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​The Canadian who steered Europe away from the U.S.​

Remarkable reporting on how leaders of Canada and Europe have been forced to reckon with the United States as a no longer fully trustworthy ally. (Read part one here.)

The Wall Street Journal | Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson, and Daniel Michaels

​A history of Canada in 24 objects​

And a designer's "Drawn to Canada" project pairs drawings of iconic Canadian objects with brief notes of explanation.

Maclean's | Lynne Rennie

​Two hundred and fifty​

A writer takes a road trip across the United States. "The ubiquity of churches, McDonald’s, and billboards for personal injury lawyers aside, it was difficult to make any generalizations about this country. How did it hang together, if at all?"

The Paris Review | Stephane Wambugu

​The US's long-lost 'secret' colony​

On the oft-ignored history of Nya Sverige, Sweden's colonial outpost on the Atlantic coast of North America.

BBC | Eliot Stein

​The forgotten bombing of LaGuardia Airport​

Revisiting the 1975 bombing of LaGuardia, an act of terrorism that killed eleven, the perpetrators of which have never been found.

Slate | Elon Green

​The end of reading is here​

If the end of reading has truly arrived, Seabird is here for the holdouts!

The Atlantic | Rose Horowitch

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​Should DayQuil be legal?​

A case against combination drugs that pair acetaminophen with other compounds that do effectively nothing, raising the risks of dangerous overdose.

The Argument | Eli Richman

​Once unimaginable, publishers are preparing to opt out of Google Search​

As AI summaries decimate search traffic, some publishers wonder whether it's still worth being indexed by Google at all.

Adweek | Mark Stenberg

​Computer in the loop​

Thoughts on software development and who should adapt: the user or the computer?

Adaptive Software | Iris

​We didn’t need a rape accusation to know Graham Platner was unfit​

Reflections on why so many progressives overlooked Platner's obvious red flags. "When someone shows you their Nazi tattoo, believe them."

The Handbasket | Marisa Kabas

​The US team's loss hasn't shamed America​

Trump, on the other hand, "was always going to put his stamp on—actually, his fist through—this tournament, harming the nation’s and team’s reputation."

The UnPopulist | Berny Belvedere

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​Why soccer players at the 2026 World Cup are cutting their socks​

What's with all the torn socks at the World Cup?

Wired | Jorge Garay

​It's ugly. It costs $640,000. Everyone is mad about it but me.​

In defense of Ferrari's massively expensive new electric car, the Luce.

The New York Times | Carlo Ratti

​The anxiety of the perfect loaf​

A lovely post on departing from precise recipes in favor of learning to cook and bake by feel and experience.

Josh Izaac

​Does Portland still have the best Texas-style barbecue outside of Texas?​

Texas Monthly's resident barbecue expert returns to the Rose City for an epic barbecue crawl and likes what he finds.

Texas Monthly | Daniel Vaughn

​How much coffee does it take to make coffee?​

From harvest to brewing, each step of making coffee leaves some of the plant behind. How much is left when you sip from your cup?

Coffee Decoded | Peter Giuliano

​An unexpected bird brought gentleness to this prison block​

Finally, in bird news... a dispatch from behind bars about a visit from a sparrow.

Prison Journalism Project | Robert Haas

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