Why We All Need to Have More Fun
Prioritizing fun may feel impossible right now. But this four-step plan will help you rediscover how to feel more alive.
Why Doesn’t Anyone Put as Much Effort Into Secret Santa as I Do?
I need help with the gift exchange at my family’s Christmas celebration. The rules: All of the adults buy presents for all the kids, and we also buy one gift ($50 maximum) for an adult whose name we pick at random on Thanksgiving. Every year, I spend lots of time thinking about what gift my…
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What Does It Mean to Be ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Against Covid-19?
As evidence grows that the Delta and Omicron variants of the coronavirus are causing breakthrough infections in people who were once considered “fully vaccinated,” momentum seems to be growing to change the definition of that term to include booster shots. Some workplaces and college campuses are now mandating that vaccination include boosters. The governor of…
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Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability
At first, it appeared that the agency had attracted two large pharmaceutical firms — Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline — but their involvement proved temporary. The companies already had contracts with the agency to work on vaccines for influenza pandemics. It was a distinct corner of biodefense that attracted major manufacturers because they could use much of…
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TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough.
Before Charli D’Amelio became the most popular creator on TikTok — she currently has 132 million followers — she danced on the competitive contemporary-dance circuit in the Northeast, the sorts of theatrical styles you might know from “So You Think You Can Dance?” Once she began posting to TikTok in 2019, and especially after her…
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What Does the Plus Sign on a Streaming Service Even Mean?
Maybe Pert Plus was on to something. Ditto for Puffs Plus. The year was 1987 when the shampoo-and-conditioner in the green bottle and the lotion-infused tissues both incorporated the word “plus” into the names of flagship product lines. Pert became the top-selling shampoo in the county. Now, more than three decades later, a multitude of…
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High Schoolers Are Posting Pictures of Each Other Sleeping, Eating, Slouching and More
Zach Lewis swears he was just resting his eyes. But when a fellow student at Stowe Middle High School in Vermont surreptitiously snapped his picture during English class and shared it with the school’s “sleep account,” it was hard to dispute the evidence. There he was, book open, lids shut. After Zach was tagged in…
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The Met Opera Finds a New Generation of Fans
After Midtown was officially deemed cool again and espresso martinis made a comeback, it was only a matter of time before New York’s young tastemakers — the people who have mined the city’s cultural history for inspiration and defined its present on their own terms — found their way to the Metropolitan Opera. As Lincoln…
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Gen Z Channels the 1990s
James Abraham, 35, who runs the popular Instagram account @90sanxiety, which he started in 2016, sees the intrigue as related to the sense of something uncompromising about the period — the “rawness, the realness,” Mr. Abraham said. “‘Purity,’ that’s the keyword.” ‘Hot and Unbothered’ In the ’90s and aughts, Ms. Northman said, people seemed more…
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