters’ pre-meet-cute pasts—and all the attendant emotional baggage.

With its quicksilver shifts and sneaking sweetness, the experience of watching “Too Much” feels a lot like falling in love, @inkookang.bsky.social writes.

more than 8,000 journalists have been laid off since 2022. That's 9% of the industry.

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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.

(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)

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“Your Friends and Neighbors” and the Perils of the Rich-People-Suck Genre The Apple TV+ series, starring Jon Hamm as a hedge funder turned thief, serves up luxury porn in the guise of social critique.

Recent shows about the ethically challenged rich have emphasized their characters’ personality disorders along with the trappings of the high life. ” ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’ flips the formula, to unsatisfying effect,” @inkookang.bsky.social writes.

“Your Friends and Neighbors” and the Perils of the Rich-People-Suck Genre The Apple TV+ series, starring Jon Hamm as a hedge funder turned thief, serves up luxury porn in the guise of social critique.

Recent shows about the ethically challenged rich have emphasized their characters’ personality disorders along with the trappings of the high life. ” ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’ flips the formula, to unsatisfying effect,” @inkookang.bsky.social writes.

A sitting cabinet member being unable to define the bedrock principle of Anglo-American law for nearly a millennium will get .00001% of the coverage devoted to Hillary Clinton’s email server or Joe Biden’s mental capacity

that one scene in SINNERS is one of the most breathtaking feats of cinema i've seen in years. coogler is cooking.

On “Hacks” and “The Studio,” Hollywood Confronts Its Flop Era The industry has long loved to tell stories about itself—but, in 2025, the self-satirizing has an air of crisis management.

Sharp @inkookang.bsky.social column about Hacks and The Studio: www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...

In the Dark Long-form investigative journalism, hosted by Madeleine Baran.

The Pulitzer I’m most excited about was for audio reporting, “In the Dark,” which didn’t get nearly the attention it should have. www.newyorker.com/podcast/in-t...

On “Hacks” and “The Studio,” Hollywood Confronts Its Flop Era The industry has long loved to tell stories about itself—but, in 2025, the self-satirizing has an air of crisis management.

Hollywood has long loved to tell stories about itself—but, in 2025, the self-satirizing has an air of crisis management. @inkookang.bsky.social writes about the new season of “Hacks” and Seth Rogen’s new series, “The Studio.”

Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat

This is two global elections in ONE WEEK where the conservative candidate trying to become prime minister not only led his party to a big loss but lost their own seat in parliament (!) in huge upsets. We are global pariahs unseen since the end of the Cold War and need stronger domestic opposition.

Gotta love these AI simps constantly misrepresenting why people hate this technology

It’s not just because it currently sucks

It’s because it’s very existence is based on a crime

I finally subscribed to WIRED a few months back and...I love it?

Its tech lens on culture and politics means it's writing some of today's best journalism. You can see that scope just in today's most popular pieces.

There are not many jobs like this in journalism, so when somebody quits one for this reason, it is worth listening to.

I did listen to the podcast! (I think I liked it less than you did.) Curious what you’d make of the show!