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Latest The Custodian

The Custodian

Vidcon   Dec 23, 2024  0  8

A poem published in The Atlantic in 2011

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Latest The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening i...

Vidcon   Dec 23, 2024  0  8

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

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Latest The Price of Humiliating Nicolás Maduro

The Price of Humiliating Nicolás Maduro

Vidcon   Dec 22, 2024  0  14

A new kind of repression is gripping Venezuela, and its logic is menacingly opaque.

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Latest Every Woman on This Show Is Loathsome. That’s By Design.

Every Woman on This Show Is Loathsome. T...

Vidcon   Dec 22, 2024  0  13

Dune: Prophecy allows its female leads to play both hero and villain.

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Latest The Strange Challenge of Small Talk

The Strange Challenge of Small Talk

Vidcon   Dec 22, 2024  0  16

Unlike some other life skills, it doesn’t seem to get easier the more you practice.

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Latest Inside a Chaotic Nebula

Inside a Chaotic Nebula

Vidcon   Dec 22, 2024  0  16

Day 21 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

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Latest Elon Musk’s Determining Role in Washington

Elon Musk’s Determining Role in Washingt...

Vidcon   Dec 22, 2024  0  12

How the tech billionaire became Donald Trump’s newest partner

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Latest The Cost of Lawlessness on the West Bank

The Cost of Lawlessness on the West Bank

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  14

Settler violence against Palestinians is rising, and Israel seems unwilling to stop it.

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Latest An Autistic Teenager Fell Hard for a Chatbot

An Autistic Teenager Fell Hard for a Cha...

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  16

My godson was especially vulnerable to AI companions, and he is not alone.

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Latest A Beacon in the Clouds

A Beacon in the Clouds

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  13

Day 19 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

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Latest Musk Makes a Mess of Congress

Musk Makes a Mess of Congress

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  10

The billionaire may have just tanked a bipartisan bill to fund the government. All he needed was a few hours on X.

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Latest Why Reading Books in High School Matters

Why Reading Books in High School Matters

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  23

You’ll understand when you’re older.

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Latest Postpone Your Pleasures

Postpone Your Pleasures

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  21

And enjoy them all the more.

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Latest A Nonreligious Holiday Ritual

A Nonreligious Holiday Ritual

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  8

The winter solstice is a pristine time for the simple act of noticing.

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Latest America’s Bird-Flu Luck Has Officially Run Out

America’s Bird-Flu Luck Has Officially R...

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  17

Bird flu has spread so widely that it was always going to make someone seriously sick.

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Latest The GOP Is Treating Musk Like He’s in Charge

The GOP Is Treating Musk Like He’s in Ch...

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  9

This week, the world’s richest person solidified his influence over American politics.

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Latest Bashar al-Assad Exploited Alawites’ Fear

Bashar al-Assad Exploited Alawites’ Fear...

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  7

To move forward, Syria needs to guarantee their safety.

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Latest Even Barry Jenkins Can Only Do So Much

Even Barry Jenkins Can Only Do So Much

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  15

Mufasa: The Lion King, from the Moonlight director, doesn’t transcend its cynical origins as a Disney product.

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Latest Photos of the Week: Relic Crown, Floating Village, Ice Harvest

Photos of the Week: Relic Crown, Floatin...

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  10

A Christmas fair in Romania, an enormous indoor ice rink in Paris, a surfing Santa Claus in Australia, a sunset camel safari in In...

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Latest South Korea’s Crisis Is Nowhere Near Over

South Korea’s Crisis Is Nowhere Near Ove...

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  14

Ongoing political chaos will entrench the country’s economic and social problems—and leave Seoul woefully unprepared for Trump....

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Latest Elon Musk’s X Endgame

Elon Musk’s X Endgame

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  11

The world’s richest man has become a new kind of oligarch.

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Latest A Galactic Chain

A Galactic Chain

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  37

Day 20 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

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Latest The Art Monster Under the Bed

The Art Monster Under the Bed

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  11

Ella Baxter’s new novel reminds us that mediocrity is far more common than genius.

