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Scamming’s Bright Future, Sushi’s Plastic Problem and the Enduring Sex Appeal of Jessica Rabbit

Reports that almost — if not all — of the wild fish we eat every day are highly contaminated with microplastics are disconcerting, to say…

‘Velvet Buzzsaw’’s Muddled Composition, Super Bowl Hangover Food and Badass Barber Surgeons

I feel terrible. It wasn’t enough that the forking Rams had to turn in their worst performance of the season last night in Super Bowl…

Sunday Reads: Mental Health ER Visits, the Soothing Sounds of ‘Mallwave’ and Teenage Teetotalers

Evidently it’s Super Bowl Sunday, not that you’d know it here in L.A. The only reason I’m clued in to the Big Game are the…

The Hackers Using Boobs as Phishing Lure, Men and Their Nipples and the Incel Obsession with Ted Bundy

So this piece on hackers going after horny dudes via text with pictures of boobs is great and all, but I just don’t get it….

Weaponizing the Twitter Ratio, An Oral History of the ‘Wassup?’ Budweiser Ad and the Guys Who Swear by Their Male Lingerie

Gen-Z Makin’ Mall Muzak, The Trouble With VR Porn and Why Guys Don’t Consider It Cheating When She Hooks Up With Another Girl

The Mental Health Crisis Playing Out in America’s ERs, Bed-Hog Defensive Strategies and the Fine Art of the Chokehold

A Horrifying Look Inside ‘Untouchable’ and ‘Leaving Neverland,’ Why We All Sound So Pissed Over Email and the Crack Cocaine Weight-Loss Diet

The Far-Right Youth Movement, Making Punctuality Great Again and the Married Couples Who Still Haven’t Lost Their Virginity

The Healing Power of Jigsaw Puzzles, An Astrologer on the Government Shutdown and Why Guys Get Off on the Sweet Smell of Pussy