1. 我们能从琳赛·克兰西一案中汲取什么教训吗？——双方都承认克兰西杀害了自己的孩子。但双方都无法对动机给出令人信服的解释——而这种解释上的空白助长了同情、谴责以及各种阴谋论。

Can We Learn Anything from the Lindsay Clancy Trial? - Both sides agree that Clancy killed her children. But neither can offer a satisfactory explanation for why—and that vacuum has fuelled sympathy, vilification, and conspiracy theories. (www.newyorker.com)

2. 多莉·帕顿，乡村酒吧天使——多莉·帕顿属于一个备受喜爱的群体：那些“不守规矩的基督徒”，他们热爱耶稣，却拒绝憎恨任何人。

Dolly Parton, Honky-Tonk Angel - Dolly Parton belonged to a beloved category: the outlaw Christian, who loved Jesus and refused to hate anyone else. (www.newyorker.com)

3. 马克·旺德利希朗读斯宾塞·里斯的作品——这位诗人将与凯文·杨一同朗读并探讨斯宾塞·里斯的作品《我曾祖母的圣经》，以及他自己的诗作《蝙蝠》。

Mark Wunderlich Reads Spencer Reece - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “My Great-Grandmother''s bible,” by Spencer Reece, and his own poem “The Bats.” (www.newyorker.com)

4. 多莉·帕顿：人民的代言人——人们常称她为“乡村音乐女王”，但这恰恰是错误的：她骨子里就是个民主主义者。

Dolly Parton for the People - She was commonly called the Queen of Country Music, but that is exactly wrong: she was democratic to her bones. (www.newyorker.com)

5. 性爱录像带已无法让你成名——那些受卡戴珊家族成名故事启发的网红们，似乎从中得出了错误的结论。

A Sex Tape Won’t Make You Famous Anymore - Influencers inspired by the Kardashian origin story seem to have drawn the wrong lessons from it. (www.newyorker.com)

6. 雪莉·克拉克将艺术活出了极致——这部关于这位重要纽约电影人的新传记，不仅展现了她作品中直面种族与经济鸿沟的主题，还揭示了她在公众视野之外那充满狂热创造力的创作活动。

Shirley Clarke Lived Her Art to the Fullest - A new biography of this crucial New York filmmaker, whose work confronts racial and economic divisions, reveals her furiously inventive activity away from public view. (www.newyorker.com)

7. 每日漫画：8月26日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 26th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

8. 作者推荐诗歌和末日后题材的作品。——作者推荐诗歌和末日后题材的作品。

The author recommends poetry and post-apocalyptic works. - The author recommends poetry and post-apocalyptic works. (www.newyorker.com)

9. 寻找治愈宿醉的方法——科学家们至今仍不清楚为什么喝酒后我们会感觉不舒服，但这并没有阻止各家公司大肆宣传各种新推出的、据称具有科学依据的解酒方法。

The Quest to Cure Hangovers - Scientists still aren’t sure what makes us feel lousy after drinking—but that hasn’t stopped companies from touting new and purportedly scientific remedies. (www.newyorker.com)

10. 亚当·汉密尔顿与《从右翼手中夺回宗教》——民主社会主义者虽然备受关注，但今年11月，民主基督徒的影响力或许会更大。

Adam Hamilton and Taking Back Religion from the Right - Democratic socialists are getting more of the attention, but Democratic Christians may prove more influential this November. (www.newyorker.com)

11. 他为尼克斯队取了队名。为何他会被遗忘？——在《华盛顿·欧文素描集》中，散文家菲利普·洛佩特试图将这位纽约市最初的“神话缔造者”从文学史的遗忘中拯救出来。

He Gave the Knicks Their Name. Why Was He Forgotten? - In “A Washington Irving Sketch Book,” the essayist Phillip Lopate tries to rescue New York City’s original mythmaker from literary oblivion. (www.newyorker.com)

12. 特朗普与卡尼正面交锋——别小看弱势一方。

Trump and Carney Face Off - Don’t discount the underdog. (www.newyorker.com)

13. 南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员初选决胜轮地图：实时结果——达琳·格雷厄姆和拉尔夫·诺曼正在角逐11月大选的共和党提名。

South Carolina Republican Senate-Primary-Runoff Map: Live Results - Darline Graham and Ralph Norman compete for the G.O.P. nomination in November’s general election. (www.newyorker.com)

14. 每日漫画：8月25日，星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 25th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

15. 就业市场将如何塑造下一代——年轻人已经心怀不满。这种情况短期内不会好转。

How the Job Market Will Shape the Next Generation - Young people are already discontented. It’s not going to get better anytime soon. (www.newyorker.com)

16. 我父母遗产拍卖会上最没人要的物品——十七年的《国家地理》杂志，被我父亲按“色情程度从低到高”的顺序堆放着。价格：400美元。

The Least-Wanted Items at My Parents’ Estate Sale - Seventeen years’ worth of National Geographics, stacked by my father in order of “least to most erotic.” Price: 400. (www.newyorker.com)

17. 遇到医学谜题束手无策？试试宏基因组学——当医生无法查明病因时，他们可以检测我们体内的病毒、细菌和真菌的遗传物质片段。

Stumped by a Medical Mystery? Try Metagenomics - When doctors can’t figure out what’s ailing us, they can search our bodies for snippets of genetic material from viruses, bacteria, and fungi. (www.newyorker.com)

18. 小罗伯特·肯尼迪（R.F.K., Jr.）是赢了还是输了？——关于特朗普政府“反疫苗战争”的谨慎乐观论点。

Is R.F.K., Jr., Winning or Losing? - A case for cautious optimism about the Trump Administration’s war on vaccines. (www.newyorker.com)

19. 关于鹰杰基与灵魂的本质——从圣贝纳迪诺山脉的一个鸟巢中直播的悲剧与诱惑。

On Jackie the Eagle and the Nature of the Soul - Live-streaming tragedy and seduction from a nest in the San Bernardino Mountains. (www.newyorker.com)

20. 以色列当局为何纵容定居者对巴勒斯坦人实施暴力——曾因试图保护约旦河西岸一个巴勒斯坦社区免受定居者侵害而被捕的以色列国防军退役上校多隆·迈纳，探讨了以色列在10月大选前夕采取的策略。

Why Israeli Authorities Are Encouraging Settler Violence Against Palestinians - Retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West Bank, discusses Israel’s strategy in the run up to October’s election. (www.newyorker.com)

21. 每日漫画：8月24日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 24th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

22. 伊朗正利用外国罪犯袭击海外批评者——曾居住在伦敦的异见人士普里亚·泽拉蒂（Pouria Zeraati）遭到一群罗马尼亚暴徒的刺伤。他的遭遇是伊朗政权为压制批评者而展开的、日益扩大的行动的一部分。

Iran Is Using Foreign Criminals to Attack Its Critics Overseas - Pouria Zeraati, a dissident who was living in London, was stabbed by a group of Romanian thugs. His case is part of a widening campaign by the Iranian regime to silence its detractors. (www.newyorker.com)

23. 斯科特·贝森特的失势——三十多年前，这位财政部长曾是那些在一次著名交易中击垮英格兰银行的投机者之一。如今，他站在了市场的另一边，正竭力遏制债券收益率的上升。

The Humbling of Scott Bessent - Thirty-odd years ago, the Treasury Secretary was one of the speculators who broke the Bank of England in a famous trade. Now he’s on the other side of the markets, struggling to contain rising bond yields. (www.newyorker.com)

24. 有人知道达琳·格雷厄姆是谁吗？——林赛·格雷厄姆的妹妹，在哥哥去世后被任命接任其南卡罗来纳州参议员席位，可能很快将当选为完整任期。政治圈内人士称她是个“黑匣子”。

Does Anybody Know Who Darline Graham Is? - Lindsey Graham’s younger sister, who was appointed to his South Carolina Senate seat upon his death, may soon be elected to a full term. Political insiders say she is a “black box.” (www.newyorker.com)

25. 德雷克的《Janice STFU》响彻街头巷尾——随着新专辑《Iceman》的发布，这位“夏日神曲”大师仍在继续倾诉他的不满。

Drake’s “Janice STFU” on Every Corner - With his new album, “Iceman,” the master of the summer banger is not done airing his grievances. (www.newyorker.com)

26. 《真实世界》中的肖恩·达菲——这位唐纳德·特朗普任内的交通部长因参加真人秀节目而崭露头角，如今他在YouTube上推出了一部共六集的节目，讲述一家人的自驾游。这节目能有多糟糕呢？

Sean Duffy in the Real World - Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary got his big break on reality TV, and is now out with a six-part YouTube show about a family road trip. How bad could it be? (www.newyorker.com)

27. 梅格·斯塔尔特全情投入——这位《Hacks》女演员兼喜剧演员谈及她在红毯上的着装花招、在《哦，玛丽！》中的精彩表现，以及她为何相信上帝爱同性恋者。

Meg Stalter Commits to the Bit - The “Hacks” actress and comedian on her red-carpet-outfit stunts, her star turn in “Oh Mary!,” and why she believes that God loves gays. (www.newyorker.com)

28. 餐厅点评：Zig Zag 生蚝吧——在 Zig Zag 生蚝吧享用海鲜塔的同时，思索人生的奥秘。

Restaurant Review: Zig Zag Oyster Bar - Contemplating life’s mysteries over a seafood tower at Zig Zag Oyster Bar. (www.newyorker.com)

29. 娜塔莉·哈普随身携带的物品——这位据称会带着一台打印机随处跟随总统的忠实助手，似乎并非受传统意义上的财富与权力欲望所驱使。

What Natalie Harp Carries - Trump’s devoted aide, who is said to follow the President around with a printer, does not seem to be driven by the conventional desires for wealth and power. (www.newyorker.com)

30. 人们为何愿意相信关于林赛·克兰西的阴谋论——对该案的不信任，源于人们对身处绝境的女性却不被相信这一现状所产生的、可以理解的愤怒与悲伤。

Why People Want to Believe the Lindsay Clancy Conspiracy Theories - Mistrust about the case stems from understandable anger and sorrow at the ways women in extremis aren’t believed. (www.newyorker.com)

31. 一段往事——二十岁时，编造了一个谎言，潜入英格兰。

A Passage - Crossing into England, at twenty, with a false story. (www.newyorker.com)

32. 梅丽莎·奥夫·德·毛尔的《九十年代摇滚纪实》——这位曾担任Hole乐队和The Smashing Pumpkins乐队贝斯手的摄影师，捕捉到了这样一瞬：上一代的亚文化，成为了下一代的主流。

Melissa Auf der Maur’s Chronicle of Nineties Rock - The photographer, who played bass for Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, captured a moment in which one generation’s subculture became the next generation’s mainstream. (www.newyorker.com)

33. 大卫·彼得雷乌斯将军论“战争新规则”——无人机和非对称战争如何颠覆战场格局，以及美军应如何适应这些变化。

General David Petraeus on the New Rules of War - How drones and asymmetric warfare are upending the battlefield and what the U.S. military can do to adapt. (www.newyorker.com)

34. 杰西卡·塔洛夫：福克斯新闻《The Five》节目中孤独的自由派——在由铁杆保守派组成的讨论小组中，塔洛夫身处“火热席位”，坚持捍卫自由派价值观，从而激怒了总统，后者甚至敦促福克斯解雇她。

Jessica Tarlov, a Lonely Liberal on Fox News’ “The Five” - Tarlov occupies the hot seat on a panel of diehard conservatives, arguing for liberal values and rousing the ire of the President, who has encouraged Fox to fire her. (www.newyorker.com)

35. 乔恩·洛维特解答您的疑问——《Pod Save America》节目主持人回答了听众关于2026年中期选举以及这些选举对2028年总统大选有何启示的问题。

Jon Lovett Answers Your Questions - The “Pod Save America” host answers listeners’ questions about the 2026 midterm elections and what they tell us about the 2028 Presidential race. (www.newyorker.com)

36. 每日漫画：8月21日星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 21st - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

37. “找份科技工作吧，宝贝们！”——针对婴幼儿的高水平科学读物为何会出现这种令人费解的热潮？

Get a Tech Job, Babies! - The puzzling rise in high-level science books for infants and toddlers. (www.newyorker.com)

38. 阿拉伯裔美国人的政治觉醒——一个中西部穆斯林家庭的移民与同化故事，以及一年间如何改变了他们最小的儿子的生活。

A Political Awakening in Arab America - A Midwestern Muslim family’s story of immigration, assimilation, and how one year changed the life of its youngest son. (www.newyorker.com)

