June 8, 2024 • 3 min read with Joi-Marie McKenzie Happy Saturday! Sleep is the newest ultimate luxury item. Here’s one millionaire’s five-step guide to sleeping like a baby. On the agenda: The hidden costs and dangers of traveling as a gay couple. We know exercise is good […]
What are cats saying when they speak? At the turn of the last century, Kathryn Hughes writes this morning on the NYR Online, that question preoccupied novelists, authors of short fiction, a range of small-mammal enthusiasts, and at least one purported linguist who sought to translate “the feline language” into […]
May 29, 2024 | Read Online Mom shares simple-but-genius hack for getting kids to try new foods and eat their veggies “They have discovered they love radishes, bell peppers, salami, cheeses, spicy things, sour things…” One of the responsibilities of parenting is making sure our kids […]
May 30, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Almost Friday! You’ll likely never be as rich as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, but you can start to write emails like him. More on his “TL;DR approach.” It’s the last day of our Memorial Day sale for 80% […]
May 26, 2024 • 3 min read with Matt Turner Hello! Welcome back to our Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. Ever wonder how much money you need to make to be considered middle class? What about the incomes of the upper class? We crunched […]
There’s an almost incomprehensibly lucrative game afoot in New York. Eleven major groups are competing for a license to build and operate a casino here, and to win, they’re offering to spend billions upon billions and remake entire neighborhoods. These plans are mega. To tell the full story […]
View in browser VFYW: An Easy Egg To Crack For contest #420, we head to the heart of Cajun country. Chris Bodenner May 25 ∙ Paid READ IN APP (For the View From Your Window contest, the results below exceed the content limit for Substack’s email service, so […]
May 24, 2024 | Read Online There are over 30 years between these amazing before-and-after photos. “It’s important for me for my photography to make people smile.” Chris Porsz was tired of studying sociology. As a university student in the 1970s, he found the talk of […]
Dress shopping is hell right now. If you want something “nicer” than Target or Shein — for labor or environmental reasons, or because you want to invest in an item that will last more than a few washes — get ready to shell out $400, $500, even $700 […]
May 23, 2024 | Read Online Presented by Read by 3.5M people, 1440 is a free, newsletter that’s edited to be as unbiased as humanly possible. 1440 is the fastest way to an impartial point of view. The team at 1440 scours over 100+ sources ranging […]
For several years now, the movie star has been declared dead by just about every publication on the internet, including our own. But lately, something has changed. A new crop of talent is rising in Hollywood, and this one seems to be having more fun than the previous […]
Trending story May 22, 2024 Blaze News investigates: Alcoholics Anonymous groups and the infiltration of woke ideology For nearly a century, the program known as Alcoholics Anonymous has been helping thousands of desperate people regain sobriety and recover their lives. Unfortunately, woke ideology has infiltrated some AA groups, […]
AI-powered anal beads — I’m afraid that’s where we must begin. A year and a half ago, the sleepy game of chess was jolted by spectacular (and spectacularly crude) accusations against one of its rising stars, Hans Niemann. The 20-year-old American grandmaster played brilliantly but erratically, and he […]
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Watch video Listen to episode Living Fiat Free – #SolutionsWatch The Corbett Report May 21 READ IN APP SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/living-fiat-free/ Joining us today is Aaron Day, a liberty activist who hasn’t used fiat currency since 2019. James and […]
May 21, 2024 | Read Online Terrified, emaciated dog comes to life as volunteer sits with him for human connection He tries making himself so small in the kennel until he realizes he’s safe. There’s something about dogs that makes people just want to cuddle them. […]
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Watch video Listen to episode Eurosiberia Podcast #18: Filthy Armenian Constantin von Hoffmeister and Filthy Armenian May 20 READ IN APP Filthy Armenian and Constantin von Hoffmeister talk about the decline of the 24-hour restaurant in the US, nostalgia for Netflix […]
