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Why I Free-Solo El Capitan

Why I Free-Solo El Capitan

W​hen some of you asked if I’d record my thoughts as I hang by my fingertips over my impending death, I thought, Why not?

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Mike O’brien

Your Parents’ Fall TV Preview

Your Parents’ Fall TV Preview

Have you considered “Six Hours a Day of MSNBC” on MS NOW (or Fox News, depending on your specific parents)?

17.09.2026 1

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Josh Gondelman

Updated Jane Austen Titles

Updated Jane Austen Titles

Including “Brain-Rot Third Space” and “Based and Vibey.”

16.09.2026 10

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Edith Zimmerman

Arrangements I Would Accept

Arrangements I Would Accept

Marriage is hard; an arrangement is sexy, bold, mature. Getting married says, “I’m a romantic.” Having an arrangement says, “I know how the...

15.09.2026 1

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Taylor Tomlinson

My Surefire, Can’t-Lose Polymarket Bets

My Surefire, Can’t-Lose Polymarket Bets

Spot on my neck: Cancer? 88% Yes. 12% More tests are needed, none of which are covered by my insurance.

14.09.2026 4

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Shalom Auslander

Late-Night Dorm-Room Conversation Topics, Updated for Middle Age

Fuck, Marry, Kill: Income-tax returns, life-insurance policies, that folder explaining benefits that you received from H.R. when you were onboarded,...

10.09.2026 5

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Shannon Reed

Some Legacy Sequels We Hope Are Never Made

But if you’re reading this and want to green-light one, please don’t hesitate to be in touch.

09.09.2026 9

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Jason Adam Katzenstein

Instructions for Watching My Girlfriend While I’m Out of Town

Make sure that water is always available to Blythe, but don’t freak out if she doesn’t drink much. Blythe believes that hydration is “a...

08.09.2026 6

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Blythe Roberson

The Scourge of A.1.

For A.1. to cause such fear is understandable, because many of us are not comfortable with condiments.

07.09.2026 6

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Ian Frazier

Welcome to Career Day

I spend two-ish hours messing around with an A.I. chatbot, as per the company’s new mandate, teaching it how to do my job so that it can replace me....

03.09.2026 6

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Claire Friedman

Seven Steps to Financial Success, According to a Guy Who Won a Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuit Against the Circus

You can optimize your chances by insuring that you’re in the best possible position to get whacked in the face by wealth and prosperity.

01.09.2026 6

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Graeme Carey

Google Chrome’s Latest Updates

We understand that downloading and re-starting your browser disrupts your workflow, but you weren’t working anyway.

27.08.2026 10

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Talib Babb

The Least-Wanted Items at My Parents’ Estate Sale

Seventeen years’ worth of National Geographics, stacked by my father in order of “least to most erotic.” Price: $400.

25.08.2026 10

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Brian Braiker

What Your Swimwear Says About You

Yellow polka-dot bikini: you were deeply affected by a Yoplait Light commercial as a youth and consider this suit to be the physical manifestation of...

20.08.2026 10

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Madeline Goetz

First-Date Montage

Yes, I am odd, but I am still multifaceted.

19.08.2026 20

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Mads Horwath

Everything That Will Happen After I Silence My Phone at the Movie Theatre

The customer-service representative from whom I’ve been waiting for a callback for fifty-three hours will call me back one minute before I turn my...

18.08.2026 20

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Meg Reid

Admissions Tour: Being a Person

In the real world, you can choose your meal plan: vegan, kosher, Sustainable, Totally Unsustainable, What Zendaya Eats in a Day, American Girl Doll...

17.08.2026 30

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Jessica Bacal

Help—I’m a Narrator Stuck in the Calm.com Meditation App!

Sure, rhythmic, pattering rain can help regulate your nervous system, and trigger your autonomous sensory meridian response, but me? I’m wet.

14.08.2026 10

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Erita Chen

America!: Newly Declassified Secrets from the C.I.A.’s Ice-Cream Archives

Orange-creamsicle lovers and a cult of soft-serve radicals, revealed.

12.08.2026 20

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Ali Fitzgerald

Instructions for Pet-Sitting My Dog, Cerberus

It’s just an old habit for him to block the front door. If he’s stationed there, do not order delivery.

11.08.2026 30

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Brandon Follick

Eat the Lotus!

​Times editors realized that, unless emergency procedures were initiated, the ​n​ext day’s edition would contain not a single article about...

10.08.2026 20

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Anthony Lane

A Mostly True History of Marco Rubio

No one knows Marco Rubio’s age. It’s part of his mystery. So is his height. Look it up. No one knows.

06.08.2026 20

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Christopher Gangemi

What My Life Would Be Like If All of Those Spam Texts Were Legit

I’d have dozens of packages shipped to me from USPSS, USP, and FidEx that only require my signature to obtain.

04.08.2026 20

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Natalie Wexler

Freelance Headlines Stupid Onion Editor Rejected

Married Man Still Able to Drink at Collegiate Level; Sloppy Eater Dog’s New Best Friend; and more.

