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Birds Are Dying. Clues Point to El Niño.
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Bloomberg culture
Your Guide to This Fall’s Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books

A handy primer for the best and most searching history, biography and current events you’ll read this season.

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New York Times sportsculture
John Harbaugh wanted Colin Kaepernick as his QB, and it’s a shame that didn’t happen (Gift Article)

Harbaugh did not care that Kaepernick had become the league’s most polarizing figure. “In all honesty, that wasn’t a factor,” he said.

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Star Trek Star Marina Sirtis On Her Childhood, Her Early Career, The Enduring Popularity Of Star…

… Well, Yitzi, I hate to tell you this, but Deanna Troi and Marina Sirtis really only have one thing in common: We’re the same height…

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American Bar Association Ends D.E.I. Standards Under Trump Pressure (Gift Article)

The group that accredits law schools voted to eliminate a requirement that the schools show a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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Universal’s New Coaster Is a Scream. That’s the Problem. (Gift Article)

The Hollywood theme park built a “whisper quiet” ride to avoid angering nearby neighbors. They didn’t fully account for the enthusiasm of the riders.

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New York Times culturehealthentertainment
6 Exercises Physical Therapists Wish Everyone Did to Age Well (Gift Article)

Try these simple movements to stay strong and limber.

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The Atlantic culture
The Novel That Looks Death in the Eye

Emma Cline’s “Switzy” might not make readers happy, but it could strike them with moments of sublime clarity.

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Medium culturelegal
The Inugami Family — Kon Ichikawa’s meticulous murder mystery demands close attention

The patriarch of the Inugami dynasty dies, leaving his fortune to a young woman from outside the family and grisly murders ensue.

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Bloomberg culturepolitics
Who’s Afraid of the DSA? Democrats Confront a Growing Insurgent Wing

Socialists and progressives enjoyed a summer of success, but lasting change to the Democratic Party requires winning wary moderates.

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New York Times culturesports
Thousands in Michigan Got a Driver’s License With Someone Else’s Face on It (Gift Article)

About 8,200 people who applied for an enhanced driver’s license received cards in the mail with a stock image of a smiling man in the lower-right-hand corner.

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New York Times businessculture
Opinion | Keep Lighting the Torches That Gloria Steinem Lit (Gift Article)

Readers continue offering tributes to the feminist icon, who died last week. Also: Reducing gun violence; curbing A.I. in schools.

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20 Years Later, the Long-Awaited Companion to a Classic Graphic Novel (Gift Article)

As Shaun Tan reminds us with his stand-alone follow-up to “The Arrival,” some truths are so enormous, so beautiful, they can be told only through myth.

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New York Times businessculture
He Gave Millions to Jeffrey Epstein. What Did He Get in Return? (Gift Article)

In “Money to Burn,” William D. Cohan charts the rise and fall of the Wall Street billionaire Leon Black.

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The Atlantic technologyhealthculture
Medicine Needs to Get Serious About AI

Let the robots try being doctors.

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NRC culturehealthworld
Ministerie van Justitie checkt vooraf haar eigen wetten vaak niet. Gevolg: onuitvoerbare regels en personeelstekorten

Wetgeving: Circa de helft van de nieuwe wetten die het justitiedepartement uitvaardigt, wordt niet of maar half getoetst op uitvoerbaarheid en personele consequenties. Pas na invoering worden de gevol...

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Bloomberg culturebusinesstechnology
The US Is Losing Its Ability to Store Water When It Needs It Most

Drought is emptying thousands of US reservoirs. Wildfires and extreme rain are filling them with sediment.

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The Atlantic culture
Talk to People on the Telephone

It’s time to start calling your friends again.

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New York Times cultureentertainmentsports
Dudamel in Command, a ‘Macbeth’ Opera and Steve Reich Coming This Fall (Gift Article)

Also this season, the Berlin Philharmonic comes to Carnegie Hall, “Lincoln in the Bardo” arrives at the Metropolitan Opera and dueling “Toscas.”

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The Atlantic culturelegal
When Mothers Get Arrested for Mothering

Raising independent kids shouldn’t be this hard.

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Medium cultureentertainment
Best Writing Books For Pantsers

From a discovery writer who has read a lot of writing books

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New York Times culture
Inside the SMU-Florida State power outage game: A 105-minute delay and an ‘old school’ kickoff

"You want to go old school and play it?" the coaches said, before a game with no replay reviews and limited communication systems.

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Medium culturesports
Blood of Dawnwalker and Onimusha Destroy Other Sword Combat Games

You have to play these if you love action

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New York Times culturetechnology
How Big Tech Captured American Schools (Gift Article)

Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.

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NRC culturehealthscience
Tijdens de menopauze verandert het brein van vrouwen. Maar dat gebeurt op een andere manier dan tijdens de puberteit

Neurowetenschap: De structuur van de hersenen verandert als er grote hormonale schommelingen zijn. Voor het eerst is onderzocht hoe dat gebeurt bij vrouwen tijdens de puberteit, een zwangerschap en de...

