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    A Controversial Rare-Book Dealer Tries to Rewrite His Own Ending

    (www.newyorker.com)
    42 points acabal | 11 comments | 22 Oct 24 03:20 UTC | HN request time: 1.017s | source | bottom
    1. tptacek ◴[22 Oct 24 04:43 UTC] No.41911264[source]▶
    "Keenly attuned to his guests’ networks and net worths" is a cute turn of phrase.

    Watch out for this story, it'll suck you in.

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    2. parkcedar ◴[22 Oct 24 05:12 UTC] No.41911380[source]▶
    https://archive.is/v4CBl
    3. ballooney ◴[22 Oct 24 05:14 UTC] No.41911388[source]▶
    Exactly the sort of darling that that my college tutor would have said needed to be killed. “Yes, I know you’re very proud of it…”
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    4. brg ◴[22 Oct 24 05:15 UTC] No.41911394[source]▶
    Charges dropped.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/nyregion/don-henley-eagle...

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    5. ajdlinux ◴[22 Oct 24 06:01 UTC] No.41911589[source]▶
    I have just lost an hour of my workday. A good longform profile of a single controversial character will do that to me.
    6. kleiba ◴[22 Oct 24 07:37 UTC] No.41912062[source]▶
    https://archive.is/5Wu3G
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    7. a1o ◴[22 Oct 24 09:00 UTC] No.41912468[source]▶
    This magazine shows a pop that makes Safari ignore the gesture to go back, can't scroll up to go back to the address bar. For people using Safari on iPhone, is there any secret gesture to kill a tab like this?
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    8. verisimi ◴[22 Oct 24 09:03 UTC] No.41912479{3}[source]▶
    I love this line:

    > Rick Gekoski, a book dealer who did business with Mr. Horowitz, described him in 2007 as “a terrific combination of a scholar and a grifter.”

    9. ycombinete ◴[22 Oct 24 09:10 UTC] No.41912516[source]▶
    Put it into reader mode as soon as the page loads, before the pop-up spawns.
    10. stavros ◴[22 Oct 24 09:38 UTC] No.41912670{3}[source]▶
    Why would they say that it needs to be killed? To what end?