AriAtHome Walks the Streets, Making Beats (and New Friends)

AriAtHome Walks the Streets, Making Beats (and New Friends)

On the SoHo corner where Prince and Elizabeth Streets meet, dog walkers, errand runners and lunch breakers squinted through the April sun at the part man, part beat-emanating automaton approaching them. Ari Miller, 25, known by his artist name AriAtHome, is a New York-based wayfaring musician who turns heads with …

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What Is ‘Dark Woke’?

What Is ‘Dark Woke’?

There was a time last summer when the Democratic Party was cool. Kamala Harris had just stepped in as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in the waning days of Brat summer. She went on the popular podcast “Call Her Daddy.” Tim Walz’s outdoorsy drip led to a Chappell Roan-inspired …

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Are You the Only One Who’s Broke? Or Is It ‘Money Dysmorphia’?

Are You the Only One Who’s Broke? Or Is It ‘Money Dysmorphia’?

On Instagram feeds, martini glasses clink in what feels like a never-ending loop. Photo carousels from nights out show low-lit steakhouses, tartare and soufflés, Luxardo cherries. (What, in this economy, is screaming Luxardo cherries?) A roommate’s random co-worker is somehow lounging on yet another cabana in yet another tropical bathing …

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Meta vs. the FTC: The blockbuster antitrust trial kicks off

Meta vs. the FTC: The blockbuster antitrust trial kicks off

This photo illustration created on January 7, 2025, in Washington, DC, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo.  Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty Images Meta will face off against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday in a high-stakes antitrust …

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The Fallout From a Sip of Water at a Bode NYC Hot Yoga Class

The Fallout From a Sip of Water at a Bode NYC Hot Yoga Class

After nearly 20 minutes of intense yoga in a 105-degree room, the influencer had grown thirsty. She dropped her pose, leaned down to pick up her Fiji water bottle and took a sip. She didn’t think it would be a problem. She certainly didn’t think that within days, hundreds of …

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Some Vegans Were Harmed in the Watching of This Movie

Some Vegans Were Harmed in the Watching of This Movie

Inside a dark theater in Midtown Manhattan, Allison McCulloch watched “Kraven the Hunter,” an origin story for the obscure Spider-Man villain, while jotting notes on a white piece of paper smaller than a Post-it. Fur clothing. Taxidermied animals. Characters eating steak. McCulloch is the Roger Ebert of vegans, a dedicated …

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