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Plus: Republican officials have to start telling the truth; the movement for a new North Korea; and “Emily in Paris.” View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Technology The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done How personal productivity transformed work—and failed to. By Cal Newport Daily Comment Republican Officials Have to Start Telling Their Voters the Truth How voters evaluate Trump’s statements of election fraud depends, to a significant degree, on what they hear from the people they voted for down the ballot. By Amy Davidson Sorkin From the Magazine A Reporter at Large The Underground Movement Trying to Topple the North Korean Regime Adrian Hong says he leads a group of “freedom fighters” conducting a revolution. Has the U.S. already betrayed them? By Suki Kim PAID POST Howl’s Moving Castle | The perfect gift from The Folio Society Diana Wynne Jones’s fantastical tale, immortalised by the Studio Ghibli film, is now available as a beautiful collector’s edition from The Folio Society. ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ features enchanting, award-winning illustrations by Marie-Alice Harel. Annals of the Presidency Annals of the Presidency A President Looks Back on His Toughest Fight Barack Obama’s new memoir, “A Promised Land,” was released today. In this exclusive excerpt, Obama tells the story behind his Administration’s most enduring—and most contested—legacy: reforming American health care. By Barack Obama Culture and More Cultural Comment “Emily in Paris” and the Rise of Ambient TV In its recent programming, Netflix is pioneering a genre of television that you don’t have to pay attention to in order to enjoy. By Kyle Chayka Video Dept. How to Draw Intrusive Thoughts These are the kinds of thoughts that make you truly believe that you’ll never sleep again, until you do, and then spend the next day laughing at your midnight self. By Emma Allen and Jason Adam Katzenstein The Front Row “Beethoven for One” Boldly Imagines a New Kind of Concert A recent series of chamber-music performances, for audiences of one or just a few people at a time, could point a way forward for classical music after the pandemic. By Richard Brody The Other Coast Cazzie David’s Existential Dread On a stroll through the Hollywood Forever cemetery, the daughter of the “Seinfeld” creator Larry David discusses her new book of essays about self-doubt, anxiety, and other youthful preoccupations. By Naomi Fry Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Invoices for Various Recent Acts of Emotional Labor Item: Teaching a male friend that women do not pee out of their vaginas. Total: $46.44. By Brooke Knisley Daily Cartoon Tuesday, November 17th By Brooke Bourgeois This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.