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Even if you don't know who Miles Klee is, you've probably encountered a Miles Klee story. They have headlines like, “Why Porn Bots Have Taken Over Your Twitter Feed,” “How ‘Timberwolves Brasil’ Became Basketball’s Favorite Gonzo Fan Account,” and “How Dangerous is Ketamine, Really?” The Los Angeles-based culture writer for Rolling Stone is also the author of a novel, Ivyland, a story collection, True False, and a member of the writers’ collective Flaming Hydra [which also includes Depth Perception’s Mark Yarm].

Miley Cyrus is back with her best album cover yet. Endless Summer Vacation is Miley Cyrus’ eighth studio album. Loading... Miley has been in the music industry for 16 years now, with her debut album coming out in 2007. It’s crazy to think that we watched her grow up from a Disney sensation all the way to a legitimate pop & rock star, carrying one of the most expressive and powerful singing voices in recent memory.

Welcome to Mimir’s Well, Mark McNeilly’s newsletter. In Norse mythology, Mimir’s Well is where Odin drank from to gain wisdom. It is for those who are curious about everything. My goal: to share interesting ideas with you on the past, present & future. No thanksncG1vNJzZmilkae4rq%2FNnqClpKljwLau0q2YnKNemLyuew%3D%3D

With Minding the Gaps,  Keith Phipps writes about a movie he’s never seen before, selected at random by the app he uses to catalog a DVD and Blu-ray collection accumulated over 20+ years. It’s an attempt to fill in the gaps in his film knowledge while removing the horrifying burden of choice. This is the first column. A few words of explanation before we kick off this new column: I own a lot of movies.

The way we look at the world is how it appears. If we’re in love, we see love everywhere. If we’re low on cash, all we see are price tags.  Our mindset shapes what we focus on and how we feel about what we’re experiencing. That, in turn, influences how we think about ourselves and the world. Understanding this is incredibly powerful because it allows you to become who you want to be in the world instead of continuing to feel like you’re living a little less boldly than you’d like.

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Perhaps my greatest moral failing is that I don’t like animals. Dogs, cats, the cutest panda you ever did see—meh, I’ll stick with the anthropocene. But I do at times envy the deep bond pet owners have with their furry friends. My former colleague Leah once wrote an article in which she got life advice from 50 of the world's most successful women. The most common piece of advice? Get a dog.

Last Friday, 17th March, would have been Alexander McQueen’s 54th birthday. He committed suicide when I was in my first year at university—I remember the news breaking whilst being at an afters. My best friend ordered copious amounts of booze from an unlicensed late night delivery ‘service’ (it was a random bloke with a car—in 2010, Gorillas did not exist), and insisted everyone raise a toast. Whilst I didn’t have the desire to become a designer myself, McQueen was a huge reason as to why I had gone to fashion school.

Please enjoy this piece by my friend Clare.—BDM Who is Taylor Swift? You’ll never know. Unless you have spent a significant amount of time on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, in which case you have a mysterious psychic bond.  But when people ask this question, they are not always asking about the inner nutmeat of personhood concealed behind the impenetrable husk of persona. They are trying to place her and make sense of her surely unforeseen career trajectory, with its steady, Napoleonic conquest of the music industry’s heights; its Cambrian moments of explosive growth; and above all, its remarkable staying power.