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Meat of the Matter

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Erin Somers on scams, slurry, and ambivalent vegetarianism Read More
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Weekly Review

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It was reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement worked with the Iranian government to deport certain Iranian nationals to Tehran in the months leading up to the United States’ most recent bombing of the country; the Department of Homeland Security permitted the New York Police Department’s first independent use of its own drones to intercept unauthorized drones at the U.S. Open; and a Massachusetts police officer is under investigation for utilizing Flock’s camera network to stalk her ex-girlfriend, in one of at least 46 incidents wherein law enforcement agents have been accused or charged with abusing the technology. Read More
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Weekly Review

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The Israeli finance minister stated that the Israel Defense Forces “cannot retreat one millimeter in the Gaza Strip”; Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced plans to spend up to $20 million on electric-shock gloves; Brazilian police recovered eight works by Henri Matisse after they were stolen during public viewing hours. Read More
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Transcendental Longing

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Ian Penman on hagiography, dreams, and the near-psychedelic effects of spiritual jazz Read More
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A London weather station recorded its first month without rain since it began keeping records in 1871, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will equip its officers with body cameras and release footage when it is in its “best interests”; and capybaras strolled through the halls of the state legislative building in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state. Read More
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Weekly Review

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At the 2026 AIDS conference, in Rio de Janeiro, U.S. State Department officials mislabeled every country on a map of Africa in a presentation likely generated with artificial intelligence; a Pennsylvania private school where two male students used AI to generate sexually explicit deepfakes of more than 50 female classmates asked a court to dismiss the resulting lawsuit; an OnlyFans model who has been accused of using dating apps to steal from wealthy men was arrested for her connection to the theft of luxury goods at a music festival. Read More
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Grateful Dead

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John Semley on the history of undertakers, the corporatization of funeral parlors, and communal grieving Read More
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Weekly Review

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The U.S. president told a crowd at Wheeler High School, in Georgia, that communists want to destroy Mount Rushmore; hundreds of Russian children attended the Songdowon summer camp, which the British government sanctioned in May for its role in deporting and reeducating Ukrainian children; and the father of Jared Kushner, who is the U.S. president’s son-in-law, said he will relocate to Florida, explaining that he did not want to pay taxes to the mayor of New York. Read More
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Weekly Review

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FBI managers received notice that the bureau would no longer investigate confrontations involving ICE agents; A Russian city-council candidate broke his spine after jumping from the second story of his apartment building to escape two police officers; and an Ohioan robocop was retired after failing to generate a single police report over the course of ten months. Read More
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The AI Debate Bores Me

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Where is the joy? Where is the pride in ChatGPT or Claude? AI stinks of the living dead. Read More
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Weekly Review

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Lindsey Graham, who had recently returned from a trip to Kyiv, Ukraine, died at the age of 71; a 26-year-old American social-media influencer and self-identifying MAGA communist attended the state funeral and led such chants as “Down with the USA”; and a star 1,300 light-years away swallowed a planet in its orbit and may soon devour another celestial object with 22 times Jupiter’s mass. Read More
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Illiberal Arts

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Ann Manov on conservative educational reform, teaching in France, and the loss of rigor Read More
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Weekly Review

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The Brooklyn Bridge briefly caught fire during a fireworks display; two Russian nationals scaled to the top of the spire of the Empire State building in supposed demonstration of the power of love and peace; a British Premier League soccer team donated more than 40 pairs of game-worn socks to a group of horses and donkeys who would wear them as protection from the bites of flies. Read More
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Weekly Review

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At least eight people were sentenced to a minimum combined 450 years in prison for actions during an anti-ICE protest; in Europe, a major heat wave caused more than 1,000 excess deaths in France, including those of more than 40 swimmers who drowned while trying to beat the heat; and Canadians saw a 38.5 percent increase in confirmed tick reports as more species migrate from the United States. Read More
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Mostly Doomed

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Christopher Hooks on “Dubya’s Texas,” the White House UFC fight, and his plans for celebrating 250 years of America Read More
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Weekly Review

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It was reported that several San Francisco gay bars use biometric facial-recognition devices, resembling those used by the TSA, to scan entering customers; the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted to name June “Traditional Nuclear Family” month; and a set of couples reached a custody agreement after one mistakenly carried and birthed the other’s embryo due to a mix-up at the clinic where both received fertility treatment. Read More
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Weekly Review

