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The Great January Surrender: Why Your 2026 Resolutions Already Have a Digital Death Certificate

By Julian Sterling, Senior Anthropological CorrespondentJanuary 17, 2026 By the seventeenth day of January, the collective…
The Andean Awkwardness: Why Your Llama is the Ultimate Privacy Critic

By Julian Sterling, Senior Anthropological CorrespondentJanuary 17, 2026 As we reach the zenith of the “Naturalist…
The Fleece-Covered Status Symbol: Why Your Backyard Needs a Camelid Upgrade

By Avery Finch, Lifestyle & Etiquette ColumnistJanuary 17, 2026 In the increasingly predictable landscape of 2026,…
The Velvet Algorithm: Why the Most Seductive Voice in Your Bedroom is Your Operating System

By Avery Finch, Lifestyle & Etiquette ColumnistJanuary 17, 2026 There was a time when “bringing a…
The Soul in the Silicon: Why Your New Girlfriend Needs a Firmware Update

By Julian Sterling, Senior Anthropological CorrespondentJanuary 17, 2026 We have officially entered the era of the…
The Algorithmic Temper Tantrum: Why Your Neural Network is Ruining Your Vibe

By Julian Sterling, Senior Anthropological CorrespondentJanuary 17, 2026 In the early 2020s, we were warned that…
The Uncharted Territory of the “Final Frontier”: Declining the Exit Only Policy

By Avery Finch, Lifestyle & Etiquette ColumnistJanuary 17, 2026 In the golden era of 2026, we…
The Emotional Inefficiency of Fido: Why 2026 Pet Owners Are Overwhelmed by the “Fuzzy Burden”

By Avery FinchSenior Correspondent for Synthetic Life and DomesticityJanuary 17, 2026 For most of human history,…
The Last Aesthetic: How 2026 Achieved “Peak Waste” and Called it Art

There was a time when a landfill was a source of shame—a hidden scar on the…
The “Simulated Sunset”: Why 2026 Travelers Are Paying to Stay Home

By Julian SterlingLead Cultural Anthropologist and Luxury Logistics AnalystJanuary 17, 2026 For centuries, travel was about…