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Back in 1994, Ruth Reichl famously reviewed and raved about Great New York Noodletown for The New York Times. “New York Noodletown,” she wrote, “with its bustle and clatter, its shared tables and its chefs wreathed in billows of steam rising from the cauldrons of soup in the front of the restaurant, is as close as you can get to Hong Kong without leaving Manhattan.” Since then, the restaurant has become one of the most acclaimed kitchens for Cantonese cooking in Chinatown, if not the nation.

I wasn’t going to write about this because I assumed it would be all over the news, but it wasn’t. There was one brief article in Rolling Stone: Elon Musk Wades Deeper into Antisemitic Propaganda: A hashtag pushed by right-wing ideologues and rife with antisemitic content is trending on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, and being shown support by owner Elon Musk. It’s a new low for a platform that has seemingly abandoned the fight against hate speech.

Previously: Exiting the vampires' palace: The tabloids are angry because Harry revealed how it works Prince Harry is a 36-year-old married man with one child and one on the way. But in the eyes of the British commentariat, the most cursed collection of nannies this side of a dark Disney film, he’s a child to be chastised and scolded. And that tendency has exploded after Harry dared to talk about parenting on the Armchair Expert podcast.

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Share Death Row Records is known most for things that happen outside of music. The legendary record label was home for superstars like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, The Dogg Pound, and of course Tupac. Led by their CEO Suge Knight Death Row had a dominant reign over the music industry. But stories of violence have seemed to be the first thing that you think of when you think about Death Row Records.

Well, here’s a fun mashing together of groups! Switch and DeBarge were two Motown acts from the Midwest that never quite reached their full potential. Or maybe I just have high expectations. Too high expectations. The common thread between the two bands was Bobby DeBarge. The songwriter and singer was a longtime member of Switch and briefly a member of DeBarge. However, it was Bobby’s success with Switch that partially galvanized his younger siblings to create the family group DeBarge.

John Aziz is a British Palestinian musician who has come into the public spotlight since October 7th for tweeting out for peace and against Hamas. In this conversation, we unpack why it’s so controversial for a Palestinian like John to be pro-peace, the trauma both sides aren’t acknowledging or addressing, and the overly-simplified, ironic, Star Wars narratives of the Western Left. Follow him on X and read John’s article in The Atlantic here.

Hi all, A few updates before diving in. First, I have two events coming up in the next month, one virtual, and one live in NYC: This Saturday, October 9 at 2pm ET, I’ll be speaking to French novelist Victoria Mas about her acclaimed debut, The Mad Women’s Ball, which was also recently released as an Amazon Original film. This is a virtual event hosted by Albertine, and you can RSVP through them or via the French Embassy.

December weather and climate offered up something for everyone in Alaska (okay, except for sunshine), but snow and rain were especially prominent. Average temperature departures in December (Fig. 1) showed a pattern that was common in 2023, with above normal temperatures stretching from the North Slope south across the eastern Interior and into Southeast Alaska. At the same time, much of Southcentral and southwest Alaska was colder than normal. And as happened earlier in the year, some the warmth was close to record levels: Utqiaġvik reported the third highest December temperature in the past century and Sitka the fourth highest (since 1947).