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Latest To Save the World, My Mother Abandoned Me

To Save the World, My Mother Abandoned M...

Vidcon   Aug 12, 2024  0  46

She cared more about fomenting a socialist revolution than raising her child.

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Latest Why Kamala Harris’s Politics Are So Hard to Pin Down

Why Kamala Harris’s Politics Are So Hard...

Vidcon   Aug 12, 2024  0  40

One person’s savvy pragmatist is another’s craven political operator.

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Latest How the Gay-Rights Movement Lost its Way

How the Gay-Rights Movement Lost its Way

Vidcon   Aug 12, 2024  0  41

What should activist groups such as GLAAD do after they fulfill their goals?

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Latest Olympics Photo of the Day: A Joyful Splash

Olympics Photo of the Day: A Joyful Spla...

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  0  30

Team Serbia celebrates a win, tossing their coach into the pool

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Latest Scientists Are One Step Closer to Demystifying ‘Aphantasia’

Scientists Are One Step Closer to Demyst...

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  1  44

Inside the brains of people who can’t picture things in their mind.

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Latest Psychedelic Medicine Has a Therapy Problem

Psychedelic Medicine Has a Therapy Probl...

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  0  45

Pairing therapy with psychedelic drugs could use more research, or the approach could be dropped altogether.

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Latest Psychedelic Medicine’s Biggest Dreams Are Fading

Psychedelic Medicine’s Biggest Dreams Ar...

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  0  36

The FDA did not approve the first psychedelic therapy it considered—which could make the field re-think its approach.

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Latest Scientists Are One Step Closer to Demystifying 'Aphantasia'

Scientists Are One Step Closer to Demyst...

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  0  42

Inside the brains of people who can't picture things in their mind.

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Latest Seven Compelling Weekend Reads

Seven Compelling Weekend Reads

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  0  42

Plus: When Maui burned

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Latest How Not to hand Populists a Weapon

How Not to hand Populists a Weapon

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  0  44

Keir Starmer needs to address immigration, not because of Britain’s riots, but in spite of them.

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Latest I Get Lifted Oh

I Get Lifted Oh

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  0  32

A poem for Sunday

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Latest The Myth of Female Unelectability

The Myth of Female Unelectability

Vidcon   Aug 11, 2024  0  39

Today’s voters do not systematically discriminate against female candidates.

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Latest Olympics Photo of the Day: One Step Closer to Gold

Olympics Photo of the Day: One Step Clos...

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  39

Wrestler Kotaro Kiyooka of Japan celebrates a win on the mat.

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Latest We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia

We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystop...

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  46

Algorithmic price-fixing appears to be spreading to more and more industries. And existing laws may not be equipped to stop it.

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Latest The Modern Olympics Invented the Marathon

The Modern Olympics Invented the Maratho...

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  51

A 19th-century philologist turned a Greek legend into a sport.

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Latest The Election Reset

The Election Reset

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  46

Is this enthusiasm sustainable?

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Latest The Psychology of Money

The Psychology of Money

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  46

An Atlantic reading list on the tricky links between our money and our mind

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Latest A Dam-Break Moment for Women in Olympics

A Dam-Break Moment for Women in Olympics

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  31

Track organizations around the world once banned women from running long distances. Then a group of women ran 26.2 miles in the Ol...

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Latest Ukraine Was Biding Its Time

Ukraine Was Biding Its Time

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  36

While outside analysts downplayed their chances, the Ukrainians were quietly planning something major.

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Latest Consider the Boor

Consider the Boor

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  44

In Jo Hamya’s new novel, pity becomes a form of power.

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Latest The Man Who Invented the Marathon

The Man Who Invented the Marathon

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  44

A 19th-century philologist turned a Greek legend into a sport.

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Latest An Army of Sea Urchins Could Help Save Coral Reefs

An Army of Sea Urchins Could Help Save C...

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  34

The creatures eat harmful algae, but they're disappearing. Scientists are trying to grow more of them.

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Latest Is Your Rent an Antitrust Violation?

Is Your Rent an Antitrust Violation?

