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profile Jafar Panahi Is the Director of Our Censorial Moment In his most defiant film yet, a group of Iranians consider killing the man who tortured them in prison. podcast By Roxana Hadadi
close read The Uncanceling of Chris Brown The singer claims he’s been overlooked, but his blockbuster stadium tour suggests otherwise. podcast By Craig Jenkins
health Women in Menopause Are Fanatical About Testosterone They don’t always realize the effects — including growing facial hair and an enlarged clitoris — are permanent. podcast By Melissa Dahl

Intelligencer

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Wikipedia Is Getting Pretty Worried About AI

Wikipedia content is everywhere, but fewer people are visiting the site. By John Herrman

front lines Inside the Chicago Resistance Civilians are tailing officers, guarding Home Depots, and patrolling their neighborhoods. Inside three days fighting ICE. By Sarah Conway
early and often Shutdown Shows GOP Is Still Obsessed With Obamacare Repeal Extending Obamacare subsidies is central to resolving the government shutdown. Many Republicans still want to scrap the program altogether. By Ed Kilgore
early and often Graham Platner’s Honeymoon Is Over The Maine Senate candidate is being dogged by old internet comments. His political director has handed in her resignation. By Benjamin Hart and Nia Prater
early and often Trump Is Trying to Brand Political Opposition As Rebellion A panel of federal appeals court judges stopped a National Guard deployment in Chicago with a warning against the ultimate Trump power grab. By Ed Kilgore

the city politic
Zohran Mamdani, the Power Breaker Why the Democratic Party, the New York Times, and the donor class got Zohran Mamdani so wrong. By Frank Rich

tremendous content Trump Admits He’s Building ‘Arc de Trump’ for ‘Me’ The president briefly forgot to pretend that the arch is meant to mark America’s 250th birthday and beautify D.C.’s traffic circles. By Margaret Hartmann

the city politic Andrew Cuomo Has 18 Days Left He lost the debate to Zohran Mamdani, and there isn’t much time left to recover. By Ross Barkan

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The Cut

parenting

The ‘Six Seven’ Panic

Adolescent slang has always been impenetrable to adults. That’s the point. By Ryu Spaeth

style This May Be the Softest Scarf I’ve Ever Touched Loro Piana brought its signature softness to Bergdorf Goodman’s windows.
culture The Cult Trying to Protect the Dolls Geena Rocero’s Dolls goes inside a self-help group with a leader as charming as she is sinister.
personal finance ‘I Used to Be a DEI Consultant. Now I’m Working As a Nanny.’ What it’s like to look for work when your industry disappears.

sex diaries The Massage Therapist Crushing on a Rich, Married Client In this week’s story, a 35-year-old in Boston goes on dates, but fantasizes about the glamorous woman at work. By Alyssa Shelasky
dating Jessica Simpson Is ‘Into Younger Men’ Right Now Sounds like she’s hopping on the 20-something-guy train postdivorce. By Emily Leibert
tv Euphoria’s Third Season Is Getting Very Crowded Zendaya will be joined by Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Deadwyler, and … Trisha Paytas? By Olivia Craighead

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Vulture

tv review

Boots Drained My Spirit Entirely

This fascinatingly repressed series about a closeted teen who enlists in the Marines argues that the brutality of the military makes you a better man. By Jackson McHenry

SNL’s Opera Man Sings What We’re All Thinking About the End of Game of Thrones

family Jennifer Aniston Had a ‘Very Similar Mom’ to Jennette McCurdy Aniston will be playing McCurdy’s mother in an adaptation of her memoir. By Alejandra Gularte
ice protests All the Celebrities Supporting Immigrants and Opposing ICE Chappell Roan calls out ICE during her Pasadena concert. By Bethy Squires
awards season Every Winner at the Daytime Emmys 2025 General Hospital’s Nancy Lee Grahn uses her speech to speak out about politics: “Our democracy is worth fighting for.” By Alejandra Gularte
vulture lists Every Keanu Reeves Movie Performance, Ranked From Ted to John Wick and everything in between. By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch

now streaming
The 11 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend One TV show starring Mark Ruffalo ends… while another show starring Mark Ruffalo begins. By Savannah Salazar

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‘I’ve Overshared Already, and I’m Bored of It’ By Jason P. Frank

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S16/E7: Egg Whites of Their Eyes

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The Strategist

style What We Liked (and What We’d Skip) From JW Anderson’s New Uniqlo Collab The jeans and jackets are really good. By Lauren Ro and Michael Zhao
sales Staud’s Sample Sale Is Excellent, and 36 More Deals I Found This Week Including Strat-favorite toner pads, Anthropologie boxer pants, and Marimekko pillows. By Alexandra Polk
celebrity shopping What Chef Andrew Carmellini Can’t Live Without “Sometimes we’ll dry our own oregano, but there’s something about the southern Italian variety that has this wonderful floral quality to it.” By Andrew Carmellini and Lauren Ro
women's fashion My Hunt for Satin Pants That I Could Wear Everywhere “I quickly realized that I lacked a pair of ‘staple’ bottoms I actually enjoyed wearing, pants that I could style with my eyes closed.” By Najwa Jamal
skincare tools I Could Never Stick With a Skin-care Device Until I Tried the TheraFace Pro Seven months of daily diligence have paid off. By Kitty Guo

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Curbed

under a million

A Very Nicely Priced 3-Bedroom in Prospect–Lefferts for $815,000

And another steal of a three-bedroom, two-bath in Kensington. By Matthew Sedacca

celebrity real estate Georgina Chapman Is Facing Foreclosure on Her Jane Street Apartment The Marchesa founder and ex-wife of Harvey Weinstein owes at least $2.5 million on her West Village condo. By Clio Chang
listings edit This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings ’Tis the season for a Nancy Meyers floor-through in Cobble Hill. By Nora DeLigter
business of brokering How’s a Crypto Bro Supposed to Get an Apartment Anyway? Brokers say it’s a new era for crypto purchases, although some still hide their bitcoin wallets from old-school co-op boards. By Kim Velsey

developing What Will Prada’s Fifth Avenue Skyscraper Be? The company is in talks with Related to build a tower with retail, luxury housing, and offices — Aman perks included. By Kim Velsey
get out of town An Artist’s Retreat in Kenoza Lake With a Painting Barn and 3 Tiny Homes And a mid-century modern time capsule in Rochester. By Katie McDonough and Matthew Sedacca
brick & mortar Buy It for the Bakery Two buildings in Carroll Gardens are up for sale — and the 100-year-old Mazzola Bakery comes with them. By Clio Chang

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Grub Street

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Tom Colicchio’s Grub Street Diet

“The difference between the best bagel in New York and this bagel is negligible enough for me not to go out of my way.”

trends Can 12 Perfect Burgers Still Draw a Huge Crowd? It worked for Raoul’s. Now a bunch of new spots are trying out the limited-time-only hamburger strategy. By Mark Byrne
restaurant review A City of Swankstaurants A new genre of restaurant is smaller and more exclusive than a traditional steakhouse, with food that is (sometimes) more interesting. By Matthew Schneier
turmoil Lucien Smith’s Food Is Already Messy “I saw all I needed to see in four shifts, I’ll tell you that much.” By Chris Crowley
bookshelf What Does Gabrielle Hamilton Have Left to Tell Us? The chef’s new memoir is a lucid, harrowing examination of family turmoil. By Matthew Schneier