39. 你应该相信命运吗？——如果我们不是通过抽象的概念，而是通过身边的实物来寻找意义，或许我们会更幸福。

Should You Believe in Fate? - We’d be happier, perhaps, if we found meaning not through abstractions but through the physical things around us. (www.newyorker.com)

40. 夏末水畔的田园诗——船上和海滩酒吧盘点。

Late Summertime Idylls by the Water - A roundup of bars on boats and at the beach. (www.newyorker.com)

41. “性萧条”题材电影的兴起——在《仅此一夜》和《我要你的爱》等影片中，我们这个保守的时代成了犯罪现场。

The Boom of the Sex-Recession Movie - In films like “One Night Only” and “I Want Your Sex,” our prudish age becomes the scene of a crime. (www.newyorker.com)

42. 史密森尼学会真的想摧毁美国吗？——特朗普声称该机构已落入马克思主义激进分子的手中。但逛一逛展厅就会发现事实并非如此。

Is the Smithsonian Really Trying to Destroy America? - Trump claims that the institution has fallen into the hands of Marxist radicals. A stroll through the exhibitions suggests otherwise. (www.newyorker.com)

43. 每日漫画：8月20日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, August 20th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

44. 一位“12英寸钢琴家”走进一家酒吧——卢卡斯·安塞尔的定格动画短片以重新演绎《呐喊与低语》经典之作的形式，揭示了几位同桌酒客内心最深处的渴望。

A “12 Inch Pianist” Walks Into a Bar - Lucas Ansel’s stop-motion short reveals a few fellow-drinkers’ deepest desires in this reimagined Shouts & Murmurs classic. (www.newyorker.com)

45. 战争爆发六个月后，特朗普仍在输给伊朗——这场冲突标志着“美国实力和威望的急剧崩塌”。

After Six Months of War, Trump Is Still Losing to Iran - The conflict marks a “precipitous collapse of American power and American prestige.” (www.newyorker.com)

46. “头起跑线”计划会因放松监管而消失吗？——这一学前教育项目正面临特朗普政府的新一轮攻势。

Can Head Start Be Deregulated Out of Existence? - The early-childhood program faces a renewed assault by the Trump Administration. (www.newyorker.com)

47. 一档描绘“后特朗普时代”未来的播客——Vox推出的新节目《America, Actually》试图在不提及总统的情况下讨论政治。这真的可能吗？

The Podcast That’s Charting a Post-Trump Future - “America, Actually,” a new offering from Vox, is trying to talk about politics without talking about the President. Is that even possible? (www.newyorker.com)

48. 你的泳装透露了什么——黄色波点比基尼：你年轻时曾深受Yoplait Light广告的影响，并将这款泳装视为自信的具象化体现。

What Your Swimwear Says About You - Yellow polka-dot bikini: you were deeply affected by a Yoplait Light commercial as a youth and consider this suit to be the physical manifestation of confidence. (www.newyorker.com)

49. 《每个工作日下午4点45分》，作者：莉比·弗洛雷斯——在令人愉悦的炎热中，一阵夏风拂过，就在这时，那名女子一边从冰淇淋甜筒底部吸食冰淇淋，一边与他争执起来。

“Every Weekday at 4:45 P.M.,” by Libby Flores - In the delicious heat, a summer breeze came and they fought as the woman sucked her ice cream through the bottom of her cone. (www.newyorker.com)

50. 评论家眼中的 cult 经典：艾米丽·努斯鲍姆谈《Slings & Arrows》——这位《纽约客》撰稿人盛赞了一部鲜为人知的加拿大电视剧，该剧以莎士比亚戏剧节为背景——而这部剧恰好是她有史以来最喜欢的剧集。

Critics’ Cult Classics: Emily Nussbaum on “Slings & Arrows” - The New Yorker writer sings the praises of a little-known Canadian television series set at a Shakespeare festival—which happens to be her favorite show of all time. (www.newyorker.com)

51. “温和派”含义的演变——政治标签可以作为有用的简写。但有些人质疑，这些标签究竟能在多大程度上揭示选民为何青睐某些候选人。

The Shifting Meaning of “Moderate” - Political labels can be useful shorthand. But some doubt how much they tell us about what draws voters to candidates. (www.newyorker.com)

52. 杰森·阿代丑闻的真正含义——一位年轻的黑人教授因学术不端行为，被一位“种族现实主义者”视为“新闻噱头”。

The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal - In a young Black professor’s academic misconduct, a “race-realist” found a “hook for a story.” (www.newyorker.com)

53. 每日漫画：8月19日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 19th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

54. 迈克尔·翁达杰早期作品中的“辉煌的混乱”——对于像我这样跨越国界来到西方的作家而言，翁达杰对既定界限的无视，教会了我们如何为自己的解放指明方向。

The Glorious Disorder of Michael Ondaatje’s Early Work - For writers like me, who had crossed borders to arrive in the West, Ondaatje’s disregard for established boundaries taught us how to spell out our own liberation. (www.newyorker.com)

55. 三本带你穿越时空的书——以老派的方式触动心灵。

Three Books that Will Transport You - Be moved the old-fashioned way. (www.newyorker.com)

56. 《机器的印记》——在遏制人工智能应用方面，鲜有力量能像“公开耻笑”这样有效。如今，Anthropic 正让人们更轻松地判断一段文本是否由 Claude 生成。

The Mark of the Machine - Few forces have proved as powerful at tempering A.I. use as public shaming has. Now Anthropic is making it even easier to determine if text was generated by Claude. (www.newyorker.com)

57. 《噩梦中的梦想》将艺术生活政治化——对个人自由和创作自由的追求，构成了夏塔拉·米歇尔·福特第二部长片的核心，影片讲述了三名女性寻找失踪好友的故事。

“Dreams in Nightmares” Turns the Art Life Political - Struggles for personal and creative freedom fuel Shatara Michelle Ford’s second feature, about three women’s search for a friend gone missing. (www.newyorker.com)

58. “初次约会”蒙太奇——是的，我有点怪，但我依然多面。

First-Date Montage - Yes, I am odd, but I am still multifaceted. (www.newyorker.com)

59. 每日漫画：8月18日星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 18th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

60. 《我如何成为一名“斯巴鲁社会主义者”》——2015年伯尼·桑德斯参选总统时，我的经济状况已经稳定。但过去的十年还是给我留下了印记。

How I Became a Subaru Socialist - By the time Bernie Sanders ran for President, in 2015, I was financially secure. But the previous decade had left a mark. (www.newyorker.com)

61. 亚瑟·小杰与克里斯·布朗的大胆联合巡演——这两位R&B巨星似乎认为他们的音乐流派需要拯救。但究竟要从什么中拯救呢？

Usher and Chris Brown’s Audacious Joint Tour - The R. & B. megastars seem to think their genre needs saving. But from what? (www.newyorker.com)

62. 纳伊布·布克莱的内容机器正在重塑拉丁美洲——萨尔瓦多这位威权领导人如何对哥伦比亚总统大选产生深远影响。

Nayib Bukele’s Content Machine Is Reshaping Latin America - How El Salvador’s authoritarian leader loomed over Colombia’s Presidential race. (www.newyorker.com)

63. 在电影院把手机调成静音后会发生的一切——那位我已经等了五十三个小时还没回电的客服代表，会在我重新打开手机的前一分钟打来电话。

Everything That Will Happen After I Silence My Phone at the Movie Theatre - The customer-service representative from whom I’ve been waiting for a callback for fifty-three hours will call me back one minute before I turn my phone back on. (www.newyorker.com)

64. 《橡树街的尽头》是一部怪异而疏离的侏罗纪奇想剧——在这部由大卫·罗伯特·米切尔执导、安妮·海瑟薇和伊万·麦克格雷格主演的电影中，一个家庭不仅面临着恐龙的威胁，还受到导演对斯皮尔伯格式怀旧情结的困扰。

“The End of Oak Street” Is a Weirdly Alienated Jurassic Lark - In David Robert Mitchell’s film, starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, a family is endangered not only by dinosaurs but also by the director’s penchant for Spielbergian nostalgia. (www.newyorker.com)

65. 每日漫画：8月17日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 17th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

66. 纽约最火的夜店是……雅各布·里伊斯澡堂？——这家位于洛克威的标志性场所如今已转型为一家炫目的新会员制俱乐部，内设私人泳池和共享办公空间。但当地居民对此作何感想？

New York’s Hottest Club Is . . . the Jacob Riis Bathhouse? - The Rockaway institution is now home to a flashy new members-only club, with a private pool and a co-working space. But how do the locals feel about it? (www.newyorker.com)

67. 《费城永远阳光灿烂》的“不可思议”长寿——这部不拘一格的喜剧是历史上播出时间最长的情景喜剧，却从未获得过任何重要奖项。这是为什么呢？

The Improbable Longevity of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” - The irreverent comedy is the longest-running sitcom in history, yet has won no major awards. What gives? (www.newyorker.com)

68. 与数十名太平洋岛屿儿童共同生活的科学家——卡尔顿·加伊杜塞克因在巴布亚新几内亚开展的一项疾病研究而荣获诺贝尔奖。但他最重大的实验，却是对那些被他带回美国的儿童进行的。

The Scientist Who Lived with Dozens of Children from the Pacific Islands - Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took back to the U.S. (www.newyorker.com)

69. 欧洲夏日的终结——随着极端高温席卷欧洲各大城市，这些城市正争分夺秒地进行转型，以适应一种它们在建造之初从未设想过要承受的气候。

The End of the European Summer - As extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to transform themselves for a climate that they were never built to withstand. (www.newyorker.com)

70. 《填字游戏奇遇记》——唉，我把我的佩剑忘在苏活区的一座小台地上了。

A Crossword Odyssey - Alas, I’d left my épée on a wee mesa in SoHo. (www.newyorker.com)

71. 招生参观：做自己——在现实世界中，你可以选择自己的餐饮方案：纯素、犹太洁食、可持续、完全不可持续、赞达亚一日三餐、美国女孩娃娃食品。只需刷卡即可。

Admissions Tour: Being a Person - In the real world, you can choose your meal plan: vegan, kosher, Sustainable, Totally Unsustainable, What Zendaya Eats in a Day, American Girl Doll food. Just swipe your card. (www.newyorker.com)

72. 特朗普的骗局是否走得太远了？——一项向华尔街交易员收费、以换取提前查看总统在“Truth Social”上发表言论的计划，引发了公众的愤怒并招致了一起诉讼。

A Trump Grift Too Far? - A scheme to charge Wall Street traders for an early look at the President’s comments on Truth Social has generated outrage and a lawsuit. (www.newyorker.com)

73. 阿德里安娜·苏的《哀歌》——“我们家从来都不是那种对食物挑三拣四的人。”

“Lament,” by Adrienne Su - “We were never a family of food snobs.” (www.newyorker.com)

74. “无烟不火”瞭望塔——时隔七十八年，新泽西州终于建起了一处新的火灾瞭望点。随着野火频发和气温创下新高，这一举措可谓恰逢其时。

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire Towers - After seventy-eight years, New Jersey finally has a new lookout spot for blazes. With more frequent wildfires and record temperatures, it’s not a moment too soon. (www.newyorker.com)

75. 蕾切尔·贝尔，高级艺术策展人——这家位于哥谭的大麻销售店的内容总监，为了拍摄她的视频系列《嗨，我正high着》，特意在纽约市的标志性景点体验大麻带来的迷幻感。在参观古根海姆博物馆时，她对那些古怪的雕塑进行了点评，并反思了自己这段充满迷幻色彩的职业生涯。

Rachel Bell, Curator of High Art - The Gotham weed dispensary’s content director gets stoned at N.Y.C. landmarks for her video series, “Hi, I’m High.” On a trip to the Guggenheim, she critiques kooky sculptures and reflects on her trippy career path. (www.newyorker.com)

76. 特朗普政府会不惜一切代价将马哈茂德·哈利勒驱逐出境吗？——哈利勒在哥伦比亚大学就读期间曾抗议以色列。如今，他面临被驱逐出境的境地。

How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Deport Mahmoud Khalil? - Khalil protested Israel as a student at Columbia. Now he’s on the verge of being kicked out of the country. (www.newyorker.com)

77. 简评书评——《雅虎男孩》、《难以言说》、《日出》和《肌肤之亲》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Yahoo Boys,” “Unsayable,” “Sunrise,” and “Skin Contact.” (www.newyorker.com)

