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Our Issue Eighteen launch party is tonight! See you there.
Join us on October 8 at Tavern 29 starting at 7 p.m. to celebrate the launch of Issue Eighteen! Print subscribers get in free.
October 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Our Issue Eighteen launch party is tonight! See you there.
Our Issue Eighteen launch party is this week! Featuring readings from @lorakelley.bsky.social, @seamus-malekafzali.com, @benpurkert.bsky.social and more.
Join us on October 8 at Tavern 29 starting at 7 p.m. to celebrate the launch of Issue Eighteen! Print subscribers get in free.
October 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Our Issue Eighteen launch party is this week! Featuring readings from @lorakelley.bsky.social, @seamus-malekafzali.com, @benpurkert.bsky.social and more.
In Ismail Ibrahim’s Issue Eighteen short story, a beautiful boy entices a patient at a Midwestern rehab center to drive with him to California. Read online today.
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Pacific | Fiction
A short story by Ismail Ibrahim from Issue Eighteen.
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October 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
In Ismail Ibrahim’s Issue Eighteen short story, a beautiful boy entices a patient at a Midwestern rehab center to drive with him to California. Read online today.
www.thedriftmag.com/pacific/
www.thedriftmag.com/pacific/
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October 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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“Protein is a wellness trend. As a nutritionist, it just seems weird to me.” In our Issue Eighteen interview, Marion Nestle spoke to us about what it would really mean to make America healthy.
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“Nobody Is Minding the Store” | An Interview with Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle on MAHA, supplements, GLP-1s, the long tail of the pandemic, the state of nutrition, and more.
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October 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“Protein is a wellness trend. As a nutritionist, it just seems weird to me.” In our Issue Eighteen interview, Marion Nestle spoke to us about what it would really mean to make America healthy.
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Sophie's September advice column considers the mutual repulsion between phones and plot and what that means for L-O-V-E newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/can-the-ap...
Can the apps appear in my love story?
The Drift’s advice column #7
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September 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Sophie's September advice column considers the mutual repulsion between phones and plot and what that means for L-O-V-E newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/can-the-ap...
In the September installment of her advice column, Sophie Haigney responds to a reader who struggles to imagine digital technology finding a place in a compelling love story.
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Can the apps appear in my love story?
The Drift’s advice column #7
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September 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
In the September installment of her advice column, Sophie Haigney responds to a reader who struggles to imagine digital technology finding a place in a compelling love story.
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To mark the publication today of his new book “Man in the Mirror,” @anandwrites.bsky.social spoke with @madeleineebaker.bsky.social about Daniel Penny’s killing of Jordan Neely and the “chronic hum of dehumanization” that pervades our society.
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"The emotional inner life of an authoritarian age"
Anand Giridharadas in conversation with Madeleine Baker
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September 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
To mark the publication today of his new book “Man in the Mirror,” @anandwrites.bsky.social spoke with @madeleineebaker.bsky.social about Daniel Penny’s killing of Jordan Neely and the “chronic hum of dehumanization” that pervades our society.
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Reporting from Budapest's Danube Institute as Viktor Orban's rule unravels, this piece traces how US and European conservatives treated Hungary as a model for using state power against liberal institutions.
By @briankgoodman.bsky.social in @thedriftmag.com
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By @briankgoodman.bsky.social in @thedriftmag.com
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The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
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September 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Reporting from Budapest's Danube Institute as Viktor Orban's rule unravels, this piece traces how US and European conservatives treated Hungary as a model for using state power against liberal institutions.
By @briankgoodman.bsky.social in @thedriftmag.com
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By @briankgoodman.bsky.social in @thedriftmag.com
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“Today, it feels like the Muslim community has been seriously politically emboldened.” Read Krithika Varagur’s interview with Aber Kawas, poised to become the first Palestinian-American state senator in New York history.
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"We no longer feel like we need to hide"
A Q&A with 2026 New York State Senate candidate Aber Kawas
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September 24, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“Today, it feels like the Muslim community has been seriously politically emboldened.” Read Krithika Varagur’s interview with Aber Kawas, poised to become the first Palestinian-American state senator in New York history.
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OUT NOW! We're so excited to support the writers contributing Issue 18 of @thedriftmag.com!
In it, you’ll find essays, biopics, and more, as well as new fiction, poetry, Mentions, anonymous Dispatches on A.I., and an interview with Marion Nestle.
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In it, you’ll find essays, biopics, and more, as well as new fiction, poetry, Mentions, anonymous Dispatches on A.I., and an interview with Marion Nestle.
