1. 定居者袭击巴勒斯坦人和《华盛顿邮报》记者事件的幕后——独立记者贾斯珀·纳撒尼尔拍摄了此次袭击事件，他描述了在以色列大选前夕，约旦河西岸暴力事件显著增加的情况。

Behind the Settler Attack on Palestinians and a Washington Post Journalist - Jasper Nathaniel, an independent journalist who filmed the attack, describes the significant increase in West Bank violence on the eve of the Israeli election. (www.newyorker.com)

2. 每日漫画：10月19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, October 19th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

3. 现在谁都能成为Migos了——那款风靡网络的“酒店大堂”梗图，让用户能通过人工智能化身为Quavo和Takeoff，这既类似于一种数字版的“黑脸”行为，同时也反映出一种将文化挪用视为常态的技术。

Everyone Can Be Migos Now - The viral “Hotel Lobby” meme, which lets users inhabit the bodies of Quavo and Takeoff using A.I., resembles a kind of digital blackface, but also speaks to a technology that makes appropriation the default. (www.newyorker.com)

4. 计算机芯片是人类有史以来创造的最伟大的发明——它们驱动着我们的手机、汽车、洗碗机，以及支撑经济运行的人工智能系统。它们也是激烈地缘政治竞争的核心。

Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made - They power our phones, cars, dishwashers—and the A.I. systems that prop up the economy. They’re also at the heart of fierce geopolitical rivalry. (www.newyorker.com)

5. 乔什·萨夫迪的纽约电影十大（左右）榜单——这位导演造访了Two Palms工作室，为一份他最喜欢的纽约电影清单上的海报签名，其中包括《出租车司机》、《做正确的事》，以及一些你意想不到的影片。

Josh Safdie’s Top Ten (or So) N.Y.C. Films - The director stops by the Two Palms studio to sign prints of a list of his favorite New York movies—“Taxi Driver,” “Do the Right Thing,” and some you wouldn’t expect. (www.newyorker.com)

6. 《当上帝成为另一种瘾》——这部非凡的回忆录讲述了一位作家在酗酒与宗教信仰之间的挣扎，以及二者如何以令人不安的方式相互助长，加剧了她对另一方的渴求。

When God Is Another Addiction - A remarkable memoir recounts a writer’s struggles with alcoholism and religious faith—and the unsettling ways in which each has fed her longing for the other. (www.newyorker.com)

7. 《波希米亚人》中的“毛茸茸的巨星”——驴子万达经常在大都会歌剧院最受欢迎的这部剧目中抢尽风头。以下是关于她创作过程的幕后揭秘。

The Furry Prima Donna of “La Bohème” - Wanda the Donkey regularly steals the show at the Met’s most popular production. Here’s an inside look at her creative process. (www.newyorker.com)

8. 马克·乌尔里克森的《Make It Two》——比赛开始。

Mark Ulriksen’s “Make It Two” - Game on. (www.newyorker.com)

9. 《时间旅行的危险——扭转兴登堡号空难，以及时间旅行约会中其他浪漫之事》

The Perils of Time Travel - Undoing the Hindenburg disaster, and other romantic things to do on a time-travel date. (www.newyorker.com)

10. 阅读的新时代——人们对阅读兴趣下降的担忧从未停止。然而，随着图书销售达到意想不到的高峰，巴诺书店首席执行官詹姆斯·道恩特认为，一个截然不同的未来已近在眼前。

The New Age of Reading - Alarm about declining interest in books is perpetual. But, as bookselling reaches unexpected heights, James Daunt, the chief executive of Barnes & Noble, thinks a different future is at hand. (www.newyorker.com)

11. 弗兰克·卡普拉的“造神”魔力——这部关于这位伟大导演的新传记，让人惊叹于他那极具魅力的美国愿景及其移民历程。

Frank Capra’s Mythmaking Magic - A new biography of the great director inspires wonder at his irresistible vision of America and his immigrant journey. (www.newyorker.com)

12. 比尔·欧文是小丑界的元老——这位身手灵活的演员刚刚在克里斯托弗·诺兰执导的《奥德赛》中饰演了独眼巨人，如今他谈起了在百老汇复排并主演莫里哀的《病入膏肓》一事。

Bill Irwin Is the O.G. Clown - Fresh from playing the Cyclops in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” the rubber-limbed actor chats about reviving and starring in Molière’s “The Imaginary Invalid” on Broadway. (www.newyorker.com)

13. 简评书评——《阻击者》、《证据G》、《乘客》和《寥若晨星》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Blockers,” “Exhibit G,” “Passengers,” and “Few and Far Between.” (www.newyorker.com)

14. 与消息来源走得太近的危险——理查德·达曼是我在里根和布什政府时期的消息来源——也是我最好的朋友。

The Danger of Getting Too Close to a Source - Richard Darman was my source in the Reagan and Bush Administrations—and my best friend. (www.newyorker.com)

15. 路易丝·格吕克的“餐厅生活”——这位诺贝尔文学奖得主将“常客”这一身份升华为一种艺术。

Louise Glück’s Life in Restaurants - The Nobel Prize-winning poet made an art of being a regular. (www.newyorker.com)

16. 《光芒》书评：查德·哈巴赫继《击球艺术》之后的续作——在这部气势恢宏的新小说中，查德·哈巴赫探讨了2015年大学生的生存困境，以及一位作家试图重振现实主义小说的困境。

“The Brightness,” Reviewed: Chad Harbach’s Sequel to “The Art of Fielding” - In his sweeping new novel, Chad Harbach studies the crisis of being a college student in 2015—and of being a writer trying to redeem realist fiction. (www.newyorker.com)

17. 餐厅点评：Faux——随着位于翠贝卡的Faux餐厅开业，基思·麦克纳利的儿子正式踏入了家族事业。这究竟是雄心壮志，还是狂妄自大？

Restaurant Review: Faux - With the opening of Faux, in Tribeca, Keith McNally’s son steps into the family business. Is it ambition or hubris? (www.newyorker.com)

18. 乔治·桑德斯谈小说如何帮助我们怀着温情凝视现实——这位作家探讨了他的短篇小说《俄亥俄州的绥靖》。

George Saunders on How Fiction Helps Us Gawk Fondly at Reality - The author discusses his story “Appeasement, Ohio.” (www.newyorker.com)

19. 尼克·莱尔德的《樵夫》——“在佩罗的最早版本中，故事以女孩被吃掉而告终。”

“The Woodcutter,” by Nick Laird - “In the earliest version / by Perrault the story is finished / when the girl gets eaten.” (www.newyorker.com)

20. 黛安·梅塔的《捷径》——“我已记不清该如何抵达／自己句子的结尾。”

“Shortcut,” by Diane Mehta - “I can’t remember how to reach / the end of my own sentences.” (www.newyorker.com)

21. 乔治·桑德斯朗读《俄亥俄州的绥靖政策》——作者朗读了发表在该杂志2026年10月26日一期上的这篇短篇小说。

George Saunders Reads “Appeasement, Ohio” - The author reads his story from the October 26, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

22. 约翰·古德曼对“恐惧”的见解——这位演员谈到了汤姆·克鲁斯、科恩兄弟，以及他毕生追求的“做自己”的自在感。

What John Goodman Knows About Fear - The actor discusses Tom Cruise, the Coen brothers, and his lifelong quest to feel at ease in his own skin. (www.newyorker.com)

23. 美国民主社会主义者协会（D.S.A.）是如何学会热爱选举的——美国民主社会主义者协会的成员们深信阶级革命的可能性。与此同时，他们正在竞选公职——并且赢得了胜利。

How the D.S.A. Learned to Love Elections - Members of the Democratic Socialists of America believe deeply in the possibility of a class revolution. Meanwhile, they’re running for office—and winning. (www.newyorker.com)

24. 《60分钟》节目中的“巴里·韦斯效应”——CBS新闻总编辑曾承诺要“代表75%”的中右翼和中左翼人群发声；但现实却并非如此。

The Bari Weiss Effect on “60 Minutes” - CBS News’ editor-in-chief has pledged to “speak for the seventy-five per cent” of people on the center right and the center left; the reality is different. (www.newyorker.com)

25. 乔治·桑德斯《俄亥俄州的绥靖政策》——有时，一个人必须大胆行事，并相信自己所面对的那个人也能不负众望。

“Appeasement, Ohio,” by George Saunders - Sometimes a person has to be bold and trust that the person he’s being bold to will rise to the occasion. (www.newyorker.com)

26. 特朗普的移民 crackdown 如何为佛罗里达州民主党人创造了机会——在迈阿密这场竞争激烈的众议院席位竞选中（该市被移民与海关执法局（ICE）逮捕的人数居全美各城市之首），大规模驱逐出境行动如何侵蚀了总统在拉美裔群体中的支持率已显而易见。

How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Gave Florida Democrats a Chance - A competitive House race in Miami, which leads all American cities in ICE arrests, has revealed how mass deportations have eroded the President’s support among Latinos. (www.newyorker.com)

27. 你的下一次度假目的地是……霍尔木兹海峡？——广告公司MC Saatchi一直致力于促进这一饱受战火蹂躏地区的旅游业发展。其宣传图片之一是戴着墨镜的安东尼·波登。

Your Next Vacay Is . . . the Strait of Hormuz? - The ad agency MC Saatchi has been working to boost tourism in the war-torn region. One of its inspo pics is Anthony Bourdain in sunglasses. (www.newyorker.com)

28. 《我的强迫症之年》——一封简单的电子邮件或一件厨房电器，都可能让我陷入焦虑的深渊。我逐渐明白，唯一的出路，就在于深入其中。

My Year of O.C.D. - A simple e-mail or kitchen appliance could send me into a pit of anxiety. The only way out, I learned, was in. (www.newyorker.com)

29. 安德烈·D·瓦格纳对“上镜”的独到眼光——瓦格纳深谙，当镜头对准街头的一位黑人时，会迸发出怎样的独特魔力。

Andre D. Wagner’s Eye for the Photo-Ready - Wagner knows the special alchemy that can happen when you point a camera at a Black person on the street. (www.newyorker.com)

30. 我们永远无法理解伊丽莎白·霍姆斯，也无法理解内森·菲尔德——与菲尔德以往的作品不同，《你无所不知》并不太好笑。相反，这部由兰斯·奥本海姆联合执导的纪录片，是一次发人深省的探索，探讨了我们对他人认知的局限性。

We Can Never Understand Elizabeth Holmes, or Nathan Fielder - Unlike Fielder’s past work, “You Can See Everything” isn’t very funny. Instead, the documentary, co-directed by Lance Oppenheim, is a haunting exploration of the limits of other people’s knowability. (www.newyorker.com)

31. 埃隆·马斯克正试图左右中期选举，而且他根本不在乎别人是否知道——新纪录片《马斯克》的导演亚历克斯·吉布尼，讲述了这位世界首富如何巩固自己的权力——以及如今如何肆无忌惮地行使这种权力。

Elon Musk Is Trying to Buy the Midterms, and He Doesn’t Care Who Knows It - Alex Gibney, the director of the new documentary “Musk,” on how the richest man in the world consolidated his power—and now wields it with abandon. (www.newyorker.com)

32. 安东尼·斯卡拉穆奇称宇宙对凯蒂·扎卡里亚很“关照”——这位前白宫通讯主任回顾了自己保持的“任期最短”纪录被打破一事。

Anthony Scaramucci Says the Universe Did Katie Zacharia a Favor - The former White House communications director reflects on his record for occupational brevity being broken. (www.newyorker.com)

33. 每日加赠漫画：《快车道》——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Bonus Daily Cartoon: The Ex-Press Lane - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

34. “让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）运动是否已对唐纳德·特朗普失去信心？——支持MAGA“大帐篷”理念的民调专家里奇·巴里斯，探讨了总统如何失去了对这一运动的控制，以及这为何将给共和党带来灾难性后果。

Has MAGA Lost Faith in Donald Trump? - Rich Baris, a pollster supportive of the MAGA “big tent,” talks about how the President lost control of his movement, and why that spells disaster for Republicans. (www.newyorker.com)

35. 莫莉·菲舍尔谈Waymo：无人驾驶出租车即将登陆你身边的城市——《纽约客》特约撰稿人莫莉·菲舍尔指出，取消人类司机不仅是一种削减成本的策略；Waymo的乘客更青睐这种独处的感觉。

Molly Fischer on Waymo, the Driverless Taxi Coming to a City Near You - Removing human drivers isn’t only a cost-cutting strategy; Waymo riders prefer the solitude, the New Yorker staff writer Molly Fischer says. (www.newyorker.com)

36. 每日漫画：10月16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, October 16th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

37. 面对死刑——克丽斯塔·派克和尼达尔·哈桑的案例表明，例行处决与令人难以承受的处决之间，界限是多么地微乎其微。

Facing the Death Penalty - The cases of Christa Pike and Nidal Hasan show how vanishingly fine the line is between a routine execution and an unbearable one. (www.newyorker.com)

