Doris Burke has been called “the LeBron James of sportscasters.” Photograph by David E. Klutho / Sports Illustrated / Getty It is 2019 and cheerleaders are still a thing in the National Basketball Association. The Chicago Luvabulls. The Memphis Grizz Girls. The Charlotte Honey Bees. And this is the…

Imagine if Lord of the Rings ended with Aragorn riding out into the abandoned wastes of Mordor, his crown forsaken, his throne left to an uncertain fate. Imagine, growing from out of the ashes of Sauron’s dominion, tender blades of green grass. That’s where David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ Game of…

A grizzly bear in the Bella Coola Valley in British Columbia, where there is one bear for every 33 residents. Credit Nick Didlick Opinion Grizzlies in the

I profiled Ocean Vuong for NYT ahead of the release of his excellent novel ‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ and we got deep on the Viet feels https://t.co/7FA9UbnbIx — Kevin Nguyen (@knguyen) May 25, 2019 Tweeted by @knguyen

Game of Thrones, in its eighth and final season, is as big as television gets these days. More than 17 million people watched the season’s opening. Judging by the fan and critic reaction though, it seems that a substantial portion of those millions are loathing the season. Indeed, most of the…

Much as I love listening to men loudly agree with each other, I resolved to give up politics podcasts last year. They had made me sufficiently miserable, not because the news was miserable (though it was) but because of the vague, repulsive sense you got that the people babbling into the microphones…

I'd forgotten about the 1999 US bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, but this article's an excellent look back. This part stood out as particularly weird though: "A young Chinese couple, Zhang and He, were in Belgrade for their honeymoon..." https://t.co/ndpyHpqyRw — Catherine Winters…

This piece on how men don't have friends to provide emotional support in their lives and end up leaning on their partners to be their therapist, career coach, social planner, and everything else is SPOT FUCKING ON. What a fucking (unpaid) burden: https://t.co/I1aNZmaaUx — Bridget Todd 💁🏿…

In light of Addison Russell's impending return from suspension, I am sharing some thoughts about why fans vehemently defend disgraced athletes like Russell. #Cubs https://t.co/3ZeeDaZ7kk pic.twitter.com/bFPPCaiZg7 — Troll Hamels, 👑 of Wrigley ⚾ #WeTheNorth (@farnorthsider) May 2, 2019 Tweeted by…

In this column I review Jagmeet Singh's memoir, "Love and Courage." I have never seen its like.https://t.co/fkX0b18Iqo — John Ibbitson (@JohnIbbitson) May 2, 2019 Tweeted by @JohnIbbitson

"Lichenia: A City Building Game for the Anthropocene" by @molleindustria is an organic, experimental 'SimCity' / story-game, where you place enigmatic tiles, observe their environmental effects, and then try and build in the wake of climatic disaster https://t.co/s3FjnLdcFx #elit…

Such a great, lasting logo, and neat story/history. https://t.co/AEo30NohPW https://t.co/abWuDSK9rn — Karen Quinn Fung | 馮皓珍 (@counti8) April 24, 2019 Tweeted by @counti8

How Iceland, with a population of only 340,000, has become a global force in contemporary classical music: https://t.co/deVqiMOvDU — CBCSundayEdition (@CBCSunday) April 21, 2019 Tweeted by @CBCSunday

By David Barber | Friday, July 13, 2018 building materials , Code Photo courtesy of Structurlam Building construction is constantly evolving as architects, engineers and scientists develop new innovations and construction methods. Buildings utilizing mass timber as part of their structure have been…

Tom Thomson. 'In Algonquin Park', Winter 1914-15. Oil on canvas. 24 7/8 x 31 15/16 in. (63.2 x 81.1 cm). The day started with a stain of blood on the snow, framed by a spray of wing markings. A hawk, or maybe an owl, had found its prey only moments before we arrived. As we unloaded firewood from the…

A ndrew Andrew Yang can’t quite believe he’s running for president. On a chilly Wednesday night at Boston Common, he’s speaking to a crowd of more than 500, the kind of audience most outsider candidates would kill for. His staff has primed the crowd to respond, telling us to cheer “math” when he…

Citizens pack public meeting opposing Sidewalk Labs plan | The Star #blocksidewalk #topoli #Onpoli #cdnpoli https://t.co/Np1AywFS0T — Thorben Wieditz (@twieditz) April 18, 2019 Tweeted by @twieditz

A Journey Through Dance Photography From the New York Times Archives Six months ago, the newly formed Past Tense team began sifting through the treasure chest that is the New York Times archive, where some six million photographs are filed away. Photographs of dance quickly emerged as some of the…

Don Bellamy, Karine Plantadit and Uri Sands of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Judith Jamison’s “Sweet Release.” 1996. Credit Richard Corman/Weiss Katz Gallery Skip to contentSkip to site index Past Tense The author reflects on a childhood trip to see Alvin Ailey’s iconic dance company.…

