Instapaper Weekly – Sep 7, 2025

The week's most popular stories Most Popular Friday Sep 5, 2025 'The Lowdown': Ethan Hawke Is a Mad Genius in This Gloriously Off-Kilter Noir rollingstone.com In the new comedic mystery series The Lowdown, Ethan Hawke plays writer Lee Raybon, who runs a Tulsa used bookstore by day, but cares more about his sideline as a “truthstorian” — a pretentiously on-brand... Save Thursday Sep 4, 2025 Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom henrikkarlsson.xyz Brioches and Knife, Eliot Hodgkin, 08/1961 1. When people talk about the value of paying attention and slowing down, they often make it sound prudish and monk-like. Attention is something we “have to protect.” And... Save Wednesday Sep 3, 2025 The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It? wired.com Cindy Bi is not supposed to be telling me this story. First, there’s the confidentiality clause. When Bi, a venture capitalist who claims to have invested in a dozen unicorns, hired a surrogate to carry... Save Tuesday Sep 2, 2025 The Anti-Trump Strategy That’s Actually Working theatlantic.com This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Days after Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to put an end to the Justice Department’s revelations about Jeffrey... Save Monday Sep 1, 2025 Why more and more people are tuning the news out: ‘Now I don’t have that anxiety’ theguardian.com News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out. The reasons vary: for some... Save Sunday Aug 31, 2025 AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetime theverge.com This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all things AI, follow Hayden Field. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET.... Save instapaper.com  ·  @instapaper  ·  unsubscribe © 2025 Instapaper, All rights reserved. P.O. Box 310663 · Brooklyn, NY 11231