The toxic women of gym TikTok
Too many ladies are filming in the weights room for clout
Former defense secretary: yes, Trump would have shot down the Chinese spy balloon
‘He would have taken action in a little different way’
Who will rescue Turkey after the earthquake?
‘People in my hometown are digging neighbors out from the rubble with their own hands’
Children aren’t the enemy of the writer
Having kids has never interfered with my literary aspirations
Going native: is ancestral eating the answer to our dietary woes?
No processed foods, no seed oils, no refined sugars, no problem?
AP stealth edits its Chinese spy balloon report
The article originated the claim that two balloons entered US airspace under Trump
The balloon is a Chinese middle finger to the US
Xi is mocking President Biden’s efforts to smooth relations
Anthony Fauci cashing in as $100k ‘motivational speaker’
The good doctor will deliver Yale Medical School’s commencement speech this year
George Santos thinks the Hobbit movies were better than Lord of the Rings
Plus: reportedly engaged actor spreading his seed around London
Spotify logs losses and cuts jobs after splurging on Meghan
‘In hindsight, I probably got a little carried away and over-invested relative to the uncertainty we saw shaping up in the market’
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Has time finally run out for TikTok?
The Chinese social media app is ‘digital fentanyl’
The Some Like It Hot revival is cream-puff theater
It reduces a charged premise to something more mundane
How to see Switzerland by train
The Swiss love their clocks, their cheese and their chocolate. They also adore their railway
Tocqueville’s warning about the Democrats
The emotional glue of the Democratic coalition is resentment of the Republican coalition
Morris Chang: the microchip mogul caught between Biden and Xi
He might be the most important businessman you’ve never heard of
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