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6+ min ago (298+ words) The decision means TikTok now operates under the threat that it could be forced offline with a stroke of Trump's pen But the justices upheld the ban " unanimously " in a thin and credulous opinion issued just a week after oral argument. Disregarding legislators' censorial motivations, the court said the law could be justified by privacy concerns, and it accepted without serious scrutiny the government's argument that the ban was necessary to protect users' data. And courts are not supposed to allow the government to side-step this review simply by declaring that national security requires censorship. That is the central lesson of the last hundred years of first amendment doctrine. Events since the court's ruling have only underscored why the justices were wrong to defer to the government's arguments. The court issued its ruling on 17 January because the ban was meant…...

7+ min ago (443+ words) This powerful essay bravely explores the complexities of rape and assault within the queer community. After surviving assault by both a man and a woman, Tite'ny' Rodr'guez exposes the quiet pressure queer people face to hide harm that happens within our own community. I am a proud survivor. I have experienced both rape and assault: first by a man, and later by a woman. There is no easy way to begin this. Even now, as I type, I feel the familiar weight of silence pushing back and the fear of judgment not just from the world, but from my own community. When a woman assaulted me, it didn't just break my body's sense of safety. It broke my idea of what safety meant. I couldn't take comfort in believing queerness itself was a sanctuary. I wanted it to be true....

7+ min ago (21+ words) Comic Strip by Liana Finck: He shies away neither from harshness nor from unadulterated sweetness. He also writes great female characters....

7+ min ago (22+ words) Comic Strip by Navied Mahdavian: It wasn't until I started cartooning myself that I realized he only made it look easy....

7+ min ago (25+ words) Comic Strip by Summer Pierre: Her version of the middle-aged matron was a gentle innocent who faced the world with an unself-conscious enthusiasm....

7+ min ago (193+ words) I'm Aileen Varsity-Spaunders, but you probably know me from my often remaindered coffee-table books, "Entertaining with the Money from Your First Annulment," "Elegant Dining with Wealthy Strangers," and my own favorite, "Weddings Without Permits in Public Atriums." As a noted tastemaker and hospitality authority'and I like to remind people that the word derives from the Latin root "hospital'I've compiled my annual holiday gift guide, and I'm using the word "holiday" here so that my tax person will feel included. Here are this year's gifting tips: Expired canned goods. Find seasonal favorites buried deep in your pantry or that of an out-of-town neighbor, obscure the expiration dates with a Sharpie, and sponge off any leakage. Then gift wrap the can and leave it in a random mailbox with a shattered Christmas ornament and a bottle of Tums. The faces of youngsters…...

7+ min ago (59+ words) A collection of cartoons from the magazine broken down by decade, by everyone from Charles Addams to Liana Finck. A Century of New Yorker Cartoons Highlights from the first hundred years of this magazine's most succinct, quadrilateral humor. A Century of New Yorker Cartoons Highlights from the first hundred years of this magazine's most succinct, quadrilateral humor....

7+ min ago (73+ words) For more covers by Luci Guti'rrez, see below: Find Luci Guti'rrez's covers, cartoons, and more at the Cond' Nast Store. The best movies, books, TV shows, albums, jokes, and podcasts of 2025. Holiday gift guides for kids, coffee nerds, food lovers, nostalgists, tech enthusiasts, and your host. When an Ivy League school turned against a student. How to cycle like a Dutchman. The day the dinosaurs died. The brothers behind Warner Bros....

7+ min ago (276+ words) Readers respond to Hannah Goldfield's Take about Anthony Bourdain and James Somers's piece about whether A.I. is thinking. Hannah Goldfield's article about "Don't Eat Before Reading This," by Anthony Bourdain, brought back memories of when I first learned of this new voice straddling the restaurant and literary worlds (Takes, November 17th). When Bourdain's book "Kitchen Confidential" came out, in 2000, I was the general manager of an Italian restaurant at a historic five-star hotel. The staff was full of brainy foodies, and we talked about the book endlessly. We all thought Bourdain might end up being a flash in the pan, but were happy to be proved wrong. I worked in restaurants for more than twenty-five years, and the thing that I admired the most about Bourdain was his unflagging respect for the line and prep cooks and dishwashers he worked with, who…...

7+ min ago (207+ words) Hobert, who is twenty-six, had on a loose all-black outfit, and her strawberry-blond hair was up in a messy bun. After slipping on a pair of rented bowling shoes, she rolled her first ball, then excitedly spun around. Only two pins stood. "I just blew myself away," she said. "I just think the coolest thing you can be is a writer," she went on. "I like the idea of not needing to be looked at. I don't think it's a very cool quality to want to be the star, but I can't fight that that's also a part of my personality." "She would basically walk in the door from the Eras Tour'where Abrams opened for Taylor Swift'and I'd be there, waiting to write," Hobert recalled. "Sometimes she was, like, "I'm gonna take a nap.' And I was, like, "Don't take…...