Becca Rothfeld

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  • Mar 10, 2026
    Yesterday, I was at the gym, struggling to squat properly and sweatily listening to Ezra Klein interview an Anthropic executive, when it occurred to me: this stuff is so, so...
  • Mar 9, 2026
    The French, in all their Continental wisdom, have a word for people who are ugly in theory yet beautiful in practice. Someone who is jolie laide (literally, pretty-ugly) ought by...