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The Video Clipping Machine Behind Clavicular’s Viral Fame

Videos of the influencer Clavicular are inescapable online. Social media is awash with clips of his sharp-featured face and muscular body — the result of a “looksmaxxing” regimen that can include test...

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Medium culturebusinessentertainment
Under God?

A brief history of the Pledge of Allegiance

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NRC culturehealthworld
‘Een zwangerschap afbreken is de keuze van de vrouw, daar hóéft geen arts tussen als zij dat niet wil’

Abortuspil: Het nieuwe platform Thuisabortus, waar vrouwen online hun abortuspil kunnen bestellen, werd meteen overladen met kritiek. „Over het online voorschrijven van PreP kreeg ik nooit een vraag”,...

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The Atlantic worldculturebusiness
A Land of Artists

Lee Friedlander’s view of America

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New York Times sportsculture
De Zerbi surprised Spurs have the 'right spirit' to survive. But do they have enough fit players?
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The Atlantic culturepolitics
Calling Trump a Tyrant Is Not a Call to Violence

Conservatives want to police how we talk about Trump—while excusing how the president talks about everyone else.

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The Atlantic cultureentertainmentscience
The Avant-Garde Path to God

A new book explores how contemporary art can offer glimpses of the divine.

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New York Times culture
How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk (Gift Article)

What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.

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The Atlantic politicsculture
The Trump-Trumpist Divide

The incoming president wants to do things his voters have not embraced.

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New York Times businesscultureopinion
The World Needs Natural Gas Now, but the U.S. Is Exporting All It Can
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NRC culturepoliticsworld
Natascha van Weezel over de erfelijkheid van oorlog: ‘De angst in de ogen van mijn grootmoeder heeft veel effect op mij gehad’

Oorlog is erfelijk: In het programma ‘Oorlog is erfelijk’ gaat Natascha van Weezel in gesprek met mensen die oorlog van dichtbij hebben meegemaakt. Vanaf dinsdagavond wordt de interviewreeks in de aan...

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New York Times culturepolitics
Nick Pope, U.F.O. Sleuth Who Chased the Truth, Dies at 60
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New York Times culture
See Who Music Industry Leaders Nominated as America’s Greatest Living Songwriters

We received more than 250 expert ballots. Explore some of them here.

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NRC cultureopinion
Trump ontslaat voltallige adviesraad van de National Science Foundation

Wetenschapsbeleid: Het adviesorgaan van een van de grootste wetenschappelijke subsidieverstrekkers ter wereld gold 75 jaar lang als een apolitiek overheidsorgaan. Tot nu.

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Medium culturesportsscience
Sandals

The crappiest shoes ever

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New York Times legalculturepolitics
Manhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired
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Pistons’ season on the brink against Magic: ‘We’ve got to fight like hell’ (Gift Article)

The Detroit Pistons came into the playoffs with promise and the top seed. That's all vanishing against the Orlando Magic.

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New York Times politicscultureworld
Hegseth and Kid Rock Ride Army Helicopters in Wake of Contentious Flyby
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New York Times sportsculture
Can scratched Michael Bunting give the Stars the depth charge they need? 'I'm dying to help'

Bunting averaged 21 goals over his first four full NHL seasons but hasn't been able to crack the Stars lineup this postseason.

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Medium culture
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy — a horror hybrid that swaps bandages for possession

The daughter of a journalist disappears without a trace. Eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she’s returned to them…

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Medium culture
I Feel Like Cassandra Screaming Into A Void

Feminist Prose Poetry

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The Atlantic politicslegalculture
Americans Once Understood Birthright Citizenship

Newspaper columnists instructed generations of citizens about the Fourteenth Amendment. Today, the country seems to have forgotten how clear the law is.

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The Atlantic businessculture
A Mediocre Public-School Education for Just $40,000 a Pupil

How New York City’s education budget became an untouchable money pit

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New York Times sportsculturepolitics
How an unlikely change propelled Darren Raddysh toward NHL stardom
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The Atlantic culturepolitics
The Lost Idealism of Heartland Rock

The genre of Bob Seger and John Mellencamp reached across the ideological spectrum in a way that seems unimaginable today.