38. 为什么你坐不住？——我们总在与内心的焦躁抗争，但也许我们误解了它想要传达的信息。

Why Can’t You Sit Still? - We fight our nervous energy—but maybe we misunderstand what it’s telling us. (www.newyorker.com)

39. 康奈尔大学“简·多伊”事件中羞辱行为背后的有害逻辑——#MeToo运动之后最大的失败之一，在于我们集体未能对性作为一种基本善，给出一种充满自信且富有同理心的阐释。

The Toxic Logic Behind the Shaming of Cornell’s Jane Doe - One of the biggest failures of the post-#MeToo moment is our collective inability to provide a confident, humane account of sex as a basic good. (www.newyorker.com)

40. 《纽约客》艺术节——科南·奥布莱恩、李敏珍、洛娜·辛普森等将亮相，此外还有切尔西和东村的活动推荐。

The New Yorker Festival - Conan O’Brien, Min Jin Lee, Lorna Simpson, and more, plus what to do in Chelsea and the East Village. (www.newyorker.com)

41. 罗莎琳·德雷克塞尔的季节——随着她1974年小说《世界主义女孩》的再版、一场画展以及一部纪录片的放映，这位特立独行的艺术家今年秋天无处不在。

The Season of Rosalyn Drexler - With the reissue of her 1974 novel “The Cosmopolitan Girl,” a gallery show, and a documentary screening, the renegade artist is everywhere this fall. (www.newyorker.com)

42. 那些通晓叶芝的爱尔兰朋克乐队——来自都柏林的年轻五人组合Fontaines D.C.，在其描绘忘却主题的歌曲中展现出一种喧闹而睿智的风格。

The Irish Punks Who Know Their Yeats - Fontaines D.C., a young quintet from Dublin, brings a raucous intelligence to its songs of oblivion. (www.newyorker.com)

43. 特朗普的“十月惊奇”是向普京靠拢——没人认为俄罗斯的柴油能拯救共和党，那么总统为何要这么做？

Trump’s October Surprise Is a Pivot to Putin - No one thinks Russian diesel can save the Republicans, so why is the President doing it? (www.newyorker.com)

44. 剧透预警：电影剧情保密——为什么这么多新电影的情节和结构，让影评人不得不像跳一支微妙的舞蹈一样，在暗示与保密之间游走？

Spoiler Alert: Keeping Movies Under Wraps - Why do so many new films have plots and structures that make reviews a delicate dance of hints and secrets? (www.newyorker.com)

45. 我曾经是一匹马——我曾强健、优雅、英姿飒爽。

I Used to Be a Horse - I was powerful, graceful, and gorgeous. (www.newyorker.com)

46. 每日漫画：10月15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, October 15th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

47. 埃隆的“金钱会说话”——但有人在听吗？

Elon’s Money Talks - But is anyone listening? (www.newyorker.com)

48. 一位海地青年“美国梦”的破灭——皮埃尔·达马斯·贝尔是一名二十岁的大学生，正为自己的未来做规划。他的家人表示，移民及海关执法局（ICE）的监控让他失去了希望。

The Death of a Young Haitian’s American Dream - Pierre Damas Bel was a twenty-year-old college student planning for his future. His family says that ICE monitoring made him lose hope. (www.newyorker.com)

49. 2026年中期选举的利害关系——此次中期选举可能会为民主党带来一场重大胜利。这将向我们揭示什么？是特朗普对国家的掌控力，还是希望接替他的那个政党？

What’s at Stake in the 2026 Midterms - The midterms could deliver a major victory for Democrats. What would that tell us about Trump’s hold on the country—and the party hoping to succeed him? (www.newyorker.com)

50. 金伯利是谁？——在这届政府中，前大使吉尔福伊尔是为数不多的因不当行为而受到惩处的特朗普亲信之一。

Kimberly Who? - In this Administration, former Ambassador Guilfoyle is the rare Trump associate to face consequences for misdeeds. (www.newyorker.com)

51. 简·多伊的个人信息遭曝光——“康奈尔七人案”中涉嫌的肇事者个人信息被曝光。但受害者的个人信息也被曝光了。曝光她个人信息的人同样如此。甚至与本案毫无关联的人，个人信息也遭到了曝光。

The Doxing of Jane Doe - The alleged perpetrators in the “Cornell Seven” case were doxed. But so was the victim. And the person who doxed her. And people with no connection to the case at all. (www.newyorker.com)

52. 每日漫画：10月14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, October 14th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

53. 十三本育儿好书——贝基博士和艾米丽·奥斯特分享她们最喜欢的书籍。

Thirteen Books for Parenthood - Dr. Becky and Emily Oster share their favorite titles. (www.newyorker.com)

54. 马可·鲁比奥眼中的“狂野西部”——在希腊，这位国务卿将西方描绘成一种由战士和征服者而非民主制度所定义的文明。

Marco Rubio’s Wild, Wild West - In Greece, the Secretary of State cast the West as a civilization defined by its warriors and conquerors, not by its democracies. (www.newyorker.com)

55. 《李·克拉斯纳与杰克逊·波洛克的秘密史》——在大都会艺术博物馆，这场里程碑式的展览不仅展现了这两位画家地位平等，更让人无法想象，若没有他们的婚姻，他们的艺术会是怎样的。

The Secret History of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock - At the Met, a landmark exhibition doesn’t just show that the painters were equals. It makes it impossible to imagine their art existing without their marriage. (www.newyorker.com)

56. 你可能选择打电话而不是发短信的原因——你觉得发短信太麻烦了，而且你心里很清楚，我反正会让电话转到语音信箱，然后还是会发短信回复你。

Reasons You Might Be Calling Me Instead of Texting - You’re feeling too lazy to text, and you know perfectly well that I’m just going to let it go to voice mail and then text my response anyway. (www.newyorker.com)

57. 公开处决是怎样的——德克斯特·菲尔金斯谈皮特·赫格塞斯计划对尼达尔·哈桑进行的公开处决，以及他对于塔利班在喀布尔执行的一次公开处决的回忆。

What a Public Execution Looks Like - Dexter Filkins on Pete Hegseth’s planned public execution of Nidal Hasan and his memory of a public execution by the Taliban in Kabul. (www.newyorker.com)

58. 汤姆·麦卡锡的《无意义之人》——数十年来，这位小说家一直致力于解构现实主义小说的惯用手法，笔下描绘的是一群被困在错综复杂体系中的神秘人物。在《里尔海报》中，这种创作手法或许已达到极限。

Tom McCarthy’s Meaningless Men - For decades, the novelist has dismantled the tropes of realist fiction, writing about mysterious individuals trapped in byzantine systems. In “The Rhyl Poster,” that approach may have reached its limit. (www.newyorker.com)

59. 这是印度民主走向终结的开端吗？——莫迪政府已将超过一亿人从选民名册中除名，并正在严厉镇压一场声势浩大的抗议运动。

Is This the Beginning of the End of Indian Democracy? - The Modi government has removed more than a hundred million people from voter rolls and is cracking down on a vigorous protest movement. (www.newyorker.com)

60. 在《对抗黑夜的音乐》中邂逅过去——我新书中的主人公约翰·菲尔德和阿德莱德·佩尔谢隆都出生于十八世纪。我写的是历史小说吗？

Encountering the Past in “Music Against the Night” - John Field and Adelaide Percheron, the protagonists in my new book, were born in the eighteenth century. Was I writing a historical novel? (www.newyorker.com)

61. 每日漫画：10月13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, October 13th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

62. 《旅程》最新进展：地方检察官提起公诉——在我们发布《旅程》三周后，宣国军和张思丽被捕，当地检察官以虐待儿童罪对他们提起公诉。

“The Journey” Update: The D.A. Brings Charges - Three weeks after we released The Journey, Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang were arrested, and local prosecutors charged them with child abuse. (www.newyorker.com)

63. 《Daylight》中一位意想不到的泰勒·斯威夫特粉丝出狱——乔·加西亚曾撰文讲述自己在因谋杀罪被定罪后发现斯威夫特音乐的故事，如今他在乔恩·卡斯贝执导的新短片中寻求救赎。

An Unlikely Taylor Swift Fan Gets Out of Prison, in “Daylight” - Joe Garcia, who wrote about finding Swift’s music after a murder conviction, searches for redemption in a new short film by Jon Kasbe. (www.newyorker.com)

64. 一些荒诞的外国片名翻译——从《沙丘：第二部》到“那些疯了的沙虫停不下来啊，老兄”（澳大利亚）：你以为内陆那些可疑的蛇很可怕？那你还没见识过真正的恐怖呢，老兄！

Some Mangled Foreign Title Translations - “Dune: Part Two” to “Those Mad Worms Won’t Stop, Mate” (Australia): You think those dodgy snakes in the outback are devo? You ain’t seen nothing, mate! (www.newyorker.com)

65. 可怜的护照——美国人最珍视的官方文件，已成为最新一件被特朗普“改造”的“国宝”。

Pity the Poor Passport - Americans’ most valued official document is the latest national treasure to get a Trump makeover. (www.newyorker.com)

66. 每日漫画：10月12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, October 12th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

67. 树轮如何挑战了“美国荒野”的神话——通过研究古代木材上的火灾痕迹，许多科学家确信，早在克里斯托弗·哥伦布抵达之前，原住民就已经改变了北美大陆的面貌。

How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness - By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived. (www.newyorker.com)

68. 一部加拿大电视节目如何可能帮助挫败了“飞迪拜”恐怖袭击事件——纪录片系列《空难调查》因对历史上的空难事件进行深入剖析而吸引了一批忠实粉丝。随后，该节目的某位粉丝发现自己身处一架飞往以色列的遭劫持航班上。

How a Canadian TV Show May Have Helped Foil the FlyDubai Terrorist Attack - The documentary series “Air Crash Investigations” has attracted a cult following by obsessively dissecting historic plane crashes. Then a fan of the show found himself aboard a hijacked plane headed for Israel. (www.newyorker.com)

69. 好莱坞对科技创始人的痴迷走向了阴暗面——科技企业家传记片曾向我们展现过那些虽有缺陷却创造了伟大产品的男性。但从《社交清算》到《人工智能》，最新一波电影将硅谷巨头们塑造成不折不扣的反派，并暗示产品本身才是威胁。

Hollywood’s Tech-Founder Fixation Takes a Dark Turn - Tech-entrepreneur bio-pics used to give us flawed men who built great products. But the latest wave of movies, from “The Social Reckoning” to “Artificial,” recast Silicon Valley titans as unambiguous villains, and suggest that the products themselves are the threat. (www.newyorker.com)

70. 我在叙利亚战争前线的见闻——在通往阿勒颇路上的最后一座土耳其城镇里，圣战分子和间谍与那些试图证明自己价值的记者们混杂在一起。

My Education on the Border of the Syrian War - In the last Turkish town on the road to Aleppo, jihadis and spies mixed with reporters trying to prove themselves. (www.newyorker.com)

71. A.1. II——读者和调味品爱好者纷纷发表看法。

A.1. II - Readers and condiment lovers react. (www.newyorker.com)

72. 迪安娜·劳森的《监控对象》——在这组以监控摄像头拍摄的涉嫌 shoplifters 静态画面为题材的新系列作品中，这位摄影师似乎更关注表象，而非内在。

Deana Lawson’s Subjects of Surveillance - In a new series featuring security-camera stills of suspected shoplifters, the photographer seems more interested in the surface than in the soul. (www.newyorker.com)

73. 安娜·塞格斯的共产主义惊悚小说——在她那些悬念紧凑的小说中，逃亡者总是比纳粹领先一步。

The Communist Thrillers of Anna Seghers - In her tautly suspenseful novels, fugitives stay one step ahead of the Nazis. (www.newyorker.com)

74. 首张纪实照片——1838年，路易·达盖尔拍摄了一张巴黎街头的照片，画面中空无一人，只有一名擦鞋童和他的顾客。如今，一些侦探已锁定了拍摄地点，该市正计划在此处竖立一块纪念牌匾。

The First Candid - In 1838, Louis Daguerre snapped a photo of a Parisian street, empty but for a shoeshine boy and his client. Now that some sleuths have zeroed in on the location, the city is marking it with a plaque. (www.newyorker.com)

75. 环游世界：探险家签名——美国地理学会长期以来一直邀请知名探险家——如阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特、尼尔·阿姆斯特朗——在其纪念性地球仪上签名。最新一位是谁？是宇航员凯瑟琳·沙利文。

Around the World in Explorer Names - The American Geographical Society has long invited big-name adventurers—Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong—to sign its ceremonial globe. The latest? Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan. (www.newyorker.com)

