1 Hank Azaria shares how he flipped 180 degrees on his voicing of Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ Hank Azaria has starred in dozens of TV shows and movies, both as a full-bodied actor and as a voiceover artist. But the roles he’s best known for are the multiple […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to conservative commentator Matt Walsh taunting a woman who posted a TikTok of what her child-free Saturday morning routines look like. #mattwalsh #Tiktok
1 Woman who opens food at the grocery store before paying has started a huge debate over shopping ethics To snack, or not to snack while grocery shopping? That is the question. At least, that’s been the question for as long as grocery stores have existed: Whether ‘tis nobler […]
September 7, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Happy start to the NFL season to all those who celebrate! There’s something beautiful about knowing I’ve got plans for the next 23 Sundays in a row. (My wife might disagree.) In today’s big story, a legendary […]
with Dan DeFrancesco Halfway to the weekend! Here’s a video of Mark Zuckerberg sparring with MMA fighters on a floating barge, proving that reality is always better than fiction. Speaking of fighting, the IPO market has been KO’d since 2022. But that could change with one company’s upcoming […]
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Rachel Haywire Sep 5, 2023 Is there a loneliness epidemic? Definitely. Did the lockdowns make everything worse? Absolutely. The people who orchestrated them need to be taken to trial, which is widespread knowledge. Yet there’s a misconception about how the loneliness epidemic exclusively afflicts men, primarily within the […]
1 Man lives on a cruise ship 300 days a year because it costs the same as renting in Florida At Upworthy, we’ve shared the stories of a handful of people who’ve been able to spend their lives on a permanent cruise because they’ve figured out how to […]
with Dan DeFrancesco Hi, and welcome to the new-look version of Insider Today! Come in and get yourself acquainted. Just try not to break anything. I’m Dan DeFrancesco, your host for the next five minutes. Hopefully, you had a relaxing holiday weekend and weren’t caught up in […]
September 1, 2023 Happy Friday! Beans, beans, they’re good for your heart. The more you eat them… the longer you live! In today’s big story, we’re looking at tech workers who regret moving to Austin. What’s on deck: Markets: Foreign investors are selling off Chinese stocks at […]
1 Weird viral photo of Adele’s face exemplifies the phenomenon called the Thatcher effect It seems that Adele is going viral once again. Perhaps you’ve seen the image in question previously (it seems to make the rounds every couple of years). But in case you missed it—it’s Adele’s face. Normal, just upside […]
1 ‘If we dismissed everyone the way we dismiss moms’ video hits home, but not just for moms Sometimes it feels like moms can’t win. We’re supposed to give our all for our kids, sacrifice ourselves for motherhood, fulfill the various responsibilities of child-rearing, and do it all under […]
To be sung to the tune of A Holiday in Cambodia by the Dead Kennedys Rachel Haywire Aug 24, 2023 A Holiday in Red America So, you’ve been anti-left for a year or two And you think you’ve heard it all Quoting stupid memes, flirting with extremes […]
1 Woman who lives on a cruise ship for free shares the 4 things she can’t do Upworthy has covered a few stories about people who decided to live permanently on cruise ships because it’s cheaper than living on land or in a nursing home. These stories have connected with millions […]
When we came up with “The Year I Ate New York,” our vision for the project was fairly straightforward: Maintain a 52-week-long eating diary that covers as much of the city as possible. E. Alex Jung, our current diner-at-large tasked with the assignment, has used it as a […]
It seems we have a flirting crisis on our hands. At least we at the Cut think so; it came up a few months ago at a story-ideas meeting. While the causes are familiar — pandemic isolation, dating apps — we were still shocked at our collective inability […]
1 People are helping a dad explain his ‘cheap’ grocery purchases to his 11-year-old daughter Even though parents may try to shield their children from tough topics such as economics and social status, they develop their own sense of them as they age. Studies show that children as young […]
