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How Do I Avoid Becoming A Doomsday Prepper? | Defector

I knew I had gone too far when the question of whether we should buy a gun crossed my mind. This came at the apex of a weeklong anxiety spiral triggered by a feature the New York Times published about the possibility of an 18-month, nationwide blackout. I was uneasy seeing the phrase “art form”…

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I Got Slopped (Gift Article)

Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?

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New York Times culture
Where the Wall of Death Is a Way of Life (Gift Article)

To ride a motorcycle in the carnival motordrome, you need to be an alpha dog with sawdust in your veins. Or at least have a driver’s license.

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Defector culture
How An Unsubtle 9/11 Tribute Was Added To Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' | Defector

Name an iconic scene from the first Spider-Man movie, the one directed by Sam Raimi that came out in 2002. You’re saying it’s the upside-down kiss? Yeah, that’s fair. Let me ask my question in a diffe...

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Medium culturetechnology
Black Women on Screen

Queens, caricatures, and everything in between.

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New York Times culturefood
Lablabi (Tunisian Chickpea Soup) Recipe • 4★

There are myriad ways to cook lablabi, the classic, cumin and garlic scented chickpea soup from Tunisia. This version, adapted from Joe Yonan’s cookbook “Cool Beans” (Ten Speed Press, 2020), has crunchy, spice-sprinkled chickpeas garnishing the top, and a creamy, silky broth made from puréeing some of the chickpeas and stirring them back into the pot.

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New York Times sportsculture
NHL Bizarro-meter 2026: Which Western Conference team had the weirdest offseason?

It's been an eventful offseason in the NHL. For some teams, it's mostly been business as usual. For others ... less so.

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New York Times culturehealth
Cold Plunge Tips for First-Timers (Gift Article)

Brief dips in frigid water can benefit your physical and mental health. Here are some tips to prepare yourself to wade into this age-old practice.

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New York Times culture
Opinion | Rosh Hashana Can Change Your Life (Even if You’re Not Jewish) (Gift Article)

The holiday has an important lesson for everyone.

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NRC cultureopinionworld
Deze chef-kok werkt het liefst met Texelse vis en lam – maar hoe lang gaat dat nog?

Lokaal eten: Chefkok Jef Schuur wil op Texel het liefst werken met lokale ingrediënten. Steeds meer beseft hij dat hij put uit kwetsbare natuur. „Willen we dat het er over tien, twintig jaar ook nog i...

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The Atlantic politicsculture
What New York Looked Like After 9/11

Photographs from before the smoke cleared

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Medium sportsculture
Remembering 9/11/2001

Remembering 9/11/2001 On the night of September 10, 2001 was a relentless drenching downpour in NYC. I was at a product launch party at Lotos downtown. Was impossible to get a cab. ( before Uber and …

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NRC opinionworldculture
Ezra Collective zoekt verbinding en verdieping, Adéla claimt een plek bij de grote popsterren en Bonobo heeft de vrijheid gevonden

Nieuwe muziek: Er zit een duidelijke gedachte achter ‘Here Because of Hope’, het vierde album van jazzband Ezra Collective. Verder: het aanstekelijke debuut van de Slowaakse popartiest Adéla en het mogelijk laatste album van producer Bonobo.

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New York Times culture
Can the 9/11 Museum Tell Its Story for Another 25 Years? (Gift Article)

As the anniversary of the terrorist attacks approaches, the museum is gradually adding new displays and confronting its financial future.

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The Perfect Books for Classic Rom-Com Fans (Gift Article)

The author Julie Olivia recommends novels that capture classic rom-com vibes.

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New York Times culture
Books Our Editors Loved This Week (Gift Article)

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.

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New York Times sportsculture
Ezra Caudell out of coma and communicating with family after Philadelphia Cycling Classic crash (Gift Article)

Caudell had been receiving care for a “multi-system trauma” particularly focused on his lungs and head.

