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The Ur-Designer Who Knows Apple Has Lost Its Way

Don Norman: "Apple fell prey to the disastrous part of design, which is that design is about making something beautiful and elegant. And I say, nonsense.” - El País

The Culture In Agriculture

In Wisconsin, “'The Hay Rake Ballet' in an alfalfa field — set to opera music in front of a rapt crowd who oohed and aahed at every lift of the rakes used to move hay into rows — was a hit of the Farm/Art D'Tour.” - The New York Times

Netflix Seems To Be Bouncing Back

Subscribers, money, growth, live sports, Christmas Day NFL games … what is happening to the streamer that for a while seemed doomed to fall behind? - Los Angeles Times

Can One Make Money On OnlyFans Without Making Content About Sex?

"For every university student raising cash by sharing nudes, there’s a wholesome housewife uploading DIY tips or an up-and-coming musician posting his latest tracks.” Is OnlyFans the next TikTok? - Wired

Composer Max Richter On The Most Streamed Classical Album Of All Time, And Working With Margaret Atwood

Richter’s 8.5-hour Sleep, based on the neuroscience of sleeping, is 10 years old, and still popular. But the composer’s newest music is for a ballet based on Margaret Atwood’s 2013 book MaddAdam. - The Observer (UK)

British Film And Drama Schools Aren’t Exactly Filled With Working-Class Students

Actor Naomi Scott, who didn’t go to drama school, would like to change the chances for young working-class Brits interested in acting with material support. “We can do our small bit to maybe help some people have a clearer path to what they want to do.” - BBC

There Is No Way To Make Teenage Fame Safe

“Fame, like football, takes a toll. The effects can be particularly destabilizing when the star in question is still just a kid. And all too often, the people who should be looking out for these valuable, vulnerable quantities are, instead, cashing in.” - The New York Times

Instagram And Facebook Are Tagging Searches For Megalopolis With A Really Creepy Warning

“Instead of seeing posts about Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film, they’re shown a warning, titled, ‘Child sexual abuse is illegal.’” - The Verge

A Novelist Shared Her Notes About The Dust Bowl With John Steinbeck

He got The Grapes of Wrath; Sonora Babb’s novel contract was cancelled; and Steinbeck dedicated his book to her male supervisor. What would Tom Joad say? - The New York Times

A Documentary Exposing The Far-Right In The UK Was Yanked From A London Film Festival

The director: “Fear is its own form of censorship, it’s not deliberate, but it works out that way and the only people benefiting from that decision are the far right.” - Variety

The Emergency Tailors Of New York Comic Con

"Armed with glue guns, zip ties, Popsicle sticks and safety pins, the Paladins of Cosplay come ready to fix.” - The New York Times

Looks, Ten; Sound, Exciting

The remodeled symphony hall in San Diego has stepped up, as has its entire neighborhood. But how does it sound? - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

When Writing Criticism Feels Like Dumping Your Time Into Quicksand

"Sometimes we study a text so closely that we see past the violence right in front of us. … There is no objective analysis.” - Slate

The Greatest American Art Form Started In Britain

But the U.S. comprehensively remade horror - particularly historical horror, starting, but far from ending, with the Salem witch trials: “The bad conscience of the colonizers that comes back to haunt their descendants is racialized.” - Slate

The Death Of The Auteur

Directors used to have power - maybe too much power, of course, but their visions were important. Then came superhero everything. - The Guardian (UK)

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