Luke Winkie

Unironically the most cogent and obvious use-case for the technology

People don’t want to admit it now but 2006-2015 was the real End of History

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the, like, Shakespearean tragedy of Biden’s political career, so I wrote about it!

Joe Biden Was Always Doomed The forces that brought him to the brink of contentment were always going to drive him deep into despair.

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the, like, Shakespearean tragedy of Biden’s political career, so I wrote about it!

I interviewed Ross Douthat about his podcast, and the one-of-kind position he holds in legacy media. It features maybe my favorite headline we’ve ever published.

Conservatives Love Him. Liberals Actually Listen to Him. How Does Ross Douthat … Do That? Not many podcasters can feature J.D. Vance, Steve Bannon, and Peter Thiel and still court a left-leaning audience.

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I interviewed Ross Douthat about his podcast, and the one-of-kind position he holds in legacy media. It features maybe my favorite headline we’ve ever published.

The one thing you can say about Bari Weiss is she seems to be singularly adept at getting extremely rich guys to give her money.

The only thing I have to add is that maybe we weren’t giving Jack Antonoff enough credit

You know how our mothers have a taste for regaling us with random horrific tragedies, often about people we don't really know, whenever we catch up? I decided to write about where that instinct comes from. Here is a deep dive on the Doom Moms 💖

You know how our mothers have a taste for regaling us with random horrific tragedies, often about people we don't really know, whenever we catch up? I decided to write about where that instinct comes from. Here is a deep dive on the Doom Moms 💖

My take on the return of Kimmel.

Jimmy Kimmel Made His Return. His Monologue Was Revealing. This was undoubtedly the most significant episode of a talk show in recent history.

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My take on the return of Kimmel.

Time is a flat circle

Yes, the American Experiment Has Come Down to Having to Roll Hard for Kimmel It is mortifying that a legitimate political crisis has forced us to run to the defense of TV's blandest host.

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One last thought on Kimmel, which is, it's so embarrassing that an existential first amendment crisis requires one to come to the defense of Jimmy Kimmel Live lmfao. Of all shows! Of all people!

MAGA Has a New Defense for Trump Trampling the First Amendment. Don’t Fall For It. You’re being lied to about the Jimmy Kimmel suspension and “cancel culture.”

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My thoughts on Kimmel, “cancel culture,” the stupidity of this era, gullible marks, and so on.

Cannot believe MAGA offered an off ramp for liberals to finally shed their reputation as humorless scolds. All-time unforced error.

(he would have been canceled into eternal Gen X Guy grievance i fear)

Threw this on the big screen last night.

I think about this a lot.

I am writing about how it's impossible to find a comfortable position to read - neck gets sore looking down at book while sitting, arms get sore holding it above your head while laying down, etc. If you have cracked the code and have come up with the ideal Reading Posture, I'd love to hear about it!

maybe the biggest lesson here is that some level of fluency in internet culture is essential to a full understanding of where we are today and anyone waving it away with “online is not real life” has lost the plot. we all spend our lives with our phones in our hands and you ignore that at your peril

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Stayed up late to write about Charlie Kirk.

Charlie Kirk Was a Trump Force Like No Other. It’s Clear What Comes Now. Kirk sweetalked octogenarian donors and 19-year-old groypers alike. He was killed in his element.

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