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Starbucks’ Most Beloved Offering Is Disappearing

It’s the end of free bathrooms—and of a particular fantasy.

Beware the Weepy Influencers

People crying their hearts out online are selling intimacy—but the emptiest kind.

What on Earth Is Eusexua?

The sensation you get when dancing or making a really good cup of tea? FKA Twigs wants to bottle that.

China’s DeepSeek Surprise

What to make of China’s suddenly popular new AI model

Sodomy is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia, but gay life flourishes there. Why it is “easier to be gay than straight” in a society where everyone, homosexual and otherwise, lives in the closet

Teaching a Stone to Talk

Wherever there is stillness there is the still small voice, nature’s old song and dance … A meditation on silence and other matters.

The Libs Are Having Their Paranoia Moment

A rightward turn in the tech world has some users on edge.

Trump Can’t Escape the Laws of Political Gravity

Sooner or later, nature will catch up to the president.

Winners of the 2024 Close-Up Photographer of the Year

Some of the winning and honored images from this year’s contest

‘Malicious Compliance’ Is Not the Issue With Trump’s Executive Orders

The president’s decrees are deliberately sweeping and chaotic.

Don’t Give Up on the Truth

Striking out against injustice is always right; it always matters.

Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’

The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.