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How running soothes my soul... and then spits in my face

My love-hate relationship with pounding the pavements.

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The freedom of realising that no one's thinking about you

Why we should embrace our cameo status in other people's lives.

May 23 •

What Trump’s lack of shame means for all of us

Do we all start laughing about sexual assault now or what?

May 16 •

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The freedom of realising that no one's thinking about you

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Is ChatGPT eventually going to kill us all?

The 'Godfather of AI' quitting his job because he's scared is not reassuring

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The best relationship advice a therapist ever gave me

Frustratingly wise words about friendships and romance.

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God, I miss smoking

I need an alternative social crutch and acceptable way of leaving weird situations, please.

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I had hypnotherapy for arachnophobia and was immediately handed a tarantula. Here’s what happened.

Content warning: this article contains chat about, and blurry pics of, hairy spiders.

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Story of the week: The javelin champ who posted himself to Australia in a box

Reg Spiers couldn’t afford a ticket home so he and his mate posted him as freight

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Why are so many of us obsessed with old-school police procedurals?

How formulaic shows like Criminal Minds are finding new audiences in times of turmoil.

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All the stuff that goes through your mind when you cannot sleep

24 hours on planes + no sleep = all the thoughts.

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