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Wellness influencer meditates serenely in a Sedona yurt while her boyfriend kneels beside her, holding a reflector and filming on his phone.

"Day three of her digital detox."

Wellness Influencer Goes Full In on Detox Retreat

Brinley Marsh, an intentional living and wellness influencer from Scottsdale, Arizona, spent five days at the Crimson Mesa Digital Detox Sanctuary outside Sedona in March.… Read More

Four ABBA members in 1976 wear bright IKEA T‑shirts under warm stage lights, smiling with cheerful precision that echoes IKEA Desk Assembly Instructions.

BBA demonstrates the power of a band that can sing, sparkle, and still look fully qualified to explain IKEA Desk Assembly Instructions.

Culture Music

ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” Played Backward Contains IKEA Desk Assembly Instructions

philmaggitti cultural commentary 4 days

The Bureau of International Audio Standards (BIAS) has confirmed that the 1976 ABBA hit “Dancing Queen,” when played backward, contains a complete set of IKEA… Read More

The illustration for the how to apply cologne satire piece. Man applying excessive cologne in bathroom, thick fog filling the room as he admires himself in mirror,

The smoke alarm died months ago.

Culture

How to Apply Cologne: A Gentleman’s Guide

philmaggitti cultural commentary 1 week

Men apply cologne with more enthusiasm than self-awareness. How to Apply Cologne: The Gentleman’s Guide, promotes cologne as a finishing touch. In real life, cologne often … Read More

Man in modern kitchen examines olive oil like a sommelier, surrounded by curated tools and ingredients that promise to transform your cooking habits

He bought a $58 bottle of oil and is now legally indistinguishable from a chef.

Culture

Three Pantry Items That Will Absolutely Transform Your Cooking

philmaggitti cultural commentary 3 weeks

Foodies talk about items that will transform your cooking in a tone of revelation as if they have just unlocked food. It is also the… Read More

Modern housewife anxiously stirring a frozen entrée with a fork, studying the tray with concern as textures begin to shift in a quiet kitchen scene.

Stirring like this is how a frozen entrée loses the will to live.

food

You’re Stirring Your Frozen Entrées All Wrong

philmaggitti cultural commentary, food 3 weeks

There is a quiet tragedy unfolding in kitchens across America, and it has nothing to do with sodium content. The tragedy is the way people… Read More

Guinness Announces Four New World Record Categories. In this one a man in a button-down shirt seated at a folding table inserts his left index finger into his nostril with the focused expression of a competitive athlete. A digital scale and legal pad sit before him.

Gary Pitcock of Akron, Ohio, in a pre-attempt training session. "Hydration matters," he said. "Ambient humidity matters."

Culture

Guinness Announces Four New World Record Categories

philmaggitti cultural commentary 3 weeks

LONDON — Guinness confirmed today the addition of four new world record categories to its 2026 edition, citing “a significant body of unrecognized human and… Read More

Man practicing hands on meditation. He sits in an armchair with eyes closed, making a sweeping lasso motion with his right hand above his head.

When you're trying to achieve inner peace but your inner cowboy wants to wrangle a stray thought.

Culture

Hands on Meditation

philmaggitti cultural commentary 4 weeks

The practice of hands on meditation began in the fourth century CE when a monk named Barnaby the Restless came to the conclusion that his… Read More

Watercolor illustration of two young men from West Chester, PA, crouched over a red flammable gas canister on the grounds of a building flying a West Chester University pennant. One man ignites a spectacular flame while the other laughs.

"Are you sure this is safer than lighting farts?"

Culture

West Chester, PA, Considers Its Legacy

philmaggitti cultural commentary 1 month

West Chester, PA, was known as the “Athens of Pennsylvania” in the 19th century for its proliferation of Greek Revival architecture — columned facades, pediments,… Read More

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