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Politics

New UFC Ad Rebuilds The White House

Lauren Theisen

This Is So Stupid

Devin The Dugong Wins The Internet With The Super Bowl AI Ad Everyone Can’t Stop Talking About

Patrick Redford

Capital

For Sale: The End, And The Means To Wait For It

<div>Adam Charles Hart is an author, curator, and archivist who lives in Pittsburgh. His second book, &#8216;<i>Raising the Dead: The Work of George A. Romero, </i>will be out in early 2024 from Oxford University Press.</div>
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Adam Charles Hart

TOPSHOT - US director Martin Scorsese poses as he arrives on May 8, 2018 for the screening of the film "Todos Lo Saben (Everybody Knows)" and the opening ceremony of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (Photo by Antonin THUILLIER / AFP) (Photo by ANTONIN THUILLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Arts And Culture

Martin Scorsese’s Second Life As An Adman

Selling Out Still Sucks

The NHL’s Digital Board Ads Have To Go

Here Is Defector’s New State-Of-The-Art Mixed-Reality Commercial

Please Stop Interrupting The Hockey To Tell Me To Watch Hockey, I’m Already Watching Hockey

David Roth

An animatronic dog about to be crushed into oblivion in Meta's upsetting Super Bowl ad.

Facebook/Meta Asks: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice To Die?”

Felix Kent

TOKYO, JAPAN - JANUARY 30: A local surfer is seen in action with Mount Fuji in the background from the beach of Enoshima during the build up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on January 30, 2020 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The venue will hold the sailing events. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Life Lessons

As You Know, Jeff, Every Time I Stare Into The Abyss It Stares Back At Me

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