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A Fiery Visitor From Space Photo-Bombs an Erupting Volcano
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Bus, Train, Bike or Uber: Which Will Get You to MetLife Stadium First?
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New York Times culturesciencehealth
Want to ‘Optimize’ Your Happiness? This Happiness Expert Says: Don’t.
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New York Times culturesports
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is a hothead and a lightning rod. Just don’t call him a phony

Nick Sirianni has a gift for navigating one of the NFL's most challenging jobs, and he does it his way.

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Bloomberg culturetechnologytransportation
Both Parents Now Work Full Time in Most US Families

College-educated mothers are driving the shift, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

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NRC cultureopinionworld
In de serie ‘Proud’ gaat een Pools feestbeest voor zijn nichtje zorgen

Drama: De Poolse serie ‘Proud’ laat de worsteling zien van een onverantwoordelijke gay die moet gaan vaderen, zonder de zaak te problematiseren of te versuikeren.

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The Times (UK) culture
David Hockney and the disappearing art of gusto

Death of the artist is another blow for a world that is ever more homogenised, conformist and drained of colour

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New York Times culturebusiness
Waiting for the Best Seller: Inside the Pipeline That Stocks the Stacks

Stamped. Stickered. Barcoded. What it takes for new books to reach the shelves of a library.

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Medium entertainmentculture
The Foundation Myths of Barad-dûr: Why Sauron’s Dark Tower Is an Ode to Geotechnical Failure

Or, How the Lord of the Rings Spent Centuries Ignoring Bearing Capacity, Drainage, and Basic Common Sense

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New York Times businessculturetransportation
Just How Much Are E.V. Drivers Saving With Gas Prices Still High?
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NRC culturepoliticsworld
Oekraïne en Moldavië beginnen onderhandelingen met de EU: beide landen hebben flinke hindernissen te nemen voor toetreding

EU-toetreding: Na een lang traject hebben Oekraïne en Moldavië een nieuwe stap gezet naar het EU-lidmaatschap. Oekraïne heeft zeker nog vier tot vijf jaar nodig om alle formele hordes te nemen, zeggen...

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Tv-recensie | ‘Je gaat ervan uit: we gaan een plan hebben’, zegt Rafael van der Vaart

Tv-recensie: De jacks bij de NOS zijn zo oranje, dat onze recensent de kleur blijft zien als ze haar ogen sluit. Ze ging ervan uit dat de duiding van het WK voetbal heel logisch was. Terecht?

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Column | Eén avond was het een succes: de ‘Torentjesspeech’ van Mark Rutte

Dick Schoof is weer topambtenaar, vrijdagochtend in de verhoorzaal van de parlementaire enquetecommissie corona. In maart 2020, het begin van de coronacrisis, was hij net secretaris-generaal geworden ...

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NRC culturehealthopinion
Maar zelden werd het New Yorkse straatleven zo mooi vastgelegd als door Helen Levitt

De straten van New York: De straattaferelen van de Amerikaanse fotograaf Helen Levitt (1913-2009) werden altijd als poëtisch getypeerd. De laatste jaren wordt juist benadrukt dat de foto’s politiek zi...

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New York Times culturesports
Expected Gulls: Does birdlife really correlate with World Cup success?

In every 2026 World Cup match but one, the winning team has always been the side with more species of birds than their opposition

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Medium technologyculturescience
The Dystopian Horror of AI Data Centers

Where have all the natural resources gone?

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The Times (UK) culturemediaentertainment
Roger Cook obituary: fearless investigative journalist

Broadcaster known as the ‘taped crusader’ for innovating the televised doorstep and was often assaulted for his troubles dies aged 83

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The Atlantic cultureopinionpolitics
One Word Describes Trump

A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

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Medium businessculturetechnology
Manifestations of Abandonment Part 4

The Wall

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Medium culture
Ralph Erskine’s drawing(s) of Kiruna and Resolute Bay—and which is which?

Are Erskine’s 1958 drawings of Kiruna really of Kiruna in 1958? Are they amongst the first solar panels in urban design? Or are they of…

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Creamy Tuscan Chicken
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New York Times entertainmentsportsculture
Padres’ Ron Marinaccio suspended 3 games for plunking Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson (Gift Article)

Marinaccio threw at Henderson as an apparent retaliation for a Xander Bogaerts beaning.

