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 The sneaky economics of Ticketmaster
The Hustle · Mark Dent
Ticketmaster’s maligned fees and customer service issues are again under the microscope. Will American music fans ever see anything better? It was the …
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 Season Finale of Soccer
Substack · Hunter Harris
Hung Up x Impersonal Foul returns The Friday Post will be arriving Saturday morning this week, because I’ve been traveling for work and nothing puts …
 What Causes Alzheimer’s? Scientists Are Rethinking the Answer.
Quanta Magazine · Yasemin Saplakoglu
After decades in the shadow of the reigning model for Alzheimer’s disease, alternative explanations are finally getting the attention they …
 How Gen Z Could Transform American Politics
FiveThirtyEight · Monica Potts and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux
Julian Morein was sitting in the back room of a Hillary Clinton campaign office when he realized that Donald Trump was going to win the 2016 …
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 Thanks to AI, it’s probably time to take your photos off the Internet
Ars Technica · Benj Edwards
AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures. If you’re one of the billions of people who have posted …
 These Are the 50 Most Popular Passwords in America
mentalfloss.com · Jake Rossen
For consumers, passwords are a relatively recent phenomenon. It wasn’t until the internet and the rise of online commerce and security that we’ve …
 Trends Used to Come Back Round Every 20 Years. Not Anymore.
VICE · Hannah Ewens
Every style, every era, happening all at once. How did we get here, and at what cost? For more end of year essays and analysis on VICE, check out 2022…
 Why Is Everything So Ugly?
nplusonemag.com · Laura Kolbe
We live in undeniably ugly times. Architecture, industrial design, cinematography, probiotic soda branding — many of the defining features of the …
 The Quest to Preserve Syria’s Cassette Tape Era
Atlas Obscura · Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing
Keeping sounds, stories, and cultural memory alive through years of conflict. Mark Gergis has had what he calls an “obsessive” love of music since he …
 My Favorite Reads of 2022
Substack · Jeremy Anderberg
Happy Friday, readers! It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the time for Best of the Year book lists! While most professional outlets focus on …
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