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    <![CDATA[ on politics, tech, culture, and everything in between. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Robots Freak Me Out (And Other Things I Was Wrong About) ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Robots kind of freak me out, but that's not the only thing I got wrong this week. Turns out alpha wolves are just dads, calling cancer a "battle" might be harmful, and scrolling before bed isn't actually relaxing. Oh, and all tea comes from the same plant. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ The Internet Is Filling Up With Slop. Does Anyone Actually Care? ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ AI slop is content made at scale to trigger an emotional reflex before your brain asks whether any of it is real. The platforms aren't going to fix it. Here's why that matters. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Things That Stopped Me Mid-Scroll ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Cow-free milk you can buy in cafes right now, Isaac Newton's apocalypse calculations, why 70% of learning happens outside classrooms, building confidence through your body, and making wine in an Instant Pot. The future is weirder than we thought. ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-02-20T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ The Self-Care Trap: Why Your Screen Time Might Be Sabotaging Your Rest ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ French Toast Isn't French (And Other Things I Learned Last Week) ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ French toast isn't French, 'otroverts' exist, and paper dictionaries still matter. Five things that made me rethink what I know. ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ Building Meaning in Finite Time ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Your time is finite. So why are you scrolling instead of building something that feels like yours? ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ Trees on Buildings, Poison in Our Food, and Why I'm Going Analog ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ From forest-covered skyscrapers in Milan to Big Tobacco's takeover of our food system—here are five things that caught my attention this week and got me rethinking modern life. ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-02-06T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ Just got diagnosed? Here's what you need to know ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Nobody hands you a roadmap when you find out you're neurodivergent—or when your child is. Here are the resources they should've given you from day one. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Winter Health, Food Identity, and Small Joys ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ What two foods define you? Plus: vitamin D surprises, a removable kitchen makeover, and the unexpected benefits of going nowhere in particular. ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ 35 Years of the ADA, and Hotels Still Can’t Get It Right ]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Diatribe Chronicles ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-01-26T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ Winter Update: The 15-Inch Myth ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ They promised 15 inches. Mother Nature said '5 will do.' Somewhere between the hype and reality, I'm standing by a drafty window wondering if Amazon refunds weather delays. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Snow Days &amp; Unread Books: Bring It On! ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ A big snowstorm is coming this weekend, and I'm actually excited. Power outage? Perfect excuse to finally tackle that stack of books that's been judging me for months. ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-01-24T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ Promising Science and My Mountain of DNF Books ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Science news that sparks hope, Deaf representation that matters, and my embarrassing book confession. ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ Add Sugar is Everywhere. The Government Just Said None of It is Healthy ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ The new 2025 dietary guidelines set a 10-gram-per-meal limit. One yogurt cup will put you over. ]]>
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        <pubDate>2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z</pubDate>
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          <![CDATA[ Trump Slaps His Name on Everything, Google Fixes Email Regret, and RIP to the Penny ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Highlighting Trump’s splashy government rebranding, Google’s fix for regrettable Gmail addresses, “slop” as the AI junk word of the year, and the long‑overdue death of the penny. ]]>
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          <![CDATA[ Why Congress Keeps Failing on Health Care (Spoiler: It’s Not Getting Better) ]]>
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