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Latest ChatGPT Won’t Say His Name

ChatGPT Won’t Say His Name

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  11

Why do certain words immediately short-circuit the program?

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Latest COVID’s End-of-Year Surprise

COVID’s End-of-Year Surprise

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  12

The dreaded “winter wave” looks different this year.

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Latest The Potential Backlash to Trump Unbound

The Potential Backlash to Trump Unbound

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  13

A returning president who expects to govern without constraints leaves his opponents hoping to benefit from the backlash.

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Latest The Limits of the GOP Trifecta

The Limits of the GOP Trifecta

Vidcon   Dec 21, 2024  0  10

A conversation with Russell Berman about Congress’s chaotic week

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Latest Gas Will Be the First Big Climate Fight of the Trump Era

Gas Will Be the First Big Climate Fight ...

Vidcon   Dec 19, 2024  0  16

The Biden administration just made the case against increasing natural-gas exports.

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Latest Images of Krampus—Saint Nick’s Dark Companion

Images of Krampus—Saint Nick’s Dark Comp...

Vidcon   Dec 19, 2024  0  17

Recent images of people dressed in frightening Krampus costumes, parading in front of crowds and chasing bystanders

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Latest They Really Mean It

They Really Mean It

Vidcon   Dec 19, 2024  0  27

The far-right internet is even more shocking in person.

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Latest Trump Has Found the Media’s Biggest Vulnerability

Trump Has Found the Media’s Biggest Vuln...

Vidcon   Dec 19, 2024  0  15

Most major media properties are tied to larger business interests that can benefit from government policy—or be harmed by it.

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Latest Why Online Returns Are a Hassle Now

Why Online Returns Are a Hassle Now

Vidcon   Dec 19, 2024  0  20

Getting your money back is not as simple as it used to be.

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Latest Does Democracy Even Work?

Does Democracy Even Work?

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  18

One researcher tests the limits of “deliverism.”

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Latest Bob Dylan’s Carnival Act

Bob Dylan’s Carnival Act

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  12

His identity was a performance. His writing was sleight of hand. He bamboozled his own audience.

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Latest Can the Rodeo Save a Historic Black Town?

Can the Rodeo Save a Historic Black Town...

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  24

One woman’s quest to rescue Boley, Oklahoma

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Latest America Needs a Leader, Not a Salesman

America Needs a Leader, Not a Salesman

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  25

Readers respond to our November 2024 cover story and more.

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Latest The 10 Best Albums of 2024

The 10 Best Albums of 2024

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  23

This year’s most exciting artists rejected consensus and did things their way.

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Latest Bogotá’s Water Rationing Is a Preview

Bogotá’s Water Rationing Is a Preview

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  18

More places should practice going without crucial resources.

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Latest RIP, the Axis of Resistance

RIP, the Axis of Resistance

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  19

Iran’s revolutionary project for the Middle East sowed misery and won’t be missed.

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Latest A Gathering of Ancient Stars

A Gathering of Ancient Stars

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  11

Day 17 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

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Latest The Crumbling Foundation of America’s Military

The Crumbling Foundation of America’s Mi...

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  23

The U.S. failed to produce weapons and ammunition fast enough to supply Ukraine. Could it equip its own armed forces in the event ...

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Latest I’ve Been Left Off My Friends’ Group Chat

I’ve Been Left Off My Friends’ Group Cha...

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  13

How do I get over feeling excluded?

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Latest The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Tracks

The Words That Stop ChatGPT in Its Track...

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  16

Why won’t the bot say my name?

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Latest Hyundai Is Becoming the New Tesla

Hyundai Is Becoming the New Tesla

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  10

Even in a Trump presidency, America’s EV future may not run through Elon Musk.

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Latest Trump to Russia’s Rescue

Trump to Russia’s Rescue

Vidcon   Dec 18, 2024  0  20

After a year of misfortune, Putin is about to have a friend in the White House.

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