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Shouts & Murmurs

Worried About the Election? Apply for Citizenship Now!

See if you have what it takes to be a proud Elbonian.

Writing Prompts for New Parents

Write a story about an underground tunnel that leads someplace unexpected while you sit between a radiator and a diaper pail.

Your iCloud Storage Is Full! Here’s Why

Pictures of your pets, hundreds of voice memos, thousands of accidental screenshots, and other items of questionable value.

Influencers I’d Actually Want Influencing Me

Jeremy Allen White doing literally anything.

Answers to “Where Are You From?,” Translated

“The City”: New York City, obviously. “New York City”: I grew up in Seattle and moved to Brooklyn two months ago.

Bot Therapy

He was a widower who had lost his wife to cancer and his only son in a hideous boating accident. He worked in a bunker in Paris. I took the bait.

Conciliatory Trophies for Millennials

Advanced skin care, free shipping, and more.

My Strict Morning Routine

Before getting up, I like to lie under the covers for thirty minutes meditating, which is really just a fancy word for “falling back asleep.”

A Quick Refresher on the High-School Math You’ve Forgotten

It’s good to know pi to at least twenty decimal places, in case a math sergeant ever asks you to drop and give them twenty digits of pi.

Choose Your Own Adventure: Starting a Garden

What with all the flowers, you’ve now got a bee problem. How do you handle this?