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My Life According to My Foreign-Language Exercise Book

I hang out with my friends at the park, and we play ball.
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What New Yorkers Do When They Cannot Sleep

While the rest of the world is sleeping soundly, here’s what the Aspiring TV Writer and the Finance Bro are up to.
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! I’m Leaving the Industry

Wow, no one is even listening. What am I doing out here with my stupid scroll?
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If You Give a Mouse a Stress Test

Anxiety causes gray hair in mice. A few methods for putting them on edge: ask if they identify as rodent or vermin; ask if they’re worried about the election.
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Daily Itinerary for the Person I Am Not

The person I am not finishes work early, but hangs around the office for an additional hour just to “see if anyone needs anything.”

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Daily Cartoons

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“This train will not be stopping at City Hall, because we’d rather just steer clear of that whole mess.”
Cartoon by Adam Douglas Thompson

It’s Fall?

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Welcome to Fall, the Two Days Between Summer and Winter

I’ll be the first to say it: this is my favorite season that lasts eighteen to thirty-six hours.
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Cozy Autumnal Hexes

Using calcified pumpkin spice, draw a series of sigils to protect against unwanted invitations to go hiking.
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What “Sweater Weather” Is

When an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but five apple ciders a day is actually a little bit too much sugar, and you might want to consider slowing down, and also have you had your annual flu shot yet?
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Some Falling Thoughts

“At least I’m not the first to go.”

Comics

Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Oprah Anoints Kamala

Thou goest, girl!
Artist at Large

Please Pardon My Language

I was unfamiliar with the concept of profanity.
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What Am I Reading These Days?

A book I feel obligated to read to be part of the cultural conversation, but I’m, like, eight years late.
Sketchpad

White Men Can’t Accessorize

Nietzsche’s kneecaps, Tesla’s caftan, and Tolstoy’s chest hair tell the story.

More Humor

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More Facts About Possums

That autofill password thing that pops up and just takes care of entering it for you? Possums invented that. Humans don’t even know how it works.
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Let’s Have a Long Talk About Our Relationship Just Before Bed!

I think we need to litigate a text you sent in October, 2018, that’s always bothered me and which I’ve been saving for the perfect moment.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Sizing Up the Post-Debate Landscape

The incredible shrinking candidate.
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Meet My Shitty A.I. Friends

Crystal: Only ever messages you when she needs something—usually a software update—but still starts the chat acting like she’s just checking in.
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What I Imagine TV’s “Mature Audiences” Are Like

They know that the true meaning of “Netflix and chill” is to remain calm and not shut your eyes during the scary parts.
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How We Got the Story

This five-part series, which includes this three-part series on how we got the story, is the result of a two-year investigation, involving scores of interview requests, several interviews, and five 311 calls.
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America!: J. D. Vance’s Early Art-House Films Discovered

Notable movies include “Cat Ladies,” “Stolen Valorian,” and “Awkward Daddy Stuff.”
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Back-to-Introversion Sale

When the kids go back to school, I’m going back to introversion.
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Every Newspaper Obituary’s First Paragraph

Alfred T. Alfred, whose invention of the plastic fastener that affixes tags to clothing upended the tag industry, died on Saturday.
Blitt’s Kvetchbook

Musk v. Musk

Elon goes to court to make things right.