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1. The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
by Greg Mania
2. Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
by Mike Drucker
3. Unsung Heroes of Motherhood
by Wendi Aarons and Johanna Gohmann
4. A Marriage Proposal Spoken Entirely in Office Jargon
by Evan Barber
5. Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
by Lisa Borders
6. I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
by Andrew Singleton
7. I Work for an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
by Emily Bressler
8. Did You Even Consider Every Possible Lived Experience Before Recklessly Posting Your Chili Recipe on Social Media?
by Megan Neary
9. Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
by Tom Ellison
10. We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You
by Carlos Greaves
11. An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy
by Anäis Godard
12. A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
by Amanda Bachman
13. Getting Ahead of It: JD Vance Almost Definitely Didn’t Kill the Pope
by Eli Grober
14. When It Happens
by Tom Ellison
15. Crimes I Have Witnessed as a Resident of Washington, DC
by Lucy Huber
16. I’m a Free-Thinking Centrist with Only Right-Wing Ideas
by Nancy Matson
17. This Five-Hundred-Word Bumper Sticker on My Tesla Explains Why I’m Not a Bad Person
by Lia Woodward and Leah Folta
18. As an American Jew, I Feel Completely Reassured for My Safety Now That Trump Has Targeted the Epicenter of American Antisemitism, Columbia University
by Andy Schocket
19. Acts of Rebellion for the Middle-Aged
by Liz Alterman
20. An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University
by Ryan Weber
21. The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
by Robert Rooney
22. New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for ‘The President Violated the Constitution’
by Carlos Greaves
23. The Problem with My City Is That It’s a City
by Devin Wallace
24. Escape Room Challenge: Your European Airbnb
by Juliana Gray
25. I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now?
by Lia Woodward and Leah Folta