A Norway fan has gone viral for not taking part in their Row celebration after matches and won't do it if they win the World Cup "It’s factually wrong; they didn’t row, they sailed over the Atlantic”
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Olivia Rodrigo’s biggest asset is her ferocity—and her new album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” doubles down on those big, messy feelings, @skornhaber.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/GIHhA66T 📸: Xavi Torrent / Getty
Propping the TV up with big cans of Roma tomatoes. Greatest city in da world
becca laurie@imbeccable.bsky.social · 2mo agoa beautiful scene on smith street
Fifty years and I dream of him still, fifty years and every story, every joke, every bit of news or gossip leads back to him still. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“The Twice-Widowed Khala Helai,” by Jamil Jan Kochai
Fifty years and I dream of him still, fifty years and every story, every joke, every bit of news or gossip leads back to him still.
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In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Harriet Clark’s Début Is a New Kind of Coming-of-Age Novel
In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family.
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MAJOR UPDATE: I found the best free restaurant bread in the United States www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
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Caity Weaver@caity.bsky.social · 10mo agoIMPORTANT QUESTION: What is the best free restaurant bread in the United States? (ANY restaurant is eligible, but the bread must be free provided free to *every* table.)
This is Hank. He’s one of several baby lambs just born on writer Doug Mahoney’s New England homestead. During the six days of his life, he’s been staying extra warm (and stylish!) in our favorite winter jacket for dogs. A product-testing prodigy. nyti.ms/4cm8prU
Before 13-year-old Sara left New York, the only home she’d known, her friends recorded a message for her to listen to in Mexico. “You’re an amazing friend,” they said. “We’re gonna miss you so much.” Caitlin Dickerson on one mixed-status family’s decision to leave the U.S. behind.
‘Suddenly America Doesn’t Want My Children or Grandchildren Anymore.’
The Cruz family spent years building a life in New York. Then the risks of staying became too great.
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For aspiring writers, the rooms of literary figures—Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Joan Didion—are talismanic sites. But the quest to find the ideal creative space is often self-defeating, Joshua Rothman writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/d7BMjI
The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room
For aspiring writers, the rooms of literary figures—Virginia Woolf, Maya Angelou, Joan Didion—are talismanic sites. But the quest to find the ideal creative space is often self-defeating, Joshua Rothman writes.
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Alfred Tennyson’s poetry reckoned with the immensities of reality, time, and grief, confronting a world upended by new truths about the earth and the heavens. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yQJZUr
In an Age of Science, Tennyson Grappled with an Unsettling New World
His poetry reckoned with the immensities of reality, time, and grief, confronting a world upended by new truths about the earth and the heavens.
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Martin Weil, one of hundreds of journalists being let go at The Washington Post, has worked on local news there since 1965.
He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
Martin Weil, one of hundreds being let go at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.
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Dr. Gideon Koren was one of Canada’s leading pediatricians and toxicologists—but some of his work was revealed to be deeply flawed. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CqEdlt
Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning?
After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.
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The cover of this week’s issue, “New York’s Toughest,” by Peter de Sève. Start exploring: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/qARBiP
“A version of the problem exists on the opposite side of the age spectrum, too: instead of a phone-based childhood, a phone-based retirement.” @cwarzel.bsky.social’s great piece in The Atlantic
Do Your Parents Have a Screen-Time Problem?
The phone-based retirement is here.
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“My parents looked so old / and small next to them. Whose life was this size? / Up close, the gold paint was scotched and chipping.” Read a new poem by Drew Rollins:
Theft
A poem
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Jollibee began as a response to demand for American fast food in a postcolonial Philippines. Now, the chain has designs on becoming one of the top restaurant companies in the world—and is reshaping the American palate, Yasmin Tayag reports:
Postcolonial Chicken
The U.S. introduced fast food to the Philippines. Now Jollibee is serving it back to America.
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Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
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“I uncover / orange embers, carry them / to a covered grill, and, glancing up, / see the stars’ braille / against the night’s black page.” Read a new poem by Arthur Sze:
Inside a Flame
A poem
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“You will never tell me, / even if I could close / the broken skin of heaven / with my mouth.” Read a new poem by Imogen Cassels:
Recall
A poem
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Imogen Cassels' poetry is a real delight: www.theatlantic.com/books/2025/1...
Recall
A poem
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The Atlantic’s editors pick their favorite books of the year—10 titles that distinguish themselves as worth reading and remembering. See the full list: theatln.tc/gaJVrZ7O
Amidst more and more cases of "AI psychosis," I talked to psychiatrists to figure out we do—and more importantly don't—know about how chatbots may be producing or exacerbating severe psychological distress. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
‘AI Psychosis’ Is a Medical Mystery
Researchers are scrambling to figure out why chatbots appear to lead some people to delusional thinking.
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Thank you @theatlantic.com --editors,staff & journalists. Amazing to work with. This poem is actually for you. ( turn phone or tablet sideways to restore lines) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Eloquence
A poem by Jorie Graham
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