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TV tonight: Tim Robinson’s comedy The Office gets scarier and funnier | television

TV tonight: Tim Robinson’s comedy The Office gets scarier and funnier | television

๐Ÿš€ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Television,Television & radio,Culture ๐Ÿ“Œ Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: Al-Kursi Company9.45pm, Sky ComedyTim Robinson and Zach Kanin's office comedy gets weirder and funnier โ€” and, somehow, pretty poignant, too. As Ron (Robinson) delves into the (supposed) conspiracy theory behind the chair company Tecca, he tracks down CFO Ken Tucker. Of course, when he finds him things get exponentially more confusing. Meanwhile, Douglas was back in the wheelchair. Holly RichardsonOnce upon a time in space9pm on BBC TwoPart three of this space race documentary tells the fascinating story of…
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Rebels release videos of mass killings in Darfur and the world watches

Rebels release videos of mass killings in Darfur and the world watches

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this insightful post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: News / The Lede ๐Ÿ“Œ Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: On October 27, a video spread on social media showing at least nine men sitting in a row next to a dirt road in the city of El Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan. Their thin wrists dangle above their knees. They are exhausted and defeated, detained by long-haired militiamen in camouflage pants, one of whom waves a whip over his head. Another person, Al-Fatih Abdullah Idris, nicknamed Abu Lulu, begins shooting a Kalashnikov assault rifle at the…
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Songs to grind the leafy streets

Songs to grind the leafy streets

โœจ Read this trending post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Newsletter / The Daily ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: Stick season is the best time to discover new music. Our critics have some helpful suggestions for songs to make you feel warm. plus:When the days are shorter and colder, Something in the air prompts us to seek comfort in music. Our writers chose their favorite songs of the season. Hopefully they will provide some comfort listening in the final weeks of fall.Amanda Petrusic recommends:โ€œHusbandsโ€ by Geese. Currently my favorite track on what could be my favorite record of 2025. Cameron…
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The Washington Roundtable answers your questions

The Washington Roundtable answers your questions

๐Ÿ”ฅ Discover this must-read post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Podcast / The Political Scene Podcast ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | google | Wherever you listensubscription Receive our twice-weekly News and Politics newsletter.The Washington Roundtable kicks off the 2026 election season by answering listeners' questions about the forces likely to shape next year's midterm elections. They discuss Zahran Mamdani's rise in New York City, the states' bitter redistricting battles, the large number of retiring elected officials, and much more. Additionally, the hosts reflect on the legacy of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who…
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The human toll of suspending SNAP

The human toll of suspending SNAP

๐Ÿ”ฅ Explore this trending post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: News / The Lede โœ… Key idea: Angel Goodwin is used to working remotely, processing applications for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or pop. People would sometimes scream at her on the phone. โ€œI've been called every name except Son of God," she said, but it was worse when they were crying. "Especially the elderly. They'll be approved for like thirty dollars a month, and they'll get Social Security for nine hundred and forty-three dollars. They'll be like, 'Honey, I can't โ€” I don't know what…
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Restaurant Review: La Boca | The New Yorker

Restaurant Review: La Boca | The New Yorker

๐Ÿ’ฅ Check out this trending post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Culture / The Food Scene ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: Maybe it's the lack of heat: La Boca is a beautiful, expensive, attractive city, but it's also very bad. I ate there on three occasions, and each time marveled at the gap between the inviting spectacle of the dining room, which offered live music at dinnertime and floods of sunlight during lunch, and the staggering insignificance of what was on my plate. Almost every dish was disappointing, and sometimes so confusing. Empanadas, a quintessential embodiment of Argentine cuisine, arrive…
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What did men do to deserve this?

What did men do to deserve this?

๐Ÿ’ฅ Explore this insightful post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Culture / The Weekend Essay โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: The more spongy middle side has no such certainties. In both his podcasts and Notes on Being a Man, Galloway presents masculinity not as one side of a fixed binary but as a state of mind and a way of life, equally available to men and women, and therefore impossible to define. (It's a feeling, and we know how Trump supporters feel about that.) In this amorphous framework, the biggest problem men face, likewise, is the feelingโ€”an unattainable…
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Hannah Goldfield talks about Anthony Bourdain’s book Don’t Eat Before Reading This

Hannah Goldfield talks about Anthony Bourdain’s book Don’t Eat Before Reading This

โœจ Discover this must-read post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Magazine / Takes โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: I'm not laughing when I say that I remember exactly where I was when I first met Anthony Bourdain. It was the summer of 2002, two years after he published โ€œKitchen Confidential: Adventures in Culinary Adventures,โ€ an essential and brutal account of life as a chef in restaurant kitchens. I was fifteen years old, and I was on vacation with a friend and her family on Long Island. My friend's father was reading the paper book and shared out loud…
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Paul Yoon talks about the danger of hope

Paul Yoon talks about the danger of hope

๐Ÿ”ฅ Read this must-read post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Books / This Week in Fiction ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: This week's story, "New Coast," is set in a country recovering from war and is about two brothers who move to the shantytown of a small town that is gradually being rebuilt. When did this scenario come to you?I'm in the middle of working on a novel called "Etna," which will be released next summer, about a dog traveling through a fictional country recovering from war. There's a part where the dog spends some time in the city, and…
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is a separate man

Giannis Antetokounmpo is a separate man

โœจ Explore this must-read post from The New Yorker ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Sports / The Sporting Scene ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: The real frown reaches its peak behind the practitioner. He is quick to laugh but also quick to get angry. When he came into the league, there were suggestions that perhaps he should play point guard, and he still had the point guard instinct to include his teammates. But he had to do a lot on his own.As a junior, he had nineteen unassisted dives; Five years later, he had more than a hundred. So far this year, he's averaged…
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