Americans see gardening changes as ‘plant hardiness zones’ shift across half the U.S. Here’s a quick tool to find out if your zone has changed due to warmer temperatures. Millions of American households have a garden of some sort, whether they grow vegetables, fruits flowers or other plants. […]
In our May 23 issue, Joanna Biggs reviews Madonna: A Rebel Life by Mary Gabriel (whose previous biography, Ninth Street Women, took as its subject five female abstract expressionist painters in the midcentury). The essay opens at a Madonna concert Biggs attended as a child, where she experienced “the bubbly joy of dancing […]
Recently at The Signal: Alice Han on what’s at stake in the massive global surge of Chinese high-tech exports. … Today: Why are black people moving away from America’s Northern cities? Keneshia Grant on the causes and consequences of a new Great Migration. (From Jan. 21, 2022.) … Also: […]
May 16, 2024 | Read Online Men are asked what secrets they keep from their spouses, and the answers are surprising A rare glimpse of what actually gets bottled up inside. Men sometimes get labeled as the gender more likely to keep secrets for selfish, manipulative […]
Trending story May 14, 2024 Blaze News investigates: Is raw milk illegal? The fight to liberate raw milk from government intolerance: ‘Food is medicine’ The fight to legalize raw milk and end government control of the food supply is heating up. As more Americans learn about the benefits […]
Ask anyone who still spends significant time on Facebook what keeps them there, and you’ll likely get the same response: the groups. There are groups for venting about troubled relationships, for buying and selling used baby gear, for crowdsourcing medical advice, and, as Anya Kamenetz learned while reporting […]
May 14, 2024 | Read Online Elderly cats are being saved from being euthanized with adorable cat retirement village It’s a cat paradise. There is an amazing retirement village now accepting guests but instead of catering to elderly people, it’s designed for elderly cats. Shropshire Cat […]
Last summer, when Jonah Hill made headlines for his serious misuse of therapyspeak in leaked texts to his then-girlfriend, we at the Cut wondered: Are we over therapy? Has all this talk of “boundaries” and “attachment styles” started to seem cringe, exhausting, or simply unhelpful? When I asked […]
May 13, 2024 | Read Online SNL’s ‘Perfect Mother’ skit is perfectly, painfully spot on “I know this is supposed to be funny but honestly this is deep.” “Saturday Night Live” is known for its comedic exaggerations that poke fun at real life, but skit about […]
For contest #418, we commemorate a priest who plotted to assassinate Hitler. Chris Bodenner May 11, 2024 ∙ Paid (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 the […]
May 11, 2024 • 3 min read with Joi-Marie McKenzie Happy Saturday! If you’re heading out this weekend, here are 11 things a bartender wishes people would stop doing — including asking them to play your favorite song. On the agenda: Soak in the mountain views at the […]
May 10, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Happy Friday! Dust off that old digital camera for any weekend plans you have. You’ll impress the Gen Zer in your life. In today’s big story, we’re looking at how a sports bettor trying to hedge a $1.7 […]
My dad is pretty Spartan in his consumption habits. Aside from a new kitchen accessory every few years, I’ve rarely seen him buy things for pleasure or novelty. But on my last few trips to visit him and my mom in Texas, I noticed that they’d begun accumulating […]
May 09, 2024 | Read Online Professional baby namer lists the top girl names from the 80s that ‘did not age well’ Bad news for the Lindsays, Courtneys and Heathers of the world. As we know, baby name trends are constantly changing. One generation’s Barbara is […]
Capturing a Misfit: A Review of Wildcat Fr. Damian Ference I wept. And I’m not a weeper. Maya Hawke perfectly captures the raw, and desperate, and holy desire of Flannery O’Connor to both serve God and to be a great writer. In her Catholic faith, O’Connor experienced being […]
May 08, 2024 | Read Online Parody of pharmaceutical ad with disclaimers about side effects is hilariously on point It’s such a bop, people want her to release it as a real song. Welcome to the modern American pharmaceutical drug commercial, which the incomparable Elle Cordova […]
At a pitch meeting last year, an editor here proposed doing a story about the complicated experience of caring for an aging parent whom you don’t have a great relationship with — and whom maybe you don’t like all that much. We agreed it was a rich topic, […]
