Tracking the fake news—the origins of which are still unclear—spreading in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover.
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Why wrapping structures in what looks like aluminum foil can save them from fire—as happened with a cabin in the Caldor Fire.
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Lachlan Turczan’s video from Blake Mills’s “Money Is the One True God” magnifies physical currency to discern what we truly value.
Add this to the queue: Agnès Varda’s Cléo From 5 to 7 (1961) “follows a pop singer through two extraordinary hours in which she awaits the results of a recent biopsy.”
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Surreal paintings of geometric plant life, by Molly Greene.
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On counterfeit items attributed to original punk icons: “There have always been 500 fakes to one authentic piece.”
↩︎ The New York Times
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A new Twitter account: Frasier Looking at Video Games.
↩︎ @frasier_looking
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Solving the internet mystery of whether the turtle scene from Dana Carvey’s The Master of Disguise was filmed on Sept. 11.
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Even if there were six political parties, America today wouldn’t hold much centrism.
↩︎ The New York Times
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From depressants to stimulants, a guide for how to come down from any drug.
↩︎ MEL Magazine
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