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New York Times culture
How Paul Williams Built White and Black Los Angeles (Gift Article)

A pioneering architect’s archive, long thought lost, was preserved by his family. Now, three museums are featuring the work of a man who broke California’s color barrier.

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New York Times culturesports
Can Saquon Barkley defy the RB age curve? His favorite back’s best season came at 29 (Gift Article)

"It's Saquon Barkley. Let's not forget, and he's done some amazing things, and he still can.”

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NRC cultureopinion
Column | Veel data, weinig zicht

Ik moet bekennen dat ik de rapporten van mijn zoons niet begrijp. De uitdraai van het zogeheten ‘IEP Leerlingvolgsysteem’ van hun basisschool staat vol met absurdistische statistieken. Er staat ‘2018 ...

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New York Times legalculture
Fallout (Gift Article)

Author Kurt Anderson describes documents, bits of evidence of mundane living, that float into his backyard in Brooklyn from World Trade Center collapse; photo of document found in Red Hook section of ...

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New York Times sportsculture
The Rams thought they’d be at their best in Australia. Instead, this was their worst

A plan 15 months in the making fell flat for the Super Bowl favorites in the season-opening loss to the 49ers in Melbourne.

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Medium culture
The crowded room

This is vacationing on a budget. It’s all we can do these days. So Julia and John are using one queen-sized bed and Sebastian and I have…

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New York Times culture
Inside an Ancient Lebanese City Engulfed by War (Gift Article)

The Lebanese city of Tyre, one of the oldest metropolises in the world, has been left scarred.

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The Atlantic culturetechnology
Chatbots Should Not Use the First Person

The harms of AI are clear enough to do something about them now.

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New York Times culture
Carolyn Forché on Her Favorite Books and New Poetry Collection, ‘Otherwhere’ (Gift Article)

“I haven’t finished it yet,” she says of the 20-volume gift from her husband. A new book, “Otherwhere,” collects 50 years of her poetry.

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49ers enjoy family reunion in rout of Rams: ‘It felt like I never left’ (Gift Article)

All the returning 49ers — including Fred Warner, Deebo Samuel, Dre Greenlaw and Nick Bosa — delivered in their season-opener in Melbourne.

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New York Times sportsculturelegal
Twenty-Five Years (Gift Article)

We look back at Sept. 11, 2001.

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New York Times culturepolitics
After 9/11, Islamophobia Shaped a Generation of Muslim New Yorkers (Gift Article)

The attacks unleashed a wave of hate, but the years since have seen Muslim Americans’ political and cultural influence grow.

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Tv-recensie | Fred bedenkt zijn holle frasen tenminste wel zelf

Tv-recensie: Zou er toch nog een dekseltje bestaan voor dit „heel creatieve potje”, wilde Leonie ter Braak tijdens de reünieaflevering van ‘B&B Vol Liefde’ graag weten. „Meerdere dekseltjes”, zei Fred...

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New York Times culturesports
Sept. 11 and the Persistence of Memory (Gift Article)

Twenty-five years later, fleeting memories and indelible images still haunt those who lived through the attacks and their aftermath.

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Column | Waarom die eufemistische bijzinnetjes over Overmars?

Nee, ik heb niet de behoefte Marc Overmars nog eens door het slijk te trekken. En ja, ik vind het heel verdrietig dat hij zijn werk bij de Belgische voetbalclub Royal Antwerp per direct moet neerlegge...

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NRC cultureworld
Na 25 jaar leren de VS alsnog hun les: martelen is niet alleen immoreel en illegaal, het is ook dom

25 jaar na 11 september: In de hoop de daders te pakken en nieuwe aanslagen te voorkomen, gingen de VS na ’11 september’ weer martelen. 25 jaar later belet deze morele dwaling de berechting van promin...

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Bloomberg culture
Drones Are Redefining How Cities Protect Themselves

From anti-drone nets to signal jammers, governments are testing increasingly elaborate ways to protect cities from fast-evolving weapons.

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Medium culture
Burnt Offerings — maddening haunted house overshadowed by successors

A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.

