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Meta Is Dying. It’s About Time.

Meta has commenced a long, slow slide into irrelevance.

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We’re at the Dawn of the Ozempic Era — and It’s Really Weird

One in eight American adults is taking GLP-1s. What does that mean for how we relate to our food, bodies and one another?

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