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Independence Day video games: 5 perfect games for July 4th weekend

The American battle for independence is alive and well in these 5 games perfect for your July 4th celebration.

LISTEN: The Page in the Times Where No News Is Good News

A drawing of the New York skyline

I took over the column in August 2016 and the events of the world, the events of the city we live in, the country we live in, they’ve gone a bit haywire. The news never stops, and it’s overwhelming, and things are changing, and it’s like whiplash back and forth, and everything is contentious. The […]

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The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself

Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detection methods being implemented are questionable, and any fanfic writer could be caught in the crossfire. Broad distaste around the use of Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools has long been a […]

The evidence against “ultra-processed” foods is weaker than you think

In little more than a decade, the term “ultra-processed foods” (UPFs) has risen from an obscure academic coinage to one of the most potent ideas in the American food imagination. It has saturated media coverage of diet and disease, spawned a profusion of guides teaching shoppers how to spot UPFs at the supermarket, and animated […]

HBO's alt-history miniseries The Plot Against America is the perfect weekend binge

David Simon and Ed Burns imagine a world where Charles Lindbergh becomes president and fascism rises in America.