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10/12/2026 · Barrington
The Career Pivot Is Not a Personality Makeover
You don’t need to become a networking machine or invent a dazzling five-year plan. You do need to stop hiding behind “research” and make a few uncomfortable, trackable moves.
The Group Chat, the Stolen Credit, and Other Small Daily Crimes
One reader is trapped in a family group chat full of passive-aggressive thumbs-up. Another keeps watching a coworker take credit for her ideas. Darla has words—and a plan.
10/10/2026
Stop Calling a Room Full of Projectors an “Immersive Experience”
I have nothing against giant digital paintings, but we need to stop pretending that standing inside a screensaver is the same as encountering art. Sometimes a projection show is magic. Sometimes it is a screensaver wearing a beret.
10/10/2026
Vertical Dramas Are Eating Television One Tiny Rectangle at a Time
The next big TV hit may be watched with one thumb, one eye, and absolutely no respect for subtlety. Meanwhile, traditional streaming keeps serving us eight-hour movies about emotionally complicated furniture.
10/10/2026
<em>The Studio</em> Is Hollywood’s Funniest Nervous Breakdown
Hollywood has finally made a comedy about Hollywood that understands the industry’s true religion: panic. Plus, four picks for your weekend and one expensive-looking thing you can safely ignore.
10/10/2026
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