Vinson Cunningham

VC's Quiet Storm #1: Mingus, Sade, Annahstasia, Dr. King, James Weldon Johnson. vcunningham.substack.com/p/scenes-in-th…

.@vcunningham⁩ “a constant sandstorm of casual lies and destabilizing ambiguity keeps obscuring important facts—the kinds of facts atop which a constitutional republic, ruled by self-governing, notionally informed citizens, is supposed to be built.” newyorker.com/culture/on-tel…

thoughts on conspiracism and Colbert newyorker.com/culture/on-tel…

Loved this commentary on the brain-numbing effects of AI in the @NewYorker “The preferred state, it seems, is a zoned-out semi-presence, the worker accounted for in body but absent in spirit.” newyorker.com/culture/critic…

Breaking News: Israeli troops killed more than 60 Palestinians after crowds gathered near a border crossing where aid trucks enter, Gaza officials said. nyti.ms/3GRuuTp

“Love Island USA” is about the friends and the love matches you make in the villa, but, “before long, America’s teeming waves of restless voters come rudely into the frame,” @vcunningham writes. nyer.cm/DH9xALQ

much like the radio format from which it takes its name, Vinson Cunningham's Quiet Storm will be a creature of the evening. first edition drops in a few minutes, at 7pm. join up: vcunningham.substack.com

Nahhh The choice of words and adjectives by the writer is so interesting yet messy

i wrote about Love Island

VC's Quiet Storm #1: Mingus, Sade, Annahstasia, Dr. King, James Weldon Johnson. open.substack.com/pub/vcunningha…

so true newyorker!

to be clear i did not mean to "whack" Huda, she is an American original

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i am starting a very modest newsletter concern. it's free and will be no great chore to consume. just a playlist culled from my listening and a quotation culled from my reading, every Friday. first edition arrives tomorrow. link below and in my bio. INDULGE