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I played Elden Ring wrong for two years

I started Elden Ring on launch day in 2022. It was my first FromSoft game and turns out, I didn't know what I was getting into. Here's how I let a bunch of assumptions and anxieties drive me to play Elden Ring wrong and bad for two years and over 200 hours. No, I still haven't

AI age demands a new political system

“Dig the Well before you are thirsty,” says an old Chinese proverb. The world has debated China’s rise through the lens of ideology. Some believe it is communism that transformed China into the world’s second largest economy, while others think it is capitalism disguised under

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Teamsters suing over California self-driving truck rules

Teamsters California sued the Golden State’s Department of Motor Vehicles and several other agencies on Wednesday, citing issues with its approval of self-driving trucks across the state. The lawsuit, filed in Alameda County, alleges that officials in California did not

Watch live: Trump honors Team USA with Rose Garden reception

President Trump will welcome more than 100 members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House on Thursday. The U.S. won a total of 33 medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics held in northern Italy in February, including 12 golds, 12 silvers and 9 bronzes — breaking

Trevor Noah is hosting Google’s Pixel 11 launch event

Google is set to host its next live Made by Google hardware launch event on August 12th, and the company says in a new video that comedian Trevor Noah will be hosting the show. The video indicates that the event will feature other celebrities and influencers as well, including

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Required Reading

This week: a Renaissance altarpiece returns home, Yoko Ono at the Broad, the anti-AI writing movement, an uncertain future for butterfly collectors, the harp is hot again, and more.

Democratic Party Is Thousands in Debt on D.C. Headquarters

The Democratic National Committee is blaming a late property tax bill on a procedural issue, the latest in a sequence of blunders from the party’s executive leadership. The DNC owes the District of Columbia more than $300,000 in property taxes, interest and penalties on its