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Nine Books That Will Actually Make You Laugh

Serious literature is better when it’s funny.

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New York Times culture
Opinion | The Real Problem With Influencers at the U.S. Open (Gift Article)

Many are complaining about influencers invading Flushing Meadows. But their biggest crime is distracting from the glorious chaos that typifies this tournament.

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New York Times sportsculture
The emotional roller coaster of the U.S. Open, frame by frame (Gift Article)

The highs, lows, hugs and tears of Grand Slam tennis, as told through video highlights from every round of the tournament

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New York Times cultureentertainment
Opinion | Opera Is in Trouble. Let’s Channel the Maestro. (Gift Article)

An imagined look at what Arturo Toscanini, one of opera’s greatest interpreters, would say about the troubled art form of today.

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New York Times sportsculture
Akron’s fan-turned-offensive coordinator learns in 4 plays football rarely goes to script (Gift Article)

The fan won a drawing of season-ticket holders, allowing him to design the opening drive of the game with Akron coach Joe Moorhead.

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New York Times culturetechnology
Working With Your Hands Is Good for Your Brain (Gift Article)

Activities like writing, gardening and knitting can improve your cognition and mood. Tapping, typing and scrolling? Less so.

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New York Times culturescience
A Japanese Polymath Transforms a Modernist Icon (Gift Article)

Hiroshi Sugimoto’s redesign of the Hirshhorn Museum’s sculpture garden was a heavy lift that will finally see the light.

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New York Times culture
Every Family Has Its Own Private Language. What Does That Tell Us About Ourselves? (Gift Article)

“Familects” emerge out of in-jokes and mispronunciations, but they reveal something about how all language evolves.

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New York Times culture
An Irish Castle Keeps a Piece of a Times Reporter’s Past (Gift Article)

In 2000, after a life-threatening illness, Dan Barry went to the west of Ireland to breathe different air. He finds stories there still.

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New York Times sportsculture
Two kinds of Big Ten meltdown, plus the rest of Week 2 college football (Gift Article)

Until Saturday is The Athletic's free college football newsletter.

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New York Times sportsculture
Brandon Johnson to Seek Second Term as Mayor of Chicago (Gift Article)

Despite low popularity ratings, Mr. Johnson said he wanted to double down on his progressive agenda and focus on improving life for working-class residents.

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Medium entertainmentculturesports
What’s Next for James the T-Rex

A Speculative Fable Short Story

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The Atlantic culture
What It Means for a Woman to Shout ‘No’

It’s not just about denial or self-protection. It’s about living a bigger life.

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NRC cultureworldopinion
In garages onder dure flats in Jakarta wordt geluncht voor één euro per gerecht

Bedrijfskantine: Elke week luncht NRC mee bij een bedrijf. Deze week: in garages in Jakarta zitten de populaire warungs waar uit een geïmproviseerd keukentje romige kip komt.

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New York Times culture
10-Year-Old Children Predict the Future (Gift Article)

Robot butlers. Underwater homes. Root beer perfume. Kids across the nation weigh in on what life will be like in the year 2050.

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The Atlantic businessculturepolitics
The College-Educated Working Class

Can a generation of graduates frustrated by their economic prospects change American labor politics?

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New York Times culture
The Dog Isn’t the Only One Rescued in This Memoir (Gift Article)

In “Living With Freddie,” Anna Heyward recalls the pet who taught her “to be human.”

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NRC cultureworldopinion
Man overleden bij aanhouding in Rotterdam na melding over gestolen fatbike

Rotterdam-Zuid: Volgens de politie werd de man onwel bij zijn aanhouding en mocht reanimatie „niet meer baten”. Op beelden van de arrestatie, die door NRC werden geverifieerd, is te zien dat de man me...

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Wall Street Journal (Japan) politicscultureworld
オラクルのエリソン会長、1兆円相当の保有株売却を撤回

米オラクルのエリソン会長は、自身が保有する最大75億ドル(約1兆1000億円)相当の自社株を売却する計画を撤回した。同社は前日に売却計画を開示したばかりだった。

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The Times (UK) culturemedia
Margaret Atwood: ‘God made the middle finger for a reason’

The Handmaid’s Tale author at 86 on gender wars, trade wars, assisted dying and the power of not playing nice

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New York Times politicsculture
Inside the $440 Million Collapse of Guidepost Montessori (Gift Article)

A man with a vision set out to revolutionize preschool. It became a $440 million fiasco.

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New York Times culturesportsworld
Along Himalayan Floods’ Path, Wiped Out Towns and Mounting Grief (Gift Article)

Survivors tell the stories of the people and places buried under the mud after a disaster in Nepal.

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The Times (UK) politicslegalculture
Condemn settlers, yes, but beware progressives’ sinister coalition

Radical Islam demands submission, the left worships freedom. Yet in Jews they find a common foe

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Wall Street Journal (Japan) politicscultureworld
世界が欲しがる日本製スニーカー、そのブームの秘密

アシックスが所有するシューズブランド「オニツカタイガー」は、円安とレトロな定番デザインが観光客を東京の店舗に引き寄せ、脚光を浴びている。

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New York Times culturefoodtravel
Maple-Dijon Roasted Vegetables Recipe • 55 min

This hearty assortment of perfectly cooked roasted fall vegetables is ultra savory, delightfully sweet and comes together without having to use multiple sheet pans. Though butternut squash, broccoli and brussels sprouts vary in cooking times, they can be roasted at the same rate using several tricks.

