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Early Addition: A Dark Look Inside The Voting Ballot Of A Real Oscar Voter


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Published Feb 5, 2020


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  • Trump turned the State Of The Union into a reality TV show, complete with guest stars, surprise moments, and Rush Limbaugh receiving the Presidential Medal Of Freedom. Nancy Pelosi ripped up his speech at the end.
  • So...have we all collectively decided to just ignore Iowa and move on or what?
  • The Guardian spoke to 120 women about their sex lives and desires.
  • Take a peek inside the ballot, and the mind, of a demented Oscars voter, if you dare: "Parasite is beautifully done, but it didn't hold up the second time, and I don't think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films."
  • Do typefaces have political leanings?
  • The NYPDs’ most-used item since the 1800s isn’t the gun or handcuffs, but the handwritten activity log—but it's now being replaced by an iPhone app.
  • Here's a glimpse of what you're in store for socially if you become a parent.
  • A Long Island man has pleaded guilty to running a sex “dungeon” in his parents’ basement.
  • Will Banksy be remembered as a significant artist?
  • Listen to a new song from Sharon Van Etten, and a collaborative single from Sufjan Stevens & his stepfather Lowell Brams, taken from their upcoming instrumental new age album.
  • And finally, don't you hate it when this happens:

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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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