78. 性丑闻解剖——一场19世纪的轩然大波揭示了我们对公开羞辱的热衷，以及在此过程中被践踏的真相。

Anatomy of a Sex Scandal - What a nineteenth-century uproar reveals about our zeal for public shaming—and the truths that get trampled along the way. (www.newyorker.com)

79. 您身边亲切的“Hooters”——这家连锁餐厅正试图重塑健康形象。这次能成功吗？

Your Friendly Neighborhood Hooters - The chain is attempting a wholesome revival. Will it work? (www.newyorker.com)

80. 戴安娜·埃贾伊塔的《跃入之前》——静谧的一刻。

Diana Ejaita’s “Before the Plunge” - A moment of stillness. (www.newyorker.com)

81. 美国建国250周年庆典带来的那种粗犷、傻气又贪婪的欢乐——无论是在华盛顿特区还是达科他两州，无论是在牛仔竞技赛还是印第安人聚会上，庆祝这个国家都意味着同时体验自豪、失望与同胞情谊。

The Big, Dumb, Gluttonous Fun of America’s Semiquincentennial - In D.C. and the Dakotas, at rodeos and powwows, celebrating the country means taking in pride and disappointment and fellow-feeling. (www.newyorker.com)

82. 阮惠明（Hieu Minh Nguyen）的《圣保罗》——“我所有的朋友都有自己的神、自己的天堂／以及通往那里的计划。”

“Saint Paul,” by Hieu Minh Nguyen - “All my friends have their gods & their heavens / & their plans on how to get there.” (www.newyorker.com)

83. 马杜里·维贾伊朗读《隐秘人生》——作者朗读了她发表在该杂志2026年8月24日和31日刊上的故事。

Madhuri Vijay Reads “Hidden Life” - The author reads her story from the August 24 & 31, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

84. 唐纳德·特朗普仍在试图增加投票难度——《拯救美国法案》只是这一系列举措中的一部分，该系列还包括一项行政命令和起诉威胁，所有这些举措都是为了让特朗普的选票计算能成立。

Donald Trump Is Still Trying to Make It Harder to Vote - The SAVE America Act is just one part of a package that includes an executive order and threats of prosecution, all in an effort to make Trump’s math work. (www.newyorker.com)

85. 餐厅点评：一份物尽其用的品鉴菜单——在“辛西娅”餐厅，对低浪费烹饪的重视造就了一份令人惊叹的丰盛菜单。

Restaurant Review: A Tasting Menu That Uses Every Last Scrap - At Cynthia, an emphasis on low-waste cooking yields a menu of thrilling abundance. (www.newyorker.com)

86. 《隐秘人生》，作者：马杜里·维贾伊——她内心深处那台微小的愉悦小马达开始嗡嗡作响，但她同时也察觉到一丝轻蔑一闪而过。要赢得他的钦佩，原来是如此容易！

“Hidden Life,” by Madhuri Vijay - A tiny motor of pleasure had started to hum away inside her, but she was aware, too, of a flash of scorn. How easy it had been to arouse his admiration! (www.newyorker.com)

87. 《Choosin’ Texas》的意外走红——埃拉·兰利这首登顶排行榜的哀歌，唱出了八月中旬每个人都想做的事：顺其自然，放手一搏。

The Unlikely Reign of “Choosin’ Texas” - Ella Langley’s chart-topping lament is about what everyone wants to do in mid-August: give in and let go. (www.newyorker.com)

88. 《M的一生》影评——《雅虎男孩》、《难以言说》、《日出》和《肌肤之亲》。

“Life of M,” Reviewed - “The Yahoo Boys,” “Unsayable,” “Sunrise,” and “Skin Contact.” (www.newyorker.com)

89. 马杜里·维贾伊谈代际关系——作者探讨了她的短篇小说《隐秘人生》。

Madhuri Vijay on Cross-Generational Dynamics - The author discusses her story “Hidden Life.” (www.newyorker.com)

90. “汉普顿”的富庶与浮华看起来几乎有些古朴——芭芭拉·科普尔的这部纪录片追踪了一代新晋女星、大亨以及其他肤色黝黑的派对达人，而他们完全不知道未来将面临怎样的悲剧和阶级焦虑。

The Wealth and Glam of “The Hamptons” Looks Almost Quaint - Barbara Kopple’s documentary follows a generation of starlets, moguls, and other tanned partygoers who have no idea what tragedies and class anxieties lie in store. (www.newyorker.com)

91. 《世界尽头的孤独男子》——在巴塔哥尼亚，牧场看守人（los puesteros）靠照看别人的牲畜谋生，报酬微薄，有时甚至几个月都见不到其他人。

The Lonely Men at the End of the World - In Patagonia, los puesteros look after other people’s livestock for not very much money, and sometimes go months without seeing anyone else. (www.newyorker.com)

92. 当中年逐渐清晰——一系列文化仪式标志着我们步入成年，但此后漫长的数十年却在毫无仪式感的情况下悄然流逝。

When Middle Age Comes Into Focus - A bevy of cultural sacraments marks our passage into adulthood, but the yawning decades beyond it unspool without ceremony. (www.newyorker.com)

93. 让开吧，亚伦·贾奇——洋基队真正的MVP是乔治·科斯坦扎——继去年那场疯狂的摇头公仔赠送活动之后，球队再次将杰森·亚历山大在《宋飞正传》中饰演的角色请了回来——这次，他手里还拿着一个卡佐内披萨。

Move Over, Aaron Judge—the Real Yankees M.V.P. Is George Costanza - After last year’s bobblehead-giveaway frenzy, the team is bringing Jason Alexander’s “Seinfeld” character back—this time, with a calzone. (www.newyorker.com)

94. 特朗普如何试图削弱移民儿童的法律辩护能力——在未能完全取消对无人陪伴未成年人律师的资金支持后，美国政府正将相关案件推给既缺乏移民专业知识，又无力处理此类案件的机构。

How Trump Is Trying to Weaken Migrant Children’s Legal Defense - After failing to eliminate funding for unaccompanied minors’ lawyers altogether, the Administration is pushing cases toward entities that lack both immigration expertise and the capacity to take them on. (www.newyorker.com)

95. 吉娜·雷蒙多谈人工智能时代如何重拾美国梦——民主党人常谈及“可负担性”。而“繁荣”这一信息是否更具影响力？

Gina Raimondo on Reclaiming the American Dream in the Age of A.I. - Democrats talk a lot about affordability. Could a message of prosperity be more powerful? (www.newyorker.com)

96. 伯尼·桑德斯针对数据中心发声——这位佛蒙特州参议员共同发起了一项法案，呼吁暂停建设数据中心。他探讨了相关环境与经济问题，以及政府可以采取哪些措施。

Bernie Sanders Takes on Data Centers - The Vermont senator co-sponsored a bill that calls for a moratorium on building data centers. He discusses the environmental and economic concerns, and what the government can do. (www.newyorker.com)

97. 艾琳·布罗科维奇将矛头对准数据中心——这位环保活动家发起了一项项目，旨在记录社区民众对全美数据中心建设热潮的担忧。

Erin Brockovich Takes on Data Centers - The environmental activist has launched a project to document community concerns about the boom in data-center construction across the U.S. (www.newyorker.com)

98. 每日漫画：8月14日星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 14th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

99. 菲比·布里杰斯重返人间——这位独立音乐人的新专辑《Lost Weekend》既记录了情感的断裂，也展现了心灵的救赎。

Phoebe Bridgers Comes Back to Earth - The indie artist’s new album, “Lost Weekend,” is a document of both rupture and redemption. (www.newyorker.com)

100. 救命——我这个旁白被困在Calm.com冥想应用里了！——没错，有节奏的淅淅沥沥的雨声确实有助于调节神经系统，还能触发自主感官巅峰反应，但对我来说呢？我浑身都湿透了。

Help—I’m a Narrator Stuck in the Calm.com Meditation App! - Sure, rhythmic, pattering rain can help regulate your nervous system, and trigger your autonomous sensory meridian response, but me? I’m wet. (www.newyorker.com)

101. 动画片鲜有比《土狼对决阿克梅》更荒诞的了——戴夫·格林执导的这部讲述威利·E·土狼寻求赔偿的电影，仿佛路跑者般成功逃脱了华纳公司试图取消该片的企图，奏响了一曲荒诞的胜利之歌。

Toons Have Seldom Been Loonier Than in “Coyote vs. Acme” - Dave Green’s film about Wile E. Coyote’s quest for compensation sounds a note of zany triumph, having escaped, Road Runner-like, Warner’s attempt to cancel it. (www.newyorker.com)

102. “一小时的价值是什么？”——如果世界似乎在浪费我们的时间，部分原因在于我们将时间本身视为一种需要开采和优化的资源。

What’s the Value of an Hour? - If the world seems to waste our time, it’s partly because we view time itself as a resource to be extracted and optimized. (www.newyorker.com)

103. A.O.C.的“鸡蛋”与职业女性面临的“尴尬真相”——为了保留生育能力，这位当选国会议员时年龄最小的女性正面临着许多女性都熟悉的权衡抉择。而她公开这样做，却让保守派气得发狂。

A.O.C.’s Eggs and the Working Woman’s Inconvenient Truth - By preserving her fertility, the youngest woman elected to Congress is facing trade-offs familiar to many women. By doing it publicly, she’s driving conservatives crazy. (www.newyorker.com)

104. 今年秋天在纽约市有哪些好去处——文化预览：本季电视、电影、艺术、戏剧、舞蹈和音乐领域的精彩看点。

What to Do in New York City This Fall - Culture preview: what’s coming this season in TV, movies, art, theatre, dance, and music. (www.newyorker.com)

105. 以色列领导人在全球极右翼阵营中找到了盟友——对以色列的支持正日益成为全球政治中一个引发两极分化的议题。

Israel’s Leaders Find Allies Among the Global Far Right - Support for the nation is becoming an increasingly polarizing issue in politics around the world. (www.newyorker.com)

106. 民主党全国委员会主席是华盛顿最糟糕的职位吗？——该组织正在举行年度夏季会议，旁观者们纷纷要求其领导人肯·马丁下台。不过话说回来，民主党人总是干这种事。

Is D.N.C. Chair the Worst Job in Washington? - The organization is holding its annual summer meeting, and onlookers are calling for the head of its leader, Ken Martin. Then again, the Democrats are always doing that kind of thing. (www.newyorker.com)

107. 每日漫画：8月13日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, August 13th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

108. “暗氧之谜”——科学家们曾认为，维持生命的氧气仅存在于地球地表附近。然而，他们随后在地下深处检测到了氧气。

The Mystery of Dark Oxygen - Scientists once thought that life-sustaining oxygen existed only near Earth’s surface. Then they detected it deep underground. (www.newyorker.com)

109. 评论家眼中的 cult 经典：汉娜·戈德菲尔德谈美食界的隐形风向标——《纽约客》美食专栏作家探讨了那些定义了美食生活品质的食谱和餐厅——至少对内行人士而言是如此。

Critics’ Cult Classics: Hannah Goldfield on the Food World’s Secret Tastemakers - The New Yorker food correspondent discusses the recipes and restaurants that have defined the culinary good life—at least for those in the know. (www.newyorker.com)

110. 是谁杀害了洛伦佐·萨尔加多·阿劳霍？——一起发生在移民与海关执法局（ICE）交通盘查中的死亡事件在休斯顿乃至墨西哥引发了公愤。

Who Killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo? - A death during an ICE traffic stop raises outrage in Houston—and in Mexico. (www.newyorker.com)

111. 英格博格·巴赫曼的《跛脚人》——或许，新的一天仍存希望；那些如熟透的葡萄般簇拥的云朵，一旦被挤压，便会从天际释放出充满魔力的日子里那甘美的溪流。

“The Hobbler,” by Ingeborg Bachmann - Maybe there’s still hope for a new morning, for clouds that cluster like ripe grapes which, when squeezed, will release from the heavens the sweet streams of enchanted days. (www.newyorker.com)

112. 什么是伊博加因？特朗普为何谈论它？——总统签署的旨在加快对伊博加因等化合物研究的行政命令，标志着这个曾站在“禁毒战争”最前线的政党发生了惊人的转变。

What Is Ibogaine and Why Is Trump Talking About It? - The President’s executive order accelerating research into compounds like ibogaine marks a striking turn for a party that was once on the front lines of the war on drugs. (www.newyorker.com)

113. 美国总统正在行动——而没人察觉。

POTUS on the Move - And no one’s the wiser. (www.newyorker.com)

