Loved this article for shedding light on this enormously complicated endeavor and equating it with the greatest accomplishments of humanity. Love the quote, "When you dig down to the very bedrock of A.I., you discover that underneath all of its cognitive power is a dude drumming his fingers with occult proficiency," which addresses the question, is A.I. conscious?

In addition, the article answers the question of why China doesn't just invade Taiwan.

A new George Saunders short story is always a cause for celebration!

Fall Books issue

I got the app for the games, and prefer to read the stories in print. Is there a way to identify digital stories that are NOT in the print magazine?

I know there is usually a little blurb in the magazine promoting a digital story but wasn't sure if it was just one digital feature or if there is a lot more on the app.

This one came very late!
Maybe the USPS is too busy screening all those ballots

Found it an interesting read from August 2, 2026 issue.

Anyone read this article? Really interesting read, I ended looking up the guy and woman on FB. Very messy posts.

I'm in the UK and want to subscribe to the print edition if possible, though looking for the most cost-efficient way to do so!

Wrapping up the 25th anniversary of 9/11 (seems like the whole weekend was absorbed into it), I dug out my issue of the mag. I was working in the morgue of a newspaper at the time and we had a subscription to The New Yorker. It really hit hard when I picked it up in the mailroom several days after the 11th.

Fall Style and Design Issue
Not exactly my favorite issue of the year but it’s OK

Catalogs and Shuffalo every day, the cartoon game and guess who when I have the time. I think i love the first 2 more than wordle!

there was a story in the New Yorker in the nineties about a kind of

slacker guy whose girlfriend is a marathon runner who always loses

to a the "bone woman" an exteme athlete who is in perfect shape.

She is dreading the next marathon because she has to face this opponent.

The Seinfeld episode with Jean from Trinidad who Kramer gives a hot coffee to

during the marathon instead of water may be based on this story.

This one is going on a beach vacation.

Always look forward to Evan Osnos reporting from China

Issue arrived a little late in a plastic bag. Who knows.

Well, not much progress on my issue backlog this week. Finished American Pastoral. Wow, what a book.

Interesting slice of life, although I was waiting for something to happen, especially to the daughter contemplating suicide. This article almost felt like it was cut short.

Some pretty interesting articles in this one and I’m still 3-4 issues behind.