May 07, 2024 | Read Online Australian Shepherd uses talk buttons as a creative way to warn family of laundry disaster “Always listen to your dog.” Speech-language pathologist Christina Hunger and her dog Stella were the first to experiment with talking buttons in 2019. Since then […]
When Ezra Marcus started reporting the story of Matthew Bergwall, a 23-year-old University of Miami student accused of committing $5 million in retail fraud, I was most interested in the retail-fraud part. Primarily because I didn’t really understand what retail fraud was. (Ezra patiently explained to me that […]
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May 06, 2024 | Read Online Music teacher got two standing ovations and a BGT Golden Buzzer with ‘Natural Woman’ cover Goose. Bumps. For nearly two decades, people have been enjoying “Got Talent” competitions all over the world, inspired by the first “America’s Got Talent” in […]
WEB VERSION May 6, 2024 Between Victory and Defeat Thwarted ambitions and frustrated hopes—these are all too common experiences for those on the left. So is finding oneself stuck in a cycle of exhaustion and enthusiasm, despair and determination. In an early preview from our Spring Books issue […]
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View in browser The Dishcast with Andrew Sull… Johann Hari On Ozempic And Bi… 0:00 1:49:54 Johann Hari On Ozempic And Big Food He’s back on the pod with another smashing book. Andrew Sullivan May 3 ∙ Paid READ IN APP My old and dear friend Johann […]
Sponsored by Reaktion Books Martin Filler Supersize That? New supertall skyscrapers planned for Manhattan will reduce the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building to the scale of souvenir tchotchkes. With the current glut of unoccupied office space, they may be the last of their kind. Quinn Slobodian […]
PM Edition May 5, 2024 TRENDING NOW Scientists keep finding ‘heavenly pits’ in China that are teeming with life and long lost DNA How cartel hitman used a food pic to hunt down Ecuadorian beauty queen and brazenly murder her in broad daylight MORE STORIES THAT MATTER Federal […]
Lifestyle May 01, 2024 How not to be socially awkward ELLE SMITH Party season is rapidly approaching, thank God. I host social events of varying sizes with moderate frequency. Most are for close friends, some are for all friends, and a few are for everyone. Hosting — or […]
Luke Dodson May 02, 2024 Last October, walking through London’s Hampstead Heath, Jasun Horsley and I discussed the strange sense of relief that one can feel after being ousted, exiled, or in modern terms, cancelled. My own personal experiences of this began during 2020, when so many social […]
May 02, 2024 | Read Online 11-year-old brought the house down with electrifying performance of ‘Defying Gravity’ It has to be heard to be believed. Musical theater isn’t exactly for the hobbyist singer in general, but certain showtunes require so much skill that even the greats […]
April 29, 2024 | Read Online 12 books that people say are life-changing reads Some books have the power to change how we see ourselves, the world, and each other. Out of all human inventions, books might just be the greatest. That may be a bold […]
April 27, 2024 • 3 min read with Joi-Marie McKenzie Welcome back to our Saturday edition! Wait — don’t put down that yummy dessert. One 38-year-old woman told Business Insider that instead of skipping treats, she lost 140 pounds in two years by eating more high-protein foods. […]
April 25, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Almost Friday! Flight delays and cancellations stink, but here’s some good news: A new regulation requires airlines to process automatic refunds. In today’s big story, we’re looking at how millennials have seen their wealth explode over the past […]
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Eurosiberia Podcast #12: Richard Wilson Constantin von Hoffmeister Apr 24 READ IN APP Richard Wilson and Constantin von Hoffmeister talk about Wilson’s experience as an American actor in the Russian film industry, life in Russia vs life in the West, Russian […]
For nearly two decades, John Nelson published blind items about the Hollywood elite on the gossip blog Crazy Days and Nights, posting under the moniker “Enty Lawyer.” Nobody knew who Enty Lawyer was except for his wife, his brother, and a handful of friends. Then, earlier this year, […]
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