My grandfather thought he solved a cosmic mystery
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Why I sold my Magic the Gathering collection to fund Arcmage
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Why I ghosted my best friend
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I bought used voting machines on eBay for $100 apiece. What I found was alarming.
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I know the salaries of thousands of tech employees
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What I’ve learnt about parenting a queer teen
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The bang on the head that knocked English out of me
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I've been an ‘abortion doula’ 2,000 times
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When a DNA test reveals your daughter is not your biological child
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Last year, the flu put him in a coma. This year he's getting the shot.
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I'm a chef with terminal cancer. This is what I'm doing with the time I have left.
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Today is my wife’s first birthday since she died
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As Dolly Doctor, girls told me their secrets. Here's what I learnt
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My career as an international blood smuggler
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Fetishised and forgotten: Why bisexuals want acceptance
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‘I wanted a truncheon in my pants’: The rise of the penis extension
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Life as a North Korean living in the South
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I was Anthony Bourdain's 'censor' at CNN
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Why I let my daughter wear makeup to school
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My story as a homeless developer
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I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on
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Why I blame Wall Street for my Lyme disease
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The memoir by Steve Jobs' daughter makes clear he was a truly rotten person whose bad behavior was repeatedly enabled by those around him
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Traveling the world on a third world passport
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I miss my iPod Classic more than anything
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What do 90-somethings regret most?
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My son, Osama: The al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time
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This is what it's like to live with high-functioning depression
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For two decades, defending death row inmates
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When a stranger decides to destroy your life
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Man of letters: What I learned about America, and myself, working as a mail carrier
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I'm transgender, and evangelicals tried to pray for me. I prayed for them instead.
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The spy who drove me
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The machine fired me
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Why I fought the sexist gear community (and won)
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I used to be a human being
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The everyday sexism I face as a stay-at-home dad
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Rose-colored glasses: A confession
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I was Jordan Peterson’s strongest supporter. Now I think he’s dangerous
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Twenty-five years ago, Miss Saigon gave me my big break; twenty-fiveyears later, would I be protesting it?
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Growing up in the Baldwin Village ‘Jungle’
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The last slave ship survivor gave an interview in the 1930s. It just surfaced in the form of a new book.
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The painter behind Jethro Tull's Aqualung cover is still haunted by its success
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