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Should I Be Worried That My Kid Hasn't Found A Best Friend? | Defector

Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector’s Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family life. Have a question? Email us at minordilemmas@defector.com. This week, Ju...

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New York Times politicsworld
Opinion | Canada and the Bully to Its South (Gift Article)

Readers discuss the contrasts between the United States and Canada, and the renaming of Lake Ontario as Lake America. Also: Conquering “digital territory.”

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New York Times culturefood
Panzanella Recipe • 5★

At the height of tomato season, for every perfectly ripe, taut and juicy specimen there’s an overripe, oozing counterpart not far away. The Tuscan bread salad called panzanella is the perfect place to use those sad, soft tomatoes that are still rich in flavor.

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Why Israel Reacted With Fury to U.K. Sanctions on West Bank Settlements (Gift Article)

The fierce retaliation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to the new restrictions is a reflection of his tough re-election fight, analysts say.

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VVD-fractievoorzitter Brekelmans hekelt stakende vakbonden in lezing: ‘Kijk eens verder dan je protestbord lang is’

Ov-staking: Ruben Brekelmans, fractievoorzitter van de VVD, was in zijn Binnenhoflezing kritisch op de stakende vakbonden die niet willen onderhandelen. Maar D66, VVD en CDA zijn het zelf ook oneens, ...

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Salvadorans to Keep Temporary Protected Status for Now, Trump Officials Say (Gift Article)

Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador was set to expire on Wednesday. The Trump administration said it would make an announcement about the program’s future at the “appropriate time.”

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Apple Unveils the iPhone Duo, a Foldable Phone That Costs $1,999 (Gift Article)

At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.

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New York Times politics
Texas Republicans Are Turning Against Data Centers. Will It Matter in November? (Gift Article)

The industry’s rapid expansion has scrambled traditional political alliances and forced G.O.P. leaders to respond to a backlash from some of their most reliable rural voters.

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Republican Convention Live Updates: GOP Convenes in Texas for Trump's Midterm Pageant (Gift Article)

The president will speak on both nights of a gathering in Dallas billed as a midterm convention. But with his approval ratings sagging, it’s unclear whether the event will help Republicans in tough ra...

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Yankees must be careful in building back Aaron Judge, despite his push to play

This is about keeping Judge healthy and getting him back to peak form — not the AL East title. The Yankees can’t afford to lose him again.

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Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free Speech (Gift Article)

When a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.

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The Atlantic politics
Inside the White House on 9/11

John McConnell on his memories of working in the White House on September 11, 2001. Plus: American Pastoral by Philip Roth.

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New York Times culture
Tippet Rise: Where Music and Art Meet Postcard Mountain Views (Gift Article)

Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana offers concerts in surroundings that make you feel as if you’re listening inside the land rather than around it.

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New York Times science
Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth (Gift Article)

A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.

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The Atlantic sports
Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026

Images from this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition, presented by Oceanographic Magazine and Blancpain, featuring some of the best coastal, drone, and underwater photographs selected from more than 15,000 entries

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New York Times technology
Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity (Gift Article)

Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.

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Trump’s Midterm Pitch Clouded by Iran War and Canada Tariffs (Gift Article)

A worsening trade war and a spike in oil prices could create new economic risks as the president prepares to rally Republicans for the midterms.

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Bloomberg politics
Hunter Biden’s ‘Laptop’ Memecoin Surges, Then Plummets on Debut

Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP coin began as a troll. Then traders did what they have done with short-lived internet jokes in this era of speculative boom and bust: send the token up before inevitably sending...

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New Accuser Sues Foundations With Ties to Cesar Chavez (Gift Article)

The lawsuit, the first of its kind since revelations against the union leader emerged this year, accuses two foundations of failing to prevent “abusive, rogue and inappropriate” behavior.

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‘S.N.L.’ Season 52: Jalen Brunson Will Host First Episode (Gift Article)

The New York Knicks star will kick off the 52nd season of “Saturday Night Live” on Sept. 26. Other hosts include Shane Gillis and Dakota Johnson.

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The NFL’s most underrated offseason storylines, including running backs getting paid (Gift Article)

With Maxx Crosby remaining with the Raiders (for now), could he become the big story of the NFL trade deadline?

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The Cricket Briefing: England boast a potent new-ball attack, but have Pakistan been set up to fail?

It's advantage England as Pakistan, put into bat, were dismissed cheaply at Edgbaston with Emilio Gay scoring his third Test 50 in reply

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A Cartoonist, Interrupted, Stumbles on Surprises at the Frick (Gift Article)

What connects a favorite Aimee Mann song, a classic memoir and a Vermeer painting in the Frick Collection? The answer was there all along.

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The Atlantic businesspoliticssports
The Wrath of MAGA

The ferocity of the response to Jon Ossoff reveals something deeper about the world of Trump supporters.

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Opinion | I Expected Tech Fatalism. Americans Are Putting Up a Remarkable Fight Instead. (Gift Article)

Three-fourths of Americans oppose data centers. Why?

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Tate Brothers Must Remain in U.S. Jail Until Extradition Case Is Decided (Gift Article)

A judge in Miami declined to release Andrew and Tristan Tate from custody while they fight extradition to Britain.

