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This is a newsletter by Ingrid Burrington. Every Sunday, you get a collection of the best sentences I've come across all week. That's pretty much the whole idea. Pay what you want, if you can—this newsletter is not exactly part of my work hustle, but the distraction of financial anxiety does often contribute to my own sentences being merely pretty good rather than perfect.
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Perfect Sentences, 158
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Published: January 4, 2026 16:40
A minor housekeeping note for submissions: I'm trying out receiving newsletter replies in the Buttondown interface to avoid losing track of submissions in my general-email inbox. This sort of works, except that it only displays email addresses and not…
Perfect Sentences, 157
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Published: December 28, 2025 13:55
The sudden invention of phantom procedures is one of the more despicable attempts to disguise my firing as a matter of protocol rather than politics. "How Gaza Broke the Art World", David Velasco for Equator "Most quoted on socials" is not always a proxy…
Perfect Sentences, 156
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Published: December 21, 2025 15:23
What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers. Barbara Kruger responding to a request for comment about a trademark lawsuit filed by Supreme against a competitor It's been over a decade since Kruger issued this comment (via emailing a a Word file…
Perfect Sentences, 155
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Published: December 14, 2025 14:54
Perhaps all they are preventing is the possibility of their own credibility. "On Becoming a Cop-Hater", Joan Didion As quoted in an essay by Scott Saul for Dispatches. Some people open mouth cough, and that’s just how it is. "Everyone is Gambling and No…
Perfect Sentences, 154
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Published: December 7, 2025 14:55
I submitted my dissertation manuscript on December 5th! I will find out by December 12th whether or not it is "defensible"! Thank you to all the people who have sent encouraging comments over the last few weeks and months. I am excited to read fiction and…
Perfect Sentences, 153
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Published: November 30, 2025 14:17
I turn in my dissertation manuscript this Friday, which means last week was mostly editing my own sentences. Given the deadline, the I'm aiming for "defensible" sentences in the manuscript more than perfect, so it's not been a very inspired week. Thanks…
Perfect Sentences, 152
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Published: November 23, 2025 14:20
It really is the greatest business plan in the history of capitalism: “We will create God and then ask it for money.” "OpenAI Has a Business Plann", Matt Levine for Bloomberg Submitted by Wesley. Mother Nature doesn't call, doesn't speak to you, although…
Perfect Sentences, 151
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Published: November 16, 2025 14:52
babies are born worshipping unknown gods @reki.gay on Bluesky Submitted by Kelsey. This has been memed as an official Dwarf Fortress bug report comment, but the actual bug report does not use this phrase. All credit to Reki! All that remains today is an…
Perfect Sentences, 150
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Published: November 9, 2025 15:09
I say my dog because this experience taught me something about fascists: if you don't admit to owning the world's stray dogs, they'll shoot them. "My Life Under Fascism, or Franco Killed My Dog", William Gibson for Space Junk (Light spoiler for those who…
Perfect Sentences, 149
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Published: November 2, 2025 16:09
The good news is I am currently writing the conclusion to my dissertation, which is to say the end is in sight! The bad news is now I must uh, draw conclusions, and the conclusion cannot be "I am so burned out by academia, why must we pretend this matters…