Sunday Reads for July 3, 2022
Landlords are some of the most maligned members of society, so I'm leading with a Vice writer’s attempt to get to know them and hear their hopes, fears and struggles. Word nerds will delight in riding sidesaddle with the team that’s been updating the OED since 1993. Cotton swabs used to be called "Q-Tips Baby Gays" and, yeah, you probably shouldn’t be sticking them in your ears. I already binged “Stranger Things Pt 2” and immediately looked for a video about how the SFX team created Vecna.
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The shift to remote work may have upended many cultural norms—from our hours, to how we dress, to how we choose to bond with our coworkers—but it …
The OED’s task – to define every English word – is as ambitious as it was 150 years ago. The team at the Oxford English Dictionary felt some …
NOTE: This is Part Two of a two-part Planet Money newsletter series on the struggles of a former logging town named Orick, California. Part One, "The tale of a distressed American town on the doorstep of a natural paradise," can be found here. On the morning of March 27, 2018, rangers from Redwood …
New York (CNN Business) — Every Q-tips box has a warning label: "Do not insert swab into ear canal," and if you're going to use it to clean your ears, gently swab the outer part only. But extracting wax from our ear canals is precisely why most of us buy Q-tips in the first place. The humble Q-tip …
I’ve spent more than three years interviewing friends for “The Friendship Files.” Here’s what I’ve learned. “The Friendship Files,” my series of interviews with friends about their friendships, began with an idle thought. Having written a lot about both friendship and dating apps, I was curious …
Creators of successful NFT brands are betting that the next Mickey Mouse can originate on the blockchain. Creators of successful NFT brands are betting that the next Mickey Mouse can originate on the blockchain. It's a rainy Tuesday evening in New York, and I'm dawdling along in the most serpentine …
Stranger Things makeup designer and visual effects artist Barrie Gower breaks down the extensive work that went into bringing season 4's gruesome villain Vec...
Forty-three years ago, on July 1, 1979, the Sony Walkman went on sale for the very first time. The personal cassette player was greeted as a revolution—now people could listen to the music of their choice, privately and on-the-go. While the Walkman still has its fans among analog aficionados, it’s …
Take it from the pros. Traditionally, the world of wine pairing has mostly been reserved for fine-dining affairs. Bold reds accompanying juicy slabs of steak, silky whites alongside fatty cuts of fish, and sparkling rosés complementing soft, pungent cheeses have adorned dinner tables for hundreds of …