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The Atlantic cultureentertainment
The Nicest Man in Stand-Up

Nate Bargatze’s humor is slow, inoffensive, even soothing. And he’s one of the hottest acts in comedy.

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New York Times sportsculture
Congolese Team’s World Cup Leopard Style Channels History and Pride
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Medium cultureopinion
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ and Being Trans

“There is still time” was written in chalk on the street. Is this true?

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New York Times culture
Opinion | Your Summer 2026 Politics Quiz Is Here (Gift Article)

Ease into the summer with the latest Gail Collins politics quiz.

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The Atlantic culture
There’s a Name for the People Who Drain You

“Hasslers” make life more difficult—and we can’t escape them.

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Medium culture
On Writing

“First drafts are for learning what your story is about.”

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The Atlantic politicsculture
A Different Kind of Fading President

Joe Biden became quieter, while Donald Trump grows even louder.

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New York Times culture
They Checked Out Pride Books in Protest. It Backfired. (Published 2023)
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New York Times foodculture
Lemon Risotto with Summer Squash (Published 2015)
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New York Times culture
Bowen Yang’s Mapo Tofu Recipe • 35 min (Gift Recipe)

Traditionally made Sichuan mapo tofu usually calls for ground beef and silken tofu bathed in a vibrant, tingly sauce. Bowen Yang, a comedian and podcaster, shared this version made by his mother, whic...

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The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It
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Medium sportsculture
I Love Fictional Arcade Games

One of my favorite world building concepts in video games is when unique in-universe arcade games show up. I just love the notion that game…

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Medium culturehealth
What Reggaeton-House Music Means For Your Summer

Why your summer is about to bump harder than ever. And, yes, I’m baiting you with the old Bad Bunny pic.

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Bloomberg culturebusiness
The Infuriating Rise of the $8 Ice Cream Cone

A combination of supply chain shocks and premiumization has turned America’s favorite summertime treat into a luxury good.

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Medium culturetransportation
Stop Waiting for Nature to Inspire You. Your Next Haiku Is Already Here

How a car wash taught me that haiku isn’t about where you are — it’s about how you see.

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Medium opinionculturescience
The Test

“Does he want to apologize?”

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New York Times sportsculture
Millions of Women Are Left Out of Menopause’s Moment
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New York Times culturelegal
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years
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The Times (UK) culturebusiness
More than 6,000 disabled children are stuck in temporary housing

We talk to parents who are struggling to care for their families, often in homes that are unsuitable for those with disabilities

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The Atlantic cultureopinionhealth
Atlantic Trivia: Marriage, That Blessed Arrangement

What future Rough Rider wrote in his diary before his 1880 marriage to Alice Lee, “Thank heaven I am absolutely pure. I can tell Alice everything I have ever done”?

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NRC cultureopinionworld
Column | Wat voor strafrecht willen we eigenlijk?

Komt de strafrechtspleging ooit nog op orde, of zet de trend van langzame verstikking, afnemende effectiviteit en vruchteloos klagen nog een decennium door? De Algemene Rekenkamer kwam vorige maand me...

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New York Times sportsculture
Tunisia set to fire head coach Sabri Lamouchi after just one World Cup game (Gift Article)

The 54-year-old could become the first manager to be sacked after a single World Cup match.

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The Atlantic culturetechnology
Why AI Is Incorrigibly Didactic

The rise of machine writing is a great opportunity for literature.

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The Atlantic businessculture
Gen X Women Are Caught in a Generational Tug-of-War

The average caregiver is a 49-year-old woman, and the demands of caregiving seem likely to increase.

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The Atlantic cultureentertainmentopinion
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s American Horror Story

The author wrote a tale that challenged the nation’s founding myths. Then it disappeared.

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New York Times culturesportslegal
1 Shot and 4 Stabbed in Midtown Manhattan During Knicks Celebration
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The Times (UK) culturebusiness
Das Rheingold review — Grange Park Opera launches its new Ring in style

In the week the world acquired its first trillionaire, what better opera to see than Rheingold, in which a gold ring has the power to give its owner the world’s wealth

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New York Times culture
This Week in Mets: They’ve been bad for a year. Who’s regressed the most? (Gift Article)

Here's a look at the seven Mets whose statistics plummeted most drastically.

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