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“In the seven months since he was sworn in, Mr. Kennedy has delivered a lukewarm endorsement of the measles vaccine; dismantled a panel of experts who make vaccine recommendations to the government; taken steps that will effectively restrict access to Covid-19 vaccines; and canceled $500 million of grants and contracts for the development of mRNA vaccines.”
— New York Times

Let me be clear that under this order, the NHTSA has only stopped recommending seat belts for people who we are pretty sure won’t get into a fatal car accident, and for people who we feel like could handle themselves just fine if they did wind up in a catastrophic wreck. This decision does not apply to individuals who actually need seat belts, such as those who are either very old or very drunk.

1. The Only One
Before you thought about work-life balance, professionalism, or online security, there was just one email. You were a simple, blissful idiot.

2. Personal
You learned that only a baby fawn mixes all aspects of existence into a single stew of email chaos. So you created an account just for family and friends—memes, photos, and half-hearted attempts to meet for coffee. You marveled at your newfound organizational prowess. Then it dawned on you that you had no idea which email to use for logins, work emails, and subscriptions to your friends’ newsletters.

3. Sensitive
Next came an address for accounts and institutions holding your most sensitive data. You used this to log in to your very secure bank’s website. Then you had to decide whether or not you’d also give it to the neighborhood dentist, who stowed your intake packet in a translucent plastic bin that sat in the corner of their office/exam room—where anyone could stroll in and find your Social Security number emblazoned on page one. Your choice haunts you.

Archival VHS footage from the post-Soviet era documents a shifting world, with poignant echoes in the present moment

- by Aeon Video

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Many think the answer is obvious: we ought to cut immoral people out of our lives. But that isn’t necessarily the best option

- by Yiran Hua

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Ever feel like a word or person you just learned about has been showing up repeatedly? There’s a term for that

- by Hannah Seo

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A shrub meant to end hunger now chokes Kenya’s farmlands. It’s a parable of how visions of progress can outgrow their promises

- by Samuel F Derbyshire

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Saving it involved destroying it twice

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Cell phone photos can help in recovery efforts

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In her lifetime, Shulamith Firestone, an art school graduate and leading figure in New York’s second-wave feminist movement, published just two books. Her first, The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution (1970), was a blistering theoretical salvo published when Firestone was only twenty-five. Amongst its more radical propositions, Firestone called for ‘ectogenesis’, the […]

THE 2026 SOCIAL JUSTICE KITTENS CALENDAR HAS ARRIVED! It’s 2026, and the Social Justice Kittens are back with twelve inspiring new months, each one a stern, colorful reminder that while you enjoy a life of unearned, privileged comfort, their battle for justice never ends! Despite their advanced empathic skills, evolved intellects and permanent stance on…

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Politicians, like New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, like to say that kicking healthy people off Medicaid saves money. That's bullshit.

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