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Henry James is my favourite writer. Not, I’m saying, the best writer, but my most treasured, a novelist whose work has meant a great deal to me and provided solace and companionship throughout my adult life. To that end, I’m holding an Interintellect salon on James next Thursday, December 21st at 19.00 GMT. Tickets are available here. If you’re a paid subscriber, let me know if you want to come and I’ll sort you a free code.

Hi! I’m Jacqueline Nesi, a clinical psychologist, professor at Brown University, and mom of two young kids. Here at Techno Sapiens, I share the latest research on psychology, technology, and parenting, plus practical tips for living and parenting in the digital age. If you haven’t already, subscribe to join nearly 20,000 readers, and if you like what you’re reading, please consider sharing Techno Sapiens with a friend. Share Hi there, techno sapiens.

Wildair alumni Jacob Nass and Chef Quang “Q” Nguyen, and partner Ian Henderson-Charnow (Greenberg’s Bagels) are opening Demo on Tuesday, February 6th in the West Village.  This stylish new all-day eatery transitions from daytime—baked goods, coffee, and a general store (8am-3pm)—to evening (starting at 5pm) with an appealing menu that gracefully straddles Italy, France and Spain—dishes like Chopped Radicchio with Tahini with Za’atar, Persimmon with Whipped Ricotta and Sunchokes; Scallop Crudo with Gremolata; and Crabs Casino with Café Paris butter.

Will Sharpe can do it all. We need a new, less pretentious term for multihyphenate, we really do. (I thesaurus.com’d it and there wasn’t so much as a single alternative.) Still, Sharpe is every bit a textbook multihyphenate — working as an actor, writer and director — who achieved worldwide recognition for his role as Ethan, the reserved tech bro, on the latest season of The White Lotus. I’ll admit, I was unfamiliar with Sharpe before TWL put me on to both his talents and his physique.

The history of mixed martial arts (MMA) has a long history extending back at least to the Ancient Greeks with their version of physical combat known as ‘Pankration’ (meaning ‘all powers’). Fast forwarding to near-present day, the contemporary world was broadly introduced to MMA through the efforts of companies like the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and other companies too. The idea behind MMA is to allow fighters, unlike boxers and wrestlers, to employ mixed techniques from across various and distinct fighting styles like kickboxing, karate, wrestling, and judo, in part, to establish which fighting styles are most effective.

Friends, Today, Heather and I examine whether the protests against Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, now roiling university campuses across America, will harm Biden’s chances of being reelected next November. We also look at state anti-abortion laws — which now apply to 1 out of 3 American women of childbearing age — and consider how much they’ll harm Trump in November. Please pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and, if so moved, take our survey.

In response to last Sunday’s lemongrass pork recipe, Emily mentioned that her lemongrass in Southern California was spindly. Jan also reported unjoyful lemongrass cultivation in Europe. I suspected that they may have not been growing the kind of lemongrass that’s typically eaten. I didn’t know how to get a hold of a specimen to share with you all. I’d only seen the skinny lemongrass in ornamental gardens. Fate intervened yesterday when I played hooky and went to a favorite nursery.

Okay - this is part two, so go read part one to make sure you’re on the same page. I remember thinking : I hope I get to have sex before I die and go to heaven. It would suck not to get to knock the proverbial boots before getting to the other side. That line of thinking is what got me started on processing this whole question, many moons ago, because I think a lot of us have the same idea.

Another good idea that came from Hung Up’s Love Is Blind chat: a poll! Who do you think will get married, and (in two cases) is there a possibility two people make it to the altar with someone else? I put these polls together very quickly; they will close a week from today! Comments are open for more specificity too: if you think a couple won’t get married, who says no?