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Usher: 10 Songs You Should Know
In the 1990s, I spent my free time listening to Nirvana and Soundgarden, occasionally taking a few minutes to update

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Quiet. From personal experience, I’ve learned that this tag is definitely not a compliment. In a world designed for loudmouths,

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As I entered city limits, I glanced up briefly. Cloudy and dank. Perfect. I bisected the Olmsted park, knowing full

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I’m obviously cool with art—music, paintings, books, and so on—being a defining feature of the human experience. It’s the terminology

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Disclaimer: I’m not actually happy the Bills lost on January 21, 2024. In fact, I’m devastated. There is, however, a

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We’ve always been enamored with dopamine. And now, we’re enamored with talking about it. Thankfully, I encountered the voice of

What Happened to You, Canada?
Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé avec toi, Canada? Je pensais que tu étais parfait Où les immigrants prospèrent Où les tulipes