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A pedestrian “safety island”

Enjoy lounging on this six-foot urban oasis of grass, cement, and paper plates stained with sunset-hued pizza grease.

The line outside Clinton Street Baking Company

Instead of standing for forty-five minutes in the sun, why not sit? Just remember to scoot your cabana forward a few inches every three minutes. It isn’t so very different from migrating with the rising tide.

The above-ground subway platform in Astoria

Great for tossing a frisbee around—but watch out for the third rail when you’re going long.

The magazine section of Barnes & Noble

Plenty of beach reads here and zero chances a seagull will poop on you.

The allegedly leaked document undermined the White House’s case for an immigration crackdown.

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“Parents with religious objections to storybooks with LGBTQ themes may withdraw their children from public schools when the books are discussed, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday.” — New York Times

Once upon a time, I never got involved in politics. But when the developments of a kingdom far, far away threaten my role as the fairest groomer of them all, I feel no choice but to use my platform to ensure future generations are fed my one and true model for what everyone’s happily ever after shall be. Which is why I, Cinderella Charming, wife and spouse and known pretty girl, applaud the Royal Court in all of the land for waving their magic wands and bibbidi-bobbidi-booing the right for LGBTQ families to be fairly and freely represented in school books, for I believe parents have a right to opt out of stories not revolving around one female stranger, one male stranger, and their quickie, looks-based marriage.

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Far more than an evolutionary imperative, caregiving is a gateway to our deepest humanity, and may explain our intelligence

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There’s growing evidence for the psychological and health benefits of cold-water immersion. Here’s how to get started

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In the mid-to-late 2000s, Southampton F.C. supporters sang a refrain at St. Mary’s Stadium about then club chairman (and current Reform UK MP for Great Yarmouth) Rupert Lowe: Swing low Swing Rupert Lowe Swing him from the Itchen Bridge Lowe seems to create conflict everywhere he goes. Having originally seemed willing to fall in line […]

In defense circles, “cutting” the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation.  Americans should not confuse that talk with reality.  Any cuts exacted will at most reduce the rate of growth.  The essential facts remain: U.S. military outlays today equal that of every other nation on the planet combined, a situation without precedent in modern history.  The Pentagon presently spends more in constant dollars than it did at any time during the Cold War — this despite the absence of anything remotely approximating what national security experts like to call a “peer competitor.”  Evil Empire?  It exists only in the fevered imaginations of those who quiver at the prospect of China adding a rust-bucket Russian aircraft carrier... Read more

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