Raising Felix: Google Misunderstood

March 26, 2025

More Humor and Cartoons

I’ll start this new project just as soon as all conditions in my life are perfect.
More precise names for the “Personal Life” section on Wikipedia.
Tough-guy things I can do because I don’t wear a face mask.
It’s becoming pretty clear that something is going on with the crossword constructor.
I’m a teacher and I do, in fact, live at school.
Hinder: a dating app for emotionally unavailable men.

Julia Wertz, a cartoonist, has published graphic novels including “Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story.” She has contributed to The New Yorker since 2015.

Poems

“One Vessel”

“I’ve had the time of my life, friends, / living quietly like a snail in a pocket.”

By Henri Cole

Poems

“Mushroom Hunting at the Ski Basin”

“In this life, if you do not know what you are looking for, // how can you find it?”

By Arthur Sze

On the Mat

Alabaster DePlume Grapples with It

The saxophonist and jazz poet (real name Angus Fairbairn) hit the jujitsu mat at a Wall Street dojo.

By Nick Paumgarten

Poems

“Day One”

“Been a long while now coming up / Thought we were past it, thought we’d patched it up.”

By Flock of Dimes

Poems

“Against the Encroaching Grays”

“I held up the femur / of a grasshopper.”

By C. D. Wright

Poems

“Woman in a Landscape”

“Naked, I wanted / to be useful to her in the color fields / of July and August.”

By Robin Becker

Critics at Large

Critics at Large Live: The Right to Get It Wrong

The hundred-year history of The New Yorker includes reviews that anointed now classic works—as well as some that feel wildly out of step today. But is going against the grain such a bad thing?

Humor

And Deliver Us from Elon

Just because you are no longer a practicing Catholic doesn’t mean you can’t go to church and get your throat blessed, right?

By Mary Norris

The Weekend Essay

Your A.I. Lover Will Change You

A future where many humans are in love with bots may not be far off. Should we regard them as training grounds for healthy relationships or as nihilistic traps?

By Jaron Lanier

Shouts & Murmurs

Mixed Signals

Who says there are no historical precedents for accidentally including a journalist on top-secret war plans?

By Anthony Lane

The Food Scene

Helen, Help Me: Should I Be Cooking with Ostrich Eggs?

Our food critic answers a reader’s question about alternatives to the beleaguered chicken egg.

By Helen Rosner

Persons of Interest

The Game Designer Playing Through His Own Psyche

Davey Wreden found acclaim in his twenties, with the Stanley Parable and the Beginner’s Guide. His new game, Wanderstop, grapples with the depression that followed.

By Christopher Byrd