— Lewis Hamilton: The F1 Superstar on Racism, His Future, and the Shocker That Cost Him a Championship - Chris Heath, Vanity Fair, Aug. 8, 2022
“Before this final race of the Formula 1 season, Hamilton and the much younger Dutch firebrand Max Verstappen were tied on points. Whoever finished ahead of the other in Abu Dhabi would become champion—and if it was Hamilton, he would be the first man in history to win eight world championships. With five laps to go, Hamilton was leading Verstappen by 11 seconds. Barring a random puncture or a sudden engine failure, it was hard to imagine what could go wrong. And hard to believe as it did.”
— Don’t Mess With Megan - Ashley C. Ford, The Cut, Aug. 29, 2022
“And the 18 tracks on Traumazine are full of those stories. Listening to it doesn’t sound like walking with her through something — it feels like driving around with her through her hood, going back and forth between laughing and letting each other into our innermost thoughts. It’s like meeting up with a friend whose day started all wrong and finding ways to remind them who they are, who they’ve been, and that you’re both going to make it to the other side.”
— AOC's Fight for the Future - Wesley Lowery, GQ, Sept. 7, 2022
“For a fleeting moment in front of the Supreme Court, it was possible to see the full, complicated public totality of the woman we’ve come to know as “AOC”: a 32-year-old second-term congresswoman representing one of the country’s most diverse districts. A certified celebrity. Arguably more famous than any other person in American politics without the last name Obama or Trump; beloved and loathed at competing ends of the political spectrum. Constitutionally opposed to sitting down, shutting up, and conforming to the patriotic play-theater of Washington. The right wing’s night terror in the flesh. To many foot soldiers of the fractured, contradictory coalition that is the progressive left, she represents something singular: the future. A revolutionary on the rise. The clear heir to an ascendant progressive movement. The best and possibly last—depending on how quickly some combination of fascism, religious fundamentalism, and climate change comes for us all—chance; a source of hope that things can get better in their lifetimes.”
Now reading: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Now listening: Hollywood - Thornhill