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Live Edition · Monday, June 1, 2026 · 6 stories live

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Issue · Jun 1
Aging / Filed under: Jun 1
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She found out her therapist had been retired for two years.

This is a story about a woman who found out her therapist retired two years ago — and what happened to the weekly Tuesday sessions she’d been attending all along. The email…

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Parenting / Filed under: May 29
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Her 7-year-old started charging admission to his bedroom. The HOA got involved.

The Yelp review was three stars. “Cool experience overall,” it began. “The host was attentive and the snacks were thoughtful. However, the ‘Deluxe Access Tier’ did not include the LEGO room as…

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Money / Filed under: May 28
03

The startup pivoted to vibes. The Series A came through anyway.

The pivot happened on a Tuesday. The company — I will call it Nimbus, because the founders have asked for anonymity and because the actual name is somehow worse — had spent…

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A man expensed his therapy as "professional development." It worked.

Good morning. It's a Tuesday, which means somewhere out there, a person is right now justifying a purchase they cannot afford with a logic they cannot defend.

This morning's offender: a project manager in Austin who put twelve weeks of therapy on his corporate card under "leadership coaching." Finance approved it. His therapist had no idea.

Today's lesson in the great American workplace: the line between a perk and a heist is mostly just confidence...

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