New Yorker magazine alert thread

I think the point was that in lieu of gluten they are typically jacking up one of the three other "seller" components—salt, sugar, or refined carbs (which turns to sugar)—all of which in excess are more dangerous than gluten is to the average non-celiac, gluten-insensitive eater.

So ultimately, what's the harm?

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, October 30, 2014 9:44 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

um they will talk to you about it

OTM

cosign

^^^

other thing is that people who believe that garbage are also likely to be people who believe all sorts of other garbage

i mean the people i know who have gone gluten free (and who don't actually have any particular sensitivity) are among the stupidest, most gullible people i know

why do you know stupid people

i am related to some of them :(

I know one otherwise-normal guy who was way ahead of the curve re: gluten (and went from 120 pounds soaking wet to a normal weight when he eliminated it) but everyone else is definitely down with Ron Paul, Crossfit, essential oils, hatred of GMOs and most of them think Jesus got his six-pack via avoidance of bread.

he gained weight going gluten-free?

one of the effects of gluten intolerance is diarrhea so that's not shocking

maybe "soaking wet" is a phone autocorrecting "overweight"?

i bet they got a ~ton~ of letters on the marx service animal article

interesting that 1 pts out that 16 states have passed laws defining the misrepresentation of a service animal as a crime -- then the next letter, the women confesses to exactly that

Amazing: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/17/crystal-ball-3

xpost They did print three letters re: the Marx piece, which usually implies a deluge.

I liked the Alex Ross Beethoven piece a lot, about how he's been deified into shorthand but really should be praised in deeper detail to justify as well as promote his genius.

Amazing: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/17/crystal-ball-3

They could've labeled that as a Shouts & Murmurs and I would've been none the wiser.

'everyone should be talking about HoMo'

this guy is a fuckin' treasure

/Amazing: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/17/crystal-ball-3/

They could've labeled that as a Shouts & Murmurs and I would've been none the wiser.

article about this fuckin _modern farmer_ magazine lady is hilarious http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/10/read-reap

yeah, i thought the modern farmer piece carefully walked the line between "young entrepreneur in transition" and "can you believe these fuckin people" until it didn't and then it got funny
the part where she was unwilling to carry the recently killed chicken (but not to buy and have someone else prepare them for her to eat!) was A++

yeah the authorial "I" during that bit carried a disdain for the article's subject that teetered on the edge of unseemly, new-yorker-wise

at least in the remnick era

loved the rachel aviv piece on the sex abuse and the hasidic jews

Aviv is so good.

must have been a nightmare to fact-check

Rachel Aviv's underutilized Twitter also pretty special https://twitter.com/RachelAviv/with_replies

The drone war in Pakistan

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/24/unblinking-stare

good article. i assume we can expect boycotts and hysterical cries of genocide any minute now?

i just bumped into anthony lane's scarlett johannson profile whilst flipping through the backlog. Good lord is that thing ever embarrassing.

so embarrassing, like being naked in front of a bunch of people, soft shoulders and toned body in full display??

are you... are you watching me right now?

listen i just love film

i've been really enjoying the recent spate of hipster takedown articles lately: the emotional-support animal one, specter's pieces on GMOs and gluten intolerance. nicely sums up most of what i hate about vermont

although the food issue had an advertisement for an "integrative cancer center" so there's that

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/17/double-jeopardy-3

this was a fantastic piece of reporting. the judge's justifications at the very end almost made me physically ill

osnos: i shall build this profile of samantha power around the theme of her astounding height

fact-checker: 5'9" is above average but hardly unusual

osnos: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Yes but over 6' when wearing heels

o shiii

I also like how they found room to add a paragraph describing the horny French diplomat's feelings

in france we do not have zis . . . politique correctness, oui?

We do not know of zee appropriate way to live!

*squeezes ze airboobs*

Who knew that New Zealand had a mammal problem?

Not I.

Me neither! Grim but fascinating.

*squeezes ze airboobs*

― ♪♫_\o/_♫♪ (Karl Malone), Wednesday, December 24, 2014 4:56 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is my new favorite thing

"People have hoity-toity reasons for preferring one kind of entertainment to another," he said later. "To me, it doesn't matter whether you're looking at cat photos that inspire you or so-called 'high art' that inspires you."

that is so generous of him

i mean, it really sets my mind at ease

wau that guy

The most amazing thing about the New Zealand mammal problem a few weeks back is that I can't buy a t-shirt with this on it: http://www.rimutakatrust.org.nz/images/pfnz..png