Ending a digital news subscription can be an excruciating process. Here’s proof, as seen in a bloodbath of 22 cancelations.
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Why climate change makes your allergies worse: More carbon dioxide grows bigger plants, which means more pollen.
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On the rise and fall of profile pics, from anthropomorphic tennis balls to real faces and back again.
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How often have you, driving by a pasture, said “Look at the oxen”? If you’re like me, zero times. We’re more likely to use ox as a word for a person who is unusually strong, stupid, or (probably) b…
Damon Krukowski: For all the hand-wringing about AI’s effects on music, musicians need labor rights more than copyrights.
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A new album of ambient music satirizes the genre’s frequent use in spirituality recordings.
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Now that the Smiths are a TikTok phenomenon, I want to highlight and appreciate the musicians that sonically staged Morrissey’s musings, misgivings, sarcasm, storytelling, and a reactionary tantrum or two.
An analysis into the regionality of America’s gun violence shows the Deep South is the deadliest of all the major US regions.
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