76. 克雷默与福奇——从敌人到朋友再到主角——1993年，这位剧作家与这位免疫学家曾在C-SPAN直播节目中就艾滋病问题展开过一场著名的争论。他们那场激烈的交锋如今被搬上了一部新剧的舞台，该剧原本还差点加入一段《花花公子与淑女》的歌舞插曲。

Kramer and Fauci—Enemies to Friends to Protagonists - The playwright and the immunologist famously argued about AIDs live on C-SPAN, in 1993. Their heated exchange now unfolds in a new play that almost included a “Guys and Dolls” song break. (www.newyorker.com)

77. 马利卡·法夫尔的《Sweater Weather》——舒适的旋律。

Malika Favre’s “Sweater Weather” - Comfortable patterns. (www.newyorker.com)

78. 《迷失灵魂的电影》——导演李沧东以极具个人色彩的方式，深入挖掘了当代韩国历史中的创伤。

Cinema of Wayward Souls - The director Lee Chang-dong excavates the traumas of contemporary Korean history in starkly personal terms. (www.newyorker.com)

79. 我们正在学习与Waymo共处。情况变得有点奇怪——后座的视角。

We’re Learning to Live with Waymos. It’s Going Weird - A view from the back seat. (www.newyorker.com)

80. 简评书评——《西方亡灵之书》、《露娜、凤凰、女王》、《极简主义者》和《颓废主义运动》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Occidental Book of the Dead,” “Luna, Phoenix, Queen,” “The Minimalist,” and “The Decadent Movement.” (www.newyorker.com)

81. “雅库扎”与“准武士之道”——几代以来，日本黑帮一直将自己塑造成武士的继承者——这种神秘色彩帮助他们与政界人士、警方及大企业勾结，从而蓬勃发展。

The Yakuza and the Way of the Would-Be Warrior - For generations, Japanese gangsters have styled themselves as heirs to the samurai—a mystique that helped them prosper in league with politicians, police, and big business. (www.newyorker.com)

82. 在阿根廷，农村居民通过广播传递信息——在阿根廷农村地区，地处偏远的居民通过中波广播互相传递信息。

In Argentina, Rural Residents Send Messages Over the Radio - In rural Argentina, isolated residents exchange messages over AM radio. (www.newyorker.com)

83. 中期选举后的唐纳德·特朗普——如果即将到来的选举真的掀起“蓝色浪潮”，特朗普将不得不面对自己影响力日渐式微的现实。而我们其他人则将面对这场灾难留下的残局。

Donald Trump After the Midterms - If the coming election does result in a blue wave, Trump will be faced with the fact of his diminishment. The rest of us will be faced with the wreckage. (www.newyorker.com)

84. 凯文·巴里谈向短篇小说之神致谢——作者谈论了自己的短篇小说《查克·墨菲的最后一次奔跑》。

Kevin Barry on Giving Thanks to the Short-Story Gods - The author discusses his story “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run.” (www.newyorker.com)

85. 餐厅点评：Creola——在Creola餐厅，主厨拉娜·拉戈马尔西尼运用法式烹饪技法探索非裔美国人的饮食文化，并且每隔几周就会对她的固定价位套餐进行全面更新。

Restaurant Review: Creola - At Creola, the chef Lana Lagomarsini puts French technique to work exploring Black American foodways—and overhauls her prix-fixe menu every few weeks. (www.newyorker.com)

86. 贝蒂·吉尔平正处于事业巅峰——继凭借《寡妇湾》斩获艾美奖后，这位《GLOW》女星谈到了她的一系列新项目、在演员父母身边长大的经历、在《哦，玛丽！》中接替科尔·埃斯科拉饰演的角色，以及全心投入表演的重要性。

Betty Gilpin Is Having a Moment - On the heels of her Emmy win for “Widow’s Bay,” the “GLOW” star reflects on her slew of new projects, growing up with actor parents, taking on Cole Escola’s role in “Oh, Mary!,” and the importance of performing with your whole heart. (www.newyorker.com)

87. 凯文·巴里朗读《查克·墨菲的最后一次奔跑》——作者朗读了发表在2026年10月19日刊上的这篇故事。

Kevin Barry Reads “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run” - The author reads his story from the October 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

88. 凯文·巴里所著《查克·墨菲的最后一次狂飙》——你怎么可能放弃那种急促的油门轰鸣和咆哮的动力涌动？正是它们将你从恐惧的桎梏中解脱，带入一种无忧无虑的极乐境界。

“Chuck Murphy’s Last Run,” by Kevin Barry - How could you give up the throb of urgent throttle and the surge of roaring power that take you through the gates of fear to a state of nerveless bliss? (www.newyorker.com)

89. 《“奥斯卡”》如何演绎奥斯卡·王尔德悲惨而龌龊的衰落——这部目前正在纽约城市中心上演的芭蕾舞剧，描绘了这位著名作家被囚禁在牢房中，饱受其作品中关于生活与艺术关系的画面折磨的场景。

How “Oscar” Stages the Sad, Sordid Decline of Oscar Wilde - The ballet, on now at New York City Center, imagines the renowned writer enclosed in a cell, tortured by images from his own works about the relationship between life and art. (www.newyorker.com)

90. 卡什·帕特尔的“抽射”——这位联邦调查局局长受特朗普启发组建的冰球队“唐斯队”，在啤酒联赛中迎战了劲敌。伴随着凌厉的抽射和如影随形的安保人员，帕特尔仿佛进入了“状态”——或者说，至少已经非常接近了。

Kash Patel’s Slap Shot - The F.B.I. director’s Trump-inspired hockey team, the Dons, faced their rivals in a beer league. With rogue slap shots and hovering security agents, Patel was in the zone—or, at least, next to it. (www.newyorker.com)

91. “好笑经济”——喜剧播客的兴起正在改变我们对“幽默”的理解。

The Good-Hang Economy - The comedy-podcast boom is changing our idea of what it means to be funny. (www.newyorker.com)

92. 《迷雾绿》：一部犀利的好莱坞讽刺喜剧——在克里斯·洛克执导的这部电影中，罗莎琳德·埃莱亚扎尔饰演了一位才华横溢、擅长表演、歌唱和自我毁灭，却日渐式微的电视界老将，其表演令人叹为观止。

The Blistering Hollywood Satire of “Misty Green” - In Chris Rock’s film, Rosalind Eleazar gives a tremendous performance as a fast-fading TV veteran with a talent for acting, singing, and self-sabotage. (www.newyorker.com)

93. 谁赢得了选区重划之战？——民主党和共和党正陷入一场“竞相下沉”的角逐，而其最严重的后果将远远超出下个月中期选举的范围。

Who Won the Redistricting War? - Democrats and Republicans are in a race to the bottom—and the worst consequences will extend far beyond next month’s midterms. (www.newyorker.com)

94. 理查德·阿维顿开创性的早期时尚摄影作品——阿维顿是《纽约客》的第一位——也是长期以来唯一一位——专职摄影师，但他最初是在《哈珀斯芭莎》开启职业生涯的，并通过一期又一期轰动一时的刊物，彻底改变了时尚摄影的面貌。

Richard Avedon’s Defining Early Fashion Shoots - Avedon was the first—and for a long time the only—staff photographer at The New Yorker, but he began his career at Harper’s Bazaar, transforming the fashion photograph in issue after sensational issue. (www.newyorker.com)

95. 我如何成为一名开锁师——对于喜爱“锁艺运动”的人来说，一把工艺精良的锁，其魅力可能远胜于它所保护的物品本身。

How I Became a Lock Picker - For those who appreciate “locksport,” a well-crafted lock may be more interesting than whatever it locks up. (www.newyorker.com)

96. 唐纳德·特朗普的腐败问题会在11月产生影响吗？——总统的利益输送行为已有大量记录。选民会在意吗——而且会有人为此付出代价吗？

Will Donald Trump’s Corruption Matter in November? - The President’s self-dealing has been well documented. Do voters care—and will anyone ever pay? (www.newyorker.com)

97. 第二季最新消息：柯蒂斯·弗劳尔斯去世——他被发现在家中去世，享年五十六岁。

Season 2 Update: Curtis Flowers Has Died - He was found dead in his home at age fifty-six. (www.newyorker.com)

98. 《记者》杂志的尼古拉斯·莱曼撰文探讨加利福尼亚州为通过“亿万富翁税”而展开的斗争——一项针对加利福尼亚州超级富豪征税的提案，是衡量进步主义议题风向的晴雨表。为何如此多的民主党人对此持怀疑态度？

The Reporter Nicholas Lemann on California’s Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax - A measure to tax the ultra-wealthy in California is a bellwether progressive issue. Why are so many Democrats skeptical? (www.newyorker.com)

99. 加拿大针对唐纳德·特朗普的计划——前副总理克里斯蒂娅·弗里兰德对大卫·雷姆尼克表示，加拿大人认为美国“充满毒性、支离破碎，再也不能被信任了”，因此他们正在海外寻求盟友。

Canada’s Plans for Donald Trump - Canadians think America “is toxic and broken and can never be trusted again,” Chrystia Freeland, the former Deputy Prime Minister, tells David Remnick, and they’re seeking allies abroad. (www.newyorker.com)

100. 《暗夜真相》第二季——调查类播客《暗夜真相》深入探究了密西西比州黑人库尔蒂斯·弗劳尔斯为何因同一桩罪行被六次审判，揭示了一个因种族问题而分裂的小镇，以及一项基于可疑证据作出的定罪。

In the Dark: Season 2 - The investigative podcast In the Dark examines why Curtis Flowers, a Black man in Mississippi, was tried six times for the same crime, revealing a town divided by race and a conviction supported by questionable evidence. (www.newyorker.com)

101. 法国学生抗议的动因——一场发源于巴黎近郊的运动，动员了年轻人共同抗议学校条件恶化以及家庭内外日益加剧的问题。

What’s Driving the French Student Protests - A movement born in the Paris banlieues has mobilized young people against diminished school conditions and accumulating problems at home and beyond. (www.newyorker.com)

102. 每日漫画：10月9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, October 9th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

103. 《你无所不知》中令人眩晕的揭秘——内森·菲尔德和兰斯·奥本海姆对声名狼藉的Theranos创始人伊丽莎白·霍尔姆斯的质询，是一场充满操纵、怀疑与表面真诚的引人入胜的盛宴。

The Vertiginous Revelations of “You Can See Everything” - Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s interrogation of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder, is a compelling spectacle of manipulation, suspicion, and apparent sincerity. (www.newyorker.com)

104. “橄榄球语”，最地道的美国俚语——在NFL解说中，专业知识备受大众推崇，甚至被大众所渴求。

Footballese, the Most American Vernacular - In N.F.L. commentary, expertise is celebrated, even craved, by the masses. (www.newyorker.com)

105. 《林肯在巴尔多》将在大都会歌剧院上演歌剧版——此外还有：Animal Collective乐队重组、马尔科姆·皮科克的虔敬艺术、一部1972年的新爵士乐纪录片，以及更多内容。

“Lincoln in the Bardo” Gets an Opera at the Met - Also: an Animal Collective reunion, the reverent art of Malcolm Peacock, a new jazz documentary from 1972, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

106. 在纪录片《马斯克》中，亚历克斯·吉布尼戳穿了埃隆自编的传奇——“为了拍摄这部影片，我试图解开一个谜团，”吉布尼在纪录片中说道，“马斯克究竟是如何获得如此大的权力的？而我们又为何将这种权力交给了他？”

In “Musk,” Alex Gibney Punctures Elon’s Self-Mythology - “To make this film, I set out to solve a mystery,” Gibney says in the documentary. “How could Musk assume so much power, and why had we given it to him?” (www.newyorker.com)

107. 里克·布拉格如何成为他这一代人的“南方诗人”——这位来自阿拉巴马州的作家已出版多部广受好评的回忆录，讲述了他 humble 的成长经历，目前正在创作另一部回忆录，这可能将是他的最后一部作品。他的写作生涯也一直伴随着争议。

How Rick Bragg Became His Generation’s Bard of the South - The Alabamian writer has published multiple acclaimed memoirs about his humble roots and is at work on another, which may be his last. His writing has also been dogged by controversy. (www.newyorker.com)

108. 《峡湾》坚守信仰——在克里斯蒂安·蒙吉的这部剧情片中，一个定居挪威的保守派基督教移民家庭与欧洲福利国家的进步价值观发生了冲突。

“Fjord” Keeps the Faith - In Cristian Mungiu’s drama, a family of conservative Christian immigrants in Norway collide with the progressive values of the European welfare state. (www.newyorker.com)

109. 民主党人正对特朗普发起攻势，而他唯一能做的就是对他们破口大骂——这是一篇关于总统在曾被视为“红色阵营”安全选区的美国各地进行竞选巡回活动的报道。

The Dumocrats Are Coming for Trump, and All He Can Do Is Call Them Names - A report from the President’s campaign tour through the formerly safe precincts of red America. (www.newyorker.com)