114. 弗朗西斯卡·洪的败选对民主党意味着什么——这位民主社会主义者在威斯康星州的崛起本应预示着左翼将取得重大突破。尽管她仅以微弱劣势落败，但这仍应成为该党建制派的警钟。

What Francesca Hong’s Defeat Means for Democrats - The democratic socialist’s rise in Wisconsin was supposed to portend a major breakthrough for the left. Her narrow loss should still be a wake-up call for the Party’s establishment. (www.newyorker.com)

115. 克劳迪娅·兰金《装死》——在《分诊》一书中，这位作家探讨了我们应当如何应对——或者说，或许不应对——一个处于危机中的世界。

Claudia Rankine Plays Dead - In “Triage,” the writer explores how we should respond—or, perhaps, not respond—to a world in crisis. (www.newyorker.com)

116. 每日漫画：8月12日星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 12th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

117. 读完《孤独的鸽子》后该读什么——拉里·麦克默特里这部小说又重新进入我们的阅读清单；我们请教了本刊书评人，接下来该读哪本书。

What to Read After “Lonesome Dove” - The Larry McMurtry novel is back in rotation; we asked our critics what book to pick up next. (www.newyorker.com)

118. 佩雷斯·希尔顿与我们的直播噩梦——没有什么比直播的出现更能体现我们这个充斥着小报文化的社会环境了，它让普通人既能成为自己生活的明星，又能成为自己生活的狗仔队。

Perez Hilton and Our Live-Streaming Nightmare - There is nothing that speaks more to our perma-tabloid social environment than the advent of the live stream, which has allowed ordinary people to become both the celebrity and the paparazzi of their own lives. (www.newyorker.com)

119. 《美国！：中央情报局“冰淇淋档案”中新解密的秘密》——揭秘橙味冰棍爱好者与软冰淇淋激进主义者群体。

America!: Newly Declassified Secrets from the C.I.A.’s Ice-Cream Archives - Orange-creamsicle lovers and a cult of soft-serve radicals, revealed. (www.newyorker.com)

120. 一座衰败的海滨小镇如何折射出英格兰被遗忘的北方——布莱克浦，这个被称为“北方拉斯维加斯”的度假胜地，已成为工人阶级娱乐的象征。

What a Blighted Beach Town Says About England’s Forgotten North - Blackpool, a vacation spot known as the Vegas of the North, has become a symbol of working-class fun. (www.newyorker.com)

121. 每日加送漫画：《渐隐的天际线》——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Bonus Daily Cartoon: Receding Skyline - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

122. 每日漫画：8月11日星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 11th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

123. 一位以色列讽刺作家拯救本国民主的努力——利奥尔·施莱恩曾主持过多档热门电视节目。如今，他发布与年轻人的对话视频，其中大多数年轻人目前倾向于右翼，这些视频的观看量已达数百万次。

An Israeli Satirist’s Bid to Save His Country’s Democracy - Lior Schleien used to host hit TV shows. Now he posts videos of discussions with young people, the majority of whom currently tend right, which garner millions of views. (www.newyorker.com)

124. 《极速》会是罗布·特伦扎终于崭露头角之作吗？——在这位鲜为人知的美国作者导演的最新作品中，一位年轻的赛车手为小镇生活注入了速度与激情。

Could “Fast” Be, at Long Last, Rob Tregenza’s Breakout Film? - A young auto racer brings speed and passion to small-town life in an unsung American auteur’s latest work. (www.newyorker.com)

125. 明尼苏达州初选地图——民主党参议员提名竞选再次上演了该党建制派与进步派之间的较量。

Minnesota Primary Map - The Democratic race for the Senate nomination offers another contest between the Party’s establishment and progressive wings. (www.newyorker.com)

126. 如果人工智能抢走了年轻人的工作，他们会作何反应？——民主党选民已经开始向左转，但与失业率真正开始攀升时的情况相比，这可能微不足道。

If A.I. Takes the Jobs of Young People, How Will They React? - The Democratic electorate is already moving left, but that may be nothing compared with what happens when unemployment really starts to rise. (www.newyorker.com)

127. 关于照看我的狗“刻耳柏洛斯”的注意事项——它挡在前门那里只是个老习惯。如果它正蹲在那里，请不要下单叫外卖。

Instructions for Pet-Sitting My Dog, Cerberus - It’s just an old habit for him to block the front door. If he’s stationed there, do not order delivery. (www.newyorker.com)

128. 南卡罗来纳州初选地图：实时结果——此次特别选举旨在选出接替今年7月去世的参议员林赛·格雷厄姆的继任者。

South Carolina Primary-Election Map: Live Results - A special election to replace Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away in July. (www.newyorker.com)

129. 威斯康星州初选地图：实时结果——民主社会主义者弗朗西斯卡·洪被视为民主党州长初选中的领跑者。

Wisconsin Primary-Election Map: Live Results - Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, is the presumptive front-runner in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. (www.newyorker.com)

130. 《野兽国》——翻阅经典。

Where Wild Things Go - Rummaging through the classics. (www.newyorker.com)

131. 每日漫画：8月10日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 10th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

132. 俄罗斯新古拉格内部——人权组织估计，已有超过一万名乌克兰平民在俄罗斯监狱系统中下落不明。这是一个关于某间牢房的故事。

Inside Russia’s New Gulag - Human-rights groups estimate that more than ten thousand Ukrainian civilians have disappeared into the Russian prison system. This is the story of one cell. (www.newyorker.com)

133. “你是真人吗？”——从烙印到虹膜扫描，这一旨在证明身份的古老行业，其手段从未如此离奇——也从未如此利润丰厚。

Are You a Human? - From branding irons to iris scans, the ancient business of proving who you are has never been stranger—or more lucrative. (www.newyorker.com)

134. 约翰·罗伯茨的妄想——尽管最高法院不断向右急转，首席大法官却坚称该法院并不存在偏见。

The Delusions of John Roberts - The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward. (www.newyorker.com)

135. 简评书评——《野性景观》、《存在》、《一切皆河》和《洗发水效应》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Savage Landscape,” “Presence,” “It’s All River,” and “The Shampoo Effect.” (www.newyorker.com)

136. 爱德华·斯蒂德的《午夜之花》——大海波涛汹涌。

Edward Steed’s “Midnight Bloom” - The sea in full swing. (www.newyorker.com)

137. 亨利·科尔的《仙人掌》——“喝完盒装葡萄酒，吃完鸡腿，又品尝了南希的香料蛋糕后，/ 我们慵懒地闲坐着，聊起诗歌、粪肥和鲜花。”

“Cereus,” by Henri Cole - “After the box wine, the chicken thighs, and Nancy’s spice cake, / we lounged around talking of poetry, manure, and flowers.” (www.newyorker.com)

138. “快吃莲花！”——《泰晤士报》编辑们意识到，除非立即启动应急程序，否则次日的报纸上将不会刊登任何一篇关于克里斯托弗·诺兰执导的《奥德赛》的文章！

Eat the Lotus! - Times editors realized that, unless emergency procedures were initiated, the next day’s edition would contain not a single article about Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”! (www.newyorker.com)

139. “大规模撤销合法身份”——超过一百万名移民眼睁睁地看着曾保障他们在美国安全生活的保护措施突然被撤销。

The Great Delegalization - More than a million immigrants are seeing protections that granted them safe lives in the U.S. suddenly swept away. (www.newyorker.com)

140. “世界之区”迎来新口号——2007年，当地艺术家创作了一幅壁画，上面写着“皇后区就是未来”。如今，这句标语正自豪地展示在欢迎牌上——就在阿斯托里亚本地人佐赫兰·马姆达尼名字的正上方。

The World’s Borough Gets a New Slogan - In 2007, local artists painted a mural decreeing “Queens is the future.” Now the tagline is proudly displayed on welcome signs—right above the name of Astoria’s own Zohran Mamdani. (www.newyorker.com)

141. 我用小眼睛观察……发现了一个“间谍”——亚特兰大的人均街头监控摄像头数量在中国以外的任何地方都首屈一指。在一次城市徒步游览中，反监控的“义警”们能否发现——并避开——所有这些摄像头？

I Spy with My Little Eye . . . a Spy - Atlanta has more street cameras per capita than anywhere outside of China. On a walking tour of the city, can anti-surveillance vigilantes spot—and dodge—them all? (www.newyorker.com)

142. Pope.L那令人愉悦的“拒绝被解读”——无论是身着西装在纽约街头匍匐前行，还是用花生酱作画，这位艺术家始终忠于自己那份顽皮的好奇心。

Pope.L’s Pleasing Refusal to Be Interpreted - Whether crawling through New York in a suit or painting with peanut butter, the artist remained loyal to his own impish curiosity. (www.newyorker.com)

143. 利奥波德·阿申布伦纳的失势对人工智能泡沫意味着什么？——这位24岁对冲基金经理的困境，凸显了关于这场由科技驱动的股市繁荣的一些更深层次的问题。

What Does the Humbling of Leopold Aschenbrenner Mean for the A.I. Bubble? - The troubles of a twenty-four-year-old hedge-fund manager highlight some larger questions about the tech-driven stock boom. (www.newyorker.com)

144. 丹·霍伊尔的多重面具——这位演员在舞台上演绎真实人物的故事，从忠实的特朗普支持者到乐队“菲什”（Phish）的铁杆粉丝。如今，他将带着自己的“新闻剧”重返乔的酒馆（Joe’s Pub）。

The Many Masks of Dan Hoyle - The actor performs real people’s stories onstage—from loyal Trump voters to superfans of the band Phish. Now he’s bringing his “journalistic theatre” back to Joe’s Pub. (www.newyorker.com)

145. 汉娜·艾因宾德的《恶作剧与糖果》——在这家全年营业的万圣节主题商店里，《黑客》女演员畅谈了她的新片《米亚斯马营地的青少年性爱与死亡》，片中她与吉莉安·安德森搭档，并遭到一名精神病杀手的追杀。

Hannah Einbinder’s Tricks and Treats - At a year-round Halloween store, the “Hacks” actress dishes on her new film, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” in which she couples up with Gillian Anderson and is chased by a psycho killer. (www.newyorker.com)

146. 加鲁斯·阿卜杜勒马利基安的《马》（由西亚瓦什·萨德卢从波斯语翻译）——“无论我触碰德黑兰的哪个角落，那里都在隐隐作痛。”

“Horses,” by Garous Abdolmalekian (translated, from the Persian, by Siavash Saadlou) - “Whatever part of Tehran / I place a hand on, it is aching.” (www.newyorker.com)

147. 美国曾助力欧洲的形成。它会将其拆解吗？——冷战时期的决策者们曾推动欧洲实现统一。而他们的“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）继任者们正试图将这一切付诸东流。

The U.S. Helped Make Europe. Can It Break It? - Cold War policymakers pushed for a unified Continent. Their MAGA successors are trying to undo all that. (www.newyorker.com)

148. 汉娜·阿伦特的美国教育——作家所倡导的政治理想——即公民以平等身份相互面对，进行对话与辩论——在她于上西区举办的那些充满活力的聚会中得到了体现。

Hannah Arendt’s American Education - The writer’s political ideal—citizens appearing before one another as equals, engaging in dialogue and debate—had a counterpart in her spirited gatherings on the Upper West Side. (www.newyorker.com)

149. 帮助我们走完人生最后一段路的陪护员——在美国人口老龄化的背景下，成千上万的人选择了一项新的职业：在他人面对生命终点时给予支持。

The Doulas Who Help Us Die - In an aging America, thousands of people have adopted a new vocation: supporting others as they confront the end of life. (www.newyorker.com)

150. 读者来信——读者就梅兰妮·瑟恩斯特罗姆（Melanie Thernstrom）撰写的妇科医生莎莉·格林沃尔德（Sally Greenwald）人物特写、尼希尔·克里希南（Nikhil Krishnan）对索菲亚·史密斯·加勒（Sophia Smith Galer）所著《如何杀死一种语言》（How to Kill a Language）一书的书评，以及路易斯·梅南德（Louis Menand）关于安德烈斯·塞拉诺（Andres Serrano）的摄影作品《尿基督》（Piss Christ）与美国文化战争的文章发表了评论。

Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Melanie Thernstrom’s profile of the gynecologist Sally Greenwald, Nikhil Krishnan’s review of “How to Kill a Language,” by Sophia Smith Galer, and Louis Menand’s piece about Andres Serrano’s photograph “Piss Christ” and America’s culture wars. (www.newyorker.com)

