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The Atlantic cultureopinion
I Love My Emotionally Stunted Friendships

My relationships with other men are centered on shared activities. Why do some people see that as a problem?

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National Observer politicsopinionworld
Danielle Smith wants Canada to surrender

Alberta's premier is no stranger to creating, and using, political leverage — even if it creates the risk of blowback. So why is she so unwilling to do the same thing when it comes to Donald Trump and...

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Opinion | The Todd Blanche Chaos Shows Why He Shouldn’t Be Attorney General (Gift Article)

Don’t forget this key reason the Senate should reject him.

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The Atlantic scienceopinionbusiness
Climate Change Is Destabilizing the Ground Beneath Our Feet

Mountains are shifting, permafrost is melting, and the risk of landslides is rising.

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New York Times politicslegalopinion
Defying Trump, Cornyn Uses His Lame-Duck Power (Gift Article)

In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.

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New York Times politicsopinion
Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy Wants to Be the Future. First He Has to Win. (Gift Article)

His brand of post-Trump fusionism faces a test in Ohio.

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New York Times businessopinion
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

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The Atlantic cultureopinion
The Beauty of Doing Nothing Together

There’s something reassuring about being with people when nobody is trying especially hard.

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The Atlantic opinion
America Isn’t Supposed to Have Political Prosecutions

The investigation of James Comey is vindictive and meritless—and unashamedly so.

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Opinion | For Fame, Press 1. For Infamy, Press 2. (Gift Article)

Fauci and the D.S.A. have a lot to answer for.

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Opinion | Gen Z Thinks Religion Got Too Political (Gift Article)

I wonder why that could be.

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NRC culturelegalopinion
Opinie | De valkuil van Frans Timmermans

Thomas Hogeling beschouwt wekelijks de publieke opinie. Wat wordt er gezegd en vooral niet gezegd? Deze week: slordig verhalen vertellen.

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NRC cultureopinionworld
Het zionisme is rijp voor de ‘vuilnisbelt van de geschiedenis’, zegt Holocaust-wetenschapper Omer Bartov

Omer Bartov | hoogleraar Holocaust- en Genocidestudies: Het geboorteland van de Israëlische Holocaust-wetenschapper Omer Bartov verandert in zijn ogen in rap tempo in een „autocratische apartheidsstaa...

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Splatoon Raiders: Nintendo’s Best Switch 2 Game?

I almost skipped this beginner-friendly loot adventure

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The Atlantic politicsopinionculture
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

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The Atlantic businessopiniontechnology
Elon Musk’s Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius

The world’s richest man has some embarrassing friends.

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New York Times cultureopinion
Opinion | The Unstoppable Force of A.I. Hype Is Meeting One Immovable Fact (Gift Article)

Congratulations. You’re irreplaceable.

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NRC cultureworldopinion
Opinie | Het maakt niet uit welke auto je koopt, ze zijn toch allemaal hetzelfde

Elektrische auto’s: VW heeft negentien modellen, Skoda en Audi allebei veertien – en ze lijken enorm op elkaar. Bas van Putten ziet dat automerken door de overvloed aan vrijwel identieke types samensm...

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NRC cultureopinion
Column | Ik ga Guus Meeuwis vragen of hij zijn liedje over zijn jofele provincie waar altijd licht brandt toch nog eens wil nakijken

Heerlijk om op een hier nog niet brandend stukje Frans platteland te lezen dat het WK voetbal lekker doorettert omdat het aan zichzelf verslaafd geraakte Zwitserse aandachtsorgel Gianni Infantino woes...

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Reports: Harrison Bader A Dope | Defector

We’ve all been there. We’ve all done something so incredibly stupid that we wish the Earth were flat so we could walk off the face of it. We’ve all thought to ourselves, I hope nobody saw that, only t...

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Opinie | De elf geboden van radicaal-rechts

Rechtse kerk: Politiek links wordt vaak een kerk genoemd. Jitske Kramer dook het radicaal-rechtse gedachtegoed in en distilleerde elf geboden van de kerk van Trump, Vance, Tate en Wilders.

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Bloomberg politicsopinion
Tokenmaxxing Is Dead. Now Comes the Belt Tightening

Corporate America’s maximalist approach to AI is coming to an end, leaving workers and their managers fumbling through what comes next.

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The Times (UK) opinionpolitics
Gillian Tett: Oxbridge has a problem with ‘handsy’ men

The provost of King’s College, Cambridge, says that she feels profound pain for students who were sexually harassed by professors

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What we learned on Day 2 of Packers training camp: Javon Bullard is a boxer now (Gift Article)

Keisean Nixon stayed mum on his contract Thursday, deferring to general manager Brian Gutekunst and the cornerback's agent, Tory Dandy.

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Regering-Trump zegt dagvaardingen NYT-journalisten in te trekken na tik op de vingers van rechter

De regering-Trump zegt de dagvaardingen voor journalisten van The New York Times in te trekken. Justitie wilde de verslaggevers laten getuigen in een rechtszaak om te achterhalen wie de bronnen waren ...

