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Dune Is a Ponderous Striptease With a Very Impressive Sandworm

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Design

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Social Media

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TikTok’s Latest Breakout Star Hides Her Name, but She Can’t Escape Her Fame

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Dune

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This Is Fine

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Yes, You Can Have Thanksgiving This Year

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Advice

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How to Do It

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Ask a Teacher

I'm tempted to say no the next time I get hit up for overpriced mediocre crap.

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Only Child”

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Henry Grabar

10 Questions About the New Ohio License Plate

My Late Friend Gave Me a Potentially Dangerous Heirloom to Pass to His Son

Elizabeth Spiers

The Lawyer Behind Trump’s Infamous Jan. 6 Memo Has a Galling New Defense

Scott Cummings

Twitter’s Funniest, Weirdest Ex–Rock Star Explains Himself

Eve 6 was never the biggest band. But now, it’s one of the best Twitter follows.

Luke Winkie

Dune Is a Ponderous Striptease With a Very Impressive Sandworm

Denis Villeneuve’s new movie adaptation is incomprehensible, awe-inspiring, and very, very sandy.

Dana Stevens

Culture

What it all means

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Dave Chappelle Accomplished Exactly What He Wanted To

Nicole Lewis

There Are Seven Ways to See Dune. Which Should You Choose?

Sam Adams

TikTok’s Latest Breakout Star Hides Her Name, but She Can’t Escape Her Fame

Aliya Chaudhry

Dune Is a Ponderous Striptease With a Very Impressive Sandworm

Dana Stevens

Twitter’s Funniest, Weirdest Ex–Rock Star Explains Himself

Luke Winkie

We Interviewed the Pug With No Bones

Madison Malone Kircher and Rachelle Hampton

What Could Thoreau Teach Me, a Pakistani American Woman?

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Tech & Business

Where we’re headed

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What Colin Powell’s Death Really Means About the Vaccines

Tim Requarth

Breakthrough infections are scary. They don’t affect us all equally.

10 Questions About the New Ohio License Plate

Henry Grabar

The Kind of Yucky Reason the Advice on Aspirin Has Shifted

Julia Craven

Joe Manchin Might Be a Sentient Brick of Coal, but There’s Still a Chance Democrats Will Pass a Decent Climate Plan

Jordan Weissmann

My Late Friend Gave Me a Potentially Dangerous Heirloom to Pass to His Son

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Yes, You Can Have Thanksgiving This Year

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Christmas Lights Need a Supply Chain Miracle

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Human Interest

An honest guide to modern life

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When Did This Time of Year Become “Spooky Season”?

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The elusive history of a cursed phrase.

My Kid’s Friend Is Vegan but Decides to Eat Meat at Our House. What Should I Do?

Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Dear Prudence Uncensored: “Only Child”

Jenée Desmond-Harris and Nicole Lewis

Help! I Always Buy Fundraiser Crap From Other People’s Kids. But No One Shows Up for My Marathons.

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Ask a Teacher: Will These Very Basic Morning Battles Ever Stop?

Matthew Dicks, Brandon Hersey, and Amy Scott

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I Can’t Stop Thinking About What a Man Just Said to Me During Sex

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Germany’s Promising Plan to Bring Conspiracy Theorists Back From the Brink

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Most people reaching out to the new service are friends and family who are on the cusp of cutting all ties.

Total Disregard for the Rule of Law

Political Gabfest

We’re Starting to Learn Just How Big Democrats’ Kyrsten Sinema Problem Is

Jim Newell

Why North Korea Is Test-Launching Missiles From a Submarine and a Train

Fred Kaplan

Merrick Garland’s House Testimony Demonstrated the Failure of His Hyper-Cautious Approach to His Job

Jeremy Stahl

Colorado Passed a Major Police Reform. Will Other States Follow?

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How Immunity for Cops Ends

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Who Killed Colin Powell?

William Saletan