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A Reporter at Large – You Make Me Sick
The New Yorker

A Reporter at Large – You Make Me Sick

How corporate scientists discovered—and then helped to conceal—the dangers of forever chemicals.

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May 27, 2024
Age of Anxiety
The New Yorker

Age of Anxiety

The love songs of Billie Eilish.

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6 mins  |
May 27, 2024
THE THEATRE - PHOTO REALISM
The New Yorker

THE THEATRE - PHOTO REALISM

Moisés Kaufman's Here There Are Blueberries.”

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5 mins  |
May 27, 2024
FAMILY PORTRAIT
The New Yorker

FAMILY PORTRAIT

In his latest novel, Garth Risk Hallberg shrinks his frame.

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8 mins  |
May 27, 2024
THE WORLD OF TELEVISION CASTOFFS
The New Yorker

THE WORLD OF TELEVISION CASTOFFS

REALITY-TV CONTESTANTS ARE BARELY PAID, AND THE EXPERIENCE CAN FEEL LIKE ABUSE. SHOULD THEY UNIONIZE?

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May 27, 2024
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY ABRIDGED TOO FAR
The New Yorker

ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY ABRIDGED TOO FAR

The world according to Blinkist.

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May 27, 2024
Thataway Thomas McGuane
The New Yorker

Thataway Thomas McGuane

The two sisters were growing old now, but they went on gazing toward Palm Springs from this windblown prairie town as though to Mecca.

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May 27, 2024
ANNALS OF INQUIRY WAIT FOR IT
The New Yorker

ANNALS OF INQUIRY WAIT FOR IT

Suspense in literature and life.

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May 27, 2024
SHOUTS & MURMURS IDENTIFIED
The New Yorker

SHOUTS & MURMURS IDENTIFIED

A panel of scientific experts commissioned by NASA to study unidentified anomalous phenomena,” more widely known as UFOs, said Thursday that it found no evidence that any of the reported objects were extraterrestrial in origin.

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May 27, 2024
A CRITIC AT LARGE SAY THE WORD
The New Yorker

A CRITIC AT LARGE SAY THE WORD

Why liberals struggle to defend liberalism.

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May 27, 2024
EYES UP HERE
The New Yorker

EYES UP HERE

The perils and pleasures of a nice rack.

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10+ mins  |
May 27, 2024
THE CURRENT CINEMA APOCALYPSE WHEN
The New Yorker

THE CURRENT CINEMA APOCALYPSE WHEN

“Megalopolis.”

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6 mins  |
May 27, 2024
AI Is Coming for Hollywood's Jobs
Reason magazine

AI Is Coming for Hollywood's Jobs

But so is everyone else.

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June 2024
A Critic at Large - Off the Leash
The New Yorker

A Critic at Large - Off the Leash

The wacky and wonderful world of the Westminster Dog Show.

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May 20, 2024
AMERICAN CHRONICLES - THE RIGHT TO HUG
The New Yorker

AMERICAN CHRONICLES - THE RIGHT TO HUG

Children are fighting to visit their parents in county jails.

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May 20, 2024
PERSONAL HISTORY - TABULA RASA
The New Yorker

PERSONAL HISTORY - TABULA RASA

THE WORDLE PHILOSOPHY

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10+ mins  |
May 20, 2024
BLAME GAME
The New Yorker

BLAME GAME

“Baby Reindeer” and Under the Bridge.”

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5 mins  |
May 20, 2024
THE INSTIGATOR
The New Yorker

THE INSTIGATOR

How Miranda July starts again.

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10+ mins  |
May 20, 2024
OUT OF THE DARKNESS
The New Yorker

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

Zemlinsky, Schulhoff; and other neglected Jewish composers of Central Europe.

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6 mins  |
May 20, 2024
BOOKS - FORGET IT
The New Yorker

BOOKS - FORGET IT

A neuropsychologist says that we're thinking about memory all wrong.

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10 mins  |
May 20, 2024
Consolation
The New Yorker

Consolation

Five years before my mother died, we had a violent argument—a thing that had never happened before.

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May 20, 2024
NEIGHBORLY
The New Yorker

NEIGHBORLY

My name is Margaret Jo Stinson, and I’d like to share my own perspective on this sort of thing.

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May 20, 2024
LOADED
The New Yorker

LOADED

We used to think the rich had a social function. What are they good for now?

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10+ mins  |
May 20, 2024
Alfred Molina
Vanity Fair US

Alfred Molina

The actor, currently starring in Uncle Vanya on Broadway, on his love of vinyl, New York, and not being the worst dad in the world

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2 mins  |
May 2024
Devil's Eve, 1982
Vanity Fair US

Devil's Eve, 1982

Before she was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Dominique Dunne had been poised for Hollywood stardom. The crime launched her father, Dominick, into his calling, covering high-profile court cases for this magazine. The tragedy also reshaped their family, as Griffin Dunne writes in his memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club

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10+ mins  |
May 2024
Of Gods and Men
Vanity Fair US

Of Gods and Men

Despite playing Thor for years, Chris Hemsworth is every inch a human being: an introspective family man with real questions about his career and future. We meet up in Australia on the eve of his favorite role in more than a decade in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

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10+ mins  |
May 2024
MEMBERS ONLY
Vanity Fair US

MEMBERS ONLY

Scott Sartiano's private club, Zero Bond, became postpandemic New York's celeb-friendliest playground, luring the likes of Taylor, Elon, and Mayor Eric Adams. What's the secret sauce?

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May 2024
RUNNING for His Life
Vanity Fair US

RUNNING for His Life

His freedom in the balance, Donald Trump's campaign has been big on autocracy and low on the drama that marked previous runs. What might this newfound if terrifying competency mean?

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May 2024
IN VITRO VERITAS
Vanity Fair US

IN VITRO VERITAS

More than half a century ago, in a dusty Roman library, men of science and men of faith gathered together to unlock the mysteries of female fertility. The answer: urine from the brides of Christ. And lo, those nuns gaveth

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May 2024
CITIZEN CHAMBERS
Vanity Fair US

CITIZEN CHAMBERS

Until very recently, Jim \"Fergie\" Chambers was an heir to Cox Enterprises and one of the largest family fortunes in America. With hundreds of millions of dollars on hand, a zeal for revolution, and an innate sense for confrontation, he's becoming America's go-to radical communist

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May 2024