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Memoir

Finding My Grandfather, a Pilot in the Bomber Command

November 9, 2024November 9, 2024 - by Erin MacLeod

Mackie’s plane was shot down in 1945. My family is still coming to terms with the loss

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Technology

How Much Porn Are We Watching? A Lot

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 - by Elaine Craig

And we’re watching more of it in public—buses, libraries, classrooms, and offices

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Politics

We’re Addicted to the Feeling of Being Right

November 6, 2024November 7, 2024 - by Mark Kingwell

Our craving for loud, divisive, identity-conferring opinion is poisoning politics

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Society

I Can’t Buy a Home, So I’m Fixing Up a Decrepit Farmhouse

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 - by Emily Latimer

In Cape Breton, housing was never an issue. Now I’m priced out—and picking up the power tools

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Politics

This Is the Most Important Election in History

November 4, 2024November 7, 2024 - by Melissa J. Gismondi

You have every right to be nervous

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Politics

For MAGA, Defeat Means Vindication

November 2, 2024November 5, 2024 - by Kyle Hiebert

A Harris victory would prove to Trump loyalists that the system was rigged all along

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Books

IYKYK: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets

November 1, 2024November 8, 2024 - by Greta Rainbow

Every time the names of products or microcelebrities appear in a book, they prick us like a targeted ad

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Arts & Culture

Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 - by KC Hoard

Too often, horror films confuse surprise with fear. A new class of directors is exploring darker places

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December 2024 / Science / Society

A Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It

October 30, 2024October 30, 2024 - by Sarah Treleaven

Jonathan Pruitt was prolific, influential, and charming. Then academic sleuths started poking around

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Society

Online Shopping Can’t Be Trusted

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 - by Vass Bednar

Counterfeits and junk fees are cheapening what you buy—and draining your wallet

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Finding My Grandfather, a Pilot in the Bomber Command

We’re Addicted to the Feeling of Being Right

I Can’t Buy a Home, So I’m Fixing Up a Decrepit Farmhouse

This Is the Most Important Election in History

For MAGA, Defeat Means Vindication

IYKYK: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets

Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian

A Rock-Star Researcher Spun a Web of Lies—and Nearly Got Away with It

Online Shopping Can’t Be Trusted

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