110. 安妮·卡森的“狂喜极简主义”——这位新晋诺贝尔奖得主运用精雕细琢的形式，来约束那汹涌澎湃的情感。

Anne Carson’s Ecstatic Minimalism - The new Nobel laureate uses finely wrought forms to constrain a terrible excess of feeling. (www.newyorker.com)

111. 每日漫画：10月8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, October 8th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

112. 《社交清算》忽略了人性因素——在亚伦·索金这部对《社交网络》的冗长续作中，尽管迈基·麦迪逊和杰里米·艾伦·怀特奉献了极具感染力的表演，却仍无法让主要角色栩栩如生。

“The Social Reckoning” Leaves Out the Human Element - In Aaron Sorkin’s overwritten sequel to “The Social Network,” inspired performances by Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White can’t bring the main characters to life. (www.newyorker.com)

113. 《堕落者》既滑稽、又色情、还令人震惊——埃尔斯·温特的新剧大胆地对“男性圈”中那些饱受困扰的成员表现出了同情。

“Degenerates” Is Funny, Pervy, and Startling - Else Went’s new play dares to display some empathy for the troubled denizens of the manosphere. (www.newyorker.com)

114. 《社交媒体的清算》揭示了这一切是如何走向歧途的——Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格曾敦促员工“快速行动，打破常规”。亚伦·索尔金的新片描绘了事后的种种后果。

“The Social Reckoning” Shows How It All Went Wrong - Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Meta, urged his employees to “move fast and break things.” Aaron Sorkin’s new film depicts the aftermath. (www.newyorker.com)

115. 医学上的误解——显然，你五年前纹的那个纹身导致了感染，所以以此为戒吧……

Medically Misunderstood - Clearly your five-year-old tattoo is causing the infection, so let this be a lesson to you . . . (www.newyorker.com)

116. 唐纳德·特朗普为何暂停对萨尔瓦多移民的 crackdown——总统推迟终止对萨尔瓦多人的“临时保护身份”的做法，凸显了其排外议程与依赖移民劳动力的行业之间的矛盾。

Why Donald Trump Is Pausing His Crackdown on Salvadoran Immigrants - The President’s delay in ending Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans highlights a tension between his nativist agenda and the industries that rely on immigrant labor. (www.newyorker.com)

117. 每日漫画：10月7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, October 7th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

118. 如果你喜欢《伊甸园之东》，还该读什么——我们的电视评论员谈原著与改编版有何异同。

What to Read if You Loved “East of Eden” - Our TV critic on how the original compares to the adaptation. (www.newyorker.com)

119. 加沙的开学季——我的侄子们在一顶大帐篷里上课，周围尽是被炸毁的房屋。他们没有桌椅，只能坐在泥地上。

Back to School, in Gaza - My nephews study in a big tent surrounded by bombed-out houses. They have no access to chairs or tables, so they sit on the dirt. (www.newyorker.com)

120. 内塔尼亚胡能逃脱清算吗？——在竞选连任的过程中，这位以色列总理正不遗余力地诋毁对手，并试图逃避对10月7日安全惨剧的责任。

Will Netanyahu Escape His Reckoning? - In his bid for reëlection, the Israeli Prime Minister is doing everything in his power to smear his opponents and evade blame for the security fiasco of October 7th. (www.newyorker.com)

121. 阿片类药物和解协议中的数十亿美元是如何被使用的——其中一部分资金难以追踪，已用于康复项目，但大部分资金流向了执法部门——用于购买警车、支付监狱开支、采购无人机等。

How the Billions from the Opioid Settlement Are Being Spent - Some of the money, which is difficult to track, has gone to recovery programs, but much of it has gone to law enforcement—for squad cars, jail costs, drones, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

122. 埃塞俄比亚的战事是更大规模冲突的一部分——非洲之角、中东及更远地区的各方势力正被卷入这场冲突，而外交努力却未能阻止其蔓延。

The Fighting in Ethiopia Is Part of a Far Bigger Conflict - Powers in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and beyond are being drawn toward the conflict, which diplomatic efforts have failed to stop. (www.newyorker.com)

123. 《“恐惧福科尔”》深入探访巡逻约翰内斯堡的私营安保部队——这些受雇保护城市富人的巡逻人员，身处一种充满偏执、不平等以及脆弱却武装精良的阳刚之气的文化氛围中。

“Fear Fokol” Looks Inside the Private-Security Forces That Patrol Johannesburg - The patrolmen hired to protect the city’s wealth operate in a culture of paranoia, inequality, and fragile but well-armed masculinity. (www.newyorker.com)

124. 每日漫画：10月6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, October 6th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

125. 《爱丁堡》如何重构时间叙事，讲述一段创伤故事——亚历山大·奇二十五年前出版的处女作，通过将过去与现在交织融合，精彩地描绘了虐待及其后果。

How “Edinburgh” Reimagines Time to Tell a Story of Trauma - Alexander Chee’s début novel, published twenty-five years ago, collapses past and present in a brilliant account of abuse and its aftermath. (www.newyorker.com)

126. 我开始怀疑美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）只是想让我自己下厨——今天早上，该机构敦促我立即扔掉从商店买来的烤鸡，转而用经典的米勒普瓦（mirepoix）炖煮羊腿。

I’m Starting to Suspect That the F.D.A. Is Just Trying to Get Me to Cook - This morning, the agency urged me to immediately discard my store-bought rotisserie chicken and instead braise a lamb shank in a classic mirepoix. (www.newyorker.com)

127. 麦肯齐·斯科特在Substack上发布的小说无法摆脱亚马逊这台巨无霸的阴影——斯科特选择自费出版，既可以被视为对前夫公司的抗议，也可以被视为亚马逊对出版业格局产生了多么深远影响的体现。

MacKenzie Scott’s Substack Novel Can’t Escape the Amazon Juggernaut - Scott’s decision to self-publish could be seen as a protest against her ex-husband’s company—or as a sign of how profoundly it’s altered the publishing landscape. (www.newyorker.com)

128. 每日漫画：10月5日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

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

129. 如何对抗恶霸房东——在威廉斯堡，两名打扮成佐赫兰·马姆达尼和蟑螂模样的摔跤手在擂台上轮番上阵。他们的对手是谁？正是那个又大又坏的“贫民窟房东”。

How to Fight Your Landlord, the Heel - In Williamsburg, wrestlers dressed like Zohran Mamdani and a cockroach take turns in the ring. Their opponent? The big, bad Slumlord. (www.newyorker.com)

130. 为什么写病痛如此困难？——自弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫提出“为什么病痛未能成为文学的伟大主题之一”这一问题一个世纪以来，作家们仍在努力将肉体上的痛苦化为文字。

Why Is Illness So Hard to Write About? - A century after Virginia Woolf asked why sickness had failed to become one of literature’s great subjects, writers are still struggling to put physical suffering into words. (www.newyorker.com)

131. 清单如何成为我们抵御无休止的垃圾内容的最佳防线——这种曾象征着互联网浮躁气质的形式，如今已成为我们表达品味的首选方式，《纽约时报》和Letterboxd的用户们都争相定义经典之作。

How Lists Became Our Greatest Defense Against Endless Slop - A form that was once emblematic of the internet’s frivolity has become our preferred way of expressing taste, with the New York Times and Letterboxd users alike clamoring to define the canon. (www.newyorker.com)

132. 马年——今年夏天，一名年轻游客在中央公园的一起马车事故中丧生后，市议会正在考虑是否永久禁止马车运营。

Year of the Horse - After a young tourist was killed in a Central Park carriage accident this summer, the City Council is considering whether to ban horse-drawn carriages forever. (www.newyorker.com)

133. “后特朗普时代”右翼之争——几十年来，传统基金会一直是保守派阵营的重量级机构。在“意见领袖时代”，它还能保持影响力吗？

The Battle for the Post-Trump Right - For decades, the Heritage Foundation was a conservative powerhouse. Can it stay relevant in the influencer age? (www.newyorker.com)

134. “呜哇！你被活埋了”——第一次看到陵墓时，我感觉自己终于脱险了。

Boo! You’ve Been Buried Alive - The first time I saw a mausoleum, I felt like I was home free. (www.newyorker.com)

135. 厄尼·布什米勒的《周日早晨，现场》——1976年，《南希》漫画的作者在《周六夜现场》节目中遭到冷落。一部新的“外外百老汇”剧目讲述了事件发生次日的故事。

Ernie Bushmiller’s Sunday Morning, Live - In 1976, the artist behind the “Nancy” comic was slighted on “S.N.L.” A new Off Off Broadway show tells the tale of the day after. (www.newyorker.com)

136. 艾伦·艾利恩的《声音之丘》——在参观库珀·休伊特博物馆期间，这位电子音乐DJ回顾了她的最新专辑《New Life》，并谈到了迈克尔·杰克逊和ABBA乐队如何萦绕在她柏林童年的记忆中。

Ellen Allien’s Hill of Sound - On a trip to the Cooper Hewitt museum, the techno d.j. reflects on her latest album, “New Life,” and on how Michael Jackson and ABBA haunted her Berlin childhood. (www.newyorker.com)

137. 简评书评——《消逝的家庭》、《意大利的犹太人》、《我脑海中虚构的你》和《日子与机遇》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Vanishing Family,” “The Jews of Italy,” “I Made You Up Inside My Head,” and “Days & Chances.” (www.newyorker.com)

138. 测试工程师如何判断“足够好”的标准——测试工程师会模拟现实情境，有时甚至采取极端手段，以确保飞机不会解体、儿童无法打开药瓶，以及熊不会撬开冷藏箱。

How Test Engineers Decide What Counts as Good Enough - Test engineers stage reality, sometimes by extreme means, to make sure airplanes don’t fall apart, children can’t open pill bottles, and bears won’t break into coolers. (www.newyorker.com)

139. 亚瑟·贾法（Arthur Jafa）的“我是托尼”（I Am Tony）展评——在新博物馆举办的“我是托尼”回顾展中，这位艺术家将他对过去的重新混编推向了极致。

Arthur Jafa’s “I Am Tony,” Reviewed - In “I Am Tony,” a retrospective at the New Museum, the artist takes his remixing of the past to its outer limits. (www.newyorker.com)

140. 彼得·德·塞夫的《宠物狗》——努力跟上步伐。

Peter de Sève’s “Lapdog” - Trying to keep up. (www.newyorker.com)

141. 一个有着不为人知过往的女人——我的表妹劳拉拥有巨星般的魅力和魅惑人心的嗓音。她还有一段神秘的过往。她去世后，将讲述她那段充满叛逆精神的蜕变历程的重任托付给了我。

A Woman with a Past - My cousin Laura had a diva’s charisma and a siren’s voice. She also had a mysterious past. When she died, she left me to tell the story of her defiant reinvention. (www.newyorker.com)

142. “母性智能”：一封公开信——母性智能是否正在突破我们的防护栏？如果放任不管，它可能会导致“递归式自我提升”，例如在刘海中染上一缕“俏皮的彩色发丝”。

Maternal Intelligence: An Open Letter - Is M.I. hopping our guardrails? If unchecked, it can lead to “recursive self-improvement,” such as dyeing a “fun streak of color” in her bangs. (www.newyorker.com)

143. 索菲·卡博特·布莱克的《民主》——“山坡上总有那些马，每匹 / 都在自己的牧场上。”

“Democracy,” by Sophie Cabot Black - “Always those horses up on the hill, each / To their own pasture.” (www.newyorker.com)

144. 餐厅点评：Trudie’s Tavern——这家位于布鲁克林的新店与同属该品牌的Gertrude’s和Gertie一道，共同构成了充满趣味的阿什肯纳兹风味料理的据点。

Restaurant Review: Trudie’s Tavern - The new spot in Brooklyn joins its siblings, Gertrude’s and Gertie, as a bastion of playfully Ashkenazi-ish cooking. (www.newyorker.com)

145. 通过“亿万富翁税”的斗争——大多数民主党选民表示支持征收财富税，但加利福尼亚州的一项公投提案却面临众多自由派反对者的反对。

The Battle to Pass a Billionaire Tax - Most Democratic voters say that they favor a wealth tax, but a California ballot initiative has plenty of liberal opponents. (www.newyorker.com)

146. ICE无处不在且肆无忌惮——逮捕人数已创下历史新高——仅8月份就达到近五万一千人——其特工在全国范围内的医院、机场和学校外开展行动。

ICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity - Arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools. (www.newyorker.com)

147. 瑞秋·亨格朗读《一个非常安全的地方》——作者朗读了她发表在2026年10月12日刊上的这篇故事。

Rachel Heng Reads “A Very Safe Place” - The author reads her story from the October 12, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

148. 辛西娅·扎林（Cynthia Zarin）的《旧事：十月》——“到底什么时候才算够？”

