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Excerpts from The Believer: How to Snow a Mountain

- - - A series of essential advice. - - - The first time I tried to ski was a catastrophe. I’ve always been unathletic and clumsy, the kind of person who hates being cold, hates waking up early, hates going fast, hates excessive gear, and generally has a bad attitude. Nonet...

McSweeney’s
Text • Elizabeth Collins

“Will Sally Have a Baby Before All Her Eggs Die?” A Word Problem

QUESTION: Sally wants to graduate from college, establish a career, marry an ideal partner, buy a home, and have a baby by age 27.5, the national average age for women to give birth in the US, and a peak time of fertility. If she takes a gap year to backpack around Europe, w...

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Clawdbot / Moltbot rebrands again, to OpenClaw. I actually liked Moltbot, it was unique and had some personality. But I can understand wanting something a little more normal sounding, and they can still lean on the lobster branding.

Open Channels FM Podcast Network
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Take the Time to Listen

We are too busy adding to the conversation vs. just listening.

404 Media Supports Webmention
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Erotic Parody 'Melania: Devourer of Men' Sales Surge on Amazon Amid Documentary Flop

Erotic Parody 'Melania: Devourer of Men' Sales Surge on Amazon Amid Documentary Flop

A Reddit-led protest is trying to push an eight year old erotic thriller to the top of Amazon’s sales charts.

WIRED
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'Infinite Jest' Is Back. Maybe Litbros Should Be, Too

The notoriously challenging book is being re-released for its 30th anniversary. Its fandom is annoying, sure—but at least they read.

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Lego Group and Crocs Enter Multi-Year Global Partnership

lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2026/january/the-lego-group-and-crocs-enter-multi-year-global-partnership?locale=en-us

Maybe Trump is right and we should go to war against Denmark.

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The Texas Observer
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Strangest State: Escaped Exotics, Tariffs, Trickery, and Guns

The post Strangest State: Escaped Exotics, Tariffs, Trickery, and Guns appeared first on The Texas Observer.

WIRED
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Samsung S90F QD-OLED TV Review: Refined From Any Angle

With impeccable accuracy and poise, Samsung’s midrange OLED dazzles on the little things.

WIRED
Text • Henri Robbins

Keychron Q16 HE 8K Review: A Ceramic Disappointment

Great keyboard technology inside a disappointing, conceptually flawed ceramic shell.

WIRED
Text • Brent Rose

Viome Full Body Intelligence Test Review: Little Clarity, Pricey Supplements

Virtually every aspect of your health can be traced back to your microbiome. But some tests are better than others.

WIRED
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NAD+ Supplement 101: Possible Benefits and Precautions Explained (2026)

What is NAD+? Here’s how it works in your body, why it matters, and if supplementation is worth the hype.

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Nikita Prokopov

This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Nikita Prokopov, whose blog can be found at tonsky.me. Tired of RSS? Read this in your browser or sign up for the newsletter. The People and Blogs series is supported by Gary Online and the ot...

WIRED
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HigherDose Red Light Hat Review: Scalp Savior (2026)

Turns out, red light isn’t just for your face. HigherDose’s Red Light Hat has given me the best hair and scalp I’ve had in years.

WIRED
Text • Katie Drummond

Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Campaigning to Get ICE Out of US Cities

Even as Big Tech CEOs curry favor with President Trump, Silicon Valley employees are calling on their bosses to use their influence to help stop his immigration policies.

WIRED
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Microdosing for Depression Appears to Work About as Well as Drinking Coffee

For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depression may be attributable to a placebo effect.

Autocracy in America
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Rise of the Trump Loyalist

Kathleen Walters was only 23 days away from qualifying for early retirement at the IRS when she decided to quit, rather than acquiesce to a Trump-administration request that she break the law and compromise millions of people’s privacy. She’s one of hundreds of thousands of ...

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Trump 2.0: The President’s Affordability Problem

President Trump was elected in 2024 on the promise that he would fix the economy. Now, a new poll from The New York Times/Siena reveals that the issue may be driving voters away. Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst at The Times, explains what the poll tells us. Guest: Nat...

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
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Trump-GOP Panic over ICE Grows as MAGA Goes Off Rails: “Race Traitor!”

President Trump and the GOP are in a growing panic over ICE. Trump’s advisers are sinking into recriminations. Republican officials are publicly admitting that his immigration agenda “seems to be not working” and that the GOP is “losing” the political bat...

WIRED
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I’ve Tested 1,000+ Sex Toys. These 8 Are What I Always Recommend

With close to two decades of experience, these are the sex toys I have no trouble recommending to most people.