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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Hasan Piker: A Progressive Mind in a MAGA Body

Hasan Piker: A Progressive Mind in a MAGA Body

Hasan Piker thinks being a man is simple. Like many of the successful internet personalities who appeal to a generation of young men, Mr. Piker, a 33-year-old Twitch and YouTube streamer, is a “bro”: He likes weapons, inhales supplements, uses nicotine pouches and ruminates endlessly on the legacy of LeBron …

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What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April

What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April

This week in Newly Reviewed, Martha Schwendener covers Camp’s probing videos, Mungo Thomson’s recirculating images and John Zorn’s drawings and objects. Midtown Camp Through July 20. Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street; 212-708-9400, moma.org. The grandest work in the show, “Bombay Tilts Down” (2022), is a multi-screen video …

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Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities

Why Cameras Are Popping Up in Eldercare Facilities

The assisted-living facility in Edina, Minn., where Jean H. Peters and her siblings moved their mother in 2011, looked lovely. “But then you start uncovering things,” Ms. Peters said. Her mother, Jackie Hourigan, widowed and developing memory problems at 82, too often was still in bed when her children came …

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Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says

Russia Executes P.O.W.s Without Caring Who Watches, Ukraine Says

On a Monday morning last fall, Ukrainian drone pilots watched what had become a familiar scene unfold on a drone’s live feed: Russian soldiers pointed their guns at two Ukrainians, who seemingly surrendered. Then, the footage showed, the Russians shot them point blank. The video, provided by a pilot who …

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What’s Next for MrBeast? Class Consciousness.

What’s Next for MrBeast? Class Consciousness.

In the eighth episode of the reality competition show “Beast Games,” released last week, the YouTube superstar MrBeast — the show’s host, co-executive producer and mischief-maker-in-chief — asked the 10 remaining contestants to choose their share of a $1 million split. By this stage of “Beast Games,” which streams on …

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How Kendrick Lamar’s Performances Led Him to the Super Bowl Halftime Show

How Kendrick Lamar’s Performances Led Him to the Super Bowl Halftime Show

Kendrick Lamar performs like someone parceling out a secret. On the 2015 single “King Kunta,” he stage-whispers, “I swore I wouldn’t tell,” and then proceeds to flaunt industry gossip without naming names. Though the Grammy-hoarding, Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper has mastered literary opacity in his music — he’s a generous user …

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Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve

Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve

Since his cancer diagnosis last year, Kent Manuel has regularly seen an oncologist near his home in Indianapolis. It’s been a tough time: After spinal surgery for paralysis caused by his cancer, he is regaining the use of his legs with physical therapy but still uses a wheelchair. Now, Mr. …

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