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Opinie | We moeten alternatieve therapieën durven gebruiken – als broccoli, niet als pil

Gezondheid: In het reguliere medische circuit vond Anouk Kragtwijk geen oplossing voor de buikklachten waarmee ze al jaren rondliep. Haar positieve ervaringen met orthomoleculaire therapie veranderden...

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New York Times sportsculture
Lewis Hall signs new Newcastle United contract until 2031 (Gift Article)

Hall has signed improved terms with Newcastle following interested from Manchester United over the summer.

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Opinie | De geschiedenis slaat niemand over

25 jaar 9/11: Vijfentwintig jaar geleden vonden de terreuraanslagen in de VS plaats. Zowel de aanloop naar 9/11 als de daaropvolgende ‘war on terror’ laten zich samenvatten als bittere ironie, schrijf...

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NRC worldscienceculture
Het herstel van de Nederlandse ecosystemen begint ­bij een natuurzaden­kwekerij in Friesland

Biologie: Het Nederlandse landschap heeft ruimte voor véél meer inheemse bloemen. Maar hoe kom je aan planten die precies geschikt zijn? „Hier word je toch gewoon vrolijk van?”

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NRC entertainmentworldculture
Deze roman over Natalie Portman gaat dus niet echt / echt niet over Natalie Portman

Amerikaanse literatuur: Rachel Cusk schreef een roman over een filmster die enige trekken heeft van Natalie Portman. Mag dat zomaar? Daarover ontstond ophef. Je zou bijna vergeten dat Cusk een heel go...

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The Times (UK) culturelegalpolitics
Husband demolishes kitchen where his wife saw the Virgin Mary

A Kenyan farmer finally snapped after preachers, pilgrims and press flocked to his home to witness an apparent miracle

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NRC cultureworld
Deze leesonderzoeker was ‘wel een beetje gechoqueerd’ toen ze onderzocht hoe basisscholen in Nederland begrijpend lezen onderwezen

PISA en leesonderwijs: Er is genoeg kennis over effectief leesonderwijs, zeggen onderzoekers Suzanne Bogaerds en Nicole Swart na de slechte PISA-resultaten. Maar die vindt nog niet altijd haar weg naa...

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NRC culture
Recht in de ogen: het brein van ‘9/11’

Tekenaar Janet Hamlin maakte de aanslagen in New York op 11 september 2001 van dichtbij mee. Sinds 2006 mocht ze als enige de terreurverdachten in de rechtbank van Guantánamo Bay tekenen. Een intieme ...

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New York Times culturesportstechnology
How the 49ers trounced the Rams 27-7 in the NFL's Australia game as Brock Purdy threw 3 TD passes (Gift Article)

Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes as the 49ers rolled over their loaded rivals 27-7 in Melbourne.

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New York Times culture
Hóng Shāo Ròu (Red-Braised Pork Belly) Recipe • 5★ • 3 hrs 40 min (Gift Recipe)

This classic Shanghainese dish, adapted from “My Shanghai: Recipes and Stories from a City on the Water” by Betty Liu (Harper, 2021), features pork belly braised in light and dark soy sauces, Shaoxing...

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The Atlantic culture
Trump’s Weird Loyalty Pledge

In a night of wild emotions and odd ideas, one moment stood out.

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New York Times culturesports
‘Oh my God, look at the score’: 50 years later, an oral history of Houston’s 100-point game (Gift Article)

In 1968, Houston scored seven fourth-quarter TDs on Tulsa and became the last FBS team to put up 100 points in a game.

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Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist (Gift Article)

The original tech right power player on A.I., Mars and immortality.

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New York Times culture
The Searing Blues of the 9/11 Sky (Gift Article)

The artist Spencer Finch, commissioned by the National September 11 Memorial Museum, has created a skyscape of as many hues as lives lost at ground zero.

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Medium opinionculture
Photos of my backyard fox sunbathing

Because I can’t always just write about depressing societal collapse

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