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Together But Apart

A newsletter on how our lives connect with people on the other side of the world.

Newsletter · By Tim Hirschel-Burns · Official site

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Sep 21, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    We don’t have a choice (opens the original)

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    I’ve gotten some new subscribers recently. If that’s you, welcome! And if you’re enjoying this Substack, I’d really appreciate it if you shared it with others you think would enjoy it—nothing helps people find it better than word of mouth. (My offer of highly mediocre rewards for asking five people to subscribe still stands.)Thanks for reading Together But Apart! Subscribe for

  2. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    The book that made me video call a Nigerian romance scammer from a wedding (opens the original)

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    <img alt="The Yahoo Boys" class="sizing-normal" height="373" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!84oO!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9046c5ed-92ab-404c-b421-3d32949095

  3. Issue · Aug 20, 2026

    Joseph Gbenangnon Chabi, 1984-2026 (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 11, 2026

    10 charts to understand global inequality (opens the original)

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    If you live in Greenwich, Connecticut, it might seem ordinary to own vacation homes that let you summer on Cape Cod and winter in Aspen. This lifestyle would likely seem quite ritzy to someone an hour up the highway in Hartford, but they wouldn’t see anything unusual about a household owning multiple cars and hopping on a plane from time to time.Even if those people left their bubbles every once in a while, their personal experiences are hardly guaranteed to provide them with an accurate underst

  5. Issue · Jul 28, 2026

    It's the (global) economy, stupid (opens the original)

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