Month: September 2020
September 29, 2020
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Peak Newsletter? That Was 80 Years Ago
“In the 1940s, journalists fled traditional news outlets to write directly for subscribers. What happened next may be a warning. By the time Claud Cockburn…”
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Are You Liberal? Are You Sure?
“T he experiment’s participants were politically minded, sure of their ideologies. Which is why, upon learning that they had just expressed support for an issue…”
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“Getty / The Atlantic Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here . On the day…”
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Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest
“Climate and Environment California and Climate Trump’s Changes Climate 101 Environmental Racism A series of research papers renews hope that the long-elusive…”
September 27, 2020
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18 Revelations From a Trove of Trump Tax Records
“Times reporters have obtained decades of tax information the president has hidden from public view. Here are some of the key findings. Many of President Trump’s…”
September 25, 2020
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We Need to Talk About Talking About QAnon
“Describing and debunking the phenomenon is not enough. We need to explain why and how it came to be. We need to talk about talking about QAnon. So far, news…”
September 24, 2020
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Why do we think cats are unfriendly?
“Cats are the only asocial animal we have successfully domesticated. We’re disappointed that we don’t bond with them as easily as dogs. But are we just missing…”
September 23, 2020
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Toronto condo dwellers flock to exurbs, creating domino effect across Southern Ontario real estate
“Breadcrumb Trail Links Real Estate News Mortgages Economy Increased sales and prices are reaching as far as Fort Erie Author of the article: Victor Ferreira…”
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The Election That Could Break America
“Illustrations by Guillem Casasús / Renderings by Borja Alegre T here is a cohort of close observers of our presidential elections, scholars and lawyers and…”
September 22, 2020
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“Moises Saman / Magnum O n April 13 , Robert Redfield, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, appeared on the Today show and…”
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How Creativity Changes as We Age | The Walrus
“D espite spending most of my childhood drawing, I didn’t grow up to become an artist. I studied art history instead. I loved art, but I loved the artists more.…”
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Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
“The economist J.K. Galbraith once wrote, “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with…”
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“Mitch McConnell speaks during the Republican National Convention in August. Handout/Getty Images I was watching the president of the United States suggest to a…”
September 16, 2020
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Why are right-wing conspiracies so obsessed with pedophilia?
“Advertise with Mother Jones Zohar Lazar The children were being sodomized in secret underground tunnels. Their captors drank blood in front of them and staged…”
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The movements that betray who you are
“The accents that creep into the way we speak can reveal a lot about where we are from, but there are also subtle clues visible in our faces and the way we move.…”
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Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests
“Venus’s swirling cloud tops, as seen by the Akatsuki probe’s ultraviolet imager. Credit: ISAS and JAXA Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0) There is something funky going on…”
September 11, 2020
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“K elly Ferro is a busy mom on her way to the post office: leather mini-backpack, brunet topknot, turquoise pedicure with a matching ombré manicure. A…”
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Hundreds of Americans Planted ‘Chinese Mystery Seeds’
“In late July, America was briefly enthralled with “ Unsolicited Seeds from China ,” which started showing up in mailboxes in all 50 states. These mystery seeds…”
September 10, 2020
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Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis
“Home Share 900 KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Rose Jusino was waking up after working the graveyard shift at Taco Bell when a friend knocked on her door at the Star Motel.…”
September 9, 2020
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Why every year—but especially 2020—feels like the worst ever
“In the year 2020, Jenny Eastwood became addicted to bad news. The 26-year-old from Auckland, New Zealand, couldn’t stop checking the narratives of the deadly…”
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“Franco Origlia / Getty / Katie Martin / The Atlantic Charlie Kaufman’s first new movie in five years is a horror film. In some ways, the same could be said of…”
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I Accidentally Pandemic-Prepped My House
“Shutterstock / The Atlantic My obsession with ventilation began long before the pandemic. Five years ago, when I moved from central Tokyo to the coast of Japan,…”
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The Pandemic Is an Intuition Nightmare
“Aaron Marin Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here . Army ants will…”
September 8, 2020
September 7, 2020
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things: The most un-Netflix “Netflix film” to date
“The trailer for I’m Thinking of Ending Things Lost in all the hype around the release of two surefire blockbusters with very different approaches to the current…”
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Review: ‘I’m Thinking …’ is another marvelous, melancholy mind trap from Charlie Kaufman
“It’s hard to think of a contemporary filmmaker who has taken the life of the mind quite as literally as Charlie Kaufman. His first film as a director, the…”
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Five stars for I’m Thinking of Ending Things
“A new film from the writer of Being John Malkovich and Adaptation is like a creepy and dark reworking of Meet the Parents – it’s his weirdest yet, writes…”
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Charlie Kaufman’s New Netfilx Film I’m Thinking of Ending Things Will Crush You: Review
“The Pitch: A young woman ( Jessie Buckley ) travels with her boyfriend of six weeks, Jake ( Jesse Plemons ), for a long snowy drive to meet his parents for the…”
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Charlie Kaufman’s First Movie in Years Is a Mind-Bender
“Mary Cybulski / Netflix “‘Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.’ That’s…”
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‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ is one of the most ambitious, weird movies I’ve ever seen
“CLOSE CONNECT COMMENT EMAIL MORE I absolutely loved “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” when I wasn’t hating it. It’s way too long. I could have watched more. It…”