Yavuz CagatayKim Stanley Robinson’s Latest Novel Imagines Life in an Underwater New Yorkverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Joshua RothmanIt’s spring in New York City. At Twenty-sixth and Park, the waves shine in the sunlight, and the breeze is briny with seaweed. Morning commuters are boarding a crosstown vaporetto. Out on the canal, finance guys in speedboats weave between the bigger ships. Workers in an inflatable raft are …
Yavuz Cagatay21 Genius Travel Hacks We Learned from InstagramBrit + Co - Kate ThornWhether you’re prepping for a weekend getaway, a destination wedding or a legit beach vacay, Instagram is often the first place you head to get inspo on where to eat, what to see and, most importantly, how to travel with a little less stress. Wait, what? Yup. Your fave social network is here to …
Yavuz CagatayJapan’s Loose-Gendered Phenomenonverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Joan AcocellaTakarazuka, an all-female Japanese theatre ensemble with an exceedingly devoted following, comes to Lincoln Center. In 1913, Ichizo Kobayashi, the founder of Japan’s Hankyu Railways, was looking for a ploy to get tourists to stay on his Osaka line all the way to the terminus, in the city of …
Yavuz CagatayThe Blondverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Nicolas NiarchosThe other night, at this dimly lit hotel bar, an impossibly skinny d.j. faded into “You’re So Vain,” and two impossibly skinny patrons—she in a black romper, he in sailor stripes—burst from a banquette for a boogie. The Blond, created by the restaurant-and-property baron Aby Rosen, is apparently …
Yavuz CagatayIncredible drag race video pits Tesla Model X against a Ferrari F430bgr.com - Yoni HeislerAs Elon Musk likes to boast, Tesla doesn’t know how to make slow cars. In fact, when it comes to pure acceleration, Tesla offers borderline supercar …
Yavuz CagatayWhy Donald Trump Is Wrong About Manufacturing Jobs and Chinaverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Jeffrey RothfederNot long ago, a video mocking Donald Trump’s obsession with China was posted on YouTube, a mashup splicing together some two hundred and fifty instances in which he has said “China” during his speeches. The context of his remarks on the subject, inexorably, is this: “They’re stealing our jobs; …
