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Tamales are for Eating, Not Walking

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Of all the sounds you can wake up to in Mexico City, my favorite by far is the distant shout of the local vendor slowly approaching your street, yelling “tamales.”

From Tasteful Rude
On December 4, 2022
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How Did Star Wars Get Serious?

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A long and semi-fanatical discussion about the thrilling bleakness of ANDOR

From Popula
On December 1, 2022
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“A Light Never Goes Out” Celebrates Hong Kong’s Iconic Neon Signs

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"A Light Never Goes Out" is a spirited look into the craftsmen who build and maintain Hong Kong’s iconic neon signs. Though the film’s plot is somewhat boilerplate, it has beautiful cinematography, and demonstrates a genuine love for its subject

From No Man Is an Island
On December 3, 2022
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MR. WRONG: Inflammatory Reaction

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It’s kinda (SPOILER ALERT)

From Popula
On December 1, 2022
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ME TODAY: “Leave this place and go to Sicily,” he whispered, though there was no one else around.

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From Popula
On November 30, 2022
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LISTEN: NYC’s New Weed Wild West

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A year and a half after legalizing recreational marijuana, the first retail licenses have finally been issued even as the black market is booming and smoke shop robberies are through the roof.

From FAQ NYC
On November 27, 2022
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Ethiopian Food as Divine Blessing

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Some people self-care with a massage or a spa day. Me? I find the nearest Ethiopian restaurant.

From Tasteful Rude
On November 25, 2022
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Will Sam Bankman-Fried Show Up for Next Week’s DealBook Summit? – The Fine Print

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The fallen crypto mastermind was announced as a speaker at The New York Times’s conference weeks before his multi-billion-dollar empire crumbled, but he hasn’t been taken off the list for the event — yet.

From Popula
On November 23, 2022
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Looking Through Ẹlẹ́ṣin’s Hourglass

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Or How to Render Metaphysics in Film

From Olongo Africa
On November 25, 2022
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Parade Rest

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The final printed-on-paper edition of a magazine inserted into a newspaper.

From Popula
On November 18, 2022
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The Body on Canvas

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Marlene Dumas at the Venice Biennale.

From Popula
On November 17, 2022
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Reflections in the Witch’s Eye

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My atheism turned into agnosticism not by reading a religious text or visiting a holy temple, but by watching a YouTube video of Carl Sagan explaining the fourth dimension.

From Popula
On November 16, 2022
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Big of Ego, Sensitive of Eyes

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To a generation of Nigerians, the character Àjàlá might as well be an urban legend.

From Olongo Africa
On November 16, 2022
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