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Protesters make the three-finger salute as they take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar on June 13, 2021. | STR/AFP via Getty Images “We cannot live in a world where military coups becom...
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Eleanor, the protagonist in The Good Place, is initially repulsed by Chidi, who’s always trying to teach her how to be a good person. This is why everyone hates moral philosophy professors. | Colleen Hayes/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank vi...
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During the pandemic, salon employees and customers alike wore masks. In the years to come, some workers might keep them — but not because of Covid-19. | Valentinrussanov/Getty Images Cosmetology workers are reassessing t...
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The Abbaye du Saint Benoit du Lac in Quebec, one of the inspirations for the settings in Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache mystery series. | Walter Bibikow/Getty Images Can fiction about police be healing in 2021? Louise ...
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend services at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle with Congressional leaders prior to his inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Ge...
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Google uses cars to capture the panoramic images that power Street View, and sometimes, images of people. | Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Some find it comforting, some find it creepy. For years, Google M...
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Newly elected Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses a crowd in Tabriz, Iran, on June 16. | Meghdad Madadi/ATPImages/Getty Images Iranians elected Ebrahim Raisi as the next president in an election rigged in his favor...
Read More »Lockdown was not a sabbatical
It’s okay if you didn’t learn to make bread. | Getty Images Don’t worry if you haven’t grown as a person during the pandemic. Did you become a better person during the pandemic? It’s a question many of us are being aske...
Read More »The biggest problem with eating insects isn’t the “ew” factor
A diner eats a scorpion at a market in Mexico City. | Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images Can insects become a big part of humanity’s diet? Should it? When I was in college, a girl who lived in my dorm was an evangel...
Read More »Without Rose Byrne, the ’80s aerobics drama Physical would be unwatchable
Rose Byrne in Physical. | Apple TV+ Acidic and otherwise sloppy, Physical’s star is its saving grace. In the seminal film Legally Blonde, first-year law prodigy Elle Woods presents an iconic defense of her exercise guru ...
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