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The Times (UK) culture
The mad life of Barbara Cartland, the Queen of Romance who hated women

Every element of the prolific author’s life was bizarre, comical or grotesque – and often all three. Matthew Sweet’s The Great Dictator is a gem of a biography

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The Times (UK) healthpoliticsculture
Doctors prescribe drugs without mentioning dementia risk

Common medicines for diabetes, bladder control and depression can be associated with serious side-effects for older people

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The Times (UK) politicsculturelegal
Ed Davey has 71 MPs. Why is their volume set to zero?

Frustrated Lib Dems are openly discussing their leader’s weakness before party conference — one MP says people ‘want to flip the table over’

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NRC cultureentertainment
Gouden Leeuw voor Deens oorlogsdrama ‘Woman Unknown’ op Filmfestival Venetië

Filmfestival Venetië: Op het 83ste Filmfestival van Venetië won de Deense film Woman Unknown zaterdagavond de Gouden Leeuw voor beste film. Mathilde Arcel werd beste actrice, John Malkovich beste acte...

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Medium cultureopinionpolitics
Penises, Privilege, and Feminist & LGBTQ+ Purity Politics

Content Warning: while I will not be describing any actual instances of sexual violence, this issue (and false accusations thereof) will be…

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New York Times sportsculture
The art of the hardest speech in sports, as told by the U.S. Open women’s final (Gift Article)

In 2025, Aryna Sabalenka stood in front of the winner's mic in New York. 12 months later, she was on the other side of the equation.

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New York Times politicscultureworld
Texas rallies from 20-point deficit to beat Ohio State in signature win for Manning, Sarkisian

The Buckeyes led 23-3 heading into the fourth quarter, but Arch Manning led three straight long touchdown drives to wipe out the deficit.

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New York Times culturetechnology
Remember Filmstrips? These Dedicated Souls Are Racing to Save Them (Gift Article)

One of the 20th century’s biggest media formats was often thrown out in the rush to embrace VHS. But preservationists say visual history is being lost.

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New York Times culturefoodtravel
Caramelized Garlic Fish Recipe • 5★ • 20 min

Mild white fish becomes deeply savory in this quick one-pot meal inspired by cá kho tộ, which the chef Mai Pham described as the “one dish that best represents Vietnamese home cooking” in her 2001 cookbook “Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table” (HarperCollins). Originally from the south of the country, the dish of freshwater snakehead fish (cá lóc) is braised (kho) in a claypot (tộ) with a blend of sugar melted to a dark brown, garlic and fish sauce.

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New York Times cultureentertainmentworld
Should We Outlaw the Communist Party?; No, says a historian; to do so might lead to suppression of free speech and thought. Outlaw the Communist Party? Should We Outlaw the Communist Party? (Gift Arti...

Prof H S Commager on indictments and inquiries

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Medium technologyculture
The Nepal-Tibet Glacier Disaster Changes Everything

The global response has been found wanting: now COP31 in November has a clear rallying point

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New York Times cultureentertainmentfood
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe • 5★

With plenty of cocoa powder and big wells of dark chocolate, these double chocolate cookies are so fudgy that a tall glass of cold milk is not only delicious, but essential — especially when they are served hot from the oven. Just like David Leite’s impeccable chocolate chip cookies, they bake up even better after the dough has had time to rest in the fridge.

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Medium cultureentertainment
Poetry: Tickseed Time

Don’t judge a flower by its name

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New York Times culturesports
Is My Red Lipstick Out of Date? (Gift Article)

A reader is wondering whether she needs a makeover.

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New York Times culturefood
Thai Laab Gai (Chicken With Lime, Chili and Fresh Herbs) Recipe • 4★

Laab gai is a dish of browned ground chicken, mint, basil and red onions dressed with lime juice and ground red chiles that's popular in Laos and Isan, neighboring rural sections of Thailand. (The dish is sometimes spelled larb, lob or lop.

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New York Times culture
Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Sept. 12, 2026 (Gift Article)

Can you sort 8 historical events?

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Medium culturescience
Time

Slow down, think, and create models.

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New York Times foodculturesports
Classic Noodle Kugel Recipe • 4★

With its wide ribbons of egg noodles bound by cottage cheese, sour cream and eggs, this classic dairy kugel recipe celebrates the sweeter, richer side of noodle puddings. You can make it the day before, store it in the fridge, then reheat it in a 350-degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes just before serving.

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New York Times culture
A Running Event Reveals Anxieties in Leimert Park, a Black L.A. Neighborhood (Gift Article)

When a Latino running club tried to host an event at Leimert Park, the heart of the city’s Black community, a social media firestorm broke out.

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New York Times cultureentertainment
‘The Odyssey’ Was Shot on Real Film. This Is the Only Place Left Making It. (Gift Article)

Christopher Nolan’s epic “The Odyssey” was shot on physical film, a resurgent medium that is manufactured entirely in one factory in western New York.

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NRC cultureworld
Klimaatmars in Amsterdam ‘helpt om te voelen dat we niet alleen zijn’

Demonstratie: Zaterdag liepen 40.000 mensen mee met de jaarlijkse klimaatmars in Amsterdam. De droge zomer heeft niet voor een stijging in het aantal deelnemers gezorgd. „Mensen vinden het lastig om i...

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Medium culturetechnologyentertainment
The Last Ringbearer: The Tech Bro Fanfic of The Lord of the Rings

How does Peter Thiel reckon his techno-fascist empire with the morals of Tolkien?

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New York Times culture
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe • 5★

You may have memorized the foolproof gem on the back of the Toll House bag, given to the world by Ruth Graves Wakefield in the 1930s. But this may become your new favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.

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New York Times politicsculture
Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue (Gift Article)

The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.

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NRC worldopinionculture
De kille waarheid van de groene straten

Koelen bomen de zomerse stad? Een tocht met een thermometer draait uit op een lelijke teleurstelling.

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