Why Do We All Have to Be Beautiful? The message of inclusivity is meant to be helpful, but it can actually do harm. Ms. Nolan is a writer. Credit Manon Debaye

Fan Bingbing has been mostly staying at home these days, sending messages on WeChat (the Chinese WhatsApp), working on her English, receiving guests, doing charity work “to wash away her sins,” and otherwise “trying to stay positive,” according to a producer who knows her well. But before the events…

The hashtag #doingthings has been used about a hundred and twenty-five thousand times on Instagram. That’s a little less than #kalesalad, but more than, say, #labradorpuppies. Most of the posts are connected to the clothing brand Outdoor Voices, which was founded by a graduate of the Parsons School…

Critical Shopper Outdoor Voices, a new pop-up shop in Soho, describes its clothing as “technical apparel for recreation.” Credit Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times Sweats are a uniquely amplifying item of clothing. Nothing on earth makes an athletic person look more athletic, and nothing on…

Image: "Night Texter (Violet Oliver)," by Sam McKinniss. Courtesy of the artist and Team Gallery. “I’m pajama rich,” Kanye rapped in 2010. But, by then, you

When Vancouver quiets down, Mohammad Ali starts serving customers. He's the assistant manager at the 24-hour corner shop Hasty Market, located on Main and 16th. "It's sometimes quiet and you have time to think about life," he says. More: https://t.co/eO09VoivPV pic.twitter.com/PhOcvDDbce — CBC…

Taking the half-life of knowledge seriously: "how to approach learning when the knowledge landscape is in constant flux". This is why I never worry that someone will copy one of my old blog posts or presentations -- I'm on to the next idea already. https://t.co/xzShcV8c9n…

Every long Instagram caption should end with “......the Aristocrats!” https://t.co/vHroChY5DC — Kevin Nguyen (@knguyen) March 27, 2019 Tweeted by @knguyen

Earlier this month, Josh Ostrovsky , an Instagram celebrity more commonly known as The Fat Jew, mocked the Instagram models affected by the platform’s 10-hour…

One example of how China is infantilizing the country’s culture: The Chinese film industry put a black dress on Sally Hawkins’s nude body when “The Shape of Water” hit theaters there. My column on China’s War on Fun https://t.co/fhk0RK5zSH Photo from Weibo pic.twitter.com/RPV6Z5cw52 — Li Yuan…

Why I make it a point to spend some quality time – going to restaurants, movies and shows – by myself by AddThis Sharing Buttons RSS × There was a time when I didn’t do very much alone. Growing up with siblings and a large group of friends, I always had someone to accompany me to the mall, movies…

× Samuel Engelking CityPlace CityPlace is one of Toronto's most densely populated areas downtown On a recent bright Sunday afternoon, CityPlace is quiet. Colossal glass towers stare down onto empty sidewalks as impatient drivers hurry toward the Rogers Centre. A pseudo-piazza connecting two condos…

In Which Josh Seeks to Explain Brexit https://t.co/eggxEKaHxr via @TPM — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 3, 2019 Tweeted by @joshtpm

For more than a week, ever since a heavily armed white man charged into the Masjid Al Noor and opened fire on worshippers, I’ve been heavily occupied with

Profile The British-Palestinian writer Isabella Hammad has written a sweeping historical novel that follows a Palestinian from Nablus to France in the early 1900s. Credit Heather Sten for The New York Times Reaching Nablus, in the West Bank, from Jordan, takes planning, and patience. There is the…

As the last four provinces to resist carbon pricing are dragged into a new federal tax scheme, the country's oldest carbon tax might serve as a good example of what to expect.https://t.co/OLp6y006FT — CBC British Columbia (@cbcnewsbc) April 4, 2019 Tweeted by @cbcnewsbc

No need to amalgamate Metro Vancouver: expert https://t.co/6QNSANxg9l Nothing too surprising here, but the Sun photographer did convince me to stand in the middle of a busy street to take my picture — Andrew Sancton (@asancton) April 3, 2019 Tweeted by @asancton

High Park will be car-free during the cherry blossom peak bloom https://t.co/Oc18H1MLYo — Sakura in High Park (@sakuraHighPark) April 1, 2019 Tweeted by @sakuraHighPark

Early story up now: City recommends making King streetcar pilot permanent https://t.co/f1FBoO0aAM — Ben Spurr (@BenSpurr) April 2, 2019 Tweeted by @BenSpurr

Photographer: Brandon Presser Photographer: Brandon Presser Icelanders like to joke that during the course of their adulthood they’ll have no less than seven careers—oftentimes two at once. In fact, being busy is such a part of the national identity, Icelanders’ most common greeting roughly…

In 2018, @Park_People volunteers conducted two street-level counts of foot and bicycle traffic on King St. (along with cataloguing stationary activities) where the transit pilot was in effect. This week they released their findings: https://t.co/nnVOAxSb2j #KingStreetPilot — GDNA Toronto…