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A photographer’s college classmates, then and now.
The repressive, authoritarian soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine.”
Why the last snow on Earth may be red.
Harper Lee’s abandoned true-crime novel.
How the super-rich are preparing for doomsday.
What if a pill could give you all the benefits of a workout?
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Navied Mahdavian is a cartoonist and a writer. His graphic memoir, “This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America,” was published in 2023.
Sketchpad
Totally Reasonable Coping Strategies for 2025
You’ve always wanted to live in a novel—and a Margaret Atwood novel is still a novel.
By Liana Finck
Shouts & Murmurs
Helpful Facts About Journaling
Journaling and journalism are different. One ends in “-ing” and the other ends in “-ism.”
By Sarah Garfinkel
Shouts & Murmurs
Developmental Milestones of Your Elon Musk
By this age, your Elon Musk should be able to wave hello and goodbye and point to Cabinet employees he plans to fire.
By Cora Frazier
Shouts & Murmurs
The Executive-Order Slush Pile
Proposal: “Mar-a-Lago 2.” Formal Title: Decreasing the Burden of American Allies. Effect: Annexation of Okinawa.
By Dennard Dayle
Shouts & Murmurs
The Duolingo Owl’s Last Will and Testament
Can you understand the phrases concerning my death? Excellent! You’re doing a great job!
By Julien Darmoni
Shouts & Murmurs
Introducing More Coins!
Look for these freshly minted coins, coming soon to a lint trap (or jar!) near you.
By Nate Odenkirk
Humor
New York Isn’t What It Used to Be
The Village has lost something. You can’t even get a cup of coffee in the Village anymore unless you go into a building with a store that sells coffee.
By Seth Reiss
Sketchbook
M Is for Mortality: Lessons from Edward Gorey on His Hundredth Birthday
Gorey said, “I write about everyday life.” His work reminds us that death is a major fact of existence.
By Bryn Durgin
Culture Desk
The Latest Authorized Nearly Legal Map of the United States
Updated on the hour.
By Barry Blitt
Shouts & Murmurs
Production Notes on Amazon’s Melania Trump Documentary
Note 1: Use clip of her smiling, but crop out Putin and Chernobyl.
By Paul Rudnick
Laugh Lines
Laugh Lines No. 2: Therapy
Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?
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