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Our Driverless Cars Are More Human Than Ever

Our alert system automatically blares a train horn if the vehicle ahead of you fails to speed off within 0.28 seconds of the traffic light turning green. That’ll keep traffic moving!
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Career Fair, Class of 2028

Become an A.I. operator. The work is dull, but you’ll make enough money for rations and to live in a pipe in Williamsburg with twenty other people.
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January 6, 2025

The Capitol is breached. Security cameras catch Senator Josh Hawley running in fear from a passel of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ activists attempting to garland him in Pride bunting.
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What’s Your Parenting-Failure Style?

Like to watch TikToks while your toddler eats a bagel from the subway floor? Take this quiz to determine how bad a mom or dad you really are.
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Morning-After Campaign Texts

Hey, it’s Kamala. Should we do a tiny insurrection? Quick poll: Y/N? No worries if not!

Cartoon Caption Contest

We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption. Enter the contest, rate submissions, or vote on finalists.
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Cartoon by Jason Adam Katzenstein

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Getting Some Shut-Eye with Anxiety and Depression

“If I fall asleep now, I’ll get five hours of sleep. People run on five hours of sleep.”
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Reasons I Was Crying on the Subway

I was reminded of my recent breakup when I saw a rat breaking up with another rat, and other causes.
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Sadness Lamp F.A.Q.

I drew an angry face on my Sadness Lamp with a permanent marker, and now it won’t come off. Can I have a new lamp?
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My Evening Depression Beauty Routine

Toner helps shrink your pores, but will it make you pick up the phone when your mom calls for the tenth time? Hard to say.

Comics

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Post-Election Faces

Are these the usual blank stares—or something heavier?
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Trump Talks Through His Hat

Everything old is old again.
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The Cartoonist’s Dream Journal

My ideas come from my dreams, so that’s why I nap so frequently. I’m working.
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America!: Election Mascots

Fred the World-Weary Warthog, the Poll Terror, Professor Numbington, and others.

More Humor

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Ways to Respond When You’re Stressed and Someone Tells You “Not to Stress”

Smile and keep emphatically blinking until they go away.
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Life Advice with Animal Analogies

Live like a fish? A mountain lion? A butterfly? A beaver? A menagerie of unideal options.
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Halloween Decorations Explained

Witches and skeletons make sense for this holiday, but your guess is as good as mine when it comes to “a general spooky vibe.”
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Delusional Rationalizations for Your Pathetically Low Uber Rider Rating

I asked the driver to crank up the A.C. so that my on-the-go pedicure would dry more quickly. Airflow settings are clearly a trigger for him.
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If the Magic from the Movie “Practical Magic” Had Actually Been Practical

“Practical Magic” is stirring a morning cup of coffee via telekinesis. Actually Practical Magic is flossing your teeth every morning via any kind of miracle.
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Nextdoor Reacts to the Rapture

Does anyone know what’s going on in the Smithfield area? People flying around, hellfire, terrible traffic.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Trick or Treat or Trump

What he’s wearing this year.
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What Do You Want to Do with Your Life?

Why is sorting yourself out so hard? Are you a late bloomer? A lost cause? A burnout?
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Charts for Talking to People

Surefire Conversational Fodder by Group, Topic Correlations, and more.
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Excerpts from a Sitcom Set in New York City by Writers Who Are Clearly from California

Rebecca and Hannah’s average-size, twenty-five-hundred-square-foot apartment overlooking Central Park is perfect for accommodating big groups.