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Freelance journalist covering food & culture. Work in NYT, Atlantic, Bon Appetit. Eater alum. Also a science fiction writer. I live in Los Angeles.
A story I've always wanted to do is about how France permits/zones restaurants completely differently than we do, allowing teeny-tiny places to operate (and wine bars to endlessly proliferate)
Call it Anti-Industrial Policy: we need is a suite of policies to nudge Americans to own and operate more little public-facing businesses. Speciality shops. Six-seater bars. Esoteric services. Restaurants serving two or three dishes. It would lower overall productivity and increase quality of life.
"The poll also found that 61% of kids want to play in person with their friends and without adults, while 87% said they wished they could spend more time playing with their friends in person and outside of school." www.scarymommy.com/parenting/ha...
thank you Ben!!
This story is terrific, and I'm so excited @meghanmccarron.bsky.social is publishing fiction!
My new short story is now live at @lightspeedmagazine.com. It's set in a struggling private Mars colony. I'm really proud of this one, and so happy to be putting fiction out into the world again www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...
The grow pods clung to a red, humped ridge about a twenty-minute hike west from the habitats. Inside one of their plastic domes, a farmer named Oliver Judd nestled potato starts in the ground with nim...
Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up.
Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year.
idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/i...
I am so jealous!! What a perfect hang ❤️
bro im listening with the deepest attention to your most singular narrative
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A reminder that I'm still the series editor of the Best American Food and Travel Writing anthology and to send your submissions, early and often, to bestamericanfoodtravel@gmail.com (full guidelines here d2xcq4qphg1ge9.cloudfront.net/assets/23044...)
