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Dear parents,

Get ready to drop a leg on summer, because it’s back-to-school season. And thanks to the secretary of education—and former WWE CEO—Linda McMahon, there are gonna be some big changes to the curriculum, including yours truly running the show. McMahon and the big-dog-in-chief already tried to withhold over $6 billion in federal grants for schools, but that’s just the start of this exciting new chapter. So buckle up, because you better believe we’ll be choke-slamming radical rhetoric and squashing the competition.

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Off the bat, we’re banning some books. Alice Walker? In your dreams. The Kite Runner? Not on my watch. And as for that no good, piece of trash J. D. Salinger, I’ll tell him what I told Jake “The Snake” Roberts back in ’94: “Forget the rye, you’re about to catch these fists!” Call me a phony one more time, and you’ll be riding a carousel of pain if you know what’s good for you.

Scenes from Aboriginal Australian pottery, brought to animated life, capture the turn of the seasons in central Australia

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We must escape the psychological trap where grave warnings about existential threats trigger ever more destructive behaviour

- by M I Krueger

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Data has created a new and paradoxical social order: the promise of emancipation is made possible by classifying everything

- by Marion Fourcade & Kieran Healy

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It’s good that we’re taking sleep more seriously than we used to, but the messaging about its importance has gone too far

- by Alice Gregory

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Nobody needs to be told that Keir Starmer’s father was a ‘toolmaker’. At a conservative count, he’s brought it up around 40 times in speeches, party political broadcasts and softball interviews. Nor do they need to be told that he enjoys watching Arsenal and playing football. These biographical claims have become so familiar that they […]

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A possible answer to a puzzle at the heart of a flaming jet

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This ride through plastic waste emerges with hope

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An analysis conducted for The Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions.

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What he says: Thank god football’s back.

What he means: I miss my friends.

What he says: Can you believe Travis Kelce is going as late as the seventh round in a lot of leagues?

What he means: I’ve never been more anxious about the passage of time. I graduated from college ten years ago, yet it feels like yesterday, and I fear the next ten years will go by even faster.

What he says: I know I’m reaching for Lamar Jackson in the first round, but it’s worth it just for the excuse to watch him play every week.

What he means: I want to buy a motorcycle.

What he says: I’d rather have the tenth pick than the first pick.