151. 《龙之家族》的“皮洛士式胜利”——这部《权力的游戏》前传的第三季以又一场血腥屠杀收尾，而那曾让维斯特洛值得探访的魅力却愈发淡薄。

The Pyrrhic Victories of “House of the Dragon” - Season 3 of the “Game of Thrones” prequel ends with yet more bloodshed—and less of the charm that’s made Westeros worth visiting. (www.newyorker.com)

152. 人工智能已成为一项重要选举议题——正如密歇根州新当选的美国参议院民主党提名人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德所言：“人们真的他妈的讨厌数据中心。”

A.I. Is Now a Major Election Issue - As Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s newly elected Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, put it, “People really effing hate data centers.” (www.newyorker.com)

153. 卡罗·克莱尔·伯克如何写就年度最畅销书——《往日时光》的处女作作家谈她如何研究传统妻子、投身相关讨论，以及安妮·海瑟薇将她的畅销书改编为电影的计划。

How Caro Claire Burke Wrote the Biggest Book of the Year - The début novelist behind “Yesteryear” on researching trad wives, wading into the discourse, and Anne Hathaway’s plans to adapt her best-seller for the screen. (www.newyorker.com)

154. 一首献给漫长而珍贵时节的短歌——杰森·伊斯贝尔的《Something to Love》既是对往昔夏日的回望，也是对未来夏日的期许。

A Short Song for a Long and Precious Season - Jason Isbell’s “Something to Love” is the song of summers past and summers to come. (www.newyorker.com)

155. 艾玛·克莱恩谈如何刻画人类体验——作者探讨了她的短篇小说《瘟疫》。

Emma Cline on Rendering the Human Experience - The author discusses her story “The Blight.” (www.newyorker.com)

156. 艾玛·克莱恩的《瘟疫》——你权衡了他人未来可能产生的愤怒与眼前的麻烦，然后基本上就说：“好吧，先把问题搁置起来。”

“The Blight,” by Emma Cline - You weighed the future anger of others against the present trouble, and then you pretty much said, O.K. Kick the can down the road. (www.newyorker.com)

157. 阿丽亚娜·格兰德与诊断带来的失望——这位流行歌星的近况引发了粉丝们的猜测，认为她可能患有进食障碍。我们该如何谈论知名女性的身材？

Ariana Grande and the Disappointment of Diagnosis - The pop star’s appearance has prompted fans to speculate that she’s suffering from an eating disorder. How should we talk about famous women’s bodies? (www.newyorker.com)

158. 我的出身——当你移民后，某些文化体验的篇章便会湮没无闻。难道这就是我无法停止书写故乡的原因吗？

My Birthright - When you immigrate, certain bands of cultural experience go dark. Is that why I can’t stop writing about where I’m from? (www.newyorker.com)

159. 安德鲁·韦斯曼认为唐纳德·特朗普应被追究责任——总统自认为凌驾于法律之上。一位前联邦检察官对此持不同意见。

Andrew Weissmann Thinks Donald Trump Can Be Held to Account - The President believes he’s above the law. A former federal prosecutor disagrees. (www.newyorker.com)

160. 参议院对托德·布兰奇出任司法部长一事的可耻默许——虽然有不少共和党人反对他的提名，但最终还是有不少人接受了“特朗普可能会提名更糟糕的人选”这一观点。

The Senate’s Shameful Acquiescence to Todd Blanche as Attorney General - A number of Republicans resisted his confirmation, but enough ultimately accepted the notion that Trump could do even worse. (www.newyorker.com)

161. “美国民主社会主义者”究竟有多“社会主义”？梅根·罗默作出解释——作为“美国民主社会主义者”的联合主席，罗默为该组织的一些争议性立场进行了辩护：“我认为人们喜欢我们这种大胆的作风……人们想要一位斗士。”

How Socialist Is the D.S.A.? Megan Romer Explains - Romer, a co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, defends some of the D.S.A.’s controversial positions: “I think people like us being rather bold. . . . People want a fighter.” (www.newyorker.com)

162. 萨姆·史密斯谈新专辑《Hazel Eyes》——这位格莱美奖得主谈到了新专辑《Hazel Eyes》，这张专辑标志着其音乐风格的转变：其中的情歌大多描绘了两情相悦的爱情。

Sam Smith on Their New Album, “Hazel Eyes” - The Grammy-winning singer talks about “Hazel Eyes,” which marks a departure for them: these love songs are very much requited. (www.newyorker.com)

163. 《托尼》、《迟来的名声》以及通往文学明星之路的坎坷历程——两部电影的主人公——一部是安东尼·波登的传记片，另一部是关于一位被忽视的诗人的剧情片——都发现自己正与作为作家的命运抗争。

“Tony,” “Late Fame,” and the Rocky Road to Literary Stardom - The protagonists of two films, an Anthony Bourdain bio-pic and a drama about a neglected poet, find themselves struggling with their writerly destinies. (www.newyorker.com)

164. 每日漫画：8月7日星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Friday, August 7th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

165. 严重的孕吐能治愈吗？——几十年来，人们一直认为这种症状是心理因素造成的，患病的女性因此备受指责。如今，一位科学家发现了其生物学原因。

Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured? - For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause. (www.newyorker.com)

166. 迷幻药现在属于右翼了吗？——保守派活动家布莱恩·哈伯德在里克·佩里和乔·罗根的协助下，如何说服特朗普和共和党接受伊博加因——一种源自非洲灌木的迷幻药物。

Are Psychedelics Right-Wing Now? - How the conservative activist Bryan Hubbard, with help from Rick Perry and Joe Rogan, persuaded Trump and the G.O.P. to embrace ibogaine, a psychedelic drug derived from an African shrub. (www.newyorker.com)

167. 奥利维亚·迪恩和贝比·罗斯带来的现代R&B——此外还有：凯特·科恩的独角音乐喜剧、安东尼·波登传记电影《托尼》、水畔举办的“电池舞蹈节”等。

The Modern R. & B. of Olivia Dean and Baby Rose - Also: Cat Cohen’s one-woman musical comedy, the Anthony Bourdain bio-pic “Tony,” Battery Dance Festival by the water, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

168. 珍妮恩·皮罗，反英雄——诚实并不总是最好的策略。

Jeanine Pirro, Antihero - Honesty isn’t always the best policy. (www.newyorker.com)

169. 每日漫画：8月6日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, August 6th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

170. “阴谋论妈妈”的鼻祖——六十年前，俄克拉荷马州一位对肯尼迪遇刺事件着迷的人，便预示了当今这一典型人物的雏形。

The Godmother of the “Conspiracy Mom” - Sixty years ago, a J.F.K.-assassination buff in Oklahoma provided a preview of a contemporary archetype. (www.newyorker.com)

171. 凯尔·爱德华兹的《支流》——他在黑暗中听见她的哭喊声。他无法确定那是悲伤、喜悦，还是两者兼而有之。

“Tributaries,” by Kyle Edwards - He heard her crying out in the dark. He couldn’t be sure if it was in sadness or joy or both. (www.newyorker.com)

172. GPS与“迷路”这门失传的艺术——凯瑟琳·邓恩的新书《蓝色小点》引发了人们对“知晓自身位置”所带来的意想不到后果的思考。

G.P.S. and the Lost Art of Getting Lost - A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are. (www.newyorker.com)

173. 评论家眼中的 cult 经典：哈尼夫·阿卜杜拉基布谈 Camp Lo 的《Uptown Saturday Night》——这张1997年的专辑标志着嘻哈音乐的一个转折点，当时该流派正处于精心构建的神话与某种“真实犯罪”叙事之间的拉锯之中。

Critics’ Cult Classics: Hanif Abdurraqib on Camp Lo’s “Uptown Saturday Night” - The 1997 album marked a crossroads for hip-hop, as the genre was being torn between elaborate mythmaking and a kind of true crime. (www.newyorker.com)

174. 《马可·卢比奥的大体真实传记》——没人知道马可·卢比奥的年龄。这正是他身上的一处谜团。他的身高也是如此。你查查看，没人知道。

A Mostly True History of Marco Rubio - No one knows Marco Rubio’s age. It’s part of his mystery. So is his height. Look it up. No one knows. (www.newyorker.com)

175. 马克斯·米勒的“受害者心态”——这位共和党国会议员正深陷一场激烈的家庭纠纷——他的前妻（一位俄亥俄州参议员的女儿）指控他实施了身体虐待——这正考验着其所在政党是否愿意为这种无可辩护的行为辩护。

Max Miller’s Victim Mentality - The Republican congressman’s bitter domestic dispute—in which he’s accused of physical abuse by his ex-wife, the daughter of an Ohio senator—is testing his party’s willingness to defend the indefensible. (www.newyorker.com)

176. 瑞安·墨菲对《碎片》的“钝化”改编——这位导演将布雷特·伊斯特顿·埃利斯的这部元小说式惊悚兼同志觉醒故事改编成了原著的“欢乐合唱团”风格版本。

Ryan Murphy’s Sanded-Down Version of “The Shards” - The director’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s metafictional thriller-slash-gay-awakening story is a “Glee”-ified version of its source material. (www.newyorker.com)

177. 每日漫画：8月5日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, August 5th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

178. 阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德的胜选潜力——这位前公共卫生官员凭借毫不妥协的进步主义纲领——以及对党内建制派的彻底挑战，赢得了密歇根州民主党初选。

The Electability of Abdul El-Sayed - The former public-health official won Michigan’s Democratic primary with an unapologetically progressive platform—and a total defiance of the Party establishment. (www.newyorker.com)

179. 《美国种族史四部曲》——劳伦·柯林斯在撰写新书《他们偷走了一座城市》时参考的作品。

Four Histories of Race in America - The works Lauren Collins drew on while writing her new book “They Stole a City.” (www.newyorker.com)

180. 斯特拉·莱夫蒂与“星二代”音乐人及“行业内线”的崛起——每当某个出身富裕或名门望族的子女一跃进入公众视野时，我们总会在社交媒体上讲述这样一个故事。

Stella Lefty and the Rise of Nepo-Baby Musicians and “Industry Plants” - There’s a story we tell ourselves on social media any time a child of money or fame vaults into public life. (www.newyorker.com)

181. 什么样的改编才算成功？——围绕克里斯托弗·诺兰对荷马《奥德赛》的忠实度所引发的争议，折射出电影史上的重大问题。

What Makes an Adaptation Good? - The kerfuffle over Christopher Nolan’s fidelity to Homer’s Odyssey reflects major questions in the history of cinema. (www.newyorker.com)

182. 乔丹·哈珀如何为埃普斯坦时代重塑黑色电影——今年备受热议的《一部暴力杰作》颠覆了该类型片中乐观与绝望之间的传统对比。一部充满希望的犯罪小说还能算是黑色电影吗？

How Jordan Harper Reinvented Noir for the Epstein Era - This year’s buzzy “A Violent Masterpiece” inverts the genre’s traditional contrast between optimism and despair. Is a hopeful crime novel still a noir? (www.newyorker.com)

183. 《我们的福奇日记，我们自己》——安东尼·福奇在疫情期间成为了真理与正直的象征。在他的日记中，他主要谈论的是自己如何“误拨”了芭芭拉·史翠珊的电话。

Our Fauci Diaries, Ourselves - Anthony Fauci became a symbol of truth and integrity during the pandemic. In his diaries, he’s mostly talking about how he “butt called” Barbra Streisand. (www.newyorker.com)

184. 当世界在燃烧——行动中的不作为。

As the World Burns - Inaction in action. (www.newyorker.com)

185. 每日漫画：8月4日，星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, August 4th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

186. 密歇根州初选地图：实时结果——海莉·史蒂文斯与阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德之间这场备受瞩目的美国参议院民主党初选，将对该党的未来走向产生重大影响。

Michigan Primary-Election Map: Live Results - A closely watched Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, carries major implications for the direction of the Party. (www.newyorker.com)

187. “斯巴鲁社会主义者”与“大失所望者”——这些选民正在决定民主党未来的走向。

Subaru Socialists and the Great Disappointed - The voters who are determining the future of the Democratic Party. (www.newyorker.com)

188. 如果那些垃圾短信都是真的，我的生活会是什么样子——我就会收到几十个来自USPSS、USP和FidEx的包裹，只需签个名就能取走。

What My Life Would Be Like If All of Those Spam Texts Were Legit - I’d have dozens of packages shipped to me from USPSS, USP, and FidEx that only require my signature to obtain. (www.newyorker.com)

189. 印度的Z世代抗议活动对莫迪意味着什么？——一场由对印度教育体系和经济状况感到不满的年轻人发起的运动，已成为这个日益专制的政府迄今面临的最严峻挑战。

What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi? - A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government. (www.newyorker.com)

