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Christine Blasey Ford requested anonymity when she first wrote a letter to her congressional representative Anna Eshoo, and, later, to Senator Dianne Feinstein, of California, describing an incident at a party when she was in high school. In the letter,…
Maya Rudolph can, with just a look, convey the sudden onset of total despair. In perhaps her most famous scene, in the movie “Bridesmaids,” her character, beset by food poisoning, defecates in the middle of the street while wearing a…
President Donald Trump, who has publicly discussed an interest in overhauling libel laws and derided the press as the “enemy of the people,” has taken a sudden interest in freedom of speech on Twitter and other social media. In a…
The photos suggest they’re a nuisance. The surveys indicate that they’re beloved. Dockless electric scooters made waves when companies released them to city sidewalks, often without permission. Unfortunately for pedestrians, that meant the loss of valuable real estate. This is…
At a surprise press event in Seattle on Thursday, Amazon announced its first-ever kitchen appliance. The Amazon microwave will cost $60, ship starting November 14, and take commands via Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa. Just tell your microwave what you’re cooking,…
The autumnal equinox is upon us: On Saturday, September 22, both the Northern and Southern hemispheres will experience an equal amount of daylight. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the beginning of fall, with daylight hours…
