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“I had occasion, a year ago, to draft my mother’s eulogy,” Kieran Setiya writes. “The end seemed imminent. Helpless and uncertain, I set out to write her life.” Setiya’s mother recovered. But the biographical imperative left him with unanswered questions: Why did telling her story seem so vital and so fraught? And why did his inability to do so foster so much shame?
In a new book called “Transcendence for Beginners,” the biographer and philosopher Clare Carlisle suggests that all lives—even the most ordinary ones—are portals to divinity. “If everything is an aspect of God, we can divine the value of the whole—the divine itself—within a single person,” Setiya writes. “This way of looking at human life is radically democratic.” Setiya considers Carlisle’s view of biography and makes the case for the fundamental value of the subject: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/EA…
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Changes are coming to Social Security in January - here's what Americans should know trib.al/AyF8M5u
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An invisible force helps your consciousness "Tune into" the world around you ─ including other people's minds, scientists say
This could be why you immediately “click” with a new friend.
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NEW: FBI Buffalo Investigation Goes International: 452 Kilograms of Cocaine Seized in Ecuador
Three days of surveillance. More than 990 pounds of cocaine seized. One arrest.
An international operation coordinated by #FBI Buffalo's Rochester Safe Streets Task Force, FBI Legat Bogotá-Quito, and the Ecuadorian National Police resulted in the seizure of 452 kilograms of cocaine near the Colombia-Ecuador border and the arrest of a suspected drug smuggler in Ibarra, Ecuador.
The successful operation highlights the strength of international law enforcement partnerships in combating transnational drug trafficking.
Thank you to @FBI Legat Bogotá-Quito, the @PoliciaEcuador and @DEANEWYORKDiv for their partnership in this investigation.
From Western New York to South America, FBI Buffalo remains committed to working alongside our law enforcement partners to disrupt transnational criminal networks and protect the American people.
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Monica Lewinsky sells mysterious tell-all book to acclaimed editor who worked on Joe Biden memoir trib.al/tEMNc0y
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A security agent for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned reporters before his first news briefing in six months they would be physically removed if they did not act professionally.
Ultimately, no one was removed from the briefing. wapo.st/4AeCMuo
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Heartbroken Woman Goes Viral on TikTok as She Stumbles Upon ‘Supportive’ ‘Chicago Fire’ Cast After Being Dumped people.com/heartbroken-woman…
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David Walliams breaks silence on accusations: "I am not a sexual predator."
Read more: tmz.com/2026/11/10/david-wal…
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