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Before there were Admin Nights—structured events where people co-work to tackle their to-do lists—there was body doubling, quilting bees and Trappist monasteries. And before there were those things, there was Leonardo da Vinci, who left behind notebooks full of notes to self:
- The Apple TV series starring Matthew Rhys follows a winning cast of small-island bureaucrats through a living hell.
- New York’s Seventh Congressional District, which is—by many measures—home to the most left-wing voters in America has its primary June 23rd. Michael Lange, a local-politics analyst, has dubbed the election a “civil war in the Commie Corridor.” In Congress, the district has been
- Can you sort the items into the correct order?
- Can you make a longer word with each new letter?
- To celebrate the beginning of summer, here are some of our favorite pocket reads—books that can be finished in a single sunny afternoon.
- Even though an agreement has been reached, nations around the world will be feeling the effects of the Iran war for some time.
- The U.S. is working with Delcy Rodríguez to reëstablish a presence in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. But exactly how Venezuela will become a major player in the industry remains an open question, Stephania Taladrid writes.
- An unstoppable democratic-socialist force meets an immovable progressive object in the primary for New York’s Seventh Congressional District, Naaman Zhou writes.
- The squad’s new coach, Thomas Tuchel, is less of a political figurehead than his predecessor. Will that help or hurt the team?
- Half a century ago, the “Jaws” director created the blueprint for the modern blockbuster. With “Disclosure Day,” he returns to the form he helped invent.
- What if, while drinking out of your “Super Dad” mug, your dad sees you and asks why you never got one of those for him? Have you even thought about that?
