#New York Times Magazine

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Sarah Moon - The New York Times Magazine, March 1997, from The Graphis Photo Annual (1998)

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(So many good quotes in this one)

Jeremy Strong for New York Times Magazine, 3/10/24

Bonus:

[deadpresidents]

I'm always a fan of Caity Weaver's work, but this piece from the New York Times Magazine (these links are gift links from me past the NYT paywall to access the full article) about how the penny is not only a ridiculous zombie currency, but also a reflection of American dysfunction is one of the best articles I've read in a long time. It's really interesting, especially the parts about production, circulation, and the ultimate paralysis of throwing them in a coin jar for months or years before eventually taking them to a Coinstar machine.

Not only is the penny useless and more expensive to make than it is actually worth, but it's also relatively easy to eliminate. But it's not an imperative and eliminating it also wouldn't necessarily be something that the government or the citizens would actively profit from. And people don't like change -- and I don't mean "change" as in currency, but the act of doing something different or unusual from our accepted routines. So we just ignore them or discard them or hoard them needlessly, and the government keeps making billions of tons (literally) of them because they drop out of circulation. Nobody cares and nobody wants to have to do anything about it because America.

Here's a little excerpt of the piece from the New York Times Magazine, and again, just follow the links for a free gift pass behind the paywall for Caity's full article:

Americans accumulate pennies not because we desire them but because we are entitled to them. If we pay for something in cash with more than exact change, we expect to receive back the difference; if the difference ends in any number other than 0 or 5, we will receive at least one penny. We are entitled to pennies because they exist. But imagine a world where they didn't. Imagine a world where it was Canada. Many Americans will be surprised to learn that Canada eliminated its 1-cent coin more than a decade ago...Canada got rid of its penny in 2013 because it cost 1.6 cents to produce and had, like its American cousin, become essentially worthless. Here is the most important detail to understand: Canada eliminated only its physical coin, not the mathematical concept of 1 cent. Payment by credit card, debit card, mobile phone or check -- any kind of noncash transaction -- is calculated exactly as it was before the penny was abolished. If, after tax, a bill comes to, say, $20.11, a Canadian paying by credit card will be charged $20.11. A Canadian paying by cash can expect to pay $20.10. The final digit of Canadian cash transactions is rounded to the nearest nickel: 1 and 2, nearest to 0 nickels, round down to 0; 3 and 4 round up to a nickel -- 5; 6 and 7, also nearest to one nickel, round down -- 5 again; 8 and 9, nearest to 10 cents, round up. I admit that the thought I might be asked to pay, say $3.80 (cash) for something that, according to the laws of God and man, has been calculated to cost $3.79 (cash) is not only reflexively infuriating to me but a potential source of permanent confusion. The Canadian government mitigated one of those problems (no hope for the other) with an information campaign that included signs with simple charts dividing potential prices into two columns: "Round down" and "Round up." I asked Karl Littler from the Retail Council of Canada if there were still signs at cash registers explaining the rounding. "It's 10 years now, so even the most obtuse people have pretty much figured it out," he said, and laughed.

-- Caity Weaver: "America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny", the New York Times Magazine

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hairinel: @kyliejenner for the @nytimes ✨

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New York Times Magazine 1997 - Anneliese Seubert by Lillian Bassman

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Outtake from The New York Times Magazine

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/magazine/john-oliver-interview.html

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Anneliese Seubert by Lillian Bassman

For The New York Times magazine 1997

[kitsunetsuki]

Melvin Sokolsky - “First Kiss” (The New York Times Magazine 1969)

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Photos by Christopher Payne of the Colombina candy factory in La Paila, Colombia. For the 2018 New York Times Magazine article "Sugar Works" written by Ingrid Rojas Contreras.

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[deadpresidents]

This is a fascinating and timely article on John Hinckley Jr., who very nearly killed President Ronald Reagan in 1981, and is now a free man.

Hinckley is the only person in American history who actually shot a President of the United States and was released after serving his sentence.

(I've gifted the article to anyone who is interested in reading it, so if you follow this link it will bypass the New York Times paywall.)

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Kylie for the New York Times Magazine, photographed by Raven Varona

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Currently Reading: Stories from Quarantine by The New York Times Magazine, previously published as The Decameron Project

Trying to get my brain to focus on a book and a series of short stories seemed to be the best bet. And the stories have been interesting and a little haunting so far.

Once done, I'll let you know which of the stories I enjoyed!

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Robert Pattinson by Collier Schorr for New York Times Style Magazine, December 2024