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Mother’s Day Gifts That Say, “Sorry for Everything I Did to You as a Teen”

Mother’s Day Gifts That Say, “Sorry for Everything I Did to You as a Teen”

A luxurious candle probably can’t undo years of terrorization brought on by massive hormonal swings, but it’s worth a try!

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Maeve Dunigan

A Father’s Newfound Feminism

A Father’s Newfound Feminism

If you want my honest opinion, no boy will ever be good enough for my princess—is a thing I’d say if I didn’t acknowledge that “princess” is...

06.05.2026 3

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Sophie Kohn

I Have No Idea Why My Daughter Doesn’t Talk to Me

I Have No Idea Why My Daughter Doesn’t Talk to Me

I have no idea why my daughter doesn’t talk to me. I’ll stop “rewriting history” when she stops remembering her childhood wrong.

05.05.2026 9

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Megan Broussard

Senior-Discount Disneyland

Senior-Discount Disneyland

Get your coupons ready. Here comes Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride to the Urologist and the Tunnel of Nap.

04.05.2026 8

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Ian Frazier

Finishing School: To Shred or Not to Shred

Finishing School: To Shred or Not to Shred

A shredding event should be festive, like a carnival, with balloons and cotton candy and a bluegrass band.

01.05.2026 10

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Mary Norris

The White House at Pooh Corner

The White House at Pooh Corner

“The Heffatrump,” said Owl, “lives in a Huff. At least, he does in warm weather. In winter he moves to a Snit.”

30.04.2026 10

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Anthony Lane

Conversation with a Health-Care-Provider Support Bot

Here are a few things I’d rather do than log in to a portal: Get three mosquito bites. Drive all the way to Encino to have something notarized.

28.04.2026 8

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Emma Rathbone

Ava’s Life List

Spring is here, and with it sightings of the Great-breasted Hausfrau, the Pot-Bellied Galoot, and the Common Nanny.

27.04.2026 8

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Garry Trudeau

What Jesus Meant

Some people sin and vote and criticize others who are the President or Vice-President, which they shouldn’t do, and that’s why Jesus likely died....

23.04.2026 9

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John Kenney

That One Week Every Year You Forget You Have Allergies

In what you assume is a sign of your body’s imminent total collapse, your eyes are now itching and watering.

22.04.2026 6

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R. a. e. wells

If You Ask Me: Save the Rich White Women

The plots of these shows usually center on a murder, which occurs not so much to end a human life as to inconvenience our star, who must postpone a...

21.04.2026 8

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Libby Gelman-Waxner

Escape Rooms for Middle-Aged People

Work as a team as you and other dads chat about pro sports, college sports, kids (and their sports), while avoiding eye contact, politics, and any...

20.04.2026 6

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Charles Yu

We Need Fewer Influencers and More Bullshit E-mail Jobs

We need Directors of Manual Automation Sales Development who roll up their sleeves and type one singular e-mail every day in which they pass off their...

17.04.2026 10

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Emily kapp

Top Attractions at Anxietyland Amusement Park

Experience feeling totally disconnected from the people around you.

14.04.2026 10

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Gemma correll

When It Gets Warm . . .

I will wear the perfect amount of sunscreen so that I don’t look like clown-faced Mark Zuckerberg on that surfboard or red-faced Mark Zuckerberg at...

13.04.2026 5

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Zach Zimmerman

So Sorry—I Was Just Reminded of My Own Mortality

I think it’s best that I stay here cradling these baby squirrels. That’s pretty much all I’m capable of doing right now.

09.04.2026 10

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Julie Sharbutt

What I Know About You Based on How Many of Your Friends Are Becoming Therapists

If one of your friends is studying to be a therapist, it’s your wife and she’s thinking of leaving you.

07.04.2026 6

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Annah Feinberg

Our Mom-and-Pop Data Center

Mornin’, tech brothers and sisters! Come take a walk on our information super country road.

06.04.2026 10

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Jed Feiman

Social-Media Advertisements vs. Reality: Postpartum-Clothes Edition

Many people are eager to warn you of the body horrors caused by pregnancy, but no one tells you what’s going to happen in the months (maybe years?!)...

02.04.2026 8

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Julia Wertz

How to Be Deep in a Marketable Way

Post vague quotes about self-realization that are universal, but ultimately mean nothing. For instance, “Follow your own light,” with a picture of...

31.03.2026 10

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Emily Menez

If I Made Novelty T-Shirts

Ever wondered why “I’m with Stupid”? Let me explain.

30.03.2026 9

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Jesse Eisenberg

Dear Pepper: Are You There Husband? It’s Me, Wife

Over the years, I’ve begun to feel like a piece of furniture.

27.03.2026 10

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Liana Finck

Operation Name That Excursion!

Operation Trump: The War, Operation Gulf War III, Operation Venezuela 2: Atomic Boogaloo, and other runners-up.

26.03.2026 10

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Bruce Handy

The Text of E-mails from My Accountant vs. the Subtext

Hi, your dad’s friend Bill here. Neither your father, nor I, knowing very little about you, have any confidence that you can be expected to handle...