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Defector entertainment
AI Animal Videos Are Ruining One Of The Internet's Last Good Things | Defector

Recently, while picking up a banh mi in my neighborhood, I found myself transfixed by a TV in the restaurant showing what I assumed was a nature documentary. At first the footage soothed: Gentle humpback whales sailing through hazy blue waters and killer whales gliding in packs under glacial ice. But the longer I waited…

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Defector science
What If We Could Have A Future? | Defector

Maybe you have heard of Roko’s Basilisk. This is a thought experiment, for lack of a better term, popular among a certain set: hyper-rationalists, futurists, effective altruists. Tech-industry guys. Y...

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Why LIV Golf filed for bankruptcy: $5 billion lost and what happens next (Gift Article)

Player contracts are a significant portion of LIV’s liabilities, and bankruptcy allows the tour to reject those it sees as unfavourable.

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Medium culture
A Single, Transitioned Trans Woman Goes Shopping for a Male

An even exchange: they gawk at my breasts while I examine their crotches

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Improv at the Courthouse

Jury Duty Hysterics

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Dragonkin: The Banished Feels Like A Fake Video Game

Like, I could have made up that title, right?

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How Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Would Work (Gift Article)

The plan, which two dozen states have challenged as unconstitutional, puts in place new requirements about who can receive mail ballots.

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Medium culture
Things I Wish Every Psychologist Would Know About Transgender People

Red flags transgender clients should watch for in therapy

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New York Times culture
‘Liberation,’ ‘Purpose’ and 39 More Shows to See in the U.S. This Fall (Gift Article)

This season is rich with sharp productions, like Bess Wohl’s and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Pulitzer winners, Cole Escola’s “Oh, Mary!” and the hip-hop musical “Mexodus.”

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New York Times entertainmentbusiness
Dolly Parton’s Musical, ‘Inter Alia’ and More on Broadway, and Off, This Fall (Gift Article)

On New York stages this season come the new musicals “Galileo” and “Wanted,” a “Shuffle Along” reunion with Audra McDonald, and Tom Hiddleston in “Much Ado About Nothing.”

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In Brooklyn, a Landscape Designer Turned a Gray Roof Into a Green Roof (Gift Article)

The Brooklyn garage’s rooftop was a flat, empty surface. Then Julie Farris made it bloom.

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New York Times entertainmentculture
Film and TV Portrayals of A.I. Go Beyond Science Fiction (Gift Article)

Plots involving some kind of artificial intelligence are even part of soap operas. Here’s how they’ve evolved over the decades.

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New York Times sports
I walked away from the NFL at the age of 24. Here’s what I’ve learned since (Gift Article)

Former NFL linebacker Chris Borland wrestled with adapting to change and starting anew. Then he read a book that changed his thinking.

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NBA Power Rankings: The Knicks are champs. What’s next for all 30 teams?

The Knicks are NBA champions for the first time in five decades. How does that impact this season's last Power Rankings?

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Joseph Rice, Lowcountry Lawyer Who Took On Big Tobacco, Dies at 72 (Gift Article)

He challenged tobacco companies as well as the opioid industry, securing multibillion-dollar settlements that also benefited public health.

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The Atlantic politics
The Inside Story of What Happened at Stars and Stripes

For generations, the newspaper has served American military families without interference from the government. That work must continue. And it must remain editorially independent.

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New York Times politicsworldbusiness
Measuring the Cost of Trump’s Multiple Wars (Gift Article)

Voters and some Republican lawmakers are growing weary of President Trump’s trade battles and the economic fallout from fighting in the Middle East.

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Dallas Protests Planned as Trump, Republicans Gather for RNC Convention (Gift Article)

City officials erected barricades, mapped out street closures and coordinated with federal agencies as protesters planned anti-Trump marches and demonstrations near the convention venue.

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New York Times culture
How the World’s Longest-Running Musical Finally Made It to Broadway (Gift Article)

“The Fantasticks” ran for decades in Greenwich Village. Now, in time for its Broadway debut, it gets a gender makeover.

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NRC politicsworld
Ook in de Eerste Kamer wil GroenLinks-PvdA zich Pro noemen, maar dat mag van de PVV niet zonder slag of stoot. ‘Tsja, het is allemaal politiek natuurlijk’

Politiek: In de Eerste Kamer probeert GroenLinks-PvdA de naam te veranderen in Pro. De manier waarop noemt de PVV „een list”. Niettemin is er een meerderheid voor een voorstel dat ervoor zorgt dat Pro...

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Bloomberg worldpolitics
Iran Attacks on US Navy Show Limits of Tanker-Sinking Reprisals

The US tactic of striking Iranian tankers in reprisal for attacks on American warships faces a key obstacle: Tehran likely values putting a hole in an American destroyer more than losing an empty carg...

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Medium sportsentertainmentculture
Take a Bow: The Power of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

Reviewing the kawaii career of an artist who continues to deliver the most eclectic and positive expressions of Pop Art

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New York Times politics
Will Trump’s Midterm Convention Help or Hurt Republicans? 5 Things to Watch. (Gift Article)

At an unusual gathering in Dallas, some of the party’s top candidates will be forced to decide just how tightly to tether themselves to an unpopular president.

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New York Times sports
Nationals set blown-saves record in another doozy of a loss (Gift Article)

Washington entered the eighth inning up 4-1 before another unraveling in a 5-4 loss.

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