Month: June 2022
June 11, 2022
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Ten Ways of Thinking About Endings
“I got a cluster of questions regarding endings and how we know we’re finished with a story, including the following three: Q1. What is your advice for knowing…”
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“We seek personal growth. But when we say “personal growth” we don’t imagine us getting bigger, say gaining weight, or our ego enlarging, our head ballooning, or…”
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A Negative COVID Test Has Never Been So Meaningless
“In early May, 27-year-old Hayley Furmaniuk felt tired and a bit congested, but after rapid-testing negative for the coronavirus two days in a row, she dined…”
June 10, 2022
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“Ideas Hard Wired How evolutionary psychology ended up at the heart of the culture wars Hari Kunzru The first backlash to Sociobiology came from Harvard…”
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Why Are Police So Bad at Their Jobs?
“× John Lamparski/NurPhoto via AP The inaction in the case of the Uvalde school shooter is the most egregious example in a string of police incompetence in…”
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White Christian Nationalism ‘Is a Fundamental Threat to Democracy’
“Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images An ideology is on the march. Traces of it are detectable in a racist massacre in Buffalo ; in Tucker Carlson ’s monologues;…”
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Life’s Preference for Symmetry Is Like ‘A New Law of Nature’
“Trilobites Techniques from computer science may help explain the tendency in biology for structures to repeat themselves. Send any friend a story As a…”
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Secrets of the Book Designer: On Typography, Painting, and Finding That Single Visual Moment
“When it came time for my novel, Planes , to get a cover, I was thrilled to learn that Linda Huang had been assigned to make it. I met Linda in the fall of 2004,…”
June 9, 2022
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Paying extra for premium gas? You should probably stop
“You love your car. You want to treat it well. You certainly don’t want to do anything that would damage it. That’s why you’ve been filling it with premium…”
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The U.S. is under siege by Christian nationalists. It’s time media outlets recognize it.
“If you were at the center of a religious crusade , do you think you’d be able to detect it? I ask because it’s becoming increasingly clear that the United…”
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Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns
“PITTSBURGH (AP) — The victory party took on the feel of an evangelical worship service after Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial primary…”
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Logan Ury Says You’re Dating All Wrong
“The Great Read From her Oakland commune, a dating coach has made a big business out of her data-driven approach to modern romance. Send any friend a story As a…”
June 5, 2022
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How we pronounce Uvalde says a lot about the power of language in mixed communities
“President Biden and first lady Jill Biden drive past a memorial site in the town square of Uvalde set up for those killed in the school mass shooting, on their…”
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Opinion | Many Reporters Think Kevin McCarthy Is Dumb. Why Can’t They Say So?
“Magazine Opinion | Many Reporters Think Kevin McCarthy Is Dumb. Why Can’t They Say So? Washington’s last taboo: calling someone stupid. POLITICO illustration by…”
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Opinion: Russia’s war against the world’s food supplies demands a swift response
“Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account There are really two wars being fought by Russia today – one a war of conquest against Ukraine,…”
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#6: Unpacking RRR, Indian Politics, and Cinema • Buttondown
“Warning: This is going to be a long one. If you are not interested in Indian Politics and Film or even RRR, I’m afraid this installment of the newsletter may…”
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“Susan Kirsch in her backyard, just a few hundred feet from the site where Phil Richardson hopes to build a multi-unit housing development. Credit… Aaron…”
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A Cancer Trial’s Unexpected Result: Remission in Every Patient
“The study was small, and experts say it needs to be replicated. But for 18 people with colorectal cancer, the outcome led to “happy tears.” Send any friend a…”
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The First Privately Funded Killer Asteroid Spotter Is Here
“Gigantic asteroids have smashed into the Earth before— RIP dinosaurs —and if we’re not watching out for all those errant space rocks, they could crash into our…”
June 4, 2022
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Factory Built Housing – Marginal REVOLUTION
“Government concerns about great disparities in housing conditions, what are often called housing crises, date to at least the 1920s. These great disparities…”
June 1, 2022
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Netflix slips and Hollywood cheers. Maybe it shouldn’t.
“Season 4 of Netflix’s smash success, Stranger Things , premiered on May 27, 2022. Courtesy of Netflix This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering…”