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The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
The End of Reading Is Here
Who Owns the Internet?
Who Owns the Internet?
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A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
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The 25 Most Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far)
The 25 Most Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far)
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Who Owns the Internet?
Technology
Who Owns the Internet?
Elizabeth Kolbert·The New Yorker
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The Greatest, At Rest
Sports
The Greatest, At Rest
Tom Junod·ESPN
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Dispatch from Flyover Country
Culture
Dispatch from Flyover Country
Meghan O'Gieblyn·The Threepenny Review
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The End of Reading Is Here
History
The End of Reading Is Here
Rose Horowitch·The Atlantic
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A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
Culture
A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
Ara Rosenthal·Wired
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Tuesday, and After
Culture
Tuesday, and After
various authors·The New Yorker
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Follow the Path of Least Resistance: An Oral History of ‘Office Space’
Culture
Follow the Path of Least Resistance: An Oral History of ‘Office Space’
Jake Kring-Schreifels·The Ringer
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Corn-Pone Opinions
Culture
Corn-Pone Opinions
Mark Twain·Books & Collections
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The 25 Most Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far)
Culture
The 25 Most Interesting Ideas I've Found in 2025 (So Far)
Derek Thompson·Derek Thompson
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When John Waters met Little Richard
Culture
When John Waters met Little Richard
John Waters·The Guardian
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About Iran, from an Iranian Woman
War
About Iran, from an Iranian Woman
lilsmichelle·lilsmichelle
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The Handicapped
Personal
The Handicapped
Anonymous·The Atlantic
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Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought
Personal
Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought
Thomas Gibbons-Neff·The New York Times
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All the Cool Kids Are Birding
Nature
All the Cool Kids Are Birding
Rachel Gutman-Wei·The Atlantic
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Can Dirt Save the Earth?
Food
Can Dirt Save the Earth?
Moises Velasquez-Manoff·The New York Times
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What I Learned About Masculinity at Thai Kickboxing School
Culture
What I Learned About Masculinity at Thai Kickboxing School
Dan Brooks&Thomas Prior·The New York Times
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Progressives Don't Understand Masculinity
Gender
Progressives Don't Understand Masculinity
LastBlueDog·LastBlueDog
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Opinion | America Has a Masculinity Crisis
Gender
Opinion | America Has a Masculinity Crisis
Nadja Spiegelman&Frederick Joseph&Ruth Whippman&Vishakha Darbha·The New York Times
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Is Mike Wazowski Jewish or Polish?
Culture
Is Mike Wazowski Jewish or Polish?
Russell Sprout·Sproutstack
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Graven Images
Personal
Graven Images
Saul Bellow·The New Yorker
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