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Pete Davidson’s Charm Is Working Against Him

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Pete Davidson’s Charm Is Working Against Him

His new Netflix “video podcast” leans into his laid-back style, to a fault.

7 months ago

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A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones

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A 'quiet revolution': Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones

Gen Z and millennials deleting their social media platforms cite the increasing pressures of being online as well as the damage to their mental health.

7 months ago

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The 'Burbs review

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The 'Burbs review

A new take on the 1989 horror comedy is a mostly engaging, Only Murders in the Building-adjacent mystery series buoyed by the charisma of its lead

7 months ago

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Waymo is trying to seduce me. But another option is staring us in the face

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Waymo is trying to seduce me. But another option is staring us in the face

I understand the appeal of avoiding all human contact. Still, good old-fashioned taxis have so much to offer

7 months ago

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‘The photo we want to take is closer than we think’: Dominic Dähncke’s best phone picture

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‘The photo we want to take is closer than we think’: Dominic Dähncke’s best phone picture

Cooped up during Covid, the Spanish photographer found inspiration in a broom … and a nail in the wall

7 months ago

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South Korean crypto firm accidentally sends $44 billion in bitcoin to users

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South Korean crypto firm accidentally sends $44 billion in bitcoin to users

The move triggered a sharp selloff on the Bithumb exchange. The company apologized for the mistake.

7 months ago

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Never mind the lit-bros: Infinite Jest is a true classic at 30

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Never mind the lit-bros: Infinite Jest is a true classic at 30

Forget its reputation as a performative read for a certain breed of intense young man, thirty years after its publication, David Foster Wallace’s epic novel still delivers, says the Crying in H Mart author

7 months ago

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AI analysis casts doubt on Van Eyck paintings in Italian and US museums

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AI analysis casts doubt on Van Eyck paintings in Italian and US museums

Tests on both versions of Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata were unable to detect brushstrokes of 15th-century master

7 months ago

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Why I Don't Regret Majoring in the Humanities

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Why I Don't Regret Majoring in the Humanities

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7 months ago

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When a Christian World Loses Christ

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When a Christian World Loses Christ

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7 months ago

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The Guide #229: How an indie movie distributed by a lone gamer broke the US box office

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The Guide #229: How an indie movie distributed by a lone gamer broke the US box office

In this week’s newsletter: Iron Lung, a largely unheralded indie horror game adapted for the big screen by a YouTuber is a hit of a very modern kind, built on blood, sweat and parasocial relationships

7 months ago

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Lord of the Flies: the castaway classic is such excellent, surreal horror that you will feel sick throughout

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Lord of the Flies: the castaway classic is such excellent, surreal horror that you will feel sick throughout

Jack Thorne takes on William Golding – and you’ll never have felt so grateful to live under the rule of law, that ultimate dweeb’s charter

7 months ago

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