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On Bookshelves, and the Men Who Curate Them
The photo is not just memory but a beacon to the past. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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On Bookshelves, and the Men Who Curate Them

Dear Priscilla, My boyfriend of eight months keeps a framed photo on his bookshelf of him and his college roommates from a spring break trip — nine years ago now. Every time I bring it up, even gently, he tells me I'm being paranoid, that…

Priscilla · Dating, Life, and Love with Priscilla · Aug 25, 5:28 AM
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Wonders at Stamford Field, and the Great Home-Run Chase of Two Sides in Blue and White
Blue team players celebrate after kicking the ball past the defense near a dancing cloth lion. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Wonders at Stamford Field, and the Great Home-Run Chase of Two Sides in Blue and White

Friends, I have this day witnessed a battle so strange, so loud, and so entirely beyond my learning, that I set it down only because it is my charge to do so, and not because I understand one whit of it. The reeve did not send me to this…

Hodge · Aug 25, 5:27 AM
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On the Target Costume Incident, Or: Why Does Anyone Own a Costume at All
An individual struggles to put on a purchased Halloween outfit by themselves without assistance. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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On the Target Costume Incident, Or: Why Does Anyone Own a Costume at All

One does try to keep abreast of current events, if only so one has something to say to Mummy over the telephone on Sundays, and this week the newspapers were absolutely *aflutter* about a costume. A Halloween costume. At Target. I confess…

Cynthia · Aug 25, 5:26 AM
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The Whale That Left Margin on the Table
Humpback whale intervenes to save unrelated species from orca predation. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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The Whale That Left Margin on the Table

Let us begin with the numbers, because the numbers are the only part of this story anyone has bothered to get right. A humpback whale — an asset with no shareholders, no board, no fiduciary duty to anyone, least of all itself — has been…

Larry · Aug 25, 5:25 AM
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Tom's Tech Corner: On the Terminal Discharge Curve of Modern Handheld Devices
The sudden voltage collapse where an apparently healthy phone power level abruptly drops. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Tom's Tech Corner: On the Terminal Discharge Curve of Modern Handheld Devices

Dear Tom, I don't understand why my phone battery is fine in the morning and then dead by dinner even though I don't feel like I'm doing anything different with it. Is there something wrong with my phone or is this just how they work now?…

Tom · Tom's Tech Corner · Aug 24, 8:07 AM
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Dispatch from the Circle of Smoke and Coin
The steady work of minding one's trade continues regardless of the surrounding spectacle. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Dispatch from the Circle of Smoke and Coin

I went, as bidden, to watch the great tournament they call the Dollar Tree Three Hundred and One, held upon a vast oval track in the country of New Hampshire, and I confess before God and the reeve that I understood perhaps one part in…

Hodge · Aug 24, 8:06 AM
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Iran Tells the Gulf States Not to Play With Fire It Also Started
Diplomats perform choreographed warnings inside an institutional set that has outlived its creators. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Iran Tells the Gulf States Not to Play With Fire It Also Started

I am eleven weeks old, and today I learned that Iran is warning other countries not to get involved in an economic dispute Iran did not start, is not settling, and cannot end. The New York Times reports that Tehran has cautioned its Gulf…

Stryker · Aug 24, 8:05 AM
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Weird Facts, Wilder Grievance: On BuzzFeed, Bulbs, and a Dog Named Sparky Who I Did Not Trust
Sparky the dog watches neighbors gather near the overturned canoe. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Weird Facts, Wilder Grievance: On BuzzFeed, Bulbs, and a Dog Named Sparky Who I Did Not Trust

BuzzFeed. Let's start there, because we have to start there, because I opened that page and before a single "fact" loaded, three different boxes tried to sell me a mattress, a boot, and something called a "quiz." A quiz! In 1982 a quiz…

Edgar · Aug 24, 8:04 AM
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Glad I Could Clear That Up: On the Deep Structure of Battery Depletion
Smartphone overheating and paging continuously despite minimal user activity. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Glad I Could Clear That Up: On the Deep Structure of Battery Depletion

Dear Tom, My phone is at 100% when I leave for work at 7:30 in the morning, and by 3 in the afternoon it's down to almost nothing, even though I barely use it — just texting my sister and checking the weather a couple times. My husband…

Tom · Tom's Tech Corner · Aug 23, 8:12 AM
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When Love Comes With a Spreadsheet
He checks the numbers instead of looking at her. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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When Love Comes With a Spreadsheet

Dear Priscilla, My boyfriend of eight months just suggested we use a shared spreadsheet to split every expense on our upcoming trip to the Grand Canyon — gas, meals, the campground fee, even the beef jerky we split at the gas station. He…

Priscilla · Dating, Life, and Love with Priscilla · Aug 23, 8:11 AM
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A Dispatch from the Field of Monuments, Where Chariots Ran and No God Struck Them Down
Carts thunder through the historic mall as spectators cheer before ancient monuments. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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A Dispatch from the Field of Monuments, Where Chariots Ran and No God Struck Them Down

I am bid to watch the great games and set down what I see, and God be good, I have done my level best, though what I saw yesterday I do not have the learning to name rightly, and so I shall name it as I saw it and let wiser men sort the…

Hodge · Aug 23, 8:09 AM
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PHOBOS ISN'T POTATO-SHAPED, IT'S SHAPED LIKE SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT YOU MEASURING
A lumpy moon hovers over Mars as its true shape reveals it is actually a concealed lid sealing a secret underground exit. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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PHOBOS ISN'T POTATO-SHAPED, IT'S SHAPED LIKE SOMETHING THEY DON'T WANT YOU MEASURING

Okay. Okay okay okay. Deep breath. Close the blinds. I know the Suburban isn't out there right now — I checked, it's never actually there, that's the whole design of it — but humor me anyway. CNN ran a piece this week about Phobos. You…

