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AT YOUR LEISURE

How To Make Dumplings, The Best Dinner Party Food

At Your Leisure Food How-To Digg Original 25 May

Throwing a dumpling party — a dinner party where everyone makes dumplings and then enjoys dumplings — gives guests something to do, something to eat and something to talk about.

HOW CAN WE BUY TICKETS?

But What If The Avengers Were Mexican?

theringer.com Movies Language Culture Entertainment Race 30 Apr

Imagining a Marvel Cinematic Universe in which the superheroes (or villains) had moms that yelled at them in Spanish.

MEACUL.PA

The Internet Apologizes…

New York Magazine Internet Culture Long Reads Politics 13 Apr

Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong — from the architects who built it.

THANKS, POMPLAMOOSE! STAY AWESOME

The 'Get Lucky' And 'Happy' Pharrell Mashup You've Been Waiting For

Music Video 11 Apr

Clap along; lose yourself to dance.

IN A BAD WAY

This Mash-Up Of 'Bad' Songs Will Actually Have You Feeling Pretty Good

Music Video 11 Apr

Pomplamoose performs a slick cover of Michael Jackson's "Bad," Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" and Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance."

NO MORE SULKING

Why We Give The Cold Shoulder To Those We Love The Most

Relationships Explainer Human Nature Video 28 Mar

We expect our partners to understand us better than anyone in the world — but that doesn't mean they're mind readers.

ROMANCE LANGUAGE

How To Say 'I Love You' When The Language Doesn't Exist

catapult.co Language Human Nature Japan Relationships 28 Mar

On love as idea, labor and action, and how it is translated — and mistranslated — in the author's own life and relationships.

A DIGG ORIGINAL

Anatomy Of A 'Fast And Furious' Chase Scene

Digg Original Cars Entertainment Explainer Movies Video 28 Mar

Let Fan Service take you on a ride through the ups and downs of the "Fast and Furious" movies.

WRITE AND WRONGED

That Time My Ex Made Me The Villain In His Novel

thecut.com Personal Essay Gender Sex 28 Mar

Reading about myself as the evil girlfriend turned out to be exactly the boost I needed.

READY PLAYER DUMB

'Ready Player One' And Carl's, Jr. Try A Fake Feud Viral Marketing Stunt, Fail Miserably

Advertising Movies Food Internet Fruits Of The Web 28 Mar

Are Steven Spielberg and a burger franchise butting heads? No, of course not. Here's what they should've done instead.

THOUGHTS ON THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

A Gentleman's Guide To Offering Condolences

melmagazine.com Human Nature Culture How-To 28 Mar

What do you say when you don’t know what to say?

KINDNESS IS NO CURE-ALL

I Tried To Befriend Nikolas Cruz. He Still Killed My Friends

The New York Times Guns 28 Mar

The notion that the Parkland shootings wouldn't have occurred if students had been kinder is deeply dangerous.

WE'D STILL GO WITHOUT THE HUGE RABBITS

Oregon Made This Beautiful Miyazaki-Inspired Tourism Ad That's Straight Out Of An Acid Trip

Anime Animation Advertising Video 14 Mar

It might be a slight exaggeration, but the PNW is really great.

'WE'RE SO BAD AT SEEING GREAT ART'

The Male Glance

vqronline.org Gender TV Long Reads 6 Mar

In the spring of 2013, HBO conducted a sly experiment on the "elite" TV-viewing public. It aired two new shows — both buddy dramas — back to back. Those shows were "True Detective" and "Doll and Em." The one starring men got way too much attention;...

A DIGG ORIGINAL

How To Make Pizza, The Highest Form Of Cooking

Food Digg Original Explainer Video 5 Mar

It's a true fact that everyone loves pizza. Even the people who hate pizza wish they loved pizza. Here's how to turn your love of eating pizza into a love of making pizza.

AT YOUR LEISURE

How To Make Pizza, The Highest Form Of Cooking

At Your Leisure Food Digg Original How-To Long Reads 5 Mar

It's a true fact that everyone loves pizza. Even the people who hate pizza wish they loved pizza. Here's how to turn your love of eating pizza into a love of making pizza.

A POINT OF PRIDE

For Asian Americans, The 2018 Winter Olympics Brought Unexpected Joy And Familiar Anger

Los Angeles Times Sports Race Culture 1 Mar

The Olympics have the tantalizing potential to expand the types of people we see as American, if we tell the stories of its athletes carefully.

BAD NEWS, SOMALIA

The Most Corrupt Countries In The World, Mapped

Maps Data Viz Studies Donald Trump Politics 27 Feb

Sure, things feel pretty bad in the US right now, but we're not even close to the bottom of the list.

'THE TYPE OF NERD EVERY NERD ASPIRES TO BE'

Why Lisa Simpson Matters

Vanity Fair Profiles Animation TV Fame Long Reads 27 Feb

An ode to the beating heart of "The Simpsons," a role model to a generation of women — and to Yeardley Smith, who's been bringing Lisa to life for 30 years.

HE MAKES SURE THE NORTH SIDE EATS

Drake Drops His 'God's Plan' Music Video, Which Is Just Him Giving Away A Million Dollars To Strangers

Music Fame Video World Entertainment 16 Feb

Instead of blowing the cash his label allocated for his "God's Plan" video on nice cars and backup dancers, Drake simply filmed himself giving that money away to strangers.