Society

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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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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Mediaquake: What Alternative Idea Is Big Enough to Take On Big Tech?

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Q&A with James Muldoon

From Popula
On November 29, 2022
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LISTEN: Is There a 72-Hour Fix to a Long-Term Mental Health Crisis?

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Mayor Eric Adams says his new plan to force people with untreated severe mental illnesses into hospitals is a “moral obligation,” but it’s not clear how that’s different from what the city was already doing.

From FAQ NYC
On December 1, 2022
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What’s in a Sheet of Paper?

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On China's 'white paper revolution'

From No Man Is an Island
On November 29, 2022
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Mastodon Is Idiot-Proofed at the Top

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It's not the friendliest interface yet, but the chance to connect on your own terms is real.

From Popula
On November 28, 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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Aesthetics and Politics in 2022 Campaigning

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This year's election continued much of the same aesthetic tropes as previous elections. As with past years, it was the DPP that focused on aesthetics that could outreach to young people, and maintained the modernist aesthetic that has characterized pan-Green campaign advertising since the Tsai administration took power. While the KMT has significantly modernized its aesthetic in recent years, it is still the DPP that proved the more experimental in election advertising

From No Man Is an Island
On November 25, 2022
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Murder, Corruption, and Plagiarism: An Election Cycle Characterized by Scandal

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Many races have boiled down to the personalities running for office, rather than their policies.

From No Man Is an Island
On November 23, 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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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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