190. 每日漫画：8月3日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Monday, August 3rd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

191. “温和派”究竟意味着什么？——密歇根州参议院初选已演变成对一个从未有过固定含义的词的公投。

What Does It Even Mean to Be a Moderate? - The Michigan Senate primary has turned into a referendum on a word that has never had a fixed meaning. (www.newyorker.com)

192. 唐纳德·特朗普为何频频谈及外国干预选举——白宫正在歪曲情报评估结果，而非致力于保护中期选举。

Why Donald Trump Talks So Much About Foreign Election Interference - The White House is distorting intelligence assessments instead of working to protect the midterm elections. (www.newyorker.com)

193. 凯文·沃什面临的不仅仅是沟通问题——美联储主席面临的最大挑战是证明自己独立于唐纳德·特朗普。

Kevin Warsh Is Facing More Than a Communication Problem - The Fed chair’s biggest challenge is demonstrating his independence from Donald Trump. (www.newyorker.com)

194. 《我，从未认识过男人》与《我们被禁止》，书评——杰奎琳·哈普曼最著名的作品创作于二十世纪九十年代，但她小说中那种哀婉的孤独感，似乎预示了我们这个孤独而沉迷于屏幕的时代。

“I Who Have Never Known Men” and “We Were Forbidden,” Reviewed - Jacqueline Harpman wrote her best-known works in the nineteen-nineties, but her fiction’s elegiac loneliness seems to anticipate our own solitary, screen-bound era. (www.newyorker.com)

195. 罗伊·科恩是如何教会唐纳德·特朗普一切的——这位律师向一位来自外区的奋斗者传授了如何无视规则、规避书面记录，并为媒体编造一个精彩故事。

How Roy Cohn Taught Donald Trump Everything - The lawyer who showed an outer-borough striver how to ignore the rules, avoid a paper trail, and make up a good story for the media. (www.newyorker.com)

196. 罗布·莫斯依然随遇而安——这位纪录片导演重返大峡谷，拍摄《河流的弯道》，这是他关于友谊、自然与时光流逝的非官方系列中的第三部作品。

Robb Moss Is Still Going with the Flow - The documentarian returns to the Grand Canyon for “The Bend in the River,” the third film in his unofficial series on friendship, nature, and the passage of time. (www.newyorker.com)

197. 快看！快看！再来读读这些新闻……在“旧闻报摊”，昨天的头条就是今天的独家爆料——被丢弃的《纽约时报》、过时的《Vogue》、酷炫的小众杂志，甚至还有复古的色情读物。

Extra! Extra! Read All About It . . . Again - At the Old News Newsstand, yesterday’s headlines are today’s hot scoops—discarded Timeses, out-of-vogue Vogues, cool zines, even vintage smut. (www.newyorker.com)

198. 梅根·费尔南德斯所作《换行》——“哦，／事物，可怜的事物，微小的事物，正在‘事物’的事物，事物就是／一团美丽的混乱。”

“Enjambment,” by Megan Fernandes - “Oh, / thing, poor thing, little thing, thing thinging, thing is / a beautiful mess.” (www.newyorker.com)

199. 拉里·多伊尔的《呐喊与低语》：自由撰稿人撰写的荒诞头条被《洋葱报》编辑退稿——已婚男子仍能保持大学水平的饮酒能力；吃相邋遢的狗狗有了新挚友；以及更多内容。

Shouts & Murmurs by Larry Doyle: Freelance Headlines Stupid Onion Editor Rejected - Married Man Still Able to Drink at Collegiate Level; Sloppy Eater Dog’s New Best Friend; and more. (www.newyorker.com)

200. 简评书评——《曙光初现》、《拾美》、《杜尼恩》和《玛布女王》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Daylight Come,” “Scavenging Beauty,” “Dooneen,” and “Queen Mab.” (www.newyorker.com)

201. “丹氏之争”——丹·J·沙利文和丹·S·沙利文都在角逐阿拉斯加的一个参议院席位。谁将赢得这片“最后边疆”？

Battle of the Dans - Dan J. Sullivan and Dan S. Sullivan are both vying for a Senate seat in Alaska. Who will take the Last Frontier? (www.newyorker.com)

202. 《美国爆破艺术——格鲁奇烟花公司》：格鲁奇家族从事烟花行业已有六代之久。

The American Art of Blowing Stuff Up - Fireworks by Grucci has been in the pyrotechnics business for six generations. (www.newyorker.com)

203. “中国制造的未来”——北京正与美国争夺科技霸权。谁能胜出，将产生巨大的政治影响。

The Future, Made in China - Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications. (www.newyorker.com)

204. 埃里克·韦尔海姆（Eric Wareheim），人称“植物老爹”——这位曾出演《无所不能》（Master of None）的演员，同时也是双人组合“蒂姆与埃里克”（Tim and Eric）的一员，将自己离婚后的爱好——收集苏斯博士风格的树木和灌木——发展成了一项潮人生意，客户包括玛莎·斯图尔特和凯莉·韦斯特勒。

Eric Wareheim, Plant Dad - The “Master of None” actor and half of the duo Tim and Eric turned his post-divorce hobby—collecting Dr. Seussian trees and shrubs—into a hipster business, with Martha Stewart and Kelly Wearstler as clients. (www.newyorker.com)

205. 扬·瓦格纳的《黄蜂》——“你听得如此清晰，它们正在啃噬／遮阳篷旁草坪椅的木头。”

“wasps,” by Jan Wagner - “how starkly clear you hear them gnawing / at the wood of lawn chairs near the awning.” (www.newyorker.com)

206. 《两次被绑架的男人》——尼日利亚有数千人被匪帮绑架以索要赎金。一位教授曾成功逃脱绑匪的魔掌，却又再次遭绑架。

The Man Who Was Kidnapped Twice - Thousands of people in Nigeria have been held for ransom by bandit groups. One professor escaped his captors—only to be abducted again. (www.newyorker.com)

207. 埃里克·德鲁克的“户外艺术”——让人们从城市的喧嚣中暂得喘息。

Eric Drooker’s “Outside Art” - A reprieve from the city’s chaos. (www.newyorker.com)

208. 沉默究竟有多“金”？——关于闭嘴的一段不为人知的历史。

How Golden Is Silence, Actually? - A secret history of shutting up. (www.newyorker.com)

209. 2026年迄今为止的最佳书籍——我们的编辑和评论家对值得关注的新出版小说、非虚构作品和诗集进行了点评。

The Best Books of 2026 So Far - Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. (www.newyorker.com)

210. 蕾切尔·约德尔的《承诺》——在夜色中，你无法确定，如果转动门把手，那扇门会通向怎样的世界。

“The Promise,” by Rachel Yoder - You couldn’t be certain, in the night, what sort of world the doors might open onto, were you to turn the knob. (www.newyorker.com)

211. 瑞秋·约德谈门诺派童年与一个关于魔鬼的故事——作者谈论了她的短篇小说《承诺》。

Rachel Yoder on a Mennonite Childhood and a Story About the Devil - The author discusses her story “The Promise.” (www.newyorker.com)

212. 当《Get Lucky》带我重返迪斯科年代——这首2013年达夫特朋克（Daft Punk）的歌曲，令人惊奇地唤起了我对于二十世纪七十年代末的回忆，那时我正值青春，跳舞就是我的信条。

When “Get Lucky” Took Me Back to the Years of Disco - The 2013 Daft Punk track was uncannily evocative of the late nineteen-seventies, when I was young and dancing was my creed. (www.newyorker.com)

213. 安东尼奥·班德拉斯的“信仰之旅”——这位演员讲述了与斯蒂芬·桑德海姆的相遇、为教皇排演《上帝之歌》，以及在新上映的安东尼·波登传记片中饰演一个“好人”所带来的激动之情。

Antonio Banderas’s Acts of Faith - The actor on meeting Stephen Sondheim, staging “Godspell” for the Pope, and the thrill, in the new Anthony Bourdain bio-pic, of playing someone “good.” (www.newyorker.com)

214. 瑞秋·约德尔朗读《承诺》——作者朗读了她发表在2026年8月10日刊上的这篇故事。

Rachel Yoder Reads “The Promise” - The author reads her story from the August 10, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

215. 如果我们永远无法信任人工智能呢？——就像人类一样，这项技术永远不会完美。问题在于，我们愿意容忍哪些不完美之处。

What If We Can Never Trust A.I.? - Like humans, the technology will never be perfect. The question is what imperfections we’re willing to tolerate. (www.newyorker.com)

216. 别再谈专辑了——流行巨星如今用“时代”来衡量自己的职业生涯——自泰勒·斯威夫特的“时代巡演”（Eras Tour）取得轰动性成功以来，从The Weeknd到阿丽亚娜·格兰德等艺人，都试图为自己的现场演出注入一种历史感。

Forget Albums—Pop Stars Measure Their Careers in Eras Now - Since the earthshaking success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, artists from the Weeknd to Ariana Grande have tried to imbue their live shows with a sense of history. (www.newyorker.com)

217. 伊夫·圣洛朗的完美形象——国际摄影中心的一场新展览，将这位设计师呈现为他本人所期望的那样。

The Flawless Surface of Yves Saint Laurent - A new exhibition at the International Center of Photography presents the designer precisely as he wanted to be seen. (www.newyorker.com)

218. 福奇听证会的失败——兰德·保罗参议员处理此事时或许带有做作和恶意，但安东尼·福奇博士决定不出席作证，这确实是一大损失。

The Failures of the Fauci Hearing - Senator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss. (www.newyorker.com)

219. 欧洲为何陷入火海？——“我们将所有这些因素混入调酒器中，结果就是引发了远超消防队灭火能力的巨大火灾，”一名西班牙消防员说道。

Why Is Europe Burning? - “We put all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and the result is massive fires that far exceed the extinguishing capacity of firefighting teams,” a Spanish firefighter said. (www.newyorker.com)

220. 莫辛·哈米德朗读村上春树作品——这位作家将与黛博拉·特雷斯曼一起朗读并讨论发表于2000年《纽约客》杂志上的《食人猫》。

Mohsin Hamid Reads Haruki Murakami - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Man-Eating Cats,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2000. (www.newyorker.com)

221. 令人着迷的故事：华盛顿夏季圆桌会议——联合主持人就今夏最引人入胜的政治大戏交换了看法，从福奇在参议院的听证会到中国在国际舞台上的崛起，无所不包。

Obsession-Worthy Stories: A Washington Summer Roundtable - The co-hosts compare notes on the most captivating political dramas of the summer, from Fauci’s Senate hearing to China’s rise on the international stage. (www.newyorker.com)

222. 格伦·汉萨德的《街角故事》——无论是作为年轻的街头艺人，还是作为著名的唱作人，汉萨德都深谙如何让人们驻足聆听，并产生一种共同的情感共鸣。

Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner Stories - Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing. (www.newyorker.com)

223. 阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德为美国发声——同时反对本党 - 这位密歇根州美国参议员候选人谈及与哈桑·皮克尔共同竞选、身为资本主义者，以及为何他的民主党同僚需要“停止妥协”。

Abdul El-Sayed’s Argument for America—and Against His Own Party - The Michigan U.S. Senate candidate on campaigning with Hasan Piker, being a capitalist, and why his fellow-Democrats need to “stop compromising.” (www.newyorker.com)

224. 竞选洛杉矶市长职位的民主社会主义者——市议员尼蒂亚·拉曼曾是卡伦·巴斯的盟友，但拉曼向她发起了挑战，旨在为应对该市的住房危机注入更多“紧迫感”。

The Democratic Socialist Running for Mayor of Los Angeles - The city-council member Nithya Raman was an ally of Karen Bass, but Raman launched a challenge against her to bring more “urgency” to fighting the city’s housing crisis. (www.newyorker.com)

225. 每日漫画：7月31日星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 31st - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

226. 针对詹姆斯·科米的荒谬指控——一位前联邦法官指出，如果检方的主要指控并非旨在“剥夺一个人的自由”，那“简直可笑”。

The Outlandish Case Against James Comey - The prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.” (www.newyorker.com)

227. 温迪·瓦瑟斯坦富有远见的戏剧——此外：米斯蒂·科普兰的芭蕾舞节、Noname发人深省的诗歌、奥塔尔·伊奥塞利阿尼的电影等。

Wendy Wasserstein’s Prescient Play - Also: Misty Copeland’s Ballet Festival, the cogent poetry of Noname, the films of Otar Iosseliani, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

