The older I get, the more I love the Fourth of July. (This might be because, as a kid, I cared about only the promised pyrotechnics: fireworks, sparklers, kissing my seventh-grade crush on the Ferris wheel at the county fair.) When the calendar flips from June to July, it activates some sort of happy Pavlovian…
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Thomas Falcone The mic pack. Can’t perform without it! Thomas Falcone This is our final rehearsal before the show. Practice is essential before any performance, no matter what size audience we have. Thomas Falcone This is our moment to tighten up the musical arrangements, sort final choreography and blocking, and also get a sense of…
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[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora] Nadie está a salvo. Ni en una cafetería, ni en un tren, ni en un avión. Sin querer y sin tu consentimiento, en cualquier momento puedes convertirte en el protagonista del día en las redes sociales, y no de uno de los buenos. Este fue el caso de…
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The life of a Florida carpenter ant can be brutal. These half-inch ants are territorial and have violent bouts with ants from rival colonies in the Southeast. Combat can leave the ants with leg injuries. But as scientists recently discovered, these ants have evolved an effective wound treatment: amputation. In the journal Current Biology, on…
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Every summer I seize on one ingredient early on, my culinary song of the summer. As of now, watermelon is it, and there are no other challengers. Cut it up for salads with feta, tomatoes or pineapple! Blend it into frozen daiquiris! Use it to make chaat! Or just eat it by the slice, juicy…
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Etsy has long been a go-to website for artisans and collectors to sell their goods. Think crochet patterns, novelty doormats, 3D-printed jewelry and antique ceramics. Soon, though, its wares will be a little less varied. Starting July 29, many sex toys will be banned, the company said, including products that are penetrative, like dildos and…
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If you want to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of nature this summer but have zero interest in pitching a tent, consider the latest raft of glamping and outdoor resorts. Be it in a treehouse, a tricked-out tent, a geodesic dome or a vintage Airstream, you can vacation near national parks and wake…
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In case you haven’t heard, national parks in the United States have been busy in recent years. Record-breaking busy. But one way to enjoy the bounty of a national park without unwelcome company is to get into the backcountry on a day hike. “In the backcountry, you get away from the crowds and the infrastructure,”…
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Steven Kurutz has a penchant for telling unusual stories. It’s something he attributes, in large part, to where he was raised: Renovo, a remote town in Pennsylvania with a population of about 1,000. Growing up…
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