WellnessSwiping AloneYoung American men report more daily loneliness than the national average, dating apps bring mixed results, and the help people name most is small and regular.Related: The Care GapCounting the Lonely
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Monday, November 2
Culture & CurrentHollywood Is ShrinkingHow studio cuts, strikes and rival incentives pushed Los Angeles filming to its lowest since 2020, and what California’s expanded film tax credit has changed so far.Related: After the FiresThe Culture of Protest
Culture & CurrentAfter the FiresDisaster crews removed fire debris from nearly 9,700 properties in about eight months. Soil tests, insurance disputes and a market in empty lots tell the rest.Related: Hollywood Is ShrinkingThe Culture of Protest
WellnessThe Care GapResearchers report symptom improvements in a trial of an AI therapy chatbot, and say it still needs clinician oversight. Behind both: nowhere near enough providers.Related: Swiping AloneCounting the Lonely
TechTidal's 100 Percent LineTidal stopped paying royalties on recordings it identifies as wholly AI-generated. Its own policy cites detection limits, and partly AI-made tracks fall outside the rule for now.Related: Building UNDOMICILED, Frame by FrameSwiping Alone
TechBuilding UNDOMICILED, Frame by FrameThe UNDOMICILED trailer, the AI tools on the market, and what the U.S. Copyright Office says about work made with them.Related: Tidal's 100 Percent LineSwiping Alone
The WorkIncludes our readIs the Live Show Dying?Max Luger's frames from a Dom Dolla show in October 2024 frame the question: as AI floods streaming, is the room losing, or winning?Related: Underground, BrooklynClass of 2020
Sunday, November 1
WellnessCounting the LonelyThe WHO and Gallup put worldwide loneliness at one in six to nearly one in four. The gaps between their numbers are part of the story.Related: Swiping AloneThe Care Gap
Saturday, October 31
Behind the LensOn SetKyla Ray turns the lens on Max Luger, crouched low on a crosswalk and directing a 2020 test shoot, beside the crews he photographed on separate jobs.Related: Swiping AloneHollywood Is Shrinking
Culture & CurrentThe Culture of ProtestMax Luger's pictures from the 2020 uprising in New York and a march in Los Angeles, set beside the student-led protests filling French streets this autumn.Related: Hollywood Is ShrinkingAfter the Fires
The WorkUnderground, BrooklynMax Luger's black-and-white pictures from one Saturday night in Brooklyn's underground music scene, set against what it now costs to keep a small room open.Related: Is the Live Show Dying?Class of 2020
The WorkClass of 2020RISD's apparel seniors lost their spring runway in 2020. Desiree Nicole Scarborough and Kyra Buenviaje built collections whose materials carry the argument.Related: Is the Live Show Dying?Underground, Brooklyn
Culture & CurrentUndomiciledMax's pictures of downtown Los Angeles from 2015 to 2021, set against the 2025 homeless count, a fight over sidewalk law, and the screenplay he built on the same streets.Related: Hollywood Is ShrinkingAfter the Fires
SpotlightThe Master KeyJamel Shabazz talked to New York strangers before he photographed them, and his own words on that habit set a working standard for street photography.Related: Swiping AloneHollywood Is Shrinking
The WorkSoul Patrol: The HistoryThe Content Campus's FDNY portraits, read against a century in which Black firefighters in New York were shut out of the firehouse table and bunk room.Related: Is the Live Show Dying?Underground, Brooklyn