Michigan Gas Clerk Helps Save Kidnapped Teen Girl Who Mouthed ‘Help’ A fellow student who had witnessed the kidnapping called the police, and other students helped track the girl to a gas station.

Michigan Gas Clerk Helps Save Kidnapped Teen Girl Who Mouthed ‘Help’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/us/michigan-g...

Daniel Craig and Lily Allen Sell Their Brooklyn Brownstones Mr. Craig and Rachel Weisz had owned their Cobble Hill home for almost a decade. Ms. Allen’s sale in Carroll Gardens comes amid the breakup of her marriage.

Daniel Craig and Lily Allen Sell Their Brooklyn Brownstones www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/realestate/da...

They Went Abroad to Save Money. Moving Back Seems Unaffordable. Americans have enjoyed lifestyles that would normally be out of reach to them by working remotely in countries with lower living costs.

They Went Abroad to Save Money. Moving Back Seems Unaffordable. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/business/amer...

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes A former lawyer for President Trump’s campaign, Joseph diGenova, is said to be planning to split time between Miami and Fort Pierce, where a grand jury overseen by a Trump-favored judge sits.

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/d...

Opinion | The Mind-Altering Power of Lucid Dreaming Few people experience lucid dreams, yet those who do are able to appreciate as much asleep as the rest of us do awake.

The Mind-Altering Power of Lucid Dreaming www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/opinion/lucid...

Trump Loosens Restrictions on Psychedelic Drugs The president’s executive order is intended to accelerate research into the compounds’ efficacy in treating mental health disorders like severe depression and PTSD.

Trump Loosens Restrictions on Psychedelic Drugs www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/health/trump-...

A Breakdown of Five Days of Secret Supreme Court Memos The New York Times obtained a trove of documents illuminating the inner workings of the court as it embraced a secretive track for making major decisions.

A Breakdown of Five Days of Secret Supreme Court Memos www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/s...

Opinion | The Pope Bedevils Trump A higher authority finally tells Trump he’s no messiah.

The Pope Bedevils Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/opinion/pope-...

The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the Trump administration’s push to upend America’s postwar relationship with Europe.

The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump’s Cultural War With Europe www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/world/europe/...

L.A.P.D. Arrests D4vd Months After Finding Teen’s Remains in His Tesla The singer was detained in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who died before her 15th birthday. D4vd’s lawyers said they would vigorously defend his innocence.

L.A.P.D. Arrests D4vd Months After Finding Teen’s Remains in His Tesla www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/arts/music/d4...

Opinion | It’s the End of the Internet as We Know It In the race to patch up cybersecurity holes found by the newest A.I. models, we risk leaving too many people to fend for themselves.

It’s the End of the Internet as We Know It www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opinion/mytho...

How You Can Use Stories to Hack the Human Brain Pop quiz: Which country inflicted the most Nazi casualties in WW2? Would it surprise you to learn that the answer is the Soviet Union… and that USA is not even a close second? That even British his…

How You Can Use Stories to Hack the Human Brain outlookzen.com/2020/07/11/how-to-hack-t...

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.”

Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/t...

Opinion | The Great American GLP-1 Experiment Millions of Americans are experimenting with the drugs. Science can’t keep up.

The Great American GLP-1 Experiment www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/15/o...

Opinion | Have These People Learned Nothing? Why no one is surprised when another member of Congress is accused of sexual misconduct.

Have These People Learned Nothing? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/opinion/swalw...

Opinion | Why Aren’t the Kids Out Protesting Against Trump? The lack of a thriving youth movement in opposition to Trump is a canary-in-the-coal-mine warning of the deterioration of American exceptionalism.

Why Aren’t the Kids Out Protesting Against Trump? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/opinion/trump...

Hampshire College Will Close Amid Student Enrollment Declines Other small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase.

Hampshire College Will Close Amid Student Enrollment Declines www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/hampshire-...

Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’ President Trump’s lengthy post on social media showed there were really no boundaries when it comes to people he might target, including the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/us/politics/t...

Cache TTL silently regressed from 1h to 5m around early March 2026, causing quota and cost inflation � Issue #46829 � anthropics/claude-code Cache TTL appears to have silently regressed from 1h to 5m around early March 2026, causing significant quota and cost inflation Summary Analysis of raw Claude Code session JSONL files spanning Jan...

Anthropic downgraded cache TTL on March 6th https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/46829

How Healthy Are Oats? One nutritional superstar really sets them apart.

How Healthy Are Oats? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/well/eat/oats...

Watching International News Worsens Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings I remember as a little kid, when my family and I were about to travel to New York City for the first time. I was absolutely scared to within an inch of my life, convinced that within weeks, I would…

Watching International News Worsens Cross-Cultural Misunderstandings https://outlookzen.com/2014/02/23/local-bias-sochi/

Serenity Forge (@serenityforge.com) A statement regarding the removal of DDLC from the Google Play Store:

Google removes "Doki Doki Literature Club" from Google Play bsky.app/profile/serenityforge.co...

21 Hours in Pakistan: How Vance Tried and Failed to End a War He Opposed Vice President JD Vance led the highest-level talks between the United States and Iran in nearly 50 years.

21 Hours in Pakistan: How Vance Tried and Failed to End a War He Opposed www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/us/politics/j...

Control of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Uranium Stockpiles Were Sticking Points The U.S. had demanded that Iran immediately reopen the strait to all maritime traffic, but Iran said it would do so only after a final peace deal, according to Iranian officials.

Control of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Uranium Stockpiles Were Sticking Points www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/world/middlee...

Trump Takes Down Post Depicting Himself as a Jesus-Like Figure The image, which President Trump shared on Truth Social shortly after criticizing Pope Leo, depicted him as a divine leader healing the sick.

Trump Takes Down Post Depicting Himself as a Jesus-Like Figure www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/t...

Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed On his way to Florida, President Trump said it did not matter to him if a deal with Iran was reached or not: “We win, regardless,” he said.

Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/us/politics/t...

Opinion | Parents, Consider Underachieving I am just so tired, and so bad at crafts.

Parents, Consider Underachieving www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/opinion/paren...

Prosperity comes from Investments, not Consumption In the 1700s, when the British started selling Opium to China, it proved to be extremely lucrative. British ships were able to procure opium at extremely cheap prices, and sell them to China at vas…

Prosperity comes from Investments, not Consumption outlookzen.com/2020/06/19/the-growth-of...

Forget Basic Income – we need Guaranteed Employment I’ve long been a champion of Basic Income. As we head towards an uncertain future where automation and offshoring becomes the norm, we need more safeguards to protect the most vulnerable members in…

Forget Basic Income – we need Guaranteed Employment outlookzen.com/2016/12/17/forget-basic-...

The High-Alcohol Drink Taking Over Gen Z BuzzBallz, a brand of pre-mixed cocktail in colorful orbs, are all the rage. Experts worry they are a magnet for underage drinkers.

The High-Alcohol Drink Taking Over Gen Z www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/style/buzzbal...