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Forty-Four
Birthdays, catastrophic lower-body injuries, LeBron James, the Roman Empire, the anguish of having lived, and triumphant sporting achievements.
Oct 5, 2023
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Jared Young
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Drowning in Text
Too much to read, what Picasso did when he was broke, the assassination of a Quebecois coke-dealer, and how the British Cycling Team stopped sucking.
Sep 1, 2023
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Casey Tourangeau
T-shirts, movies, podcasts, power chords, and muddled grapes.
Jun 23, 2023
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Failure & Success
Don Quixote, Giannis Atentekuompo, Stephen Marche, severed heads sprouting spider-legs, and massive failures that turn out to be huge successes.
May 25, 2023
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The News is Killing You
How's that for a negative clickbait headline?
Apr 23, 2023
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O.P.P. (Yeah, You Know Me)
Struggling to scroll through essays about offensive art, bad desk placement, Ben Affleck's parallel parking, and how the 1990s was the last best decade.
Mar 23, 2023
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Are we nicer than we think?
Kindness, cooperation, soldiers who refuse to shoot, getting horny for the Oscars, and the drawbacks of being civilized.
Feb 23, 2023
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Crybabies
Sir Lancelot, Watergate, Michael Jordan, and how we do (or don't) respond to the strangely shameful act of crying in public.
Jan 23, 2023
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The Best of 2022: Part II
Judgment, hierarchy, and hard decisions as we count down to the number one thing of the year.
Dec 24, 2022
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The Best of 2022: Part I
The ancient human tradition of list-making, ranking, and trying to make sense of everything that ever was.
Dec 23, 2022
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It’s All Art in The End
Art galleries, eyepatches, existential crises, crossbow duels, good logos, and billion-dollar housewarming gifts.
Nov 23, 2022
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Hating New Things
Vanity, obscenity, running up hills, running out of time, and what Mortal Kombat looked like in the 1850s.
Oct 23, 2022
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