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This Life Gives You Nothing

Jonah Weiner | Blackbird Spyplane | 16th December 2025

Elegantly-written realisation that outsourcing thought to one's phone is not a good idea. "I enjoyed two unexpected, interconnected revelations. The first was that the opening pages of Swann’s Way are beautiful and captivatingly trippy. The second was that I did not want to die having made an Instagram reel with a throwaway punchline about Proust, but not having actually read any Proust" (3,200 words)

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Anti-Sports Personality Of The Year 2025

Simon Burnton | Guardian | 17th December 2025

There were two stone-based cheating scandals in sport this year. Some competitors at the world stone skimming championship were accused of throwing "suspiciously circular" stones. Also, a Chinese curling player allegedly "burned a stone", that is, illegally touched it with a broom to change its path. Sportspeople also bit each other, waxed pool balls, and tampered with ski suits. Delightfully ignominious (1,900 words)