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The Slimy, Technicolor World of Satisfying YouTube Videos
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The Slimy, Technicolor World of Satisfying YouTube Videos
“Satisfying videos,” as they’re called, are massive on YouTube, viral colonies of forms and formlessness in rainbow hues.
Leigh Alexander
May 31
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Spirited Games: Why Ouija Won’t Let Us Go
We have two rules at home: Don’t make fun of your little brother, and no Ouija before homework
Mitch Horowitz
May 31
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How to Leverage Introversion as a Career Strength
Being an introvert doesn’t mean you lack great management potential—but you need to play to your strengths
Larry Cornett
May 30
The Complete Guide to Deliberate Practice
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The Complete Guide to Deliberate Practice
We are capable of incredible feats, but they won’t come without focused effort, consistent feedback, and expert guidance.
Jason Shen
May 31
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The Ugly Media Truths I Always Share with My Audience
There is very little about digital media in 2017 that isn’t at least a little bit ugly.
Chelsea Fagan
May 30
In case you missed it
Bathtubs Are Scarier Than Sharks
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Bathtubs Are Scarier Than Sharks
The simple reason most science reporting is wrong
Gid M-K; Health Nerd
May 29
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How to Use the Right Tools to Beat Procrastination
Part 2: Apps for improving willpower
George Halachev
May 26
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Underwear as Outerwear: A Legacy
Bustiers. Slip dresses. The “whale tail.” Oh, and the codpiece.
Hanna Brooks Olsen
May 26
Journalists Are Wrong About Health
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Journalists Are Wrong About Health
A basic guide to understanding why most news articles get the science wrong
Gid M-K; Health Nerd
May 29
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How to Optimize Your Brain for Exceptional Focus and Productivity
Science shows that multitasking can eat away your focus. Here are the solutions that will make you more successful.
Elle Kaplan
May 25
Invisible Empire: The Real Illuminati
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Invisible Empire: The Real Illuminati
As a historian of the occult, I receive more interview requests on one topic than any other. Halloween? No. Haunted houses? Almost never…
Mitch Horowitz
May 25
Proteas and the Case for Googling Your Plants
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Proteas and the Case for Googling Your Plants
A few weeks ago, my boyfriend brought me flowers for the first time. They were a strange choice — not conventionally pretty, but beautiful…
Edith Zimmerman
May 24
Why Successful People Learn to Ask for Help
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Why Successful People Learn to Ask for Help
And the three things that always get in the way
Ryan Engelstad
May 24
The Great American Sequel Machine
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The Great American Sequel Machine
Some two-thirds of the way through the cartoonish, overpriced muddle titled Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, sold to us…
Miles Klee
May 24
How Improving Your Receptivity To Feedback Can Supercharge Your Career
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How Improving Your Receptivity To Feedback Can Supercharge Your Career
The one attitude you can’t succeed without
Matt Trainer
May 23
What I Would Tell Any Young Woman Starting a Business
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What I Would Tell Any Young Woman Starting a Business
I never intended (or really wanted) to have my own business. I was always open to the idea of freelancing, as someone whose father has been…
Chelsea Fagan
May 23
No Country for Young Men
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No Country for Young Men
Searching for masculinity and maternity in the American Southwest
Alan Hanson
May 23
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The Gut-Wrenching Effect of Remembrance and Loss on Memorial Day
Losing friends in combat, Trump blaming his generals for service member deaths, and the long-term effects on our veteran’s mental health
Benjamin Sledge
May 22
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Birth
Mary Shelley and the Horror of Maternity
Sady Doyle
May 22
The Practical Guide on How to Stay Creative While Traveling
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The Practical Guide on How to Stay Creative While Traveling
Freelancers now make up 34% of the workforce in the United States. This statistic is expected to bloom to over 50% by 2020 with freelancers…
Brian McFadden
May 22
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Is Your Systematic Nature Preventing Your Success?
The pitfalls of over-planning and how to avert them.
Kate Jones
May 19
Surfing that Old 55
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Surfing that Old 55
As The Bus Turns: Part 1
Davy Carren
May 19
Roger Ailes In Hell
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Roger Ailes In Hell
I would recognize him instantly. I’m assuming many things, of course, like he’d be wearing the skin he wore as a man. He was famous when…
John DeVore
May 18
Does Emmanuel Macron’s France Have a Muslim Problem? Oui.
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Does Emmanuel Macron’s France Have a Muslim Problem? Oui.
When two outsiders, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, faced off in the final round of voting in France’s recent election, observers around…
Parvez Sharma
May 18