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  35

Algorithmic price-fixing appears to be spreading to more and more industries. And existing laws may not be equipped to stop it.

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Latest The Marathon That Changed How the World Saw Women Runners

The Marathon That Changed How the World ...

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  47

Track organizations around the world once banned women from running long distances. Then a group of women ran 26.2 miles in the Ol...

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Latest It Should End Here

It Should End Here

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  34

Hollywood sheen isn’t enough to enliven the tiresome romantic drama of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, It Ends With Us.

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Latest Pity the Bad Man

Pity the Bad Man

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  41

A bold new novel invites the reader to consider the plight of the bullies and the boors.

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Latest What Is Ukraine Doing in Russia?

What Is Ukraine Doing in Russia?

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  54

While outside analysts downplayed their chances, the Ukrainians were quietly planning something major.

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Latest The Goldilocks Theory of Out-of-Office Messages

The Goldilocks Theory of Out-of-Office M...

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  40

Many vacation out-of-office emails tell me much more than I wish to know.

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Latest Generative AI’s Slop Era

Generative AI’s Slop Era

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  89

New search bots underscore familiar problems with the technology.

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Latest The Truth About Trump’s Press Conference

The Truth About Trump’s Press Conference...

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  34

His obvious emotional instability is frightening, not funny.

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Latest Olympics Photo of the Day: Roaring Across the Finish Line

Olympics Photo of the Day: Roaring Acros...

Vidcon   Aug 10, 2024  0  52

Sha’Carri Richardson runs a powerful anchor leg in the women's 4x100m relay.

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Latest Sorry, You Need a Neck Fan

Sorry, You Need a Neck Fan

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  49

The age of heat gadgets is here.

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Latest The Secret Desire Many Workers Share

The Secret Desire Many Workers Share

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  46

Kristi Coulter’s memoir Exit Interview might inspire you to tell your boss what you really think.

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Latest Please Do Not Make Fun of My Neck Fan

Please Do Not Make Fun of My Neck Fan

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  43

Soon maybe you’ll be wearing one too.

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Latest Another RFK Jr. Surprise

Another RFK Jr. Surprise

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  40

With Joe Biden out of the race, the third-party candidate suddenly appears to pose a bigger threat to Donald Trump.

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Latest Sorry, Richard Nixon

Sorry, Richard Nixon

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  44

The Watergate scandal forced his resignation 50 years ago. Today, he’d probably have gotten away with it.

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Latest Maduro Takes the Easy Way Out

Maduro Takes the Easy Way Out

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  40

Venezuela’s strongman appears to believe that dictatorship can survive on repression alone. What if he’s right?

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Latest When Realism Is More Powerful Than Science Fiction

When Realism Is More Powerful Than Scien...

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  36

In On Strike Against God, Joanna Russ imagined a freer world while confronting its inequities head-on.

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Latest Composition With Birds

Composition With Birds

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  34

A poem for Friday

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Latest The Hotdish Ticket

The Hotdish Ticket

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  41

The Harris-Walz campaign’s joyful embrace of food is a signal.

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Latest The Olympics Could Have Avoided the Ugly Boxing Debate

The Olympics Could Have Avoided the Ugly...

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  44

Questions about unfair advantage won’t just go away.

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Latest Richard Nixon, We’re Sorry

Richard Nixon, We’re Sorry

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  42

The Watergate scandal forced his resignation 50 years ago. Today, he’d probably have gotten away with it.

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Latest Your Air Conditioner Is Lying to You

Your Air Conditioner Is Lying to You

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  58

How does money-saver mode make sense?

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Latest Tim Walz, Food Guy

Tim Walz, Food Guy

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  43

The Minnesota governor’s joyful embrace of cooking and eating is a signal.

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Latest RFK Jr. Could Still Be a Spoiler—But for Whom?

RFK Jr. Could Still Be a Spoiler—But for...

Vidcon   Aug 9, 2024  0  45

The third-party candidate was long seen as hurting Joe Biden more than Donald Trump. With Kamala Harris in the race, that dynamic ...

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