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The Sudden Chumminess of Hunter Biden and Candace Owens
1+ week, 4+ day ago (359+ words) The former president's son tearfully met with the podcaster, who once called him a "degenerate." But why was he there? Why did he recently reactivate his account on X? And what's next for the man many Republicans have loved to…...
Canada Is Killing Itself
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (949+ words) The country gave its citizens the right to die. Doctors are struggling to keep up with demand. The euthanasia conference was held at a Sheraton. Some 300 Canadian professionals, most of them clinicians, had arrived for the annual event. There were…...
Vance Doubts the Pentagon's Depiction of the Iran War
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (127+ words) The vice president is worried that the U. S. is running low on weapons. In closed-door meetings, J. D. Vance has repeatedly questioned the Defense Department's depiction of the war in Iran and whether the Pentagon has understated what appears to be the drastic…...
Why Can't Americans Sleep?
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (1857+ words) Insomnia has become a public-health emergency. Then, one night maybe two months before I turned 29, that vaguening sense that normal sleepers have when they're lying in bed'their thoughts pixelating into surreal images, their mind listing toward unconsciousness'completely deserted me. How…...
A New Kind of Hybrid Car Is About to Hit America's Streets
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (62+ words) The Atlantic The car industry says it has an answer for drivers wary of going electric. Read: The hybrid-car dilemma Read: The backlash against car prices is here This article originally misidentified the Ram 1500 REV as the first extended-range electric…...
Americans Are Tanning Like It's 1999
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1160+ words) The early aughts were the worst possible kind of golden age. Tans were inescapable'on Britney Spears's midriff, on the flexing biceps outside of Abercrombie & Fitch stores. The Jersey Shore ethos of. .. The early aughts were the worst possible kind of…...
The AI Industry Wants to Automate Itself
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (45+ words) The Atlantic Silicon Valley is in a frenzy over bots that can build themselves. Read: Do you feel the AGI yet? Read: AI agents are taking America by storm Read: Inside the dirty, dystopian world of AI data centers...
Who Gets to Block the Sun?
2+ mon, 8+ hour ago (234+ words) The Atlantic Stardust sold geoengineering to investors. Now it needs to sell it to the public. The documents are grand in their language and intricate in details. But neither document addresses the two key questions facing this initiative: What kind…...
The Longevity Bros Are Cold Plunging Wrong
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (112+ words) The practice has its benefits. Just not the ones wellness influencers are loudest about. Read: How cold can a living body get? Read: How did healing ourselves get so exhausting? The amazing thing about this study, however, was that many…...
What Happens Now to Kristi Noem's Warehouse Jails?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (305+ words) DHS's next leader will inherit a fast-moving $38 billion plan for industrial-scale immigrant detention. Read: Why Trump changed his mind on Kristi Noem Several veteran ICE officials I asked about the plan said they were skeptical it could succeed. ICE officials…...