August 22, 2023 Hiya! It might sound like a bad joke — or a case of cold feet — but a groom-to-be’s dog ate his passport two weeks before his wedding in Italy. Speaking of traveling, some Airbnb and Vrbo hosts have had enough. More in today’s big […]
From 1966 until 2020, when it closed for good, Spain Bar and Restaurant was a fixture in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. Today on NYR Online, Sam Fentress writes about Spain’s appeal, the history of the townhouse on West 13th Street that was its only home for fifty-four years, and the […]
Sponsored by Classical Pursuits Sinead O’Connor, who passed away on July 26, was only twenty-three when she released her second, seminal album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, but she “had by then lived a lifetime and would go on to live several more,” writes the philosopher […]
My dad was in prison for 11 years. One of the first things he did after getting out was ruin my grandma’s microwave cooking a can of soup in it,’ shared a Reddit user. Cover Image Source: Pexels | Photo by Anete Lusina By Zoha Fatima August 18, […]
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New Yorkers are used to all sorts of buskers, preachers, dancers, and peddlers on the subway, but within the past year there’s been a change: Throughout the system, there are young children selling candy, car by car. Almost all of them are new arrivals from Ecuador, which has […]
August 13, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. On the agenda today: The genius plan that could bring down skyrocketing home prices. Goldman Sachs is having […]
August 12, 2023 Hey there, Insiders! Be careful of what you eat while traveling. A United passenger was almost put on the no-fly list after eating a first-class meal in economy plus. Yikes. Before flying off into the weekend, what’s your morning routine? That’s the focus of today’s […]
Excepting the Dish, of course. But I’m still kinda European I guess. Andrew Sullivan Aug 11, 2023 (This is adapted, and slightly updated, from a piece I wrote for the Sunday Times of London, back in the summer of 2001, a month before 9/11, trying to explain to […]
As Michael Bloomberg’s deputy mayor, Dan Doctoroff was behind an extraordinary number of sweeping, city-changing projects. That run of condo towers, office buildings, and parks that lines the East River’s east bank? The makeover of Downtown Brooklyn? And two new ballparks, Barclays Center, Hudson Yards, even Citi Bike: […]
Rachel Haywire Aug 1, 2023 Who is going to be online in 2027? Less than 15% of the population. Remember the early days of the internet, when it served as a secret corner for all sorts of freaks and outsiders with niche interests to unite? People from small […]
1 Dennis Quaid recalls the spiritual experience that helped him overcome addiction In an exclusive interview with People, actor Dennis Quaid shared how his faith led him towards the path of sobriety, and it’s a great example of the major role that spirituality—that is, the feeling of connection to […]
1 Margot Robbie meets a deaf fan and is so excited to speak with him in sign language It would be hard to choose anyone to be the “person of the moment” right now other than actress Margot Robbie. Her new film, “Barbie,” which she also produced, is currently at […]
Dr Naomi Wolf Jul 21, 2023 Photo by Karolina Kołodziejczak on Unsplash I was supine on the couch, as I have been for a couple of weeks now, recovering from my very near brush with the Void. I’ve given myself, with my doctor’s blessing, permission to be in […]
Linh Dinh Jul 21, 2023 [Vientiane, 7/20/23] Last night, I achieved a milestone! On my eighth day in Vientiane, I dared to get dressed after 5PM, for an intrepid trek to the night market. Careful not to aggravate my remaining wounds, now mercifully few, I took forever to […]
I’ve never really stopped to wonder how high-end vintage sellers source their wares, but fortunately, reporter Justine Harman has. After a chance encounter at an East Village shop piqued her interest, Justine went way, way down the rabbit hole — or is it a mine shaft? — with […]
You probably don’t think about sperm very often. (I certainly don’t!) You may not even be aware that some scientists believe sperm production is in crisis — that if a trend of falling sperm counts across the globe worsens, we may run out of sperm altogether. Which would […]
No one cries for the commercial landlord, whose checkbooks (and egos) were built on owning the skyline. But, in this week’s cover story, Andrew Rice gets one of them to open his books, and the results are fascinating: RXR’s Scott Rechler details his “Project Kodak” experiment, in which […]