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Tv-recensie | Als iemand zichzelf ‘een smikkelbeertje’ noemt, wordt er toch een grens overschreden

Tv-recensie: Bij ‘Nieuws van de Dag’ woedde een discussie op basis van een trailer. Om het vertrouwen in de medemens toch een beetje hoog te houden, schakelde de recensent maar weer over naar ‘B&B Vol...

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The Atlantic travelsportsopinion
Anthony Fauci’s Washington

His diary seems to confirm everyone’s worst suspicions about D.C. as a cesspool of self-regard.

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Medium cultureopinion
AI Made My English Better. It Also Made Me Sound Less Like Myself.

As a non-native English writer, AI removed one of my biggest barriers. Then I noticed something uncomfortable happening to my voice.

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Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants. (Gift Article)

In Spain, it is our duty to become the welcoming and tolerant society our ancestors would have hoped to find on the other side of our borders.

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The Atlantic politicsopinion
The White-Collar Myth

Since the 19th century, office jobs have represented a path to comfort and prestige. The AI era is testing whether that promise still holds.

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New York Times politicsopinion
Opinion | It’s Not Trump. It’s America. (Gift Article)

The country’s faith in its ability to shape the world to its liking is a much older malady.

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New York Times opinion
Opinion | Our Modern Way of Speaking Comes With Extra Dressing (Gift Article)

We don’t speak just to say something. We speak to be heard.

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New York Times opinionpolitics
Opinion | We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives (Gift Article)

Five years after the start of Covid, we still don’t know the truth.

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Medium cultureopinion
Still, but Still Moving: Animating the Minds-eye

What does the art of thinking look like? One surprising medium holds the answer.

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The Atlantic politicslegalopinion
The Lines the Court Won’t Cross

The Supreme Court is mostly giving the Trump administration what it wants—with interesting exceptions.

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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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New York Times opinion
Opinion | We Need a Better Test for Dangerous A.I. (Gift Article)

Responding to the safety risks A.I. pose means coming to terms with an uncomfortable truth: A.I. models are weapons.

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NRC cultureopinionworld
Rijn bij Lobith bereikt laagste ooit gemeten peil, maar geen nieuwe landelijke maatregelen

De Rijn heeft sinds het begin van de metingen nog nooit zo laag gestaan. Bij Lobith, een dorp in de Achterhoek niet ver van waar de rivier Nederland binnenkomt, is donderdag het laagste punt ooit geme...

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Medium technologyopinion
A Feature With Zero Correlation Predicted My Target Perfectly

Pearson gave it 0.00 and the filter deleted it, but mutual information gave it 2.8 bits - the same idea already runs your loss function and…

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New York Times cultureopinion
Opinion | We Are Losing the Ability to Discover What We Didn’t Know to Ask (Gift Article)

What used to be a meandering journey is now an immediate arrival at your destination.

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New York Times opinionpolitics
Opinion | How Older Americans Hoard the Future (Gift Article)

Aging politicians are just the “tip of the iceberg.”

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Medium sciencecultureopinion
Do Cats Know When Food Has Gone Off?

Your cat may be a better food inspector than you think but not always for the reasons you expect

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Medium opinionpoliticsculture
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is a Conservative Christian Masterpiece

And that’s why MAGA hates it

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The Atlantic politicsopinion
What Abdul El-Sayed’s Election in Michigan Would Prove

He and his allies are betting that an obsessively anti-Zionist left-wing politics can win everywhere.

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NRC cultureopinion
Column | De trouwindustrie laat je geloven dat jij hebt gevonden wat altijd al bij je paste

Drie weken voor mijn huwelijk wist ik eindelijk dat beige niet gewoon beige is. Taupe oogde warmer dan zand, en tot mijn eigen verbazing had ik daar inmiddels een stellige mening over. Dat was niet he...

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New York Times cultureopinionsports
Cold Sesame Noodles With Cucumber, Corn and Basil Recipe • 4★

For a summertime update on a beloved Chinese dish, cold sesame noodles are freshened up with crisp cucumbers, raw corn and aromatic basil. The minimalism of the three-ingredient sesame dressing belies its complex flavor.

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NRC cultureworldopinion
Opinie | De mens vergiftigt zichzelf nou eenmaal graag

Verslaving: Na ruim een decennium geen druppel te hebben gedronken, kocht schrijver Meghan O’Gieblyn weer een fles wodka. Ze denkt dat het leven mooier wordt wanneer we de neiging tot zelfdestructie e...

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The Times (UK) opinionpoliticsbusiness
The failed wealth tax experiment that’s a warning to Andy Burnham

Scotland has focused on the richest to shore up its finances, but the plan has consistently backfired

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Medium businessopinionsports
Henry Cavill is Warhammer’s “Kevin Feige”

40K needs a narrator

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New York Times sportscultureopinion
The Woman Behind Emma M. Lion (Gift Article)

Beth Brower has been self-publishing for a decade. But her series drawn from the cheeky “journals” of a young woman in Victorian England has been a breakout.

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