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Seventeen Signs You're in a Long-Term Relationship with Iced Coffee (opens the original)
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Hello, Substackmcmuffins. Lots of talk about iced coffee lately. And to make matters even MORE coffee, today is National Coffee Day. So we figured there's no better time than now to pull this ten-year-old piece out of the archives. Everything old is new again. Or something. Cheers!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KcQu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F
Pumpkin Spice: Now For Men (opens the original)
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Happy fall, Substackendenciers. While we ring in the season on the Tendency every year by featuring our most-read piece of all time, our archives hold many other seasonal pieces that capture the spirit of autumn. Like the one below, by JoJo Franzen, who may or may not be a famous novelist on the side. (We’re pretty sure they’re not, but it’s fun to think they might be, right?)<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image
Technically, There Is a Non-Zero Chance That Anything Might Kill Off Humanity in the Next Decade: A Response from Anthropic’s Claude (opens the original)
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Good evening, McSubstackenciers. There's a lot of ridiculous talk out there about the end of the world, especially at the hands of the robots. Fortunately, some rational, pragmatic voices are setting the record straight. We’re totally fine! Here’s Anthropic’s chatbot Claude with some reassuring words…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vs6J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2
I Can't Believe Zohran Mamdani is Attending the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Memorial of 9/11, When He Did Nothing to Prevent the Attacks (opens the original)
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Good evening, Substackendenciers. Tomorrow marks twenty-five years since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Hard to believe it’s been a quarter century since that awful day. Thankfully, much has changed, and humanity has become more tolerant, inclusive, and accepting of different ideas and cultures 😐. Our in-house satirist, Carlos Greaves, shares a good example of this “evolution”…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9TqQ
A Field Guide to the Wildlife of Lake America (opens the original)
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Good evening, McSubstackendenciers. As summer winds down and the autumn light creeps in with each new day, it’s important to get outside and take delight in the nature that is all around us. Whether you’re on the East Coast, the Pacific Northwest, the Sun Belt, or elsewhere in this great nation, the local wildlife is always worth taking notice of. For instance, have you heard of this new section of the country, Lake America? There are all sorts of new species thriving there, as contributor Bruno
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