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The signals you're putting off makes you less attractive.

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'Showing off how rich you are won't help you make friends' by Oscar Schwartz → https://theoutline.com/post/5907/flexing-your-wealth-wont-make-you-any-friends?utm_source=

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Four music nerds and professionals tell us how to find new (and good) music in the age of the algorithm.

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'Finding new music in the algorithm age' by Ann-Derrick Gaillot → https://theoutline.com/post/5759/how-do-i-find-new-music?utm_source=topic_culture

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The language of colonialism is infecting outer space, thanks to dominance by rich white businessmen and politicians.

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'The racist language of space exploration' by Caroline Haskins → https://theoutline.com/post/5809/the-racist-language-of-space-exploration?utm_source=

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Recent books by Carmen Maria Machado, Daisy Johnson, Melissa Broder, and many more are part of a burgeoning trend in writing that uses the fantastic to explore marginalized experiences.

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"How a queer fabulism came to dominate contemporary women’s writing" by Kit Haggard → https://theoutline.com/post/5751/fabulism-fiction-carmen-maria-machado-daisy-johnson-melissa-broder?utm_source=topic_culture&zd=1&zi=vy6uobcr

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Extremely outdated technology and zero policy mean calling your reps is often not as effective as we’d like it to be.

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"We're sorry, your senator cannot be reached at this time" by Michael Waters → https://theoutline.com/post/5758/were-sorry-your-senator-cannot-be-reached-at-this-time?utm_source=topic_power

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Seeing your favorite band live will probably cost you more in privacy information than in dollars.

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"Ticketing app AXS scrapes all the data it can get from your phone" by Paris Martineau → https://theoutline.com/post/5628/how-a-concert-ticket-steals-your-personal-data?zd=1&zi=uiteojma

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Climate change threatens water everywhere, but tension between different levels of U.S. government has stalled our response.

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"Water, water, everywhere but not a drop to drink" by Caroline Haskins → https://theoutline.com/post/5687/climate-change-water-supply-threat-management-government?zd=1&zi=rkjlbuq7

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When a rapper wants a woman who will do anything except be her own person, what are we asking down chicks to be down for?

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"What are we asking down chicks to be down for?" by Melinda Fakuade → https://theoutline.com/post/5606/down-chick-rap-drake-beyonce?utm_source=topic_recent&zd=1&zi=hcdvcyby

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How coming into possession of a stack of vintage ‘Playboy’ issues caused one writer to consider the magazine’s impact on the modern world.

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"For better and for worse, the 'Playboy Magazine' of the '70's helped shape the America of today" by Jess Klein → https://theoutline.com/post/5600/for-better-and-for-worse-the-playboy-of-the-70s-helped-shape-the-america-of-today

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This book spoke powerfully against the hacks behind the military-industrial complex — and for that, was pilloried.

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"Dr. Seuss' forgotten anti-war book made him an enemy of the right" by John Wilmes → https://theoutline.com/post/5601/dr-seuss-the-butter-battle-book-history

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