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Filthy Matters
“Calvin Gimpelevich writes on the history and politics of public bathrooms.”
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Building a Nest
“Lauren Markham and Jenny Odell discuss people, books, and places as inspiration; grief and the creative process; and the conscious attention required by climate crisis.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories by Maddy Crowell, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Fraser MacDonald, Shi En Kim, and Bryan Gardiner.
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Waymo Money, Waymo Problems
“Robots take to the roads—and clog the sidewalks.”
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The Final Flight of the Airline Magazine
“United’s in-flight publication goes digital—and marks the end of an era.”
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The Docteur Is In
“The Congolese rumba pioneer Docteur Nico helped define the sound of African decolonization—and became one of the great visionaries of the electric guitar.”
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The Game Is Played With Great Feeling
“How Pokémon can save the world, one Pikachu at a time.”
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Scrabble, Anonymous
“Somehow, doing it with other people took the stain away, made it feel fun instead of abject.”
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Against Rereading
“For those who do not reread, a book is like a little life. When it ends, it dies—or it lives on, imperfectly and embellished, in your memories.”