228. 在《瘴气营地的青少年性爱与死亡》中，欲望与恐惧交织——简·舍恩布伦的最新影片讲述了一位备受瞩目的年轻电影人受邀重启一部老牌恐怖电影系列的故事，这部影片是一部电影宣言，探讨了艺术如何同时激发爱与恐惧。

In “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” Desire and Terror Meet - Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film, which follows a celebrated young filmmaker tapped to reboot an old horror franchise, is a cinematic manifesto that examines how art can inspire both love and fear. (www.newyorker.com)

229. 如何应对有毒毛虫的侵袭——随着欧洲气候变暖，橡树游行毛虫正在不断扩散，它们释放的微小绒毛会充斥空气，引发剧烈的皮疹。

How to Survive an Infestation of Toxic Caterpillars - The oak processionary caterpillar, which is spreading as Europe warms, fills the air with microscopic hairs that inflict excruciating rashes. (www.newyorker.com)

230. 《武士与囚徒》将一部战争史诗巧妙地融入了一个精致的谜题之中——在黑泽清的这部历史剧中，一座被围困的城堡里发生的一系列扑朔迷离的罪案，引发了关于信仰、战争与领导力的更多令人费解的疑问。

“The Samurai and the Prisoner” Fits a War Epic Into an Elegant Puzzle Box - In Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s historical drama, a series of puzzling crimes at a besieged fortress yields even more confounding questions about faith, war, and leadership. (www.newyorker.com)

231. 互联网“大脑”的无心插柳的缔造者——史蒂文·普鲁伊特（Steven Pruitt）被公认为维基百科上编辑量最大的用户，他在该网站上进行了超过600万次编辑，并由此悄然塑造了所有主要人工智能聊天机器人所基于的训练数据。

The Accidental Architect of the Internet’s Brain - Steven Pruitt, who is widely regarded as the most prolific Wikipedia editor, has made more than six million edits to the site, and, by extension, has quietly shaped the raw material that every major A.I. chatbot was trained on. (www.newyorker.com)

232. 每日漫画：7月30日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, July 30th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

233. 揭秘OpenAI对Hugging Face的网络攻击——Hugging Face首席科学官回顾了这起预示着人工智能将迎来一个令人恐惧的新时代的网络犯罪事件。

Inside OpenAI’s Hack of Hugging Face - Hugging Face’s chief science officer recounts the cybercrime that signals a terrifying new era for A.I. (www.newyorker.com)

234. 《米奇·麦康奈尔：音乐剧》——献给一位现任参议员的颂歌。

Mitch McConnell: The Musical - Ode to a sitting senator. (www.newyorker.com)

235. 唐纳德·特朗普如何让“美国之音”噤声——该机构成立的初衷是向全世界传播自由与民主的故事。如今，随着许多记者被发薪要求居家办公，它传递出的信息却截然不同。

How Donald Trump Silenced the Voice of America - The agency was created to spread the story of freedom and democracy around the world. Now, with many of its journalists being paid to stay home, it’s delivering a very different message. (www.newyorker.com)

236. 国家节日指定全国审查委员会的备忘录——该委员会继续认可“全国披萨日”，但驳回了设立独立的“纽约风味披萨日”的请愿。

Memorandum from the National Review Committee for National Day Designations - The Committee continues to recognize National Pizza Day, but denies the petition for a distinct New York-Style Pizza Day. (www.newyorker.com)

237. 《Furious》是一部面向“后爱泼斯坦时代”的犯罪剧——伊丽莎白·梅里韦瑟的新剧讲述了一名女杀手向一个施虐者网络复仇的故事，该剧既残酷又细腻，有时甚至出人意料地幽默。

“Furious” Is a Crime Drama for a Post-Epstein World - Elizabeth Meriwether’s new series, which follows a female killer seeking vengeance against a network of abusers, is brutal, nuanced, and, at times, surprisingly funny. (www.newyorker.com)

238. 左翼民主党人会重塑该党，还是会损害该党在11月大选中的胜算？——伯尼·桑德斯的前竞选经理解释了他为何认为会是前者。

Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November? - Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former. (www.newyorker.com)

239. 科尔森·怀特黑德的讽刺与狂喜——这位《酷机器》的作者，似乎从未刻意追求重要性，却已成为我们最重要的作家之一。

The Irony and the Ecstasy of Colson Whitehead - The author of “Cool Machine” has become one of our most important writers without ever seeming to stretch for importance. (www.newyorker.com)

240. 加布里埃尔·温斯洛-约斯特的《一人与无人》——当天使来到克雷格身边时，他才七岁，正蹲在营地的户外厕所里。

“One and No One,” by Gabriel Winslow-Yost - When the angel came to Craig, he was seven, squatting in the outhouse at camp. (www.newyorker.com)

241. 在两起枪支自杀事件后挑战美国全国步枪协会（N.R.A.）的女性——一个令人心碎的个人故事揭示了为何枪支自杀问题在美国的枪支辩论中一直被忽视。

The Woman Who Took On the N.R.A. After Two Gun Suicides - A devastating personal story reveals why firearm suicide has remained a blind spot in America’s gun debate. (www.newyorker.com)

242. 每日漫画：7月29日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, July 29th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

243. 理查德·布兰科朗读伊丽莎白·毕肖普的作品——这位诗人将与凯文·杨一同朗读并探讨伊丽莎白·毕肖普的《旅行之问》，以及他自己的诗作《我的父亲（英文版）》。

Richard Blanco Reads Elizabeth Bishop - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Questions of Travel,” by Elizabeth Bishop, and his own poem “My Father in English.” (www.newyorker.com)

244. 希拉·赫蒂推荐的三本书——《母性》的作者回答了我们关于她阅读习惯的问题。

Three Books Sheila Heti Recommends - The author of “Motherhood” answers our questions about her reading habits. (www.newyorker.com)

245. 费尔菲尔德·波特笔下那丰饶而孤寂的世界图景——这位画家家境富裕，却隐居世外，其用色手法在古往今来都堪称独树一帜。

Fairfield Porter’s Lush, Lonely Vision of the World - The painter was rich and cloistered, and used color like few others before or after him. (www.newyorker.com)

246. “费力内容部”——特朗普内阁已入驻TikTok，但白宫即将发现，掌控该平台并不等于擅长运营它。

The Department of Labored Content - Trump’s Cabinet has joined TikTok, but the White House is about to learn that controlling the platform isn’t the same as being good at it. (www.newyorker.com)

247. 亲爱的佩珀：如何兼得？——莉安娜·芬克撰写了一篇幽默的建议专栏，探讨了夫妇在迎来第一个孩子后所面临的选择。

Dear Pepper: How to Have Some of It All? - Liana Finck writes a humorous advice column about the choices a couple faces after having their first born. (www.newyorker.com)

248. 网飞《草原上的小木屋》中那阳光下的无趣——这部新改编剧集虽然画面精美，却将原著中备受喜爱的温馨感替换成了尽责却乏味的氛围。

The Sunlit Joylessness of Netflix’s “Little House on the Prairie” - The new adaptation, though visually exquisite, swaps the story’s much-loved comfort for dutiful tedium. (www.newyorker.com)

249. Charli XCX 和 The Strokes 正在（某种程度上）创作摇滚音乐——这两位艺术家都发行了新专辑——《Music, Fashion, Film》和《Reality Awaits》——这些作品在质朴的真诚与朋克式的漫不经心之间摇摆不定。

Charli XCX and the Strokes Are (Sort of) Making Rock Music - Both artists have released new albums—“Music, Fashion, Film” and “Reality Awaits”—that seesaw between raw sincerity and punkish insouciance. (www.newyorker.com)

250. 每日漫画：7月28日，星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 28th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

251. 年轻人其实还不错——最近，关于那些社会地位下滑、二十多岁甚至三十多岁仍与父母同住的年轻人的讨论甚嚣尘上。实际情况究竟如何？

The Kids Are Kind of Alright - Recently, there has been much hand-wringing about downwardly mobile young adults living with their parents into their twenties or thirties. What’s really going on? (www.newyorker.com)

252. 特朗普的孤立主义正在输掉这场伟大的电动汽车竞赛——当世界其他地区不断前进时，美国却面临沦为内燃机主题公园的风险。

Trump’s Isolationism Is Losing the Great E.V. Race - The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on. (www.newyorker.com)

253. 巴里·韦斯正在处理此事——和《60分钟》节目一样，我们的首要目标是保持平衡。米德湖在胡佛大坝北侧的位置已经维持得太久了。等我们完成工作后，它也会出现在南侧。

Bari Weiss Is On It - Our first goal, as with “60 Minutes,” is balance. Lake Mead has been on the north side of the Hoover Dam for too long. When we’re finished, it will be on the south side, too. (www.newyorker.com)

254. 机器人如何接管了我们的生活——在2016年大选期间，全国大部分地区首次接触到了“网络机器人”这一概念。如今，仅仅十年之后，感觉它们无处不在。

How Bots Took Over Our Lives - During the 2016 election, much of the country was introduced to the concept of internet bots for the first time. Now, just a decade later, it feels like they’re everywhere. (www.newyorker.com)

255. 每日漫画：7月27日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Monday, July 27th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

256. “食品荒漠”的神话——政策制定者一直认为，如果人们有良好的选择，就不会做出错误的选择。但如果可获得性从来都不是真正的问题呢？

The Myth of the Food Desert - Policymakers have assumed that people with good options wouldn’t make bad choices. What if access was never the real problem? (www.newyorker.com)

257. 分手备忘录——经慎重考虑，我决定结束我们的关系。这一决定反映了我对情感资源的战略性调整，不应被解读为对你整体市场价值的评价。

Exit Memo - Following a review, I have decided to dissolve our relationship. This decision reflects a strategic realignment of my emotional resources and should not be interpreted as a comment on your over-all market value. (www.newyorker.com)

258. 一名女子接连失去两名伴侣，均死于枪击——随后美国全国步枪协会（N.R.A.）前来“收账”——在美国，大多数自杀案件都涉及枪支，其中80%的自杀者是白人男性，而这家拥枪权利组织数十年来一直否认这一现象。

A Woman Lost Two Partners to Guns—Then the N.R.A. Came to Collect - The majority of suicides in the U.S. involve guns, and eighty per cent of those are done by white men, a pattern that the gun-rights organization has spent decades denying. (www.newyorker.com)

259. 迈克尔·迪克曼的《蜱虫检查》——“一颗活着的雀斑／它知道你的名字，也知道／现在是春天，并感受到一种虚幻的私密感。”

“Tick Check,” by Michael Dickman - “A living freckle / That knows your name and knows / That it is spring and feels a kind of imaginary privacy.” (www.newyorker.com)

260. “看到一种新颜色”意味着什么？——Olo可以被描述为“最绿的绿色”，尽管相机永远无法捕捉到这种颜色。但它的研发过程让我们对人类的色彩视觉有了很多了解。

What Would It Mean to See a New Color? - Olo can be described as the “greenest green,” though it can never be captured by a camera. But its development tells us a lot about our color vision. (www.newyorker.com)

261. 法布·莫尔万重拾歌声——在米利·瓦尼利假唱丑闻爆发数十年后，这位歌手仍在努力重塑自己的音乐遗产——通过一部纪录片、一张EP，以及在特朗普州博览会上几乎登台演出的经历。

Fab Morvan Takes Back His Voice - Decades after Milli Vanilli’s lip-synching scandal, the singer is still reclaiming his legacy—with a documentary, an EP, and an almost-performance at Trump’s state fair. (www.newyorker.com)

262. 带我去看“脑球赛”——数百名神经外科医生齐聚中央公园，参加医院间的垒球比赛。究竟谁捧回了那座颅骨形状的奖杯？

Take Me Out to the Brainball Game - Hundreds of neurosurgeons gathered in Central Park for inter-hospital softball. Who took home the skull-shaped trophy? (www.newyorker.com)

263. 快来这里买自由女神像吧！——汉普顿美术博览会最近展出一尊十英尺高的自由女神像。气势恢宏、庄严肃穆——等等，多少钱？

Get Yer Statue of Liberty Here! - The Hamptons Fine Art Fair recently exhibited a ten-foot Lady Liberty. Noble, solemn, and—wait, how much? (www.newyorker.com)

264. 约翰·莱吉扎莫是个高尚的人——这位《冰河世纪》的演员在克里斯托弗·诺兰执导的《奥德赛》中，饰演马特·达蒙饰演的奥德修斯的忠实牧猪人，成功抢尽风头。回到纽约后，他还给导演买了一份拥有两千年历史的答谢礼物。

