Jane Friedman, who writes a newsletter about the publishing industry and was a victim of AI-generated content: "There’s not a lot of critical thinking that goes on in that first step of customer service with Amazon." - Slate
I blithely assumed reading would be mine to reclaim when the right moment arrived. But when I finally looked toward my bookshelves, I found that the desire to read had evaporated. Not a single title on my teetering to-be-read pile appealed. - Washington Post
“Manhattan’s filled with struggling dancers/instructors running a marathon merry-go-round of rehearsals, gyms, private homes. Our Unlimited Metrocards are swiped up to twenty times a day." - Village Voice
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, founded in 1945, abruptly canceled its youth events on Saturday - and then deleted everything off its calendar for 2023-24. - CTV Kitchener
"These places are where people begin their art careers. No one starts at the RCA – you go to your local site of entry. That’s where you first think, ‘Maybe I could do art.’" - The Observer (UK)
The so-called "discreet dynasty" of art dealers is no longer impregnable thanks to multiple lawsuits from generations of women who say they were cheated out of their share by unscrupulous men. - The New York Times
It's a tough job, coming up with names like "Yummy Mummy" (beige) or Molly Coddled (pinkish), but someone has to get paid to do it - and a legal team has to vet each name as well. - Slate
But art historian Erika López Prater, fired for showing an image of the Prophet Muhammad in an online Hamline class, may keep her lawsuit against the university on the grounds of religious discrimination. - Sahan Journal
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra now has built-in students at a new school - and that might help orchestral music stay alive in England. - BBC
We're all West Coasters now: "This same accent that Gen Z has, which sounds a little bit like California English, to be honest, has shown up in places like California, Raleigh, Detroit and Boston." - NPR
Of course, there's Michelle Yeoh's Evelyn in Everything Everywhere All at Once, but that's not the only zeitgeist change. Middle-aged women "have had enough of the bullshit." - LitHub
The firing of the Greek antiquities curator came as museum officials in St. Petersburg "said that they had started a complete provenance review of the museum’s collection." - The New York Times
Bard College's president says its online courses are useful for students who haven't yet fled the newly right-wing New College, but also those who have. "They want to know they’re not alone, and we’re telling them they’re not alone." - Fast Company