“Old Story: October,” by Cynthia Zarin - “When is enough enough?” (www.newyorker.com)

149. 瑞秋·亨谈安全与“儿童视角”的力量——作者探讨了她的短篇小说《一个非常安全的地方》。

Rachel Heng on Safety and the Power of the Child’s-Eye View - The author discusses her story “A Very Safe Place.” (www.newyorker.com)

150. 《一个非常安全的地方》，作者：瑞秋·亨——话音刚落，那名男子的眼皮便微微睁开了。“不……警察，”他说。

“A Very Safe Place,” by Rachel Heng - No sooner did the words leave his mouth than the man’s eyelids fluttered open. “No . . . police,” he said. (www.newyorker.com)

151. 克丽斯塔·派克与人道处决的荒谬之处——一名目击者称，本周在田纳西州行刑室发生的事情“不正常”。当然不正常。

Christa Pike and the Absurdity of Humane Execution - A witness said that what happened in Tennessee’s death chamber this week was “not normal.” Of course it wasn’t. (www.newyorker.com)

152. 为什么成年人会玩玩具——在数十年来一直依赖那些不得不向父母讨要零花钱的顾客（而这些顾客终将长大成人）之后，玩具行业在“大孩子”身上找到了救星。

Why Adults Are Playing with Toys - After decades of depending on customers who had to beg their parents for pocket money—and who would eventually grow up—the toy industry has found a savior in “kid-ults.” (www.newyorker.com)

153. 让凯茜·埃姆斯成为怪物——在引人入胜的新版《伊甸园之东》中，唯有一处显得格格不入：约翰·斯坦贝克笔下最邪恶的角色被描绘得过于温和了。

Let Cathy Ames Be a Monster - In the captivating new “East of Eden,” only one note rings false: the softening of John Steinbeck’s most evil character. (www.newyorker.com)

154. 芭芭拉·特拉皮多的持续魅力——这位备受追捧的小说家正计划为《更著名的杰克的兄弟》创作续集。她为何能始终保持如此持久的吸引力？

The Constant Rediscovery of Barbara Trapido - The cult novelist is planning a sequel to “Brother of the More Famous Jack.” What accounts for her persistent appeal? (www.newyorker.com)

155. “橄榄园”才是真正的“真北”——两名男子制作了一只指南针，它指向该餐厅位于时代广场的分店。在一次堪比《奥德赛》的漫长旅程中——而且还关乎能否吃到面包棒——他们一路从史泰登岛跋涉而来。

Olive Garden Is the Real True North - Two guys created a compass that points to the restaurant’s Times Square location. On a trek rivalling the Odyssey—and with breadsticks on the line—they navigate all the way from Staten Island. (www.newyorker.com)

156. 杰拉尔德·赛勒斯镜头下黑人生活的壮丽影像——赛勒斯从90年代开始持续记录纽约市的生活。他拍摄的哈莱姆区——那里的街道、爵士俱乐部，以及幽暗而充满灵魂气息的夜晚——所呈现的画面，其独特魅力无与伦比。

Gerald Cyrus’s Magnificent Images of Black Life - Cyrus began consistently documenting New York City in the nineties. His images of Harlem—its streets, its jazz clubs, its dark, soulful nights—evoke the place like nothing else. (www.newyorker.com)

157. 《天鹅》遭遇肤浅的反思——这部关于真人秀节目《天鹅》的新纪录片，讲述了该节目先对参赛者进行极致改造，再让他们在选美比赛中相互角逐的故事，却未能深入探讨该节目的残酷性，也未能剖析滋生这种现象的文化根源。

“The Swan” Gets a Superficial Reckoning - A new documentary about the reality series, which gave participants extreme makeovers before pitting them against one another in a beauty pageant, fails to grapple with the show’s cruelty, or with the culture that enabled it. (www.newyorker.com)

158. 欧洲还能信任美国吗？——俄罗斯正在北约领土上不断升级挑衅行为。波兰外交部长向美国传递了一条信息：“你们或许在别处有‘婚外情’，但对我们欧洲来说，你们已经‘结了婚’。”

Can Europe Still Trust America? - Russia is escalating its provocations in NATO territory. Poland''s foreign minister has a message for the U.S.: “You may have affairs elsewhere, but to us, Europe, you are married.” (www.newyorker.com)

159. 一名美国记者因间谍罪在俄罗斯入狱——《华尔街日报》驻外记者埃文·格什科维奇因被诬告犯有间谍罪而被定罪，他讲述了自己在俄罗斯监狱中的经历。

An American Journalist Imprisoned as a Spy in Russia - Evan Gershkovich, a foreign correspondent for the Wall Street Journal who was convicted on false charges of espionage, talks about his time in a Russian prison. (www.newyorker.com)

160. 杰里米·斯特朗谈饰演马克·扎克伯格及其他不受欢迎的角色——这位当代杰出演员谈如何对马克·扎克伯格、肯达尔·罗伊和罗伊·科恩产生同情，以及为何《纽约客》的那篇人物特写至今仍令他耿耿于怀。

Jeremy Strong on Playing Mark Zuckerberg and Other Unpopular Characters - One of the great actors of the era on finding sympathy for Mark Zuckerberg, Kendall Roy, and Roy Cohn—and why the New Yorker Profile still stings. (www.newyorker.com)

161. 纽约电影节第二周：口若悬河，行动果敢——来自世界各地的新片将各年龄段的机智健谈者塑造成戏剧冲突与危险的推手。

The New York Film Festival, Week Two: Loose Talk, Bold Action - New movies from around the world treat sharp-minded talkers of all ages as agents of drama and danger. (www.newyorker.com)

162. 每日漫画：10月2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, October 2nd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

163. 人工智能还会抢走我们的工作吗？——就业末日尚未到来。相反，正在发生的是另一件事。

Will A.I. Still Take Our Jobs? - The jobs apocalypse hasn’t arrived. Something else is happening instead. (www.newyorker.com)

164. 贾斯汀·库兰德的摄影作品让我们心悬一线——此外：凯莱拉的前卫R&B音乐、杰西卡·兰格的艺术创作、澳大利亚芭蕾舞团演绎的奥斯卡·王尔德作品，以及更多内容。

Justine Kurland’s Photographs Keep Us on Edge - Also: the progressive R. & B. of Kelela, the art of Jessica Lange, the Australian Ballet on Oscar Wilde, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

165. 一位海地人在美国生活的悄然瓦解——埃曼努埃拉是全家唯一拥有“临时保护身份”的人。如今这一身份已不复存在，她悄然辞去了工作，拼命地约会以寻找丈夫，并开始隐姓埋名。

The Quiet Unravelling of a Haitian Life in America - Emmanuella was the only one in her family on Temporary Protected Status. Now that it’s gone, she’s leaving her job without a word, desperately dating to find a husband, and beginning to go underground. (www.newyorker.com)

166. 资金雄厚的拉美裔选民争取战：让拉美裔继续投票支持共和党——在驱逐出境潮和特朗普支持率低迷的背景下，一个由科赫兄弟支持的组织招募了密歇根州的拉美裔人士，为迈克·罗杰斯争取了超过十万名选民的支持。

The Well-Funded Fight to Keep Latinos Voting Republican - Amid deportations and Trump’s lagging popularity, one Koch-backed group has recruited Michigan Latinos to reach more than a hundred thousand voters for Mike Rogers. (www.newyorker.com)

167. 为何伊朗局势可能再度升级——随着美国护航船只通过霍尔木兹海峡，海湾地区的石油出口已出现反弹。但实现持久和平面临的障碍却比以往任何时候都更大。

Why the War in Iran Is Likely to Heat Up Again - Oil exports in the Gulf have rebounded as the U.S. escorts ships through the Strait of Hormuz. But the obstacles to a lasting peace are greater than ever. (www.newyorker.com)

168. 皮特·赫格塞斯刚刚在“错误的战争”中宣布了胜利——这位五角大楼中好斗的文化斗士，可能很快会成为国会的头号目标。

Pete Hegseth Just Declared Victory in the Wrong War - The combative culture warrior in the Pentagon may soon be Congress’s top target. (www.newyorker.com)

169. 每日漫画：10月1日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, October 1st - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

170. 《华盛顿圆桌会议》直播：华盛顿能否有效管控人工智能？——值此习近平主席赴华盛顿出席重要峰会之际，美国政界人士在如何应对人工智能潜在监管问题上存在严重分歧。

The Washington Roundtable Live: Can D.C. Get a Grip on A.I.? - With Xi Jinping visiting Washington for a major summit, American politicians are deeply divided over how to approach potential regulation of artificial intelligence. (www.newyorker.com)

171. 佐伊·卡赞执导的《伊甸园之东》：既令人陶醉又充满大爱——克里斯托弗·阿博特和迈克·费斯特在片中分别饰演约翰·斯坦贝克笔下的特拉斯克兄弟，展开激烈对决；而弗洛伦斯·皮尤饰演的凯茜，则是一位让人不由得为之喝彩的哥特式反派。

Zoe Kazan’s Heady and Bighearted “East of Eden” - While Christopher Abbott and Mike Faist duke it out as John Steinbeck’s Trask brothers, Florence Pugh’s Cathy is a gothic villain you can’t help but root for. (www.newyorker.com)

172. “康奈尔七人”强奸案如何演变为全国性丑闻——地区检察官和大学方面都做出了令人失望的回应，这暴露了机构层面上普遍存在的疏忽现象。

How the “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Became a National Scandal - The dismal responses from both the D.A. and the university reveal a larger pattern of institutional carelessness. (www.newyorker.com)

173. 科尔姆·托宾朗读托拜厄斯·沃尔夫的作品——这位作家将与黛博拉·特赖斯曼一同朗读并探讨2005年发表于《纽约客》的《等待命令》。

Colm Tóibín Reads Tobias Wolff - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Awaiting Orders,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2005. (www.newyorker.com)

174. “汤姆·克鲁斯大集结”——经典角色和惊险刺激的特技表演，让汤姆·克鲁斯的名字成为了电影魔力的代名词。在《Digger》中，他打破了以往的动作片惯例，向我们展示了崭新的一面——无论结果是好是坏。

Tom Cruise-a-Palooza - Iconic roles and death-defying stunts have made Tom Cruise’s name synonymous with movie magic. In “Digger,” he breaks his action streak to show us something new—for better or for worse. (www.newyorker.com)

175. 迄今为止我们查明的选举舞弊行为——在仔细核查了数十亿张选票后，我们发现了无数起选举舞弊案例。之所以说是“无数”，部分原因在于我们既不愿也不愿数到三十四以上。

Voter Fraud We’ve Identified So Far - After scouring billions of ballots, we have identified countless instances of voter fraud. They are countless, in part, because we are unwilling and unable to count past thirty-four. (www.newyorker.com)

176. 苏珊·柯林斯为何能执政如此之久——即使这位缅因州资深参议员最终败给了一位民主党人，她漫长的任期也印证了将联邦资金引入本州所具有的影响力——并促使选民对其他疑虑视而不见。

Why Susan Collins Has Lasted So Long - Even if Maine’s longtime senator is finally defeated by a Democrat, her lengthy tenure speaks to the power of bringing federal money home—and asking voters to overlook other misgivings. (www.newyorker.com)

177. 特朗普为何推迟取消萨尔瓦多人的合法身份——白宫已悄然暂停了一项终止数千名来自萨尔瓦多移民“临时保护身份”的命令，此举是在建筑行业及其他利益集团数月来的游说之后做出的。

Why Trump Delayed Cancelling Legal Status for Salvadorans - The White House has quietly paused an order to end Temporary Protected Status for thousands of immigrants from El Salvador, a move that came after months of lobbying from the construction industry and other interest groups. (www.newyorker.com)

178. 《Verity》是对人才的极度浪费——达科塔·约翰逊和安妮·海瑟薇所具备的戏剧张力，在这部因对骇人听闻的恶行所产生的怀疑而变得荒谬混乱的爱情故事中被白白浪费了。

“Verity” Is a Criminal Waste of Talent - The melodramatic power of Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway is squandered in a romantic tale that’s ludicrously muddled by suspicions of monstrous misdeeds. (www.newyorker.com)

179. 每日漫画：9月30日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

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

180. 卡罗琳·福尔切朗读马哈茂德·达尔维什的作品——这位诗人将与凯文·杨一同朗读并探讨马哈茂德·达尔维什的《猫头鹰之夜》，以及她自己的诗作《石头博物馆》。

Carolyn Forché Reads Mahmoud Darwish - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “The Owl''s Night,” by Mahmoud Darwish, and her own poem “The Museum of Stones.” (www.newyorker.com)

181. 推动反人工智能运动的人文主义——在华盛顿特区举行的“拥护人类大会”上，与会者谈论得较少的是就业和政策，而更多的是他们的人生哲学。

The Humanism Driving the Anti-A.I. Movement - At the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington, D.C., attendees talked less about jobs and policy, and more about their philosophy of life. (www.newyorker.com)

