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Yuppie-maxxing
Can't wait for the DHL x Gucci collab. 

 Alyx Gorman (still has a book out) and Michael Sun
We can't stop talking about...
Here’s the thing: Bob is my son
Fur babies  
Here’s the thing: Bob is my son
Joseph Earp became a rat guy. It was strangely devastating?
New pet blues  
Why adopting an animal can leave you riddled with anxiety
Whippet's ruse  
Is this year's Crufts winner a little too catlike?
Fur ill-used  
The debate around wearing pelts is far from settled – just look at this year's runways.
Eat this
Spiced chicken
Spiced chicken
Guy Mirabella's celebration of Sicily's north African influences will absolutely impress your dinner party guests.
Extremely online
Extremely online
They’re saying words that have never been said before. Here’s a trans vegan murder cult; here’s a spermpocalypse; here’s nightcore ASMR roleplay. How can I dress more boom boom? Is Gaga reheating her own nachos? Should we all be yuppie-maxxing? None of these words are in the New Yorker style guide

Good reads: movies are bad now and Netflix is probably to blame. Dogs are watching Severance; Doge is a harbinger of fascism. This writer spent a week in Maga-land and this one spent a week self-helping. On the up: Haim, Todd Solondz. On the outs: art…?
The funniest things on the internet
Josh Berry's tour of his tabs
Josh Berry's tour of his tabs
Why did the chicken cross the road? Josh's answer will astound you.
Top of the list
A show – big meat  
Are we still talking about the amount of hog on The White Lotus? We are still talking about the amount of hog on The White Lotus.
Are we still talking about the amount of hog on The White Lotus? We are still talking about the amount of hog on The White Lotus.
Another show – hot seat  
Netflix's F1 show Drive to Survive has just released its mammoth seventh season – but how did it become the biggest docuseries in the world?
Netflix's F1 show Drive to Survive has just released its mammoth seventh season – but how did it become the biggest docuseries in the world?
A film – fun treat  
Our favourite weird guy has a new film! Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller Black Bag is out now, and it stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett as married agents.
Our favourite weird guy has a new film! Steven Soderbergh's spy thriller Black Bag is out now, and it stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett as married agents.
A book – plot feat  
Breakout bestseller Diana Reid is back with Signs of Damage – a gripping trauma narrative that also interrogates the trauma narrative.
Breakout bestseller Diana Reid is back with Signs of Damage – a gripping trauma narrative that also interrogates the trauma narrative.
This week's weirdest story
Whale of a time
Whale of a time
What orcas can teach us about ageing – erotically.
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