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The Magician of the Kremlin
For the past 18 months, Vladimir Putin’s efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine have been led by a man with no diplomatic background or expertise. Kirill Dmitriev, a banker who is under sanctions for his role in financing the war, has been shuttling from Moscow to Florida to meet with Steve…
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‘Spider-Noir’ remixes Spider-Man into a Humphrey Bogart-like superhero
The endlessly exploitable Spider-Man is back in “Spider-Noir,” a retro tale set in a recognizable New York in an inconsistent 1933 (to judge by a preponderance of cultural referents). There is a comic-book precedent for this version of the character, called simply the Spider, though research tells me that, costume and superpowers aside, he is…
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How to make the most important choice of your life
The average person works 80,000 hours over the course of their career. Ideally, that time should be fulfilling, well-paid, and spent doing things that make the world a better place. Of course that’s much, much easier said than done. In an increasingly fragile job market made still more fraught by AI, there’s no longer such…
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Furious Trump names and shames three GOP lawmakers in sprawling early-morning rant
Donald Trump launched a sprawling early-morning attack on Republican critics of his Iran deal Sunday, singling out three GOP lawmakers by name and calling them losers, fools, and sleazebags in a 6am Truth Social post that underscored the growing tension between the president and members of his own party. Trump took aim at Sen. Thom…
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What to Know About Türkiye’s Deepening Democratic Crisis
A banner of founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and Turkish national flag hang on the buliding’s facade as Turkish riot police attempt to enter the Republican People’s Party (CHP) headquarters in Ankara, on May 24, 2026. —Adem Altan—AFP/Getty Images Riot police stormed the headquarters of Türkiye’s main opposition party on Sunday to…
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I Now Believe Our National Debt Is a Problem
Is America heading toward a national debt crisis? As an economic adviser to President Biden and an economist active in mainly Democratic policy circles since the late 1980s, I’ve spent most of my career dismissing arguments that any debt-ratio level signifies a “crisis.” I still think that’s true, even as our publicly held debt has…
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The ultimate L.A. pilgrimage: I walked 89 miles to every Erewhon in town
The idea grew as organically as the purple cauliflower at Erewhon. One day, I walked from my place in Los Feliz to the beach. I stopped at two Erewhon locations on the way to refuel. I made a reel about my journey and posted it to Instagram. My friend Fish saw it and said, “You…
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Use Tiny11 to Rescue a Computer Running Windows 10
It’s the end of the road for Windows 10—at least, in terms of its official end-of-life point, as determined by Microsoft. The operating system will keep working, but it will be much less secure, and won’t get any more updates or security patches (unless you pay Microsoft to extend support for another year). If you’re…
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Graduating Students Cheer as Steve Wozniak Tell Them Human Intelligence Still Matters
Steve Wozniak did what overpaid commencement speakers across the country have been failing to do: read the room. While giving a speech at Grand Valley State University’s graduation ceremony earlier this month, the beloved Apple cofounder offered some uplifting remarks to the youngsters entering the job market, amid heaps of anxiety over how AI will…
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Britain’s navy prepares to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz while waiting for a peace deal
ABOARD THE RFA LYME BAY — Docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that is still in doubt. President Trump has lashed out at allies for not doing more to support the United States’ war effort in Iran, which…