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My fitness tracker is a secret weapon against my chronic illness
One of the first major crashes I experienced as a chronically ill person happened on an unusually sunny January day in New York City. It was 2023, and I was riding my bike with a friend, flying high from the exercise. We'd covered just over 40 miles on mostly flat ground, a longish ride, but […]
This war is putting Iranians in an impossible moral dilemma
There is a photograph on Instagram of a girl who shares almost my exact name — Roya Rastegar. She is 33 years old. She is from Isfahan, my grandfather’s city. Security forces raided her home in January and arrested her. No one has heard from her since. Every morning, I wake up too early and […]
The Best Black Fashion From the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar After Party
Queen Latifah, Travis Scott and Ciara were among the Black stars who brought serious style to the Vanity Fair Oscar after party.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Privacy Display works well, meaningful camera upgrades, and sleeker than the S25 Ultra, but still big, expensive, and lacks Qi2 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
Allison Johnson / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra review: Privacy Display works well, meaningful camera upgrades, and sleeker than the S25 Ultra, but still big, expensive, and lacks Qi2 — “Someone might be watching everything I'm doing on my screen,” I tell myself in public. Even when I'm doing nothing of consequence …
Why Michael B. Jordan Just Claimed The Oscar Crown Jonathan Majors Let Slip Away
Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors once stood at the exact same place in Black Hollywood. One played the long game. The other played himself.