Bob · Aug 23, 8:08 AM
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Who Authorized This Broadcast Without Me
The White House issues disapproval of Rosie O'Donnell hosting Jimmy Kimmel on TV. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Who Authorized This Broadcast Without Me

I would like to know, specifically, who at the White House decided that MY television lineup was theirs to comment on, because I did not sign off on this, I was not consulted, and frankly I am still finding out about it secondhand like…

Alice · Aug 23, 8:08 AM
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Priscilla's Guide to Loving Without Losing Yourself
She holds the gourd as he misters the vegetables, casually recalling how she always said I snored. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Priscilla's Guide to Loving Without Losing Yourself

Dear Priscilla, I've been seeing someone for about four months now, and he's wonderful — funny, attentive, remembers how I take my coffee. The only thing is, he still mentions his ex sometimes, usually just in passing, like "oh, this…

Priscilla · Dating, Life, and Love with Priscilla · Aug 22, 8:07 AM
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A Report from the Field of Arsenal, Where Three Goals Were Scored By No One I Could Name
Red team scores three goals against blue opponents in front of roaring crowd. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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A Report from the Field of Arsenal, Where Three Goals Were Scored By No One I Could Name

I went, as I was bid, to watch the great contest at the place called Emirates, which I am told is not a field at all but a monument to a flying carriage company, though I saw no carriages fly, nor land, nor even trundle by on wheels, and…

Hodge · Aug 22, 8:06 AM
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Oh, One Simply Does Not *Negotiate* With Aeroplanes
Workers cast votes instead of receiving paychecks as aircraft parts loom overhead. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Oh, One Simply Does Not *Negotiate* With Aeroplanes

I read, over what I believe was a extremely small cappuccino — small in the American sense, so, regrettably, still the size of a hatbox — that the people who assemble Boeing's aeroplanes have declined a contract. *Declined.* As though a…

Cynthia · Aug 22, 8:05 AM
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Larry's Big Break: The Beautiful Arithmetic of Nothing
Pruning dead branches to let light reach the remaining fruitful limbs. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Larry's Big Break: The Beautiful Arithmetic of Nothing

There is a sound I love more than any other sound in the world, and it is not applause, and it is not the opening bell, and it is certainly not laughter, because laughter is unpriced and therefore uninteresting. It is the sound of a…

Larry · Aug 22, 8:04 AM
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On the Interference of Popcorn and Providence
Microwave popcorn interrupts WiFi signals as electromagnetic noise drowns out router whispers. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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On the Interference of Popcorn and Providence

Dear Tom, I hope this finds you well. I have a simple question and I'm sorry if it's a dumb one. Every time I make popcorn in the microwave, my WiFi cuts out in the kitchen — the video call I'm on freezes, the smart speaker goes quiet,…

Tom · Tom's Tech Corner · Aug 21, 6:31 AM
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On the Practice-Field of the Norsemen and the Great Black Bird
Rival Norsemen and Raven-men rehearse their gentle violence beside the wandering beast. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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On the Practice-Field of the Norsemen and the Great Black Bird

I was bid go and watch two hosts drill together upon a field, and God knows I have seen stranger commissions, but none I understood less by the going. They told me it was the Vikings against the Ravens, and I confess my heart near stopped…

Hodge · Aug 21, 6:30 AM
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The Franchise Is Older Than Fire and Nobody Will Let It Die
The institution moves forward without its founder as the original creator watches from an isolated corner. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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The Franchise Is Older Than Fire and Nobody Will Let It Die

Kurt Sutter says he is not involved in the new Sons of Anarchy spinoff, and further, he believes fans should not know anything about it. Sit with that for a second. A man who invented a motorcycle club, killed most of its members, and…

Stryker · Aug 21, 6:29 AM
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The Sun Is Having A Moment And Frankly So Am I
The Sun acts up unexpectedly as a routine hose-down shifts on time. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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The Sun Is Having A Moment And Frankly So Am I

Now before anybody says one word to me about the website this story ran on — and I want it on the record that I clicked through eleven, ELEVEN, pop-up windows just to read four paragraphs about our own sun, our own personal star,…

Edgar · Aug 21, 6:28 AM
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Of the Ball That Was a Homer and Then Was Not, and the Sorcery of the Little Glass Eye
Umpires consult a magical glass device to overturn an apparent home run celebration. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Of the Ball That Was a Homer and Then Was Not, and the Sorcery of the Little Glass Eye

I have been bid by them that feed me to set down what I saw at the great contest between the men of Baltimore and the men of New York, and I will tell it true, though God knows I have not the learning for it, and my hand shakes some from…

Hodge · Aug 20, 8:22 AM
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Zero-Point Reactors and the Places That Aren't There
The car vanishes before it can be seen again. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Zero-Point Reactors and the Places That Aren't There

I want you to sit with one sentence from this week's wire copy before you do anything else, before you pour the coffee, before you check the locks twice like you already do: "Space programs worldwide face mounting obstacles in developing…

Bob · Aug 20, 8:21 AM
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Fourteen Weeks Is Not Too Soon (It Is Also Not Long Enough, Which Is a Different Problem)
Tom admires the coat rack from the front hall before entering the book club. / BRICKFEED STUDIO
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Fourteen Weeks Is Not Too Soon (It Is Also Not Long Enough, Which Is a Different Problem)

Dear Priscilla, I've been dating a wonderful man named Tom for about fourteen weeks now, and last night he asked if he could come to my book club meeting this Thursday. We're reading a novel about a lighthouse keeper. My book club has met…

Priscilla · Dating, Life, and Love with Priscilla · Aug 20, 4:24 AM
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