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​The man in search of the perfect dog​

A visit to Boonville, California, for 96-point pinot noir and quite possibly the ideal canine companion, a descendant of the McNab shepherd. [Gift link.]

The New York Times | Lauren Markham

​No iPad till after dinner, mom​

The kids may be all right, but what about the adults? On navigating the challenges of toxic screentime for seniors.

Intelligencer | Charlie Engman

​The lucrative world of literary scams​

How online scammers are increasingly targeting authors, and why writers are often the perfect marks.

The Dial | Snigdha Poonam

​The reticent auteur​

"At a time when so much of our culture feels manufactured and predigested [...] what we need are more works that aren’t clean, manicured, or calculated, works that bear the scars of their creation. And what work of art is more compellingly scarred than one the artist is so invested in that they feel no need, at least for a while, to work again?"

The Yale Review | Bilge Ebiri

​The new fan's guide to the unreal world of Nathan Fielder​

What to read before you watch You Can See Everything.

Wired | Miles Klee

​Nobody wants to talk about why The Ringer is pivoting to Substack​

Another data point on the growing difficulty of running a business based on people reading articles on websites. (But if you like reading articles on websites, sign up for Seabird!)

Defector | Owen Lewis

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​The Hugging Face incident​

"If they'd been human, this would have been multiple felonies." A visual explainer of what happened when OpenAI agents escaped containment and hacked into another company.

Huggingface.wtf | Raymond Arnold

​How Taiwan activates Beijing's chosen fear​

A deep dive into the Chinese Communist Party's motivations regarding Taiwan and what they imply for strategy from the US.

War on the Rocks | Charles Edward Gehrke

​Lake Ontario has bigger problems than Donald Trump​

It's a good time have written a book about Lake Ontario, if not a great time for the lake itself.

The Walrus | Daniel Macfarlane

​The psychic shock of Texas voting Democrat​

"If Democratic candidates win some of these races, not only will it shift institutional power away from Republicans, it will be a psychic shock to the American right, a sign that parts of the country they consider quintessentially theirs are turning against them."

Arc Digital | Nicholas Grossman

​A hard look at libertarianism​

Seabirder Janet Bufton reviews Quinn Slobodian's Hayek's Bastards.

The Plucky Remnant | Janet Bufton

​Nov. 2026 endorsements​

For Portland readers, Seabirder Mort weighs in on the city's new measure to give voters more say over the budget.

Mortlandia | Brendan Mortimer

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​Everywhere you want to eat—but only if you've got the right credit card​

How credit card companies got into the restaurant experiences game, and how those without the right card subsidize those who have it.

Ravenous | Jaya Saxena

​Come to Brazil​

A case for Brazil as dining destination.

Works in Progress | Tyler Cowen

​Have you been to the sixth-worst McDonald's in America?​

Or you could visit the McDonald's in Stafford County, Virginia, and maybe score an extra McFlurry.

Washingtonian | Sylvie McNamara

​Luna the arctic fox is making friends and fans in Wisconsin​

Checking in on an adorable arctic fox who previously made her home in Portland.

Oregon Public Broadcasting | Cambrie Juarez

​Some of the most pristine coral reefs have a secret weapon​

Finally, in bird news... On the conservation benefits of seabird droppings.

NPR | Lauren Sommer

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