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Today’s Atlantic Trivia: What Demonym Is That?
Were there a demonym for Atlantic readers, would it be Atlanticists? Atlanteans? Atlantickers? The one for Atlantic Trivia players is easier: That’s just geniuses. And by the way, did you know that people from Liverpool are called Liverpudlians, people from Sydney are Sydneysiders, and Glasgow residents are Glaswegians? My favorite demonym, however, is the bit…
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Further from Earth than any humans before, Artemis II crew prepares for lunar flyby
NASA’s Artemis II crew, about to be further from Earth than any humans before them, are preparing for their event-filled six-hour flyby of the moon after five days traveling through space. At approximately 11 a.m. Pacific time, the crew will reach another milestone: At more than 248,655 miles from our pale blue dot, no humans…
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Senate Republicans forced to spend hundreds of millions to save seats in deep red states
With the possibility of Republicans losing majority control of the House already a foregone conclusion, Senate Republicans have announced plans to spend over $342 million to forestall the same fate in their chamber. The spending list tells the story: Republicans are being forced to defend seats in states where they have traditionally been favored to…
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6 Key Signs of an Emotionally Unavailable Partner, According to Therapists
—Malte Mueller—Getty Images “Emotionally unavailable” has become one of the most common—and least precise—labels in modern dating. People use it to describe everything from a partner who won’t open up to someone who shuts down during conflict. But therapists say the term can mean different things depending on the relationship—and that it’s often more useful…
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Startup Approved to Let AI System Prescribe Psychiatric Medication
You’ve probably heard of AI psychosis. Well, now get ready for AI psychiatrists — with prescription pads. A San Francisco startup called Legion Health has been approved to let its AI app prescribe psychiatric medications to patients in Utah As The Verge reports, there are efforts to keep the idea from becoming the disaster that…
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Byron Allen’s ‘Comics Unleashed’ will replace CBS late night host Stephen Colbert
CBS is outsourcing its late night hours to media mogul Byron Allen in a move aimed at reducing programming costs. The Paramount-owned network announced Monday that Allen’s programs “Comics Unleashed” and “Funny You Should Ask” will take over the 11:35 p.m. and 12:35 a.m. time slots after “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” ends its…
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Trump under pressure from key ally to abandon pursuit of ceasefire: insider
President Donald Trump was “pressed” during a phone call Sunday by the leader of a major U.S. ally to not pursue a ceasefire with Iran, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, citing an unnamed source. “[Israeli] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed President Trump in a phone call yesterday not to pursue a ceasefire at this…
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Embattled MAGA rep pressured another staffer to send nudes: report
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) was accused by a former staffer of asking for sex and nude photos via text years before the affair with his staffer who died by suicide last year, according to a report from the San Antonio Express News. During his 2020 congressional campaign, Gonzales reportedly asked his campaign’s political director when…
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Trump reveals amazing new details of the rescue of the F-15E crew member who was ‘injured quite badly’
President Trump described Monday the 48 hours an F-15E Strike Eagle crew memberspent behind enemy lines — who was “injured quite badly” and “bleeding rather profusely” before he was rescued by US forces. “In the United States military, we leave no American behind. We don’t do it,” Trump told reporters at a White House briefing,…
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Olivia Munn claims Alec Baldwin got her fired from ‘30 Rock’ — and replaced her with another A-lister
Olivia Munn claimed that Alec Baldwin blocked her from landing a role on “30 Rock” because he didn’t think she looked old enough to play his love interest. The actress revealed in a new interview that she’d landed the role of Avery Jessup, but two days later she was told Baldwin thought she “looked too…