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Bluesky is like an old, better version of Twitter. It’s a good place to share inane thoughts with a small audience in an extremely low-stakes atmosphere. → Read More
Major League Baseball is back, and I’m pretty hyped about it. But my excitement has nothing to do with the rules that have allegedly made the sport less boring. It has a lot more to do with between-innings entertainment like the hot-dog cannon. → Read More
Who joins Mensa, and why are its members so preoccupied with a certain kind of intelligence? Spending several days at a Mensa convention cleared up these mysteries. → Read More
Even after a week of wall-to-wall Elon Musk coverage, there is still more learn about Twitter’s new owner. Like he thinks his dad is evil, objects to unions, and married and divorced his second wife twice. → Read More
Since leaving New York, battling household intruders has become my new normal. Weirdly, all the ants, flies, and mice have made me feel more human. → Read More
Medal-winning American skaters Adam Rippon and Mirai Nagasu on the “circus” at the Beijing Olympics. → Read More
In 2003, Playmakers was a revelatory drama about the lives of pro football players. But the NFL didn’t approve of how the show depicted the sport and forced ESPN’s hand on ending its run. → Read More
My therapist tells me that a good way to deal with fear is to create order from chaos. In that spirit, I decided to rank the Winter Olympic sports by how afraid I would be to do them, beginning with the least terrifying. → Read More
In her new book ‘Finding Normal: Sex, Love, and Taboo in Our Hyperconnected World,’ former ‘New York’ Magazine columnist Alexa Tsoulis-Reay explores the influence the internet has had on sexuality and the struggle for identity. → Read More
If this team of misfits can make the playoffs, you can do anything. → Read More
Some things to know as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg renames his company Meta, including his affinity for spear throwing, that time he used a “laser gun” on a goat, his dubious Iraq War theory, and his love of Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce. → Read More
The city is cracking down, so to speak, on an unlikely public menace. → Read More
Senator Lindsey Graham often befriends powerful pols like Joe Biden and John McCain. But he’s also been known to betray them; Stephanie Grisham called his behavior toward Trump “almost schizophrenic.” Here’s what his next potential pal should know. → Read More
The site’s “Stars and Scars” survey has its finger on the pulse of America. → Read More
Apps and sensors are helping people find healthier air, even if that sometimes becomes an unhealthy obsession. → Read More
Hustling for cash is core to Trump’s being (plus he has lots of debt coming due). Here’s how he’s using his post-presidential clout to make big bucks. → Read More
After struggling to pull off earlier victories in Tokyo, Team USA, led by Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, and Jrue Holiday, pulled it all together over France in Saturday’s Olympics final and won their gold medals. → Read More
When Team USA bested Spain in the men’s basketball quarterfinals at the 2021 Olympics, Kevin Durant was dancing. For the U.S. to emerge from Tokyo as champions, he has to keep doing it. → Read More
Post-White House, Jared and Ivanka are still up to all sorts of hijinks. Jared scored a book deal, Ivanka was accused of perjury over a deposition on the inauguration, they bought a home in Miami, and they distanced themselves from Donald Trump. → Read More
What it’s like to return to normalcy when everyone else is already there. → Read More