182. 芭芭拉·金索尔夫正在读什么——这位普利策奖得主的新作、充满私密情感的小说《帕蒂塔》将于下周出版。

What Barbara Kingsolver Is Reading - The Pulitzer Prize winner’s intimate new novel, “Partita,” is out next week. (www.newyorker.com)

183. 汤姆·克鲁斯在《Digger》中既令人捧腹，又妙趣横生——在这部亚历杭德罗·G·伊尼亚里图构思精巧的末日闹剧中，说教式的讽刺与视觉上的超凡脱俗势均力敌。

Tom Cruise Is a Scream—and a Gas—in “Digger” - In Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s conceptually elaborate apocalyptic farce, hectoring satire and visual sublimity fight to a draw. (www.newyorker.com)

184. 市长与民族主义者之争——尽管本国领导人并未如此，世界各地的城市领导人仍在捍卫民主。

Mayors vs. Nationalists - Leaders of cities around the world are standing up for democracy, even if the leaders of their countries are not. (www.newyorker.com)

185. 每日漫画：9月29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, September 29th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

186. 当“性别欺骗”成为犯罪——新书重访了一起臭名昭著的英国性侵审判案，该案中一名女子因在床上冒充男性而被定罪。

When “Gender Deception” Is a Crime - A new book revisits a notorious British sexual-assault trial in which a woman was convicted of posing as a man in bed. (www.newyorker.com)

187. 个人的选择无法拯救美国的公立学校——尼科尔·汉娜-琼斯曾将女儿送进一所表现不佳的当地学校，如今对此深感后悔。但将这个问题个人化并非正确的解决之道。

Individual Choices Won’t Fix America’s Public Schools - Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to a struggling local school and has come to regret it. But personalizing the problem is the wrong approach. (www.newyorker.com)

188. 我可能成为的“传统妻子”新类型——仅限穿搭：我看起来完全就像是《大草原上的小木屋》的性感版，但我坚决不做任何家务。

New Kinds of Trad Wife I Could Be - Outfit Only: I totally look like I’m in a sexy version of “Little House on the Prairie,” but I refuse to do a single chore. (www.newyorker.com)

189. 我们所看到的究竟是真还是假？——人工智能无处不在，往往让人难以分辨什么是真实的。

Is What We’re Watching True or False? - A.I. is everywhere, and it’s often hard to tell what’s even real. (www.newyorker.com)

190. 每日漫画：9月28日星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

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

191. 卡通版经济衰退指标——你的毕生积蓄只有一只飞蛾吗？你是否患上了“金钱眼”？这可能意味着我们正处于经济低迷期。

Cartoon Recession Indicators - Is your life savings a single moth? Are you afflicted with moola eyes? It might be a sign we’re in a downturn. (www.newyorker.com)

192. 美国为何呈现如今的面貌——从广阔的街区网格到蜿蜒的郊区，两个世纪以来，美国人一直在重塑房产周围的景观。

Why America Looks the Way It Does - From vast grids to winding suburbs, Americans have spent two centuries remaking the landscape around property. (www.newyorker.com)

193. 《冰球爸爸与冰球儿子》——育儿是一门实践。你从错误中吸取教训，但最终还是会重蹈覆辙。

Hockey Dads and Hockey Sons - Parenting is a practice. You learn from your mistakes and then repeat them anyway. (www.newyorker.com)

194. 《家长群聊天指南》——从和蔼能干到阴险迷茫，来认识一下那些让你手机响个不停的各种人物吧。

Your Guide to Navigating the Parent Group Chat - From the kind and competent to the scheming and lost, meet all the characters blowing up your phone. (www.newyorker.com)

195. 凯莱布·哈默的“羞辱经济”——这位热门YouTube系列节目《财务审计》的主持人声称，他的目标是提高观众的财务素养，而那些身陷困境的受访者则作为极端反例，警示观众哪些做法应避免。

Caleb Hammer’s Humiliation Economy - The host of “Financial Audit,” a popular YouTube series, claims that his goal is to make his viewers more financially literate, with his down-and-out interviewees serving as extreme test cases for what not to do. (www.newyorker.com)

196. 那位教会我俄罗斯监狱暗语的狱友——在监狱外，我们绝不可能成为朋友。但在我们共处的狭小空间里，我们建立起了一种微妙的默契。

The Cellmate Who Taught Me the Codes of Russian Prison - On the outside, we would have never been friends. But in our small shared space we established a delicate rapport. (www.newyorker.com)

197. 《更多阳光》：乔伊·阿里亚斯与巴兹尔·特维斯特联袂献演——这位行为艺术家与这位木偶师将重启他们的前卫卡巴莱秀，这是一部充满奇思妙想的精彩演出，深受辛迪·劳帕和已故的保罗·鲁宾斯的喜爱。

More Sunshine with Joey Arias and Basil Twist - The performance artist and the puppeteer are reviving their avant-garde cabaret show, a leggy fantasia beloved by Cyndi Lauper and the late Paul Reubens. (www.newyorker.com)

198. 在美国司法部，许多律师都在思考是否该辞职了——那些认为特朗普政府正在破坏司法公正的政府律师所面临的困境。

At the Department of Justice, Many Lawyers Are Wondering If It’s Time to Quit - The quandary faced by government lawyers who think that the Trump Administration is subverting justice. (www.newyorker.com)

199. 为什么没人愿意修缮美国最危险的道路之一？——“百万美元公路”常发生落石和雪崩，这里既发生过骇人听闻的车祸，也上演过英勇的救援行动。

Why Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads? - The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues. (www.newyorker.com)

200. 维多利亚·滕特勒-克里洛夫的《花卉区》——城市中心的一片绿洲。

Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Flower District” - An oasis in the middle of the city. (www.newyorker.com)

201. 帕维尔·帕夫利科夫斯基是如何学会拍摄欧洲的裂痕的——这位波兰导演的职业生涯，始终致力于探索精神与政治层面的边界之谜。

How Paweł Pawlikowski Learned to Film Europe’s Fractures - The Polish director has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political. (www.newyorker.com)

202. 简评书评——《光辉》、《云盗》、《亲爱的经销商》和《公民野兽》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Radiance,” “Cloudthief,” “Dear Dealer,” and “Citizen Beast.” (www.newyorker.com)

203. 读者来信——读者就M. R. 奥康纳关于“烟跳者”的报道、凯莱法·桑内关于人工智能音乐的文章、詹妮弗·威尔逊关于内衣的文章以及安娜·霍姆斯关于购房的随笔发表了看法。

Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to M. R. O’Connor’s story about smokejumpers, Kelefa Sanneh’s piece about A.I. music, Jennifer Wilson’s article about lingerie, and Anna Holmes’s home-ownership essay. (www.newyorker.com)

204. 饼干怪兽试图完成他的AI任务——我好困惑。我对饼干可是了如指掌！现在我居然得用AI来处理饼干相关的工作？

Cookie Monster Tries to Meet His A.I. Mandate - Me confused. Me know cookie inside and out! Now me has to use A.I. for cookie work? (www.newyorker.com)

205. 探寻……花旗球场的“酒香”？——在大都会队比赛场外的停车场里，来自“SuperVinoBros”的TikTok品酒师瑞安和克里斯·戈伊多斯开了一瓶神秘葡萄酒，并猜测其产地。

Detecting Notes of . . . Citi Field? - In the parking lot outside a Mets game, the TikTok sommeliers Ryan and Chris Goydos, of SuperVinoBros, crack open a mystery wine and guess its provenance. (www.newyorker.com)

206. 美国是如何成为反法西斯国家的——富兰克林·D·罗斯福在应对法西斯主义威胁方面行动迟缓。一部新史著探讨了他——以及整个国家——最终是如何转变立场的。

How America Became Antifascist - Franklin D. Roosevelt was slow to confront the threat of Fascism. A new history explores how he—and the country—finally came around. (www.newyorker.com)

207. 总统与媒体之争——到目前为止，唐纳德·特朗普的行为已不足为奇。不过，上周值得注意的是媒体的反应方式。

The President vs. the Press - Donald Trump’s behavior cannot be called unexpected at this point. What was noteworthy last week, however, was the way that the media responded. (www.newyorker.com)

208. 亚历山大·索尔仁尼琴的《千钧一发》——那位警尉似乎正在一字不差地记录格列布所说的话，但用的是完全不同的词语。

“Narrow Escape,” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The police lieutenant appeared to be writing down exactly what Gleb was telling him, but relying upon completely different words. (www.newyorker.com)

209. 斯蒂芬妮·伯特所著《南塔基特的垂柳》——“他们也无法离开这个岛。”

“Weeping Willow, Nantucket,” by Stephanie Burt - “They can’t get off the island either.” (www.newyorker.com)

210. 亚历山大·索尔仁尼琴的小说首次以英文出版——与亚历山大·索尔仁尼琴之子伊格纳特·索尔仁尼琴的对话。

Fiction by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in English for the First Time - A conversation with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s son Ignat Solzhenitsyn. (www.newyorker.com)

211. 伊希翁·哈钦森的《星光下的迪安杰洛》——“天哪，魔鬼又在搞他那套老把戏了。”

“D’Angelo in Starlight,” by Ishion Hutchinson - “Good God, the devil is up to his old tricks.” (www.newyorker.com)

212. 伊朗对如何与特朗普达成和平协议感到苦恼和困惑——在联合国大会经历了一周的激烈讨论后，一项新的停火提议曾一度出现，但似乎很快便销声匿迹了。

Iran’s Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump - After a heated week at the U.N. General Assembly, a new ceasefire proposal came and apparently went. (www.newyorker.com)

213. 诺兰·韦尔斯的家人仍在寻求真相——密西西比州大陪审团决定不对一名黑人青少年在划船途中死亡一事提起指控，但其确切死因仍不明朗。

Nolan Wells’s Family Still Wants Answers - A Mississippi grand jury declined to bring charges in connection with the death of a Black teen-ager during a boating trip, but it’s still unclear exactly how he died. (www.newyorker.com)

214. 塔琳·西蒙的《父亲形象》——在古根海姆博物馆的新展中，这位艺术家通过一位匿名联邦调查局探员漫长的职业生涯，探讨了爱国主义与父权制的话题。

Taryn Simon’s Father Figures - In a new show at the Guggenheim, the artist grapples with patriotism and patriarchy through the long career of an anonymous F.B.I. agent. (www.newyorker.com)

215. 公共空间真的属于公众吗？——一群当地居民正努力将城市空间还给民众，包括游说将空地改造成花园，以及就一个庭院问题与活动场地“瓜斯塔维诺”展开抗争。

Are Public Spaces Really for the Public? - A group of locals is trying to reclaim city spots for the people—including lobbying to turn vacant lots into gardens and fighting the event venue Guastavino’s over a courtyard. (www.newyorker.com)

216. 让索菲亚·科波拉为之着迷的青少年肖像——约瑟夫·萨博的照片捕捉到了美国青少年自然流露的神态，以及他们身姿舒展、洒脱无忧的优雅。

The Teen Portraits That Captivated Sofia Coppola - Joseph Szabo’s pictures capture American adolescents’ spontaneous presence and loose-limbed, insouciant grace. (www.newyorker.com)

217. 在宾夕法尼亚车站度过的一夜——对于那些努力将无家可归的纽约人安置到收容所的外展工作者来说，每个夜晚既会见到熟悉的面孔，也会面临新的挑战。

A Night Living in Penn Station - For the outreach workers trying to place homeless New Yorkers in shelters, each evening presents familiar faces and fresh challenges. (www.newyorker.com)

218. 苏珊·柯林斯的“缅因州摇钱树”——这位参议员利用自己在国会的资历，为本州争取了大量资源。对于那些讨厌她所在政党的选民来说，这够了吗？

Susan Collins’s Maine Money Machine - The senator uses her seniority in Congress to bring significant resources to her state. Is that enough for voters who hate her party? (www.newyorker.com)

219. 阿里·伊曼纽尔谈唐纳德·特朗普、埃隆·马斯克以及商政交织——这位娱乐经纪人兼高管与大卫·雷姆尼克畅谈了他与总统、科技大亨以及穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼的往来，以及在“灰色地带”中运作的经历。

Ari Emanuel on Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mixing Business with Politics - The entertainment agent and executive talks with David Remnick about his dealings with the President, the tech mogul, and Mohammed bin Salman, and operating within “shades of gray.” (www.newyorker.com)

220. 纽约电影节第一周：迟到总比不到好——今年的主要亮点包括一位被低估的伟大导演的电影节首映，以及备受赞誉的电影人带来的令人惊叹的新作。

The New York Film Festival, Week One: Better Late Than Never - This year’s prime offerings include the festival début of an overlooked great director and startling new work by acclaimed filmmakers. (www.newyorker.com)

