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Thursday, April 23, 2026

When does shoplifting become an act of political protest? The Opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman is calling this microlooting, and it describes the phenomenon of people stealing small things from big corporations like Whole Foods. The New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino and the political commentator Hasan Piker join Spiegelman for a lively discussion on what's behind this trend and where it might lead.

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Stealing from dead rock stars is never cool. Bruh.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-23 03:04 PM | Reply

Or classical composers.

Amongst others, Hollywood musical genius John Williams lifted from this masterpiece for a famous 1977 cinematic space melodrama: The last romantic era composition

John Williams once acknowledged that he "borrowed" from 19th-century composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

He may have admitted to other "lifts," but I don't know for sure.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-23 04:27 PM | Reply

Stealing from dead rock stars is never cool. Bruh.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

Talk to NYTs Chickie

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-23 04:36 PM | Reply

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