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The Mathematical Reason Most People Never "Make It"
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The Mathematical Reason Most People Never "Make It"
The End of Reading Is Here
The End of Reading Is Here
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The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield
The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield
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The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs
The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs
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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 Mathematical Reason Most People Never "Make It"
Culture
The Mathematical Reason Most People Never "Make It"
Kaguura Gichuru·The Write Path
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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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This is a teenager
Science
This is a teenager
The Pudding·The Pudding
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Texas has long removed Black kids from their homes, sometimes with tragic results
Crime
Texas has long removed Black kids from their homes, sometimes with tragic results
Roxanna Asgarian·The Texas Tribune
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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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Modern-Day Oblomovschina: Sloth in the Digital Economy
Culture
Modern-Day Oblomovschina: Sloth in the Digital Economy
Politics by Other Memes·Medium
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She Watched Her Own Murder on Screen—the Man Next to Her Masturbated.
Film
She Watched Her Own Murder on Screen—the Man Next to Her Masturbated.
Sayyida Shaheen Noor·Medium
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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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The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry
Culture
The ‘Manosphere’ Isn’t a Movement. It’s a Multibillion-Dollar Grievance Industry
Miles Klee·Wired
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The Curious Case of Nebraska Man
Science
The Curious Case of Nebraska Man
Madeline Bodin·The Atavist Magazine
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Over the Borderline
Culture
Over the Borderline
Emmett Rensin·The Lamp Magazine
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The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield
Crime
The Strange Case of Anna Stubblefield
Daniel Engber·The New York Times
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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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