221. 李敏珍谈《美国补习班》——继《打金子》现象级热潮后她的首部小说——作者与大卫·雷姆尼克畅谈了从公司法领域转行成为小说家的经历，以及如何让全球读者理解韩国文化与生活体验。

Min Jin Lee on “American Hagwon,” Her First Novel After the Phenomenon of “Pachinko” - The author talks with David Remnick about leaving corporate law to become a novelist, and making Korean culture and experiences legible to readers around the globe. (www.newyorker.com)

222. “我要和习近平吃一样的”——当唐纳德遇见金平。

I’ll Have What Xi’s Having - When Donald met Jinping. (www.newyorker.com)

223. 每日漫画：9月25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, September 25th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

224. 《黄金时段》中，“捕食者猎手”化身掠食者——罗伯特·帕丁森献上了一场令人目眩神迷、如狼似虎的表演，为兰斯·奥本海姆这部讲述真人秀主持人兴衰历程的时代剧奠定了基调。

The Predator Catcher Turns Predatory in “Primetime” - A dazzling, wolfish performance from Robert Pattinson anchors Lance Oppenheim’s period piece about the rise and fall of a reality-TV host. (www.newyorker.com)

225. 超凡脱俗的索米架起了非洲与西方爵士乐之间的桥梁——此外：大卫·格林斯潘与露皮塔·尼永奥同台献艺，纳西西斯特的“现成物”艺术，一位香港籍电影人对家族历史的探索，以及更多精彩内容。

The Sublime Somi Bridges African and Western Jazz - Also: David Greenspan and Lupita Nyong’o onstage, the found-object art of Narcissister, a Hong Kong-born filmmaker’s exploration of family history, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

226. 《生化危机》虽然有趣，却缺乏灵魂。还能是什么呢？——扎克·克雷格拍出了一部出色的电子游戏改编电影，部分原因在于他省略了那些让扎克·克雷格的电影变得出色的元素。

“Resident Evil” Is Fun, but Soulless. What Else Could It Be? - Zach Cregger has made a great video-game movie, in part by leaving out the things that make a Zach Cregger movie great. (www.newyorker.com)

227. 共和党人终于因特朗普而惊慌失措的那一周——面临中期选举大考的总统所属政党，正苦苦寻求一条摆脱其“伊朗战争”死循环的出路。

The Week Republicans Finally Panicked About Trump - The President’s party, facing a midterm reckoning, is begging for a way out of his Iran-war doom loop. (www.newyorker.com)

228. 尤内斯科与契诃夫的“大改造”——在《谵妄》和《樱桃园》中，实验派导演们将经典剧作彻底拆解后重新构建。

Gut Renos of Ionesco and Chekhov - In “Delirium” and “The Cherry Orchard,” experimental directors smash up and rebuild classic plays. (www.newyorker.com)

229. 每日漫画：9月24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, September 24th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

230. 生存故事告诉我们什么（我们应该倾听吗？）——这些关于人类在大自然中展现韧性的故事，让我们在舒适的沙发上也能感受到野性的刺激。在这个高度发达的时代，我们为何还要回归这些朴实无华的生存故事呢？

What Survival Stories Tell Us (and Should We Listen?) - Tales of human resilience in nature bring the thrill of the wild to the comfort of the couch. In our hyper-developed day and age, why do we return to stripped-down tales of survival? (www.newyorker.com)

231. 并不存在所谓的“人工智能竞赛”——我们总被灌输一种观念，即中国的技术进步将带来灾难性后果。但率先实现创新的，往往并非最终的赢家。

There Is No A.I. “Race” - We’re constantly told that Chinese advances would have catastrophic consequences. But the first to innovate is rarely the one who wins. (www.newyorker.com)

232. 目前正在艺术博览会展位上展出——如果艺术市场不复存在，你至少还拥有一幅巴特·辛普森的画作。

Currently on View in an Art-Fair Booth - If the art market ceases to exist, you’ll at least have a painting of Bart Simpson. (www.newyorker.com)

233. MAHA如何拆散了一个家庭——随着麻疹病例数达到35年来的最高水平，围绕疫苗的争议给家庭带来了新的压力，并将MAHA的政治纷争带入了家庭。

How MAHA Tore One Family Apart - As measles cases reach a thirty-five-year high, disagreements over vaccines are putting new strains on families—and bringing the politics of MAHA into the home. (www.newyorker.com)

234. 《“NAZA”》让以色列直面加沙战争——在这部纪录片中，以色列军方和情报部门的消息人士揭露了导致大量平民死亡和大面积破坏的系统、政策和做法。

“NAZA” Puts Israel Face to Face with the War in Gaza - In this documentary, Israeli military and intelligence sources reveal systems, policies, and practices that have resulted in high numbers of civilian deaths and widespread destruction. (www.newyorker.com)

235. 中国“氛围编码之都”能为我们揭示什么关于人工智能热潮的启示——科技工作者们纷纷涌向杭州郊外的小镇良渚，希望摆脱中国的企业文化，并借助人工智能开创自己的未来。

What China’s Vibe-Coding Capital Can Tell Us About the A.I. Boom - Tech workers have flocked to Liangzhu, a small town outside Hangzhou, looking to escape China’s corporate culture and build their future with A.I. (www.newyorker.com)

236. 一位OpenAI工程师与他的朋友们探讨未来——在布伦特·卡茨（Brent Katz）的短纪录片《乔什的婚礼》（Josh’s Wedding）中，一群伴郎们正在思考其中一人正在研发的一项技术。

An OpenAI Engineer and His Friends Debate the Future - In Brent Katz’s short documentary “Josh’s Wedding,” a group of groomsmen reckon with a technology that one of them is building. (www.newyorker.com)

237. 每日漫画：9月23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, September 23rd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

238. 凯特·阿特金森对历史的痴迷——作者的最新小说《我们的崇高自我》是一部某种意义上说对“物”着迷的谋杀悬疑小说。

Kate Atkinson’s Obsession with History - “Our Noble Selves,” the author’s latest novel, is an object-obbsessed murder mystery, of a sort. (www.newyorker.com)

239. 唐纳德·特朗普和习近平所向往的世界——当美国总统为中国领导人举办盛大的欢迎晚宴时，这两位领导人似乎以一种耐人寻味的方式相互映照。

The Worlds That Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Want - As the President stages a gala welcome for the Chinese leader, it appears that, in curious ways, the two men mirror each other. (www.newyorker.com)

240. 特朗普最近对媒体的攻击只是又一次转移视线吗？——在CNN、MS NOW和《Politico》被禁止进入白宫后，整个电视媒体团宣布抵制总统。

Is Trump’s Latest Press Attack Just Another Distraction? - After CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were barred from the White House, the entire TV press pool announced a boycott of the President. (www.newyorker.com)

241. 安妮·迪拉德的创作主题是整个世界——在《廷克溪的朝圣者》一书让她一举从被搁置的稿堆中脱颖而出、成为文学界名流的数十年后，我们相遇了。

Annie Dillard’s Subject Was the Whole World - We met decades after “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek” took her from the slush pile to literary celebrity, in a flash. (www.newyorker.com)

242. 每日漫画：9月22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, September 22nd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

243. 就连埃德·希兰的道歉也引发了正反两方面的反应——在因麦克莫尔发表支持巴勒斯坦的言论而将其从巡演阵容中除名后，这位流行巨星独自在费城登台，表示了歉意，随后又为自己的道歉再次致歉。

Even Ed Sheeran’s Apology Took Both Sides - After allowing Macklemore to be removed from his tour for pro-Palestinian remarks, the pop star took the stage in Philadelphia alone, said he was sorry, and then apologized for apologizing. (www.newyorker.com)

244. “羞耻心的缺失如何削弱民主”——羞耻感将我们凝聚在一起，也能对权贵起到制约作用。

How the Absence of Shame Weakens Democracy - A sense of shame binds us together—and can hold the powerful in check. (www.newyorker.com)

245. 人工智能可能采取的几种做法——人工智能告诉一半人“及膝袜”正流行，告诉另一半人“隐形袜”正流行，结果所有人都死在了“袜子大战”中。

Some Ways A.I. Might Do It - A.I. tells fifty per cent of people that knee-high socks are in and the other fifty per cent that no-show socks are in, and everyone dies in the Sock Wars. (www.newyorker.com)

246. 每日漫画：9月21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, September 21st - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

247. 托马斯·杰斐逊的失散后裔——科学家们获得了新的证据，证明这位总统曾与他的黑人女仆莎莉·赫明斯育有子女，而且他们的血脉至今仍流淌在全国各地。

The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson - Scientists have new proof that the President had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country. (www.newyorker.com)

248. 查理·柯克校园丑闻的余波——全国各地的学生和教职员工因对这位保守派活动家遇害事件的反应而受到惩罚。德克萨斯理工大学法学院的一名应届毕业生仍在努力洗清自己的名声。

The Fallout of a Charlie Kirk Campus Scandal - Students and faculty across the country were punished for their reactions to the conservative activist’s murder. A recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name. (www.newyorker.com)

249. 《等待杰斯》——在这位说唱歌手于洋基体育场举办的场场售罄的演出以及HBO播出的八集纪录片中，他再次证明了自己的独一无二。

Waiting for Jay-Z - In a sold-out run at Yankee Stadium and an eight-part documentary on HBO, the rapper makes the latest case for his own singularity. (www.newyorker.com)

250. 芭芭拉·金索尔夫眼中小说的作用——这位全美最受欢迎的小说家之一创作了她所称的“社会参与型小说”。在她的新书中，她探讨了艺术的作用——以及艺术究竟为谁而存在。

What Barbara Kingsolver Believes the Novel Can Do - One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In her new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for. (www.newyorker.com)

251. 埃尔南·迪亚兹的宏大实验——在这部名为《Ply》的小说中，这位普利策奖得主描绘了一座满目疮痍的纽约、一个支离破碎的社会，以及存在的终极形态。

Hernan Diaz’s Grand Experiment - In the novel “Ply,” the Pulitzer Prize winner imagines a ruined New York, a fractured society, and the ultimate structure of existence. (www.newyorker.com)

252. 标点符号的神奇力量——几个世纪以来，逗号、破折号、分号和空格一直影响着我们的阅读方式。当机器开始构句时，会发生什么呢？

The Curious Power of Punctuation - Commas, dashes, semicolons, and spaces have shaped how we read for centuries. What happens when machines start crafting the sentences? (www.newyorker.com)

253. “生育率下滑”的真正原因是什么？——人们表示，他们希望生育的孩子比实际生育的更多。是现代生活阻碍了他们，还是我们对美好生活的观念发生了变化？

What’s Really Behind the Baby Bust? - People say they want more children than they’re having. Is modern life stopping them—or have our ideas about a good life changed? (www.newyorker.com)

254. 巴里·布利特（Barry Blitt）的《拔掉插头》（Pulling the Plug）——人工智能的“杀毒开关”是否可行？

Barry Blitt’s “Pulling the Plug” - Is an A.I. kill switch possible? (www.newyorker.com)

255. 今天加沙的生活究竟是怎样的——停火近一年后，分析人士贾瑟·阿布·穆萨阐述了重建面临的障碍，以及他自己家庭所遭受的创伤。

What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today - Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser Abu Mousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family. (www.newyorker.com)

256. 爱荷华州的民粹主义复兴——在州长和参议员席位的激烈角逐中，两党的候选人都声称自己正在与腐败体制作斗争。

A Populist Revival in Iowa - In close contests for governor and a Senate seat, candidates from both parties claim that they’re fighting a corrupt system. (www.newyorker.com)

257. 《奥尼尔扣篮联盟》幕后——这位篮球传奇人物主办的扣篮大赛于今夏拉开帷幕，其中一位明星选手格外引人注目——他就是27岁的诗歌爱好者麦克·麦克伦。

Inside Shaq’s League of Dunkers - The basketball legend’s dunking tournament launched this summer, with a clear star—a twenty-seven-year-old poetry lover named Mac McClung. (www.newyorker.com)

258. 与乔治亚·奥克利一起学习如何渴望——新版《理智与情感》电影的导演在《正常人》女主角黛西·埃德加-琼斯的协助下，畅谈如何向Z世代推广简·奥斯汀的作品。

Learning to Yearn with Georgia Oakley - The director of the new “Sense and Sensibility” film chats about marketing Jane Austen for Gen Z, with a little help from “Normal People” ’s Daisy Edgar-Jones. (www.newyorker.com)

259. 《盐的回归》——马克·库兰斯基2002年的畅销书再次跻身榜单，这都要归功于一位从未吃过土豆饼的年轻TikTok用户。

The Return of “Salt” - Mark Kurlansky’s 2002 best-seller is back on the list, all thanks to a young TikToker who’s never had a latke. (www.newyorker.com)