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The president entered the UFC crowd to the AC/DC song “Thunderstruck”; members of the Iranian men’s soccer team disembarked in North America wearing pins to commemorate the 168 people killed by a U.S. military strike on an elementary school in southern Iran earlier this year; and “Right hand of God,” said a power forward of the New York Knicks after his teammate scored a basket that would take them to what would become the final game of the NBA championship. Read More
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Speak Easy

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Katie Thornton on cynicism, language learning, and Esperanto’s ban on slang Read More
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Weekly Review

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The United States House of Representatives passed a bill to allocate aid to Ukraine and impose new sanctions on the Russian economy; Senator Dan Sullivan enjoined voters not to vote for his rival, also named Dan Sullivan, in the bid for his congressional seat; The U.S. president endorsed a New Jersey representative whose whereabouts have been unknown for months. Read More
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Weekly Review

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The Bangladeshi government spared an albino buffalo named Donald Trump from religious sacrifice, citing security concerns; a Canadian doctor is under investigation for euthanizing a man he met and medically assessed outside the donut chain Tim Hortons; the White House X account posted a memorial for the ten-year anniversary of the death of Harambe, a gorilla who was shot and killed in 2016 at the Cincinnati Zoo. Read More
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Send in the Clouds

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Wyatt Williams on weather modification, conspiracy culture, and the theology of meteorology Read More
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Weekly Review

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All charges against a group of anti–Immigration and Customs Enforcement protestors were dropped as the top federal prosecutor of Chicago discovered evidence of ICE misconduct during the grand jury process; a Florida biologist was awarded a $485,000 settlement after being fired for reposting a meme criticizing Charlie Kirk’s stance on gun control after his death; and a Florida man who discovered $30,000 in the bathroom of a Wawa returned the money. Read More
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Harper’s Magazine Wins 2026 National Magazine Award for Feature Writing

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“The Goon Squad,” by Daniel Kolitz, is cited by judges for “original, stylish magazine storytelling.” Read More
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Weekly Review

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In Norway, a fourteen-year-old boy, in his third bus theft in seven months, stole and drove a bus from Oslo to Kristiansand; in Atlanta, more than a dozen Waymo SUVs turned onto the same dead-end street; and in California, a dancing humanoid robot named Bebop delayed a flight from Oakland to San Diego after the size of its lithium battery was found to exceed airline regulations. Read More
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Jolly Jingoism

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Nat Segnit on theme-park propaganda, the international appetite for jingoism, and a hypothetical Winston Churchill musical Read More
Weekly Review
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Weekly Review

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A local council in Hachirogata, Japan, initiated a no-confidence vote against its mayor, who has been unconscious since February; the mayor of Cohutta, Georgia, fired the town’s entire police force after officers criticized his wife; and it was reported that the U.S. defense secretary has started bringing his wife to meetings at the Pentagon. Read More
Weekly Review
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Weekly Review

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Oil spills from the Iran War can be seen from space, with one spill spanning more than five miles across the Persian Gulf; the U.S. president said Iran has “not yet paid a big enough price” during his review of a new peace proposal from the country; it was reported that the price of eggs has more than doubled in Iran; and the price of gas in the United States has increased by 44 percent since the start of the conflict. Read More
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Epiphany Narrative

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Kristin Dombek on her hiatus, hyperobjects, and uncanny repetition Read More
Weekly Review
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Weekly Review

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In Paris, police officers probed possible weather-monitor device tampering after an “unusual” temperature spike coincided with a trader’s cashing in on a Polymarket bet related to the city’s temperature; the gambling platform Kalshi issued fines and suspended three U.S. political candidates from the platform for betting on their own campaigns; and a U.S. special operations soldier was charged with using classified intel to win more than $400,000 on Polymarket bets related to the capture of Venezuela’s president. Read More
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Weekly Review

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In Los Angeles, California, three people were convicted of insurance fraud after one of them dressed up in a bear costume, broke into their vehicles, and blamed a bear for the damage; a woman sued the town of Surfside Beach, South Carolina, for sending her a cease-and-desist letter warning that she would be arrested if she continued recording interactions between residents and local geese; and it was reported that the band Geese is an industry plant. Read More
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