24.03.2026 10

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Lana Schwartz

Schools to Root for After Your Bracket Fails

To keep March Madness interesting, why not go with your mom’s alma mater? Or the college with a celebrity’s kid?

23.03.2026 10

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Talib Babb

Poems Dictated to My Phone, Mostly While Waiting in My Car

My thirteen-year-old daughter needed a dress for a wedding, so we went to Aritzia in the Short Hills mall.

20.03.2026 20

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Lauren r. weinstein

The Trad-est Wife

I decided I would give my children a traditional spin on Pop-Tarts. I started with the first step of any traditional recipe: screaming.

19.03.2026 20

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Megan Amram

Probability Calculator: Chances That Your Friend Bails Tonight

“I’ll most likely be able to get there a little after 8!” = Bring granola bars. You’ll eat your first bite of dinner at 9:17 P.M.

18.03.2026 10

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Ellen Harrold

Rolling Out Our New A.I. Tools

Internal memo: Meet our new suite of A.I.-optimized losers and douche bags. Although they are fully agentic, we’re sure they will annoy you in all...

16.03.2026 10

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Lizzie Widdicombe

Clickbait, Decoded

“I Turned $10 Into $1,000,000 in One Week—Here’s How!” What it actually means: I very slowly added five zeroes and two commas.

12.03.2026 10

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Jay Martel

A Birthday-Gift Guide by Your Most Absent Aunt

It totally screams “Maya,” because she’s within driving distance, last I heard, so I probably won’t have to pay for shipping.

10.03.2026 10

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Pratima mani

A Day in the Pre-Internet World*

​When clock radios, film cameras, and the Yellow Pages ruled the world.

09.03.2026 20

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S. m. reznik

I Asked ChatGPT and This Is What It Said

It’s so important to care about your health, and you’re so clever to check!

05.03.2026 20

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Natalya Lobanova

Honest Eyelash-Curler Reviews

Dang, no lashes left behind with this curler. It even reaches those tiny corner lashes. Lifts, separates—the works. Also, the first time I used this...

04.03.2026 10

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Fiona Landers

Baking Cookies as a Modern Human

Hold up . . . do you even own an oven mitt?

03.03.2026 20

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Natalie Horberg

The Modern Conditions

“Keeping Cough,” “Theraphonia,” and, oh, yes, “polio”: common ailments in the age of R.F.K., Jr.

02.03.2026 20

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Alexis Wilkinson

The Devious Mind Behind Wordle

In this comedic short, the new Wordle producer derives immeasurable joy from watching people fail.

01.03.2026 20

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The New Yorker

Introducing Our Mind-Blowing Virtual-Reality App

Think you know what reading is? Think again. Test-driving The New Yorker’s newest technological breakthrough.

01.03.2026 10

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The New Yorker

What I Imagine My Boyfriend’s Ex-Girlfriends Are Doing Right Now

Your partner’s exes can get inside your head—and they might just enjoy a few mimosas while they’re in there.

01.03.2026 20

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Hallie Cantor

Maybe She’s Born With It. Maybe It’s . . . Something Else

Some women seem to have it all. How do they make it look so effortless?

01.03.2026 10

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Elizabeth Zephyrine Mcdonough

New York’s Best-Dressed Dogs Compete

Zeph McDonough takes a tour through the Annual Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest, and talks to its quirky participants.

01.03.2026 20

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The New Yorker

A Visit with The Talk of the Town

The Most Interesting Man in the World judges ideas for The Talk of the Town.

01.03.2026 20

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The New Yorker

More Places Microplastics Can Be Found

In a funk: They couldn’t help but notice that the over-all vibe of the online chatter was negative.

01.03.2026 10

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Stephanie Redmond

What Is Love?

How do you expect someone to find love, when they don’t even know what love is?

13.02.2026 20

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Yinfan Huang

Why You’re Considered Attractive

If you are deemed attractive while sitting on the toilet, call the police. You are being spied on by a pervert. It might be time to plaster over the...

12.02.2026 100

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Jay Ruttenberg

What to Do When Your Spouse Doesn’t Notice You’re Down

Make noise. A lot of noise. Imagine you’ve just encountered a bear.

11.02.2026 40

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Natalie Waksman

I Will Be Your Next President

You’re going to love my ability to nod and smile while people awkwardly thank me. White bread, straight ahead. That’ll be my slogan.

09.02.2026 20

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Bob Odenkirk

How to Break Up with Your Phone

He knows your rhythms, your insecurities, your REM cycle—your cycle. He’s made himself needed, and now you don’t exist without one another.

05.02.2026 20

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Juliana Castro Varón

Discovering Where Your Interests Lie

Your interest in baking is a lie, although your interest in baked goods remains very much true.

04.02.2026 40

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Talia Argondezzi

Murder Most Wordle

What kind of mischief and mayhem can five mysterious letters cause?

03.02.2026 30

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Anthony Lane