We’re back, Insiders. Jesse Whittock here reporting from Dubrovnik, where I’ve been working this week as the troubled 2026 World Cup gets underway. Let’s kick off, and make sure to sign up for the full newsletter here. World Cup Winners & Losers Lionel Messi, Christian Pulisic, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe Getty Images Worst Cup
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Witchcraft: The Lanterne of Light continues to attract legendary genre talent, as original Halloween (1978) actress Sandy Johnson has officially joined the cast. Johnson is best known to horror fans as Judith Myers, the older sister of Michael Myers in John Carpenter’s landmark horror classic Halloween. Her unforgettable appearance in the film’s iconic opening sequence
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It takes a special kind of confidence to bring a $250,000 bag to a basketball game — and Azzy Milan pulled it off effortlessly. The social media personality and daughter of rap legend Fat Joe attended the New York Knicks NBA Finals game in style, turning the arena into her personal runway. For the occasion,
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A fundamental right for U.S. public library users is that of privacy. This means no one is monitoring what a patron is perusing, what they’re borrowing, or their library use history. It means that authorities cannot walk into a library and demand another user’s records; in many cases, library borrowing records are purged upon the
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The Elon Musk inflatable in New York City’s Times Square | YouTube screenshot A giant inflatable bust depicting the shirtless tattooed likeness of transphobic, white supremacist near-trillionaire Elon Musk appeared in New York City’s Times Square on Thursday morning. Its appearance foreshadowed the Friday debut of Musk’s space exploration company, SpaceX, on the NASDAQ, the
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The curse lives on. Apple TV has officially renewed Widow’s Bay for a second season ahead of next week’s Season 1 finale, ensuring that the island’s mysteries, monsters, and morally questionable decision-making will continue for at least another year.  The announcement arrives at the perfect time. (Courtesy of Apple TV) After spending the better part
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) suspended tenured art therapy professor Savneet Talwar after a student complained about her assignment asking students to develop an ethical treatment plan for a hypothetical queer, Muslim woman living in the United States, The Guardian reported. The two-page assignment mentioned the hypothetical woman’s case study, her
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Garry Winogrand’s street photography remains compelling decades after he took the pictures, capturing raw human emotions that convey beauty, comedy, absurdity, and heartbreak. His photographs represent the act of creating art in the moment. Winogrand once boiled down his approach to a simple, yet revealing koan: “I photograph to find out what something will look
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I sat down to make a list of new and recent queer Latine books to read for Pride. But here’s the thing: I’ve been talking about most of the books that came to mind all year long. That’s a good thing, of course: celebration months should, after all, be gentle reminders to read lit by
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Senate candidate Graham Platner won the Maine Democratic primary on Tuesday night with an overwhelming showing from voters fired up over prospects of replacing longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins and retaking Congress this fall. Collins has proven unbeatable over a 30-year career in the Senate under five presidents. Her first was Bill Clinton, whose campaign
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The YouTube channel Chris and Jack produces comedic video sketches that frequently begin with recognizable pop-cultural clichés and gradually push them beyond their conventional logic. The channel does not follow a consistent release rhythm, but each video is structured around the deconstruction of familiar cultural conventions. In “A vital message from your future self”, a
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After almost three years, Rafael Grampá’s four-issue limited series Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham has finally released its final chapter. Issue #4 is a climactic conclusion with every question answered and all the narrative closure readers could want, complete with a brand-new iteration of Batman’s Bat-Family introduced to this Batman’s Earth-46 canon. Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham
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