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We can choose anything in the modern food delivery economy — except this.

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"What I want is a single buffalo wing" by Jeremy Gordon → https://theoutline.com/post/5560/single-buffalo-wing-future-food

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Who is paying $12 million for an abandoned town? We found out.

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"The people who buy ghost towns" by Michael Waters → https://theoutline.com/post/5605/ghost-town-owners-12-million

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A set of triplets were separated at birth, and by chance met back up at 19 years old.

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"The sticky business of separating twins" by Melinda Fakuade → https://theoutline.com/post/5551/three-identical-strangers-twins-parent-trap?utm_source=topic_culture

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Irony is the only antidote to our all-too-earnest age.

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"Bring back irony" by Leah Finnegan → https://theoutline.com/post/5542/bring-back-irony?zd=1&zi=xj7engbv

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Read the room, have a sense of humor, and if you’re standing on a human body, keep your balance.

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"What it's like to DJ a sex party" by Aditi Shrikant → https://theoutline.com/post/5502/sex-party-dj-julie-covello

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Hundreds of U.S. prisons and ICE detention centers are built on toxic sites, and people inside are getting sick.

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"How prisons are poisoning their inmates" by Michael Waters → https://theoutline.com/post/5410/toxic-prisons-fayette-tacoma-contaminated

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"First, let me assure you that this is not a victor’s tale. This story contains no triumphs."

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"A totally normal adult woman learns to ride a bike" by Emily Brown → https://theoutline.com/post/3740/a-totally-normal-adult-woman-learns-to-ride-a-bike?zd=1&zi=3q2yybzr

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"Gators taught me about death."

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"What if Florida, the state everyone loves to hate, is actually good?" by Gaby Del Valle and Paris Martineau → https://theoutline.com/post/3175/florida-isnt-that-bad?zd=1&zi=kcltkfsr

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Our boss is notorious for typing this in the work chat, so we decided to stage an intervention.

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"If you just message "hi" and nothing else I assume I'm getting fired" by Casey Johnston → https://theoutline.com/post/4225/if-you-just-message-hi-and-nothing-else-i-assume-im-getting-fired?zd=1&zi=utq5erhj

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FRE SHAVACA DO. And a potato flew around my room.

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"Where does a Vine star go after Vine?" by Ann-Derrick Gaillot → https://theoutline.com/post/2941/vine-shutdown-one-year-later-christiana-gilles?zd=2&zi=j5bpqgkl

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