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"I get kicked out of a lot of casinos."
"ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project."
"The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be."
"Horse stories in the morning, erotica in the afternoon."
"As they pass through different hands, cooking utensils can magically connect us to loved ones who are no longer with us."
"There’s a slight quaver in the chef’s voice, and he tells me he is nervous. This is not something he is accustomed to doing, he says — asking a critic to leave."
"Racing pigeons hightail it home in competitions across the state."
"With one map, Marie Tharp revealed the raw, rifted depths of the Atlantic—and changed what we thought we knew about the Earth."
"Odyssey of the orange."
Showcasing stories from Jason Motlagh, Rhaina Cohen, Lydia C. Buchanan, Molly Young, and Forrest Wickman.
"On A24 as both a brand and a startup."
"There is a cost to being a writer, and my bill has come due."
Sometimes the most haunting part of trauma isn’t what happened—it’s wondering what could have happened if you hadn’t trusted your gut.
"Drug overdoses killed some 87,000 Americans over a 12-month period ending in September 2024 — more lives lost than the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq combined."
"Would you raise kids with your best pals?"
"You can’t buy such a book, can’t download it, can’t trace its often multiple authors. But if you run in the right circles, all you have to do is ask."
"For eight years running, Finland has topped the World Happiness Report — but what exactly does it measure?"
"They are mocked by gen Z for everything from their trainer socks to their mom jeans and selfie technique. A maligned millennial asks: how did we get here?"
"In the space of two weeks, my partner came out as gay and told me she was pregnant. What could have been the end of our family turned into a new beginning."
"It was one of the weirdest errors ever committed to film. It took me months to uncover how it all went wrong."
"Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution."
"When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me."
"Ted Kaczynski, whose anti-tech rants are finding a new generation of readers, shunned the brother who called the F.B.I. in an effort to halt his campaign of violence."
Recommendations from Bobbie Johnson; Bee Wilson; Jia Tolentino; Isra Fejzullaj, Rina Chandran, and Michael Zelenko; and Matthew Ponsford.
"For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever."
"Elon Musk gave it a shot in Washington. Now he’s aiming to be the de-facto mayor of a small Texas town."
"Forbidden Stories investigated her detention and death, which came on the heels of a reporting trip to Zaporizhzhia aimed at telling the stories of Ukrainian civilians unlawfully held by Russia."
"What illness taught me about true friendship."
"As Texas led a global revolution in designer party drugs, one restless club kid built an empire of ecstasy. His life is an all-American story of entrepreneurship, moral flexibility, and the heedless pursuit of happiness."
"A set of experimental techniques and technologies that might seem harmful to trees is actually helping ancient forests survive."
"Traveling in an RV empowers a seeker to make peace with an ever-evolving world."
"Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension."
"Labor advocates have long pushed brands like Nike to pay what’s known as a living wage, calling it a basic human right."
"The natural history presenter, who turns 99 this week, has an obsession with sea life that began in boyhood. Here he reflects on his most moving marine encounters — and shares his optimism about the future of our oceans."
"On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world."
"With ridership lagging and a fiscal reckoning looming, the L is in trouble. Here’s why our train is worth saving."
"Traveling by thumb isn't popular anymore. Some say it should be."
"Jackie Snow reflects on what working for a books-to-prisons nonprofit has taught her about reading."
Recommending stories from Mariana Serapicos, Camille Bromley, Devon Fredericksen, Georgia Brown, and Sarah Golibart Gorman.
"When the way ahead isn’t clear, the solution, sometimes, is to eat."
Leah Zani | Noema | April 24, 2025 | 3,335 words
"His alleged victims say he bribed New York Police Department officials, stole millions in diamonds, and persuaded Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Kim Kardashian to shill for a scam cryptocurrency. So why is Jona Rechnitz still free?"
"Back then, it felt easier to say goodbye to each part of him as they left."
"Lauren Oyler and Brandon Taylor talk to hannah baer about the dark art of literary takedowns"
"A personal history of the borstal in Britain: a century of incarcerated children."
"And many people with the condition are cared for at home."
"As subway assaults rise and calls for safety increase, a psychiatric nurse must decide who is a risk."
"Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath."
"Former senseis and business partners accuse Schulmann of building his $35-million-a-year martial-arts empire with Mafia tactics. What, you expect him to apologize?"
"Better to imagine some subterranean Gollum crooning over my memories than to accept them being lost completely."
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