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New York Times culturemediaopinion
Canadiens goalie Jakub Dobeš maximizes his strengths through fearless aggression (Gift Article)

Dobeš is rising to the moment in a first-round playoff series against the Lightning.

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New York Times culturesciencetechnology
Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers
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The Atlantic politicsculturetechnology
Is It the Shoes?

The marathon’s impossible barrier was broken.

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Medium culture
Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” and Speaking Against Fascism

Over the past year, I have tried, at various times, to watch Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940) because I kept seeing Chaplin’s…

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New York Times cultureentertainmentopinion
Stephen Colbert Gets Ready to Hang It Up
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The Atlantic technologyculturepolitics
Is Schoolwork Optional Now?

Education is on the verge of becoming fully automated.

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Medium culturebusiness
Beyond the American Gothic

Sharing what Grant Wood taught me about our past…

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New York Times opinionculture
Opinion | Your Passwords Are Probably Screwed
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NRC cultureworld
Altijd een noodscenario in mijn achterhoofd, als ik in het donker over straat loop

Onveiligheid op straat: Als NRC-redacteur Nina Stefanovski ’s avonds in haar eentje naar buiten gaat, is ze hyperalert en heeft ze altijd iets bij zich om zichzelf mee te verdedigen. Die mentale paraa...

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New York Times businessculturetechnology
Graduates Reset Ambitions in Pursuit of First Jobs
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New York Times culture
The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters (Gift Article)

More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here are the artists they chose.

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Medium culture
I Wrote a Book About the Cheapest Therapy There Is. Why?

There’s wondrous “medicine” waiting for you, if you’ll only step out the door and let it work for you.

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New York Times cultureopinion
The 1990s Were Weirder Than You Think. We’re Feeling the Effects. (Published 2024)
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Medium culture
The Joy Of Writing

Pick Of The Week — 28th April 2026

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New York Times culturetechnologyentertainment
‘They Said A.I. Saved Me’: How South Korea Is Checking on Its Seniors
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Medium culturetechnology
Stepping Outside My Japanese Comfort Zone after 24 Years

Getting my first “baito” in Japan

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New York Times culture
New York Keeps Getting Hotter. Utilities Can Still Cut Off the Power.
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Medium culture
Why your mouse still points with a 1973 arrow

A tilt born from a pixel problem, a name no one can explain, and an arrow that refused to leave.

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NRC opinionworldculture
Wat is het verschil tussen het Europese migratiepact en de gesneefde asielnoodmaatregelenwet?

Vluchtelingenopvang: In de marge van de weggestemde asielwetten werd deze week veel verwezen naar het EU-migratiepact. Die Europese regels gaan op 12 juni in. Wat staat erin?

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Bloomberg culturetechnology
The Humble Bean Gets a High-End Glow-Up

The once-lowly legume is finding new fans, thanks to viral TikTok trends, a high fiber and protein count, and loads of new bean startups.

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Wall Street Journal (Japan) politicscultureworld
米夕食会発砲犯、周囲が語る「意外な人物像」

トランプ米大統領が出席した夕食会で発砲したアレン容疑者について、知人や教会関係者が語った人物像は意外なものだった。

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The Times (UK) culturepolitics
Restaurant radiates love — so of course council wants to kill it

Far-flung Hansom generously offers free lifts to some of its guests but North Yorkshire council is having none of it

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New York Times entertainmentcultureworld
David Malouf, Novelist of Australia’s Divided Heritage, Dies at 92
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The Times (UK) cultureopinion
‘We’re basically married’ — cohabiting couples want wedded rights

There has been a surge in people living together requesting agreements as fewer tie the knot while still owning a home and raising a family together

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NRC culturemedia
Tv-recensie | Introverte mensen kijken vanaf de bank toe hoe de koning live op tv hun nachtmerrie leeft

Tv-recensie: Willem-Alexander vierde Koningsdag in Dokkum, zag onze tv-recensent, waar hij dankbaar lachte en zwaaide en handjes schudde. Zou de koning zelf weleens de beelden terugkijken, om zijn dan...

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