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Covid Took My Grandfather. But It Wasn’t What Killed Him

His death, six months into the pandemic, is as political as it is biological. | Continue reading


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The Perks of Talking to Yourself

It can be a sign of high cognitive functioning. | Continue reading


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The Cut’s Bridget Read on /r/unemployment

On r/unemployment, thousands of desperate people have formed a community to step in where the government failed. | Continue reading


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My Octopus Teacher: The Love Story We All Need

Watch this gorgeous documentary about the love between a man and an octopus — and weep over the beauty and majesty of life. | Continue reading


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‘My Boss Wants Us on Zoom All Day Long’

Decent bosses know that monitoring isn’t the same as managing. | Continue reading


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Psychologists Explain Your Phone Anxiety (and How to Get over It)

If the thought of calling someone makes you feel all squirmy inside, you’re in good company. | Continue reading


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Buying Myself Back When does a model own her own image?

When does a model own her own image? | Continue reading


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Why did these YouTubers give away their son?

Myka and James Stauffer adopted a toddler from China and shared every step of the process with their online audience. Except the last. | Continue reading


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The Reason Comic Sans Is a Public Good. Seriously

It’s legible to more people. | Continue reading


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Witnesses say heavily armed police officers have been dragging protesters into unmarked vans. | Continue reading


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Old people have never been so powerful — or, now, so vulnerable. | Continue reading


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Old people have never been so powerful — or, now, so vulnerable. | Continue reading


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Nearly half of people say the first thing they remember happened at an age that’s impossible for adults to recall. | Continue reading


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Now Is the Perfect Time to Memorize a Poem

Give yourself over to a rhythm that is not your own. | Continue reading


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How the Brains of ‘Super-Multitaskers’ Are Different (2015)

The benefits of having an efficient brain. | Continue reading


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‘Zoombombing’ Is a Horrifying New Trend

People are hijacking online college classes, AA meetings, and church services. | Continue reading


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Amazon, Whole Foods, and McDonald’s workers are walking out. | Continue reading


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The ceremony lasted three minutes and was officiated by a friend leaning out of a fourth-floor window. | Continue reading


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My parents left me a seven-figure inheritance, in cash. I haven’t spent any of it or told anyone. | Continue reading


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Will the millennial aesthetic ever end?

Investigating the undying tyranny of terrazzo. | Continue reading


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Authorities are investigating an Idaho couple’s proximity to a number of unsettling deaths and disappearances. | Continue reading


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Replaying My Shame

Thirteen years later, what happened at Gawker isn’t going away. | Continue reading


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Does Dopamine Fasting Work

I tried the Silicon Valley trend and came up with a better idea. | Continue reading


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I tried the Silicon Valley trend and came up with a better idea. | Continue reading


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Could the Future of Fashion Be Virtual?

This new clothing line creates clothes that can only be worn online. | Continue reading


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Almond Milk Is Even More Evil Than You Thought

Almond pollination can wipe out billions of bees in a matter of months. | Continue reading


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“She had a tiny nuclear reactor where the rest of us have a breastbone.” | Continue reading


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Photos from Australia’s fires are a horrifying warning. | Continue reading


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Ketamine became the drug of choice for our dissociated moment

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It’s impossible to “fix” anything if you don’t have compassion for yourself. | Continue reading


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Kevin Systrom talks truth, scale, and influencers. | Continue reading


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Ketamine became the drug of choice for our dissociated moment

How ketamine became the vice of choice for our dissociated moment. | Continue reading


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The company may have unwittingly created a fitness cult, but their business model is a little more complicated. | Continue reading


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Instagram Is Banning Plastic-Surgery-Effect Filters

The platform announced that it will be removing “all effects associated with plastic surgery.” | Continue reading


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Percent of Vegetarians Go Back to Eating Meat

New insights into the American diet.  | Continue reading


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What no one tells you about dating a younger man. | Continue reading


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Teen Climate Activists Make Congress Look Like Incompetent Children

“I don’t want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to science, and then act.” | Continue reading


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Michelle Phan Was YouTube’s Biggest Beauty Star. Then She Vanished

The baffling disappearance — and even stranger reappearance — of Michelle Phan. | Continue reading


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Seven years after I met the infamous Instagram star, I’m ready to tell my side of the story. | Continue reading


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The Story of Caroline Calloway & Her Ghostwriter Natalie

Seven years after I met the infamous Instagram star, I’m ready to tell my side of the story. | Continue reading


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The At-Home Rape Kit Startup Is a Useless Mess

The “MeToo” kit misunderstands what its namesake movement is all about, and possibly disempowers survivors in the process. | Continue reading


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Kara Swisher on Ambition, Bad Bosses, and Having a Baby at 56

“A lot of people have told me, ‘You should be more humble.’ And I’m like, ‘Why?’” | Continue reading


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A linguistics expert explains the meaning of Boris Johnson’s “big girl’s blouse.” | Continue reading


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