“A bad breakup and a love for nature inspire a taste for eating meat.”
Carolyn Wells
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How a Would-Be Bomber Rebuilt His Life
“Zakaria Amara was jailed for his part in the Toronto 18 terror plot. Then came the hard work of redemption.”
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Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story?
“Tracy Wolff, the author of the ‘Crave’ series, is being sued for copyright infringement. But romantasy’s reliance on standardized tropes makes proving plot theft tricky.”
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They Were Looking for Endangered Tortoises. They Found Human Bones Instead.
“For decades, field technicians have scoured the Mojave Desert monitoring threatened tortoises. Their searches sometimes uncovered human remains.”
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How “Vanilla Tourists” and Threesome-Hunters Ironed Out Feeld’s Kinks
“As polyamory goes mainstream, longtime users of the alternative dating app are divided about its sudden success.”
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Cancel Culture on Campus: ‘Most of Us Are Terrified’
“The tragic death of ‘cancelled’ Oxford student Alexander Rogers made headlines earlier this month. But undergraduates at some universities are not surprised.”
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The Most Polarizing Thing on Wheels
“A year after its debut, the polarizing vehicle has come to embody Tesla’s infamous CEO, with critics suggesting it’s as defective and unreliable as Elon Musk himself.”
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A Year in Reading: Power to the People
Incorrigible, insightful, inspiring: the incredible people of 2024.
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Jude Law’s Beautiful Disappearing Act
“For decades, he’s captivated audiences as a certain kind of character: charming. Handsome. . . . Now Jude Law is casting that aside, and embracing roles that are darker.”
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The Death and Life of Jacob Cockle
“He loved surfing it and filming it. He was carving a career photographing it. But Jacob also lived on the edge.”