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The "cracked coder" fetish
Greetings from Read Max HQ, now returned to its rightful place in Brooklyn! Today, we're writing about Luke Farritor, "cracked coders," and "epistemic arrogance."Read Max, in case you have forgotten, is funded almost entirely by paying subscribers. The reading, writing, panic attacks, anxiety scroll
Who is Elara Voss?
Greetings from Read Max! In todays's newsletter, two items:An exploration of "Elara Voss," a mysterious figure haunting megaplatforms and L.L.M.s, anda genealogy of Stomp Clap Hey, occasioned by discourse regarding the band "Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes."A reminder: Read Max is just one guy
A terrific, paranoid Irish serial-killer noir set in Northern Ireland, a wild Hong Kong action-comedy classic, and some excellent Balearic jazz
Greetings from Read Max HQ, and welcome to our weekly roundup column, in which I pick out some worthwhile and often overlooked books, articles, movies, and music to recommend to paying subscribers. For this week's round-up, I've got:A dark, paranoid serial-killer noir set in 1980s Belfast for fans o
17 underappreciated political(ish) thrillers
Greetings from Read Max temporary HQ in beautiful Downeast Maine! I'm on vacation until 7/28 and running "greatest hits" content until then, including two "special edition" paywalled roundups.In this week's special edition roundup--for paying subscribers only!--I'm putting together a list of all the