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 Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96
The Guardian · Caroline Davies
As Queen of the UK and 14 other realms, and head of the 54-nation Commonwealth, Elizabeth II was the world’s most recognizable head of state.
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 Queen Elizabeth II — a life in photos
Grid · Tom Nagorski
Britain’s longest-serving monarch has died.
 How Prince Charles might rule
Vox · Jen Kirby
A future “climate king” takes over at an uncertain time for the United Kingdom and the world.
 AOC on masculinity, power and politics in post-Roe America
GQ · Wesley Lowery
Almost four years after her improbable arrival in Washington, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become the political voice of a generation.
 America’s next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball
theconversation.com · Mitchell Nathanson
The players are subject to poor wages and working conditions, but that’s always been the case — so why do people care now?
 The future may be bleak, but plant the tree and have the child anyway
Outside Magazine · Catherine DeNardo
“All we can do is breathe the air of the period we live in, carry with us the special burdens of the time, and grow up within those confines.”
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 Why wouldn’t your nutritionist have an eating disorder?
Bustle · Margaret Wheeler Johnson
The people we pay to tell us how to eat often struggle to feed themselves.
 The rise of Stray Kids
flipboard.com · Billboard
With a No. 1 project, two mega-labels behind them and eight undeniable personalities, the K-pop band is positioned for superstardom.
 Why birds changed their tune during the pandemic
Atlas Obscura · Shoshi Parks
We don’t know if they’ll ever sing their old songs again.
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/7b/1c/7b1c29dd-d650-45e9-97dd-ecc30e5c3246/oct2022_e05_tolkien.jpg?w=1140&ssl=1) How J.R.R. Tolkien came to write the stories of ‘The Rings Of Power’
smithsonianmag.com · John Garth
No writer in the English language has ever created a more complete world than John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
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