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Extra, Extra: A Guide To Not Overthinking Awkward Human Interactions


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Published Jun 5, 2017

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Ben Yakas
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Published Jun 5, 2017

Modified Jun 5, 2017


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  • Narcs are everywhere on the Internet: "Why did my boyfriend like Emily Ratajkowski's butt on Instagram?"
  • Great life advice: don't think about your "benign, awkward, even mildly annoying" interaction with another human being for more than seven seconds.
  • Trump's National Security team was completely blindsided by his NATO speech, and not in a good way.
  • The Master Of None location manager talks about the difference between filming in NYC vs LA.
  • High black socks will be all the rage this summer.
  • Vulture has an incredibly thorough behind-the-scenes look at how they put together the series finale of The Leftovers.
  • Google, Apple, Amazon and more want to continue abiding by the Paris climate agreement.
  • American teens aren't getting summer jobs anymore.
  • Woman fired for being too racist for Breitbart.
  • Trump will allow a "serious assault" on Atlantic ocean life with seismic testing for offshore oil.
  • Extra Crispy went to a bread symposium and it was weird.
  • Al Franken pulled out of a scheduled appearance on Bill Maher's show this week.
  • Another Al, Al Pacino, is set to play Joe Paterno in an HBO movie about the Sandusky scandal.
  • And finally, no one in the history of the world has enjoyed a bath as much as this tiny kitty:

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Ben Yakas

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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