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Welcome to Toronto, World Capital of the Urban Raccoon

"When I catch a raccoon," he says, "ninety-five percent of the time, it looks like a teenager that's been busted for smoking pot: just kind of aware of what they've done and accepting the consequences."

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The Monday Media Diet with Bodhi Landa

If you spend enough nights on the floor listening to people order martinis, explain natural wine to dates, or negotiate status through reservation choices, you start to realize restaurants are basically focus groups for contemporary aspiration.

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Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists

He could tell she knew he was watching, for there was an uneasiness to her stride and to how she gripped her handbag until the taxi arrived.

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The Art of Looking: Eleven Ways of Viewing the Multiple Realities of Our Everyday Wonderland

We see, but we do not see: we use our eyes, but our gaze is glancing, frivolously considering its object. We see the signs, but not their meanings. We are not blinded, but we have blinders.

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The Life and Times of an American Tween

At four feet eight, she is small for her age, but manages to occupy space laterally. She moves with a noodle elasticity, and is prone to breaking into dance moves while going about her business: a full-body wave from wrist to wrist, an entire sequence from a Katseye music video.

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I’m Obsessed with Terry Allen’s Denver Airport Gargoyles, So He Told Me Their Hilarious Story

The main thing I thought about was that the airport was like a cathedral of anxiety. When you land, you're so happy to be alive. And then you go into high anxiety over whether or not your luggage is in the room.

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I’m Obsessed with Terry Allen’s Denver Airport Gargoyles, So He Told Me Their Hilarious Story

The main thing I thought about was that the airport was like a cathedral of anxiety. When you land, you're so happy to be alive. And then you go into high anxiety over whether or not your luggage is in the room. You're always in that kind of state.

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The Profile: The $30 billion AI startup & the Mango founder’s mysterious death

We are not who we say we are. We are how we move through the world. This is something I notice more and more when reporting. The truth usually lies in the small, in-between, seemingly ordinary moments.