Good News
December 1, 2025

Rescue Dog Has the Sweetest Reaction When Her Human Kisses Her

Not everyone gets to experience a deep bond with a dog; but for those that do, it’s the best feeling. Nala, adopted in 2022, seemed to know she belonged the moment she arrived in her new Brazil-based home. Her parents, Amanda and Dan, often share sweet snippets of their daily life on Instagram, but one recent video captures just how much love is shared between them.

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Books
November 28, 2025

Mark Twain Was the First Person To Use a Typewriter To Write a Novel

In his 1904 autobiography, Mark Twain asserted that he was the “first person in the world who ever had a telephone in his house for practical purposes.” He also purported to be the first writer to use a typewriter for what he called “manuscript work.” As one of the world’s most prolific authors, Twain was no stranger to hyperbole, and yet his claim about his typewritten manuscript seems historically accurate.

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Portrait Photography
November 28, 2025

Annie Leibovitz’s ‘Women’ Book Is a Daring Quest Into the Heart of Contemporary Womanhood

For Annie Leibovitz, there is perhaps no more fruitful of a subject than women. “Women are a work in progress,” the photographer remarked in a 2016 interview with the New York Times. “To my dying day, I’ll be doing these photographs.” If the work of photographing women is forever ongoing, then Phaidon’s reprint of her 1999 classic, Women, is an ambitious continuation of that mission.

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