Learn more: degrootfoundation.org/the-drift-is...
September 22, 2026 at 7:03 PM
OUT NOW! We're so excited to support the writers contributing Issue 18 of @thedriftmag.com!
In it, you’ll find essays, biopics, and more, as well as new fiction, poetry, Mentions, anonymous Dispatches on A.I., and an interview with Marion Nestle.
Learn more: degrootfoundation.org/the-drift-is...
In it, you’ll find essays, biopics, and more, as well as new fiction, poetry, Mentions, anonymous Dispatches on A.I., and an interview with Marion Nestle.
Learn more: degrootfoundation.org/the-drift-is...
The “postliberal” intellectual scene that thrived in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary has often been characterized as mere regime propaganda. But when @briankgoodman.bsky.social visited himself, he found something more complex — and more troubling.
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The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
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September 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The “postliberal” intellectual scene that thrived in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary has often been characterized as mere regime propaganda. But when @briankgoodman.bsky.social visited himself, he found something more complex — and more troubling.
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This is good, and has an appropriately acid punchline. www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
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September 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM
This is good, and has an appropriately acid punchline. www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
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Killer first graf from Brian Goodman in this essay on Hungary for @thedriftmag.com www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Killer first graf from Brian Goodman in this essay on Hungary for @thedriftmag.com www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
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Unnamed literary agent in @thedriftmag.com's anonymous AI confessional. (love this format.)
September 18, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Unnamed literary agent in @thedriftmag.com's anonymous AI confessional. (love this format.)
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In the coming weeks we'll be spotlighting each contribution to Issue Eighteen of @thedriftmag.com. First up: anonymous Dispatches on A.I. www.thedriftmag.com/into-the-fun...
September 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
In the coming weeks we'll be spotlighting each contribution to Issue Eighteen of @thedriftmag.com. First up: anonymous Dispatches on A.I. www.thedriftmag.com/into-the-fun...
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Great piece
To learn more about postliberalism, @briankgoodman.bsky.social infiltrates Budapest’s Danube Institute in the last days of the Orbán regime.
www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
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The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
www.thedriftmag.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Great piece
In Issue Eighteen’s Dispatches section, a group of anonymous contributors — including novelists, academics, doctors, organizers, and more — report on how they are using, not using, or being pushed to use A.I.
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Into the Funhouse Mirror | Anonymous A.I. Confessional
Fourteen anonymous contributors share how they’re using, not using, or being forced to use A.I.
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September 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In Issue Eighteen’s Dispatches section, a group of anonymous contributors — including novelists, academics, doctors, organizers, and more — report on how they are using, not using, or being pushed to use A.I.
www.thedriftmag.com/into-the-fun...
www.thedriftmag.com/into-the-fun...
Join us on October 8 at Tavern 29 starting at 7 p.m. to celebrate the launch of Issue Eighteen! Print subscribers get in free.
September 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Join us on October 8 at Tavern 29 starting at 7 p.m. to celebrate the launch of Issue Eighteen! Print subscribers get in free.
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It turns out "infiltrating" the Danube Institute mostly requires filling out an online registration form.
That, and eating a lot of dry pastries.
The essay is finally out in @thedriftmag.com
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That, and eating a lot of dry pastries.
The essay is finally out in @thedriftmag.com
www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
www.thedriftmag.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
It turns out "infiltrating" the Danube Institute mostly requires filling out an online registration form.
That, and eating a lot of dry pastries.
The essay is finally out in @thedriftmag.com
www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
That, and eating a lot of dry pastries.
The essay is finally out in @thedriftmag.com
www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
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One of the stranger experiences of my life! Thanks to the wonderful editors @thedriftmag.com. Happy (and just a little scared) to finally share it...
To learn more about postliberalism, @briankgoodman.bsky.social infiltrates Budapest’s Danube Institute in the last days of the Orbán regime.
www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
www.thedriftmag.com/the-last-day...
The Last Days of the Danube Institute | A Report from Postliberal Budapest
By Brian Goodman. In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s defeat, Budapest’s postliberals face end times.
www.thedriftmag.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
One of the stranger experiences of my life! Thanks to the wonderful editors @thedriftmag.com. Happy (and just a little scared) to finally share it...
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Our new issue also contains a Mention from me
September 14, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Our new issue also contains a Mention from me
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🚨ISSUE EIGHTEEN OF THE DRIFT IS NOW ONLINE🚨 www.thedriftmag.com/issue/issue-...
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Issue 18 of The Drift
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September 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Issue Eighteen is here! 🧵
September 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Issue Eighteen is here! 🧵
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