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How Conservative Facebook Videos Boosted Trump’s Child Separation Message—at First

April Glaser

Mozilla Wants You to Control Your Browser With Your Voice. Here’s Why You Might Want To.

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Should I Withhold Sex Until My Husband Agrees to a Vasectomy?

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To Learn How Clowns Got to Be Creepy, You Have to Understand How They Got Happy

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I Bought a Fiddle-leaf Fig From the New Amazon Plants Store

Alison Green

Anonymous Workplace Notes Are a Terrible Idea, but Many People Leave Them Anyway

Christina Cauterucci

Louise Linton Has Totally Overhauled Her Instagram Persona in the Wake of Airplane-Photo-Gate

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How Airport Security Makes Travel Traumatic for Butches and Trans Folks, Whether or Not They Pass

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Ex-White House Ethics Chief: Sanders’ Tweet on Restaurant Eviction Violates the Law

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Michelle Wolf Looks at the Questionable Decision-Making Process That Keeps Putting Kellyanne Conway on TV

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Seth Rogen Refused to Pose For a Photo With Paul Ryan, Then Gave Paul Ryan a Piece of His Mind, All in Front of Paul Ryan’s Kids

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“We Ignored Those People Last Time”

The New York Times’ Jeremy W. Peters defends his reporting on Trump supporters.

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Fact-Checking Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Carmen Russo

Can you really give a blood transfusion from a T. rex to a velociraptor? We asked the experts.

To Learn How Clowns Got to Be Creepy, You Have to Understand How They Got Happy

Willa Paskin

Uh-Oh! Donald Trump and Jimmy Fallon Are A-Fussin’ and A-Feudin’ and Also the United States Runs a Network of Baby Jails!

The Next Tom Holland Spider-Man Movie Is Called Spider-Man: Far From Home and We Hope You’ll Click This Story Even Though We Told You the News in the Headline

Matthew Dessem

Technology

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The Feds Love to Stack Charges When It Comes to Cybercrime

Josephine Wolff

The many indictments of former CIA employee Joshua Schulte aren’t just about leaking information.

How Will Voice Control Change the Way We Search the Web?

How Smartwatches Became the Most Convenient Way to Listen to Music on the Go

What an Utterly Bizarre Week of News For Tesla

Aaron Mak

What Is With Instagram and Cotton Candy?

Heather Schwedel

Facebook Says It Has “No Plans” to Listen in On Your Conversations

Will Oremus

A New, Affordable Ultrasound Machine Is Saving Lives in Developing Countries

How Conservative Facebook Videos Boosted Trump’s Child Separation Message—Until He Backed Down

April Glaser

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The Oxford Debater vs. the Debate Team Quitter

Kit Neill and Leo Wan

Every time we fight, we’re replaying an old argument that has more to do with our different fighting styles than whatever we’re fighting about.

I Bought a Fiddle-leaf Fig From the New Amazon Plants Store

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Anonymous Workplace Notes Are a Terrible Idea, but Many People Leave Them Anyway

Alison Green

Louise Linton Has Totally Overhauled Her Instagram Persona in the Wake of Airplane-Photo-Gate

Christina Cauterucci

How Airport Security Makes Travel Traumatic for Butches and Trans Folks, Whether or Not They Pass

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J. Bryan Lowder

The Best Beach Towels on Amazon, According to Hyperenthusiastic Reviewers

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Jeff Bezos Will Lose Zero Sleep Over the Supreme Court’s Decision to End Tax-Free Online Shopping

Donald Trump’s Latest Threat Against Germany Is a Reminder That He Stretches the Law to Do Whatever the Heck He Wants

Jeff Bezos Just Hired a New Yorker Writer to Run His Health Care Startup. Excellent Choice.

Why Even Viral-Fundraising Skeptics Can Feel Good About Donating to RAICES

Trump’s Tangent About Canadian Shoe Smugglers, Explained

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Henry Grabar

Elon Musk Is Trying to Redefine Socialism as … Capitalism

The Journalists at CNN Should Be Worried About Their New Boss