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“It’s our least popular and most enforced rule: we don’t allow people to sleep in the library. We know you’re tired, we know it’s warm, we know it feels safe. But someone who is dying also looks like someone who is sleeping, and we’ve all seen our share of overdoses. Also, if one person is […]
“A century ago, an aspiring actress published a remarkable autobiography. She made up most of it.”
How the pandemic made us confront what it means to be alone.
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“How Israel, with the help of the U.S., broke not only Gaza but the foundations of humanitarian law.”
“Most new diseases have their origins in animals. So why aren’t we paying more attention to their health?”
“Trophy hunting is uncomfortable for some in the West but a lifeline for many locals.”
“After Donald Trump repeated rumors that immigrants here are eating cats and dogs, I came to town for the weekend. Proud Boys greeted me.”
“However persuasive they might be as facsimiles, shokuhin sampuru are subjective interpretations, seeking not only to replicate dishes but to intensify the feelings associated with the real thing.”
“Federal flood-risk maps — which millions of homeowners rely on to make decisions about the future of their homes — aren’t accounting for climate change in their projections. The result? Risk models that systematically underestimate threats facing residents of flood-prone areas across the U.S.”