03.08.2026 10

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Larry Doyle

Memorandum from the National Review Committee for National Day Designations

The Committee continues to recognize National Pizza Day, but denies the petition for a distinct New York-Style Pizza Day.

30.07.2026 20

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Jordan Roter

Dear Pepper: How to Have Some of It All?

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

29.07.2026 20

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Liana Finck

Bari Weiss Is On It

Our first goal, as with “60 Minutes,” is balance. Lake Mead has been on the north side of the Hoover Dam for too long. When we’re finished, it...

28.07.2026 20

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Chris Kelly

Exit Memo

Following a review, I have decided to dissolve our relationship. This decision reflects a strategic realignment of my emotional resources and should...

27.07.2026 40

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Sterling Hoyte

I’ll Pay Twenty Thousand Dollars to Skip Your Jazz Show

How’s cash sound?

23.07.2026 20

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Dennard Dayle

The Saddest Happy Hours in N.Y.C.

Featuring live-band karaoke and B.Y.O.T. (bring your own tortilla) Tuesdays.

22.07.2026 20

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Brooke Bourgeois

To-Do List for While My Baby Naps

Get down to Inbox Zero. Or at least Inbox 7,329, which would still be a big improvement.

21.07.2026 30

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Ginny Hogan

I Give My Kid the Talk

Don’t believe what the other kids have to say; Dad is the one to tell you about the importance of Stephen Sondheim.

20.07.2026 30

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Jesse Eisenberg

The Odyssey 3: IMAXimum Impact

Speak now, muse, of the ministrations of Damon, friend of Affleck and foe of Kimmel, who bravely grew out his beard for a year.

16.07.2026 20

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Henry Alford

How to Write When You’re Feeling Stuck

If you focus on writing a thousand words a day, you won’t feel overwhelmed by the fact that you’ve been trapped in a submarine for the past year...

14.07.2026 40

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Jiji Lee

Voting Rights, Updated

To run for office in New York, you must play pickleball with the guy they call Zohran the Man and be able to wear a yarmulke, a crucifix, and a...

13.07.2026 40

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Paul Rudnick

Practicing Shopping-Cart Meditation

Random things that I somehow convinced myself I desperately need.

09.07.2026 20

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Natalie Waksman

Skarsgård Green-Card Marriages

Each one of our lucky clients will be expertly matched with a Skarsgård sibling, which are indeterminate in number.

07.07.2026 20

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Sarah Hutto

Misophonia Fireworks

Now with even shorter fuses!

02.07.2026 30

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Kyle Bravo

Paul Revere’s Unabridged Instructions

Light twelve lanterns and give yourself a mop-top haircut if it seems like more of a cultural invasion.

01.07.2026 30

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Evan Allgood

America!: Insane Clown Posse Changes Their Name to Pretty Reasonable Clown Posse

The Overton window of bonkersness has shifted so far that songs like “Still Stabbin’ ” sound Sinatra-esque.

30.06.2026 30

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Ali Fitzgerald

My Great Meeting with God

He was very complimentary. People tell me, “Mr. President, you put the fear of God in God.”

29.06.2026 40

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Patricia Marx

Clapback to the Future

PAST: Bodysculpting. PRESENT: Looksmaxxing. FUTURE: Vibeplundering.

25.06.2026 30

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Henry Alford

Mr. Men I’ve Dated

Meet my exes, including Mr. Natural Deodorant and Mr. Conspiracy.

24.06.2026 30

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Liana Finck

Job Opportunities for Former Screenwriters

Standup Comedian: Yes, it pays less than minimum wage—and that’s if you get paid—but, on the bright side, you’ll get lots of blurry photos of...

23.06.2026 60

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Emily Winter

The Pied Piper

The man with the fife was good at getting rid of Hamelin’s rats. What, the townspeople wondered, could he do with the children?

22.06.2026 30

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Simon Rich

Things I Am Worried Will Happen While I Drink Coffee from My “Super Dad” Mug

Literally any mom might see me.

18.06.2026 40

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Eddie Small

I Am Your Dad’s Nest Camera and I Am Ready for Shit to Go Down

You taking an after-dinner stroll? BAM—I hit you with my floodlight. You taking out the trash? BAM—floodlight again.

16.06.2026 40

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Carrie McCrossen

Meet Russ Freud

Under its new director, Bob’s Insane Asylum is seeking residents out rather than just sitting back and waiting for them.

15.06.2026 30

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Ian Frazier

This Summer’s Hottest Audiobooks for Dogs

Post-surgery cone preventing you from licking your wound and other fun? Why not download Dogible?

11.06.2026 30

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Patricia Marx

The Case for America’s Strategic Defense Ballroom

While most ballroom dances are in 4/4 or 3/4 time, all of the Trump ballroom dances will be in 7/4. Think Pink Floyd’s “Money.”

09.06.2026 30

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Dahlia Gallin Ramirez