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byroncrawford — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:17:48 +0000

June 13, 2026 at 05:17PM
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The Knicks Could Take the Title Tomorrow, But New York Has Already Won

byroncrawford — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:10:55 +0000

This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris Black, in which the columnist weighs in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your…

June 12, 2026 at 11:10AM
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Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?

byroncrawford — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:49:22 +0000

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone in 2007. A new working paper suggests the spread of smartphones helps explain the persistent decline in birth rates in…

June 12, 2026 at 06:49AM
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The Mirage of the Gifted Child

byroncrawford — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:13:38 +0000

Photo-Illustration: The Cut; Source Images Getty Being “gifted” — and by that I mean smart — has been woven into my sense of self for so long that it has become…

June 11, 2026 at 08:13AM
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byroncrawford — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:35:09 +0000

June 10, 2026 at 08:35AM
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I Want My CRT: The ‘Insane’ Demand for Giant Old-School TVs, Explained – Racket

byroncrawford — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:34:30 +0000

My SUV exits a tangle of Minneapolis freeways as my phone flashes. “I’ll meet you down there,” reads a text from my dealer. The product is waiting in his trunk,…

June 10, 2026 at 08:34AM
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I Fed the People Building the Metaverse

byroncrawford — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:33:32 +0000

I used to work at Meta. Not in tech. God no. I was a pastry chef at one of the Meta data centers, which is somehow an even stranger sentence to say out loud now…

June 10, 2026 at 08:33AM
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Online Trolls Harassed Her Six-Year-Old. That Was Only the Beginning

byroncrawford — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:30:25 +0000

I t was supposed to be a sweet moment between a basketball star and her young fan. And it was, it absolutely was — that is, until certain men on the internet…

June 10, 2026 at 08:30AM
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Always On: News influencers are using Meta glasses as hidden-camera reporting tools.

byroncrawford — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:25:35 +0000

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. For CJR’s new special issue on access, I spent time with Jonathan Choe, a news influencer and Turning Point USA…

June 10, 2026 at 08:25AM
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byroncrawford — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:22:18 +0000

June 10, 2026 at 08:22AM
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