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Sep 11, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    9/11 Made Everything Worse (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    The Kneel Heard Round the World (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Aug 14, 2026

    12 Albums That Saved My Life (opens the original)

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    In our world of suppressed and manipulated algorithms, the album has become less celebrated than it was. Classic love and street ballads, equipped with three verses and some of the most poetic interludes ever imagined became a consistent norm. To be a great album, you needed several long songs (5 or more minutes), a limited number of features, and repeated airplay. But I won’t harp on how different things are today. The world changes. I am slowly becoming more acceptable of this truth by the day

  4. Issue · Aug 8, 2026

    The Costs of Being Yourself (opens the original)

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    A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a clip from The Pivot podcast episode where Ryan Clark was finally opening up about his firing from ESPN. After watching the clip, I immediately reached out to Fred and suggested we carve out some time to watch and discuss. As usual, he humored me, and I think we were able to carve out space to relate and disagree on a… Read more

  5. Issue · Aug 6, 2026

    I'm Slowly Going Blind (opens the original)

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    Never in my life did I think I would be a person that spends hundreds of dollars on a pair of sunglasses, but when everything you do concerning your eyes is now predicated on trying to help them function properly as long as you can, you eschew things you said you’d never do. Plus, with my new diagnosis in hand, fancy frames were now covered by health insurance, up to two a year each for both sunglasses and eyeglasses. The finer things in life, I suppose. And trust me, though I would’ve sworn oth

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