EST. 2026
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Vol. I / No. 1591
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Aging

Aging Jun 11, 2026

Her father started cosplaying as his own younger self. He has been getting compliments at Target.

A 67-year-old man in suburban Minneapolis began, in the spring of 2025, dressing exactly as he had in 1987 — same haircut, same sweaters, same Polaroid camera. His daughter does not know if this is grief,…
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Aging Jun 1, 2026

She found out her therapist had been retired for two years.

A woman in Minneapolis discovered the therapist she had been seeing every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for two years had quietly retired in 2024. The sessions had continued. They had, in some ways, been helpful. She…
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