Tobias Carroll

1 week ago | insidehook.com | Tobias Carroll

In 2024, General Motors made a bold decision regarding its BrightDrop branch, which specializes in electric delivery vans. While it had previously been a standalone brand within the larger company, it would henceforth be a part of Chevrolet. The vans themselves have received high marks, with Electrek’s Jo Borrás hailing them as a tremendous value for business owners looking to go electric.

1 week ago | reactormag.com | Tobias Carroll

From its opening paragraphs, Silvia Park’s Luminous suggests just what kind of science fiction novel you’re getting: one set in the not-so-distant future, one where the pop culture and technology of now feels ever-so-slightly extended by a few decades. In this case, Luminous is set in a Korea that has reunified; this has been to the detriment of the nation’s soccer team, who in the novel’s second paragraph lose an international match to Mexico 7-0.

1 week ago | wordswithoutborders.org | Alex Tan |Tobias Carroll |Mandana Chaffa |Rebecca Hussey

A chronicler of the chimeric, the Egyptian writer Mansoura Ez Eldin has been celebrated in the Arab world for her feverish, fanciful plots. To read her feels like opening one’s eyes into a fugue state, a landscape in which the parameters of reality seem just slightly off-kilter. The air, in her universe, is always abuzz with ethereal presences and diaphanous bodies, anticipating the propitious moment for revelation.

1 week ago | insidehook.com | Tobias Carroll

2025 has been a challenging year for Buffalo Trace so far. No, that’s not commentary on the potential effects of tariffs on the bourbon market or the growing popularity of zero-proof drinks; instead, it has to do with something more primal: floods and the damage they can cause. Earlier this year, mudslides caused part of the distillery’s facility to fall into the Kentucky River. More recently, heavy rain left the facility partially submerged. How is Buffalo Trace responding?

1 week ago | insidehook.com | Tobias Carroll

Late in 2019, London’s hospitality scene got a new addition when Treehouse Hotels opened its first location. Reviews were enthusiastic, with The Telegraph hailing its combination of “industrial chic with a retro glamour.” This year, the brand has been expanding, including a foray into the U.S. market with the opening of a Silicon Valley location.