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Plus: Cory Booker speaks about the violence in El Paso and Dayton, and how social media shapes our identity. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Silicon Valley The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News Can a human touch make Silicon Valley’s biggest discussion forum a more thoughtful place? By Anna Wiener Dispatch Cory Booker Tries to Meet the Moral Moment At a church targeted, in 2015, by a white-supremacist gunman, the Presidential candidate spoke about the sweep of last weekend’s violence. By Eric Lach Dispatch Trump’s Visit to El Paso Energizes His Opponents The protesters who organized in response to the President’s arrival vowed to repudiate him at the ballot box. By Charles Bethea Elements Is Ebola Evolving Into a Deadlier Virus? Researchers wonder whether genetic mutations have facilitated the spread of the virus that has infected thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By Richard Preston Under Review How Social Media Shapes Our Identity The Internet constantly confronts us with evidence of our past. Are we losing the chance to remake ourselves? By Nausicaa Renner More in Culture Postscript David Berman Made Us Feel Less Alone The songwriter, who died on Wednesday, brought us music that was plainspoken, clever, genial. He sounded like a man at peace with a dark depression. By Sarah Larson Watch “Letterkenny,” an Exquisitely Weird Canadian Sitcom In the surreal comedy, insults and wordplay run so rapid-fire, and deliver such satisfying comic payoff, that it’s hardly worth watching without the subtitles on. By Helen Rosner Remembering Toni Morrison Page-Turner What Our Mothers Couldn’t Say Morrison invalidated the lie, which taints black minds especially, that our people are either one way or the other. To her, we were naturally literary and epic. By Doreen St. Félix Page-Turner A Semester with Toni Morrison Great writers are always grand readers, and watching Morrison go at other authors’ texts was a rare pleasure. By Troy Patterson Cover Story Kara Walker’s Toni Morrison For the cover of next week’s issue, the artist pays tribute to Morrison, and to the shadow that she leaves behind. By Françoise Mouly Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts How to Motivate Me During an Exercise Class Say something about toxins. Anything. Say “parabens.” By Ellie Shechet Daily Cartoon Thursday, August 8th By Felipe Galindo Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.