10 Things to Say When Someone Won’t Get Off Their Phone
Trying to talk to someone stuck on their phone is such a universal experience, there’s a name for it: “phubbing,” short for “phone snubbing,” or ignoring someone in favor of…
Owen Wilson’s Stick Sounds Like a Ted Lasso Ripoff. Actually, It’s Better
The third episode of the new Apple TV+ golf comedy Stick is called “Daddy Issues,” but that might as well be the title of the show. Created by Ford v.…
The Best Movies of 2025 So Far
In movie terms, the year is young—we all know that the serious awards contenders start emerging in the early fall, around the time of the Venice, Toronto, and Telluride film…
Little Hoops on the Prairie: Why the Thunder-Pacers Finals Are Worth Watching
Almost immediately after the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks on Saturday night to clinch the 2025 Eastern Conference championship, the jokes, memes, and hand-wringing about the small-market profile…
AI Will Devastate the Future of Work. But Only If We Let It
Be an electrician, I tell my teenage sons. Be a plumber. Artificial intelligence is coming for virtually every job category, but it will be a long time before machines are…