1 Teacher’s ridiculously accurate impression of a Keurig coffee machine goes viral Coffee is one of those random adult things that connects everyone who has ever worked in a setting with multiple people. Whether it’s an office, a school or even a warehouse, it doesn’t matter; if you […]
How Your Real Flight Reservation Can Be Used to Scam You Ax Sharma Scammers use a booking technicality, traveler confusion, and promises of dirt-cheap tickets to offer hot deals that are anything but. READ How Microsoft Excel Tries to Rebrand Work as Excitement Benjamin Charles Germain Lee This […]
June 30, 2023 Hello, Insiders. Josée Rose, executive editor for business, here. Happy to be back in New Jersey after I was caught in the travel chaos of the last five days. A canceled flight, hours on the phone trying to get a refund, a delayed new flight, […]
1 Dad urges parents to stop worrying about giving their kids a ‘good future’ A major part of parenting is setting kids up for as best an adult life as possible. It’s also a major source of every parent’s stress, as this is essentially a question without absolute answers. Sure, […]
For contest #380, we find ourselves at the intersection of elites and terrorism. Plus, possums! Chris Bodenner Jun 23, 2023 (For the View From Your Window contest, the results below exceed the content limit for Substack’s email service, so to ensure that you see the full results, click […]
1 People born before 1990 are sharing their now-useless but 100 percent nostalgic skills Hey there, millennials! Welcome to the “Holy crapoly, I have real-life memories from 20 years ago!” club. It’s a strangely disorienting milestone to reach when you find yourself starting sentences with “When I was […]
1 Skid Row singers leave ‘America’s Got Talent’ audience in tears after ‘Under the Bridge’ cover On the June 20th episode of “America’s Got Talent,” a group called the Freedom Singers brought the house down with what Howie Mandel called “more than” just an audition and something that was […]
A NOTE FROM FORTUNE Fortune Well editor Jennifer Fields here, filling in for Alyson this week. To say that the pandemic upended our social ties is an understatement. Though we’re still making sense of the physical and mental impact of isolation and disconnection, one thing is clear—we’ve […]
1 Boomer dad plays song to comfort his daughter going through divorce and it’s simply perfect There’s no shortage of stories out there showing how emotionally distant or out of touch some baby boomers can be. Younger generations are so fed up with it that they have their own catchphrase of frustration, for crying out loud. […]
1 Arnold Schwarzenegger says Heaven is a ‘fantasy.’ Here’s why that’s not a terrible idea. At 75, Arnold Schwarzenegger is thinking about the big questions of life. He opened up about his thoughts on the afterlife in a conversation with his “Twins” co-star Danny DeVito for Interview Magazine. Devito asked “The […]
1 Man cries in his car while listening to ‘Iris’ by the Goo Goo Dolls, and people can’t help but relate Though content creator Oliver Mills is no stranger to serenading viewers on his TikTok channel with his charming, laid-back “car-aoke” videos, he recently hit listeners right in the feels as he […]
2-Year-Old Missing From Daycare Found Dead A two-year-old girl, who had gone missing, was found dead in an open well next to her daycare center. Read More… Passenger Falls Overboard on Cruise Ship A passenger aboard the Carnival Magic ship went missing after reportedly falling overboard during his […]
Were Liberal Elites So Cruel Because They Have No Fun? Dr Naomi Wolf Jun 2, 2023 Does having fun in your life protect you from becoming a sociopath? Since 2020, we have witnessed charming, well-educated, “civilized” people all around us — especially from what my husband calls (as […]
1 Man goes skydiving with a cardboard sign asking for work. His new boss responded the same way. Times seem grim for employees. Every day seems to bring a new series of layoffs, pay cuts, strikes and…you know, the whole threat of being replaced by robots thing… Chris Serrano, a […]
1 ‘Why women leave’: Wife who ‘does everything’ shares why she left her husband who did nothing There are a few big reasons why 70% of divorces in the United States among heterosexual couples are filed by women. Women have more economic opportunities than in decades past and are better positioned to […]
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