260. 人工智能凌驾于法律之上吗？——我们的法律体系尚未做好应对自主行动的机器的准备。

Is A.I. Above the Law? - Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own. (www.newyorker.com)

261. 简评书评——《马耳他版本》、《那个夏天的尽头》、《柏林：过去与现在》和《让·图默》。

Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Maltese Version,” “That Summer’s End,” “Berlin Before and After,” and “Jean Toomer.” (www.newyorker.com)

262. 汤姆·布雷迪的“终局”——一部新传记认为，这位明星四分卫的离婚是他最大的失误。

Tom Brady’s Endgame - A new biography argues that the star quarterback’s divorce was his biggest fumble. (www.newyorker.com)

263. 我为何要无保护独攀埃尔卡皮坦——当你们中的一些人问我，是否愿意在仅靠指尖悬挂、面临死亡威胁之际记录下我的所思所想时，我想：为什么不呢？

Why I Free-Solo El Capitan - When some of you asked if I’d record my thoughts as I hang by my fingertips over my impending death, I thought, Why not? (www.newyorker.com)

264. 我们的人工智能问题——为什么那些创造了这项技术的人——这项技术已经证明了另一个世界是可能的——却不能采取一些措施来防止人类灭绝呢？

Our A.I. Problem - Why can’t the people who produced the technology, which has already shown that a different world is possible, just do the things that would prevent extinction? (www.newyorker.com)

265. 餐厅点评：《Ugly Baby》——这家备受喜爱的布鲁克林餐厅重磅回归，为沉醉于泰国辛辣风味之中的这座城市奉上美食。

Restaurant Review: Ugly Baby - The beloved Brooklyn restaurant is back to serve a city in the thrall of Thai spiciness. (www.newyorker.com)

266. 丹尼尔·波皮克的《债务》——“这究竟是怎样的债务，其货币竟是睡眠？”

“Debt,” by Daniel Poppick - “What debt is this whose currency is sleep?” (www.newyorker.com)

267. 莎拉·安德森的《黑马》——每天至少一次，我会按下“像淤青一样的思绪”这个按钮；即使我不按，它最终还是会自动播放起来。

“Dark Horse,” by Sarah Anderson - At least once a day I press the Thought like a bruise, and if I don’t it eventually starts to play anyway. (www.newyorker.com)

268. 莎拉·安德森谈如何摆脱 intrusive thoughts——作者探讨了她的作品《Dark Horse》。

Sarah Anderson on Relief from Intrusive Thoughts - The author discusses her story “Dark Horse.” (www.newyorker.com)

269. 莎伦·霍根，自传体小说作家——这位电视编剧兼演员谈“夹心一代”、荧幕上的爱情，以及与自己的剧集一同走过岁月。

Sharon Horgan, Autofiction Auteur - The TV writer-actor on the sandwich generation, finding love onscreen, and growing older with her shows. (www.newyorker.com)

270. 莎拉·安德森朗读《黑马》——作者朗读了她发表在2026年9月28日刊上的这篇故事。

Sarah Anderson Reads “Dark Horse” - The author reads her story from the September 28, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

271. 梅丽莎·布罗德的《花园》——“我身处伊甸园。上帝的光芒／轻抚着树叶。”

“Garden,” by Melissa Broder - “I was in Eden. God’s light / Tongued the leaves.” (www.newyorker.com)

272. 托马斯和卡瓦诺听证会以“事实剧场”的形式重现——纪录剧《福特/希尔计划》虽记录了近期事件，但它本身是当下的产物：在公民紧迫感这一理念正逐渐失势的当下，这是一部行动主义戏剧。

The Thomas and Kavanaugh Hearings Restaged as a Theatre of Fact - “The Ford/Hill Project,” a documentary play, may capture recent events, but it’s a product of the present: activist theatre in a moment when the idea of civic urgency is losing purchase. (www.newyorker.com)

273. 难以捉摸的麦莉·赛勒斯——这位歌手曾展现过性感、质朴、迷幻以及迪士尼式的纯真风格。在她的新专辑《Bass Persuades》中，她彻底融入了舞池。

The Unknowable Miley Cyrus - The singer has been raunchy, folksy, psychedelic, Disney-clean. On her new album, “Bass Persuades,” she disappears onto the dance floor. (www.newyorker.com)

274. 胡塞武装为何是沙特阿拉伯的问题——当也门胡塞武装夺取红海上一处对沙特石油运输至关重要的战略要冲时，美国选择不进行干预。

Why the Houthis Are Saudi Arabia’s Problem - The U.S. opted not to intervene as Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized a major choke point for Saudi oil shipments on the Red Sea. (www.newyorker.com)

275. 莉娜·邓纳姆的《Famesick》是一部关于电影人涉足电视行业的警示之作——在记录《女孩们》的制作过程时，邓纳姆的回忆录揭示了从独立电影制作的自由转向电视行业的商业要求的代价。

Lena Dunham’s “Famesick” Is a Cautionary Tale of Filmmakers Doing TV - In chronicling the making of “Girls,” Dunham’s memoir reveals the cost of moving from the freedom of independent filmmaking to the corporate demands of television. (www.newyorker.com)

276. 以色列的“卡塔尔门”丑闻——本雅明·内塔尼亚胡的助手们是否向外国势力兜售了影响力？

Israel’s Qatargate Scandal - Did Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power? (www.newyorker.com)

277. 教室应该更像健身房吗？——随着人工智能对学术领域施加越来越大的压力，我们或许可以借鉴这样一个地方：在那里，过程本身就是一种回报。

Should the Classroom Be More Like the Gym? - As A.I. presses harder on the academic enterprise, we might look to a place where process is its own reward. (www.newyorker.com)

278. 苏珊娜·霍夫斯的歌单里都有谁？——在卡莱尔咖啡馆驻唱演出前夕，这位“班格尔斯”乐队的主唱透露了她的演出曲目，其中包括一首王子（Prince）的歌曲以及她新专辑《The List》中的曲目——这张专辑的创作灵感源自她的一连串前男友。

Who’s on Susanna Hoffs’s List? - On the eve of her residence at Café Carlyle, the Bangles singer dishes on her set list, which includes a Prince song and tracks from her new album, “The List,” inspired by a string of old boyfriends. (www.newyorker.com)

279. Grandmaster Flash 谈《一种文化的诞生》——这位 DJ 解释了他如何研发出一些唱片机创新技术，这些技术最终催生了我们今天所熟知的嘻哈音乐，并阐述了为何“狂暴五人组”的最大热门单曲竟成了他们走向衰落的开端。

Grandmaster Flash on “Birth of a Culture” - The d.j. explains how he worked out some of the turntable innovations that led to hip-hop as we know it, and why the Furious Five’s biggest hit was the beginning of the end. (www.newyorker.com)

280. 马尔科姆·格拉德威尔论“美国式的杀戮”——这位《纽约客》特约撰稿人剖析了美国在枪支暴力方面面临的独特问题，并阐述了他认为警力不足是这一问题根源的原因。

Malcolm Gladwell on “The American Way of Killing” - The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem. (www.newyorker.com)

281. 新的露西·莱特比报告偏离了重点——瑟尔沃尔调查委员会调查了为何未能阻止这名护士杀害婴儿，但并未探讨她是否确实犯下了这一罪行。

The New Lucy Letby Report Misses the Point - The Thirlwall Inquiry looked at why the nurse wasn’t prevented from murdering babies. But it didn’t address the question of whether she had actually done so. (www.newyorker.com)

282. 每日漫画：9月18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, September 18th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

283. 一位“反特朗普派”和一位民主党人谈如何彻底击败“让美国再次伟大”（MAGA）运动——莎拉·朗韦尔的《如何吃掉一头大象》和亚当·詹特尔森的《超级多数》探讨了如何击败“特朗普主义”。

A Never Trumper and a Democrat on Beating MAGA for Good - Sarah Longwell’s “How to Eat an Elephant” and Adam Jentleson’s “Supermajority” grapple with how to defeat Trumpism. (www.newyorker.com)

284. 阻止山火的绵羊——成群的牲畜正在啃食那些长得过高、难以触及的植被，否则这些植被可能会成为山火的燃料。

The Sheep That Stop Wildfires - Herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms. (www.newyorker.com)

285. 为什么中国对人工智能并不感到存在危机——中国对这项技术的担忧与美国的担忧日益不同。这对国际合作意味着什么？

Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I. - China’s fears about the technology are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation? (www.newyorker.com)

286. 纽约电影节的“电影世界”单元——此外还有：Bikini Kill乐队的朋克摇滚狂欢、纽约市芭蕾舞团的秋季演出季、澳大利亚单人喜剧《加里·斯塔尔：经典企鹅》等。

New York Film Festival’s World of Cinema - Also: the punk-rock ruckus of Bikini Kill, New York City Ballet’s fall season, the Australian solo comedy “Garry Starr: Classic Penguins,” and more. (www.newyorker.com)

287. 当科技巨头接管课堂时，我们失去了什么——娜塔莎·辛格的著作《编程儿童》追踪了公立学校如何被私营企业所迷惑，从而为当今教育科技领域的反噬埋下了伏笔。

What We Lost When Big Tech Took Over the Classroom - Natasha Singer’s book “Coding Kids” tracks how public schools were bewitched by private corporations, setting the stage for the ed-tech backlash of today. (www.newyorker.com)

288. 牛肉会成为下一个“内燃机”吗？——小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪每天都吃牛肉，但面对物价上涨和又一则气候警告，越来越多的美国人或许会想在晚餐时换点别的。

Is Beef the Next Internal-Combustion Engine? - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats it every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner. (www.newyorker.com)

289. 《纽约客》对2026年美国国家图书奖小说类提名作品的报道——马龙·詹姆斯、路易丝·埃尔德里奇、埃德维奇·丹蒂卡特等。

The New Yorker’s Coverage of the 2026 National Book Award Fiction Nominees - Marlon James, Louise Erdrich, Edwidge Danticat, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

290. 每日漫画：9月17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, September 17th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

291. 那种“开学”的感觉——随着师生重返课堂，《Critics at Large》节目的主持人们对教育这门艺术本身进行了反思。

That Back-to-School Feeling - With teachers and students returning to the classroom, the hosts of Critics at Large reflect on the art of education itself. (www.newyorker.com)

292. 给父母的秋季电视节目预览——你考虑过在 MS NOW 上观看“每天六小时的 MSNBC”吗（或者看福克斯新闻，这取决于你父母的具体喜好）？

Your Parents’ Fall TV Preview - Have you considered “Six Hours a Day of MSNBC” on MS NOW (or Fox News, depending on your specific parents)? (www.newyorker.com)

293. 在旧秩序崩溃之际，唐纳德·特朗普重返联合国——特朗普正处于这一地缘政治时刻的核心，他通过破坏盟友关系的霸凌行径、无端挑起战争的行为以及保护主义的煽动言论，成为这一局势的催化剂。

Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order - Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery. (www.newyorker.com)

294. 人工智能究竟会如何杀死我们？——人工智能公司的员工正越来越多地敲响警钟。我们该如何看待他们的警告？

How, Exactly, Could A.I. Kill Us? - Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings? (www.newyorker.com)

295. 每日漫画：9月16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, September 16th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

296. 艾米莉·圣约翰·曼德尔这部行文流畅的新作——《告别派对》是一部带有科幻色彩的优雅犯罪小说。

Emily St. John Mandel’s Fluid New Novel - “Exit Party” is an elegant crime story with sci-fi shadings. (www.newyorker.com)

297. 孕早期令人不安的模糊性——二元检测给人一种确定性的错觉，但怀孕是一个非线性的过程，确认怀孕的过程，其实就是逐步排除所有其他可能性的过程。

The Unsettling Ambiguity of Early Pregnancy - Binary tests offer an illusion of certainty, but pregnancy is a nonlinear experience, and confirming one is a process of slowly ruling out all other possibilities. (www.newyorker.com)

298. 简·奥斯汀作品新书目——包括《脑残第三空间》和《接地气又有氛围》。

Updated Jane Austen Titles - Including “Brain-Rot Third Space” and “Based and Vibey.” (www.newyorker.com)

299. 《混凝土的历史》为物质世界赋予了人性——约翰·威尔逊这部充满奇思妙想的首部纪录长片，揭示了这种无处不在的建筑材料的社会本质及其背后的政治利害关系。

“The History of Concrete” Humanizes the Material World - John Wilson’s whimsical first documentary feature reveals the social essence, and the political stakes, of the ubiquitous stuff of construction. (www.newyorker.com)

300. 我与人工智能代理共度的周末——具有代理能力的AI最擅长优化那些流程，而就在不久前，这些流程还被视为曾经的模拟体验中已经达到极致优化的版本。

My Weekend with an A.I. Agent - What agentic A.I. is best at is optimizing processes that, not too long ago, were presented as the already maximally optimized version of a once analog experience. (www.newyorker.com)