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Medium culturetechnology
A Stay In The Lake District #6

Ascending Cat Bells.

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New York Times culture
What’s up with Nick Bosa’s thighs? Why he’s not worried about the disparity in size (Gift Article)

Bosa's right thigh is noticeably smaller than its mate — which the 49ers defensive end says isn't necessarily a bad thing.

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Study A.I. Consciousness? The Bots Would Like a Word With You. (Gift Article)

Given access to email, A.I. agents have started reaching out to the philosophers and researchers exploring deep questions about them.

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Medium cultureentertainment
The Second Elizabeth: A Life Appreciated

A tribute to Queen Elizabeth II at her passing

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Medium cultureentertainmenttechnology
The Backwards Knight by Matthew Siadak, A Review

Blasted Oafs, Condemned Criminals and Damn Elves

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New York Times sportsculture
Tucker Kraft’s remarkable rise to NFL stardom, from Timber Lake to Titletown (Gift Article)

The Packers tight end is emerging as one of the NFL's best, but he never forgets the people and the place that shaped him.

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NRC culturepoliticsworld
‘Wie heeft wie niet wakker gemaakt?’ Kritiek op Netanyahu omdat hij niets deed met waarschuwing voor een grootschalige aanval van Hamas in 2023

Israël: De Israëlische premier Netanyahu kreeg anderhalve week voor 7 oktober een telefoontje van de president van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, die hem waarschuwde voor een op handen zijnde aanval...

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Medium cultureopinion
The Queer Male Community Needs to Stop Worshipping Straight Men

Men like Jake Andrich and Timothy Champagne prove that our obsession with straight validation keeps rewarding people who don’t respect us.

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NRC worldpoliticsculture
Amerikaanse sanctiebeleid jaagt Europese internetsector angst aan

Tech: Internetdienstverleners zijn bang geworden voor Amerikaans ingrijpen. De VS gebruiken sinds kort terrorismesancties als middel om websites uit de lucht te halen.

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New York Times sportsculture
Why Bears coach Ben Johnson’s messaging about 2026 resonated with players (Gift Article)

Johnson set the tone not long after Chicago's playoff loss to the Rams that 2026 would be harder, and his players bought in.

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Medium cultureentertainment
The Real Reason I Loved Project Runway

Watching the show’s queer fashion designers gave me an hour every week to be my true, authentic, queer self

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New York Times cultureentertainment
Nothing Compares to Her: A Dance Love Letter to Sinead O’Connor (Gift Article)

The choreographer Sonya Tayeh’s “The Surge” is a dance response to themes in O’Connor’s life: spirituality, identity and what Tayeh calls jrage, or joy and rage.

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New York Times culture
Norfolk Plans Controversial School Integration Based on Coleman Report (Gift Article)

Norfolk school bd plans 1st desegregation program in country based on 66 pro-integration Coleman rept, which places 40% of city's black pupils in schools with 60% to 70% whites, thus doubling city's c...

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The Atlantic cultureopinion
The Myth of Perfect Knowledge

Science will never be able to give a completely objective description of the world. That should make us humbler—and wiser.

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The Atlantic culturetechnologyscience
Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster

A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project

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New York Times entertainmentculture
Book Review: ‘Taipei Story,’ by R.F. Kuang (Gift Article)

“Taipei Story,” R.F. Kuang’s seventh book in eight years, is about an American student in Taiwan.

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Medium cultureopinionhealth
Maybe We Shouldn’t Talk About That

Navigating disagreement, values and relationships in 2026

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New York Times culturesports
‘Yellowface’ Author R.F. Kuang’s 5 Favorite Places in Taipei (Gift Article)

The experiences Ms. Kuang had during a summer spent studying Mandarin in the Taiwanese capital helped her shape her newest novel, “Taipei Story.”

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New York Times culture
‘Star Trek’’s Intergenerational Fan Base Shares More Than Just Quotes (Gift Article)

After 60 years, the series gives families a chance to pass down not only shared language but values, too.

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The Atlantic culture
Is the Age of Reading Over?

Rose Horowitch on her cover story and what happens when a society becomes “postliterate”

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New York Times culture
What does Quinn Hughes want? After a summer of speculation, it’s finally his turn to talk (Gift Article)

Hughes has a chance to calm some nerves in the Twin Cities or cause a full-blown panic.

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Bloomberg culture
The Fed’s Credibility Depends on Resisting Politics, Not Playing It

At Jackson Hole last month, all eyes were on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh in his first speech at the Fed’s annual conference. But all thoughts were about the Fed’s rate decision next week.

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Medium cultureworld
Helping India’s elderly cross the digital divide as the country ages

India boasts more than 560 million internet users, making it the second largest online market in the world. Yet there are vast disparities…

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29 Nonfiction Books Coming This Fall (Gift Article)

Memoirs, biographies, true crime, history and more.

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New York Times politicsculture
Opinion | We’ve Forgotten the Most Important Lessons of 9/11 (Gift Article)

The world has lost track of the truth about Al Qaeda.

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