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Life and death at Balthazar

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Boom and echo

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Songs Ojai

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Making babies

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Goo-on-goo action.

on Infinite Backrooms’ Goatse hagiography and the proliferation of agentic AI.

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Everything Is Flubber

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It's the most wonderful time of the year.

As per tradition, we asked Dirt contributors and friends to share what’s on their wishlist this year. Have fun, give thanks, go shopping. Not necessarily in that order.

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Our gift guide pt. 2

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It's the most wonderful time of the year. 

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Our gift guide pt. 1

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By Martha Stewart, of all people.

on Martha Stewart’s savvy as a proto-influencer in the age before trad wives. This piece was originally published on [MERMAID CAFÉ](https://mermaidcafe.substack.com/).

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Gobsmacked

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“I am so sorry for being insane.”

on sleepwalking, surveillance delusions, and the anxieties of adulthood.

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The Sleep Mask

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Kissa and tell. 

in conversation with Nick Dwyer about his documentary, A Century in Sound. 

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Louder in Japan

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Where have all the sad boys gone?

on Young Jesus’ *The Fool* and whether the left really needs a Joe Rogan.

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Man of the year

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Moonwalking into the future.

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Didion & Babitz

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