John Leguizamo Is a Noble Fellow - The “Ice Age” actor steals Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” as a loyal swineherd to Matt Damon’s Odysseus. Back in New York, he bought the director a two-thousand-year-old thank-you gift. (www.newyorker.com)

265. 约翰尼·诺克斯维尔，美国“恶作剧之神”——是什么驱使这位《杰克阿斯》的明星为了我们的娱乐而冒生命危险？一项非常严肃的调查。

Johnny Knoxville, America’s God of Mischief - What moves the star of “Jackass” to risk his life for our entertainment? A very serious investigation. (www.newyorker.com)

266. 内塔尼亚胡的首席将军如何成为他最强大的挑战者——加迪·艾森科特对战争的看法深受丧子之痛的影响，其处事风格和性格与“比比”截然相反。

How Netanyahu’s Top General Became His Strongest Challenger - Gadi Eisenkot, whose view of war is shaped by the loss of his son, is, in manner and character, the anti-Bibi. (www.newyorker.com)

267. 简评书评——《雷诺阿的女孩们》、《蓝色小点》、《空气》和《我希望你幸福》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Renoir Girls,” “Little Blue Dot,” “Air,” and “I Want You to Be Happy.” (www.newyorker.com)

268. 皮埃尔-埃马纽埃尔·利耶的《休憩》——沐浴阳光。

Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet’s “Repose” - Soaking up the sun. (www.newyorker.com)

269. 娜塔莉·沙佩罗的《再年轻一点》——“只有我的一部分／留在了地球上。”

“Any Younger,” by Natalie Shapero - “Only some of me / is here on Earth.” (www.newyorker.com)

270. 民主党现在该何去何从？——这轮初选季可谓波澜起伏，但这究竟是民主党版的“茶党时刻”吗？还是说，一种更务实的趋势正在浮现？

Which Way Should the Democratic Party Go Now? - It’s been a tumultuous primary season, but is this the Democrats’ Tea Party moment? Or is something more pragmatic emerging? (www.newyorker.com)

271. 希拉·赫蒂朗读《尘世之乐》——作者朗读了她发表在2026年8月3日刊上的短篇小说。

Sheila Heti Reads “Earthly Delights” - The author reads her story from the August 3, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

272. 餐厅点评：Somssi——这家由Atomix餐饮集团资深成员创办的餐厅，深谙如何在不刻意卖弄的情况下吸引食客。

Restaurant Review: Somssi - Somssi, from a veteran of the restaurant group behind Atomix, knows how to reel you in without trying too hard. (www.newyorker.com)

273. 《Padam Padam》将爱玩的人与宅家族区分开来——凯莉·米洛这首2023年的热门单曲属于那种节奏扎实、适合跳舞的流行音乐，但几乎无法打动那些自诩为“三十多岁老家伙”的人的耳朵。

“Padam Padam” Separates the Party People from the Homebodies - Kylie Minogue’s 2023 hit belongs to a category of solid, danceable pop music that barely penetrates the eardrums of self-professed thirtysomething old folks. (www.newyorker.com)

274. 格雷格·阿拉基认为心碎是件好事——《I Want Your Sex》的导演探讨了Z世代是否经历过足够多的心碎，谈及选角查莉·XCX和约翰尼·诺克斯维尔，以及“怪异、可怕、令人困惑的经历”的重要性。

Gregg Araki Thinks It’s Good to Get Your Heart Broken - The director of “I Want Your Sex” discusses whether Gen Z is having enough of it, casting Charli XCX and Johnny Knoxville, and the importance of “weird, scary, confusing experiences.” (www.newyorker.com)

275. 希拉·赫蒂的《尘世欢愉》——于是，他们就那样做了。那感觉真是太美妙了——对于第一次来说，简直太美妙了。

“Earthly Delights,” by Sheila Heti - So then they did it. And it was pretty incredible—pretty incredible for a first time. (www.newyorker.com)

276. 希拉·赫蒂谈欲望之谜——这位作家探讨了她的短篇小说《尘世之乐》。

Sheila Heti on the Mystery of Lust - The author discusses her story “Earthly Delights.” (www.newyorker.com)

277. “情景分析”的兴起：一种预测反乌托邦未来的流行方式——在《生物战》一书中，安妮·雅各布森设想了社会因一场人造瘟疫而崩溃的情景——这只是此类预言浪潮中的一部分。但当我们试图预测未来时，又会忽略什么呢？

The Rise of the “Scenario,” a Trendy Way of Forecasting our Dystopian Future - In “Biological War,” Annie Jacobsen imagines society collapsing from a man-made plague—part of a wave of such prophecies. But what do we miss when we try to predict the future? (www.newyorker.com)

278. 乌比·戈德堡过去是、将来也永远是整场演出的灵魂——她那部同名独角戏是她好莱坞明星之路的起点，而此次复排则将其塑造成一种母系传承的源头，这种传承已延续至两代黑人女演员。

Whoopi Goldberg Was and Always Will Be the Whole Show - Her eponymous one-woman show was the seed of her Hollywood stardom, which a new revival now frames as the source of something matrilineal, passed down to two generations of Black actresses. (www.newyorker.com)

279. 国会过去曾运转良好。究竟发生了什么？——其许多运作失灵的问题可以追溯到纽特·金里奇。

Congress Used to Work. What Happened? - A lot of its dysfunction goes back to Newt Gingrich. (www.newyorker.com)

280. 一名难民在ICE拘留中心的经历——2025年，ICE开始在移民听证会上拘留当事人，这是史无前例的一步。本报特约撰稿人乔纳森·布利策讲述了一名被拘留者的故事，他的生活因此天翻地覆。

One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention - In 2025, ICE began detaining people at immigration hearings, an unprecedented step. The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer shares the story of one detainee whose life was turned upside down. (www.newyorker.com)

281. 国会中一名民主党人和一名共和党人谈大规模拘留引发的反弹——本报专栏作家乔纳森·布利策就此次移民 crackdown 采访了两名国会议员：来自科罗拉多州的民主党人杰森·克劳和来自佛罗里达州的共和党人玛丽亚·萨拉扎尔。

A Democrat and a Republican in Congress on the Blowback from Mass Detention - The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer speaks with two lawmakers in Congress about the immigration crackdown: the Democrat Jason Crow, of Colorado, and the Republican Maria Salazar, of Florida. (www.newyorker.com)

282. 每日漫画：7月24日星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 24th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

283. 格雷厄姆·普拉特纳作为退伍军人的身份所面临的复杂性——这位前参议员候选人的行为，究竟有多少应从战争对他造成的影响这一角度来解读，又有多少仅仅是他本人的特质，与战争无关？

The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity - How much of the former Senate candidate’s behavior should be read through the lens of what combat did to him, and how much of it is simply who he is, independent of war? (www.newyorker.com)

284. 我们是否应该采取更多措施来对抗“外貌歧视”？——针对相貌平平者的歧视现象十分普遍——且被广泛容忍。

Should We Do More to Fight Lookism? - Discrimination against the unattractive is widespread—and widely tolerated. (www.newyorker.com)

285. 特朗普时代的第二任期中的白宫记者团——肯特·西村的摄影作品记录了那些让“特朗普秀”得以持续进行的幕后辛劳。

The White House Press Corps in the Second Trump Era - Kent Nishimura’s photographs capture the backstage labor that allows the Trump show to go on. (www.newyorker.com)

286. 胡里奥·托雷斯（Julio Torres）的《海之女》（Sea Wench）、小岛（Little Island）的《珍女王》（Qween Jean）——此外：猫头鹰弗拉科（Flaco the Owl）将有一部纪录片，黛布拉·温格（Debra Winger）和阿利斯·霍华德（Arliss Howard）联袂出演《金酒游戏》（The Gin Game），“破碎社交场景”（Broken Social Scene）乐队及其朋友们造访布鲁克林，还有更多精彩内容。

Julio Torres’s Sea Wench, Qween Jean at Little Island - Also: Flaco the Owl gets a documentary, Debra Winger and Arliss Howard play “The Gin Game,” Broken Social Scene and friends drop in on Brooklyn, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

287. 《I Want Your Sex》中的怪诞喜剧——在格雷格·阿拉基的这部电影中，一段发生在工作场所的BDSM关系引发了一场关于肉欲风气的跨代辩论。

The Kinky Comedy of “I Want Your Sex” - In Gregg Araki’s film, a B.D.S.M. workplace relationship opens up a cross-generational debate about carnal mores. (www.newyorker.com)

288. “暴发性腹泻时代”的日常采购——环孢子虫疫情暴露了我们资金不足且不堪重负的公共卫生体系。

Grocery Shopping in the Age of Explosive Diarrhea - The cyclospora outbreak lays bare our underfunded and overwhelmed public-health system. (www.newyorker.com)

289. 每日漫画：7月23日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, July 23rd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

290. “好战塔可”——总统走上了环保之路。

Taco Bellicose - The President goes green. (www.newyorker.com)

291. 《美国白痴》的黄金时代——一档新推出的游戏节目中，名人们竞相角逐“全国最蠢”的称号。愚蠢究竟是如何成为一种荣誉象征的？

The Golden Age of the American Idiot - A new game show features celebrities competing for the title of “Nation’s Dumbest.” How did stupidity become a badge of honor? (www.newyorker.com)

292. 简·维克莱恩将在《Dukes》中化身小丑——这位《周六夜现场》演员将与莉瓦·皮尔斯联袂出演一部音乐剧，讲述一对最好的朋友，他们工作糟糕且没有女朋友。

Jane Wickline Is Down to Clown in “Dukes” - The “S.N.L.” cast member partners with Liva Pierce in a musical revue about best friends with bad jobs and no girlfriends. (www.newyorker.com)

293. “我愿意花两万美元来逃避你的爵士音乐会——现金怎么样？”

I’ll Pay Twenty Thousand Dollars to Skip Your Jazz Show - How’s cash sound? (www.newyorker.com)

294. 一起引发社区抗议的移民逮捕事件内幕——在短篇纪录片《索耶大道，周日下午》中，通过执法记录仪和旁观者拍摄的画面，记录了居民与联邦特工之间的一场对峙。

Inside an Immigration Arrest That Sparked a Neighborhood Protest - In the documentary short “Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon,” body-cam and bystander footage examine a confrontation between residents and federal agents. (www.newyorker.com)

295. 一名中国移民司机如何卷入一起缉毒行动——2025年初，一名来自皇后区的男子约定在纽约北郡接一名乘客。自那以后，他一直被关押在纽约州北部的监狱里。

How a Chinese Immigrant Driver Got Entangled in a Drug Bust - In early 2025, a man from Queens arranged to pick up a passenger in New York’s North County. He’s been in jail upstate ever since. (www.newyorker.com)

296. 马可·卢比奥将矛头对准全球主义者和左翼——这位国务卿的主要攻击目标是国际刑事法院。

Marco Rubio Takes Aim at Globalists and the Left - Primary among the Secretary of State’s targets is the International Criminal Court. (www.newyorker.com)

297. “没人知道这场疫情何时结束”：一位医生谈埃博拉疫情——刚果民主共和国的医护人员正在与历史上规模第三大的疫情作斗争，同时努力避免自己被感染。

“No One Knows When It Will End”: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency - Health-care workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are fighting the third-largest outbreak in history—and trying not to get infected themselves. (www.newyorker.com)

298. 《法国人：或曰我的理论人生》书评——在美国课堂上讲授的法国理论，素来以晦涩难懂、高高在上著称。一部新近出版的历史著作试图揭示其人性化的一面。

“The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory,” Reviewed - French theory, as taught in American classrooms, has acquired a reputation of forbidding difficulty and hauteur. A new history seeks to surface its human side. (www.newyorker.com)

299. 《失落的篇章》将文学悬疑与家庭羁绊交织在一起——委内瑞拉导演洛雷娜·阿尔瓦拉多执导的首部剧情长片，由她的亲属出演，通过这部虚构剧情片，将一位年轻女子的归乡之旅与她的艺术抱负紧密相连。

“Lost Chapters” Weaves Literary Mysteries Into Family Bonds - The Venezuelan director Lorena Alvarado’s first feature, starring her own relatives in a fictional drama, connects a young woman’s homecoming and her artistic ambitions. (www.newyorker.com)

300. 海伦·菲利普斯所著《窗》——是的，拉上窗帘是我的夜间例行公事，而她根本不会想到要做这件事，但我离家已经半小时了。

“The Window,” by Helen Phillips - Yes, pulling the shade was my nightly task, and she’d never think to do it, but already I was half an hour away from home. (www.newyorker.com)