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Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries By Lisa Bubert Feature Tales of odd phenomena stoke our imagination even as they tease us.
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Love Song to Costco By Yuxi Lin Feature “In the great halls of Costco, two of our greatest fears are assuaged — that of not having enough, and that of not being enough.”
The Case for Letting Malibu Burn By Longreads Feature Many of California’s native ecosystems evolved to burn. Modern fire suppression creates fuels that lead to catastrophic fires. So why do people insist on rebuilding in the firebelt?
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