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This hour of life is magic

In the empty nest articles I read last summer, there was a lot of advice about relationships with other people, writes Meaghan Shields. But I had no idea that becoming an empty nester would improve my relationship with myself.

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The Tartan Army is coming

Scotland play two of their three opening round World Cup matches in Boston. That means, for the next week or so, there'll be kilts as far as the eye can see. Cloe Axelson got a taste of the Tartan Army at The Haven in Jamaica Plain.

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Guster is still for lovers

Guster got its start in a Tufts dorm room in the early ’90s. Thirty years on, they’re still going strong. Cog editors Cloe Axelson and Sara Shukla caught up with Adam Gardner to talk about what it’s like to have kids graduating from high school while still playing music with the friends he made all those years ago.

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The world has changed, but 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' is still about work

Between DOGE and the rise of AI bots, work is far more precarious than it used to be, writes Joanna Weiss. Amid so much uncertainty, it’s no surprise that people would flock to a movie that fetishizes work as much as Chanel boots.

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'When breastfeeding stopped working, it felt like I stopped working'

I have no statistics to cite about the number of women who experience what is sometimes called "breastfeeding grief," writes Miriam Wasser. But I've come to believe that what happened to me, is, if not necessarily common, then at least quite prevalent.

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My twin brother was disabled, but I don't consider myself a 'glass child'

"Sometimes I had to be my brother’s arms, legs, eyes and voice," writes Brian Trapp. "It often didn’t feel like a burden, more like an alternative way of moving through the world."

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The case for winter

"I love how a big snow makes everything and everyone stop. There’s very little in our world that inspires that slowness," writes Cog editor Cloe Axelson.

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When someone you know gets divorced: Condolences or congratulations?

Society has grown more accepting of the idea of divorce as a transition rather than a tragedy, writes Oona Metz. So, what should you say when your friend — or brother or aunt — announces their marriage is over?

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'We all we got': We've never seen anything like these Patriots

Patriots haters are mad that New England has already re-established itself as one of the NFL’s best teams, just six years after Tom Brady left, writes Khari Thompson. "It’s a shame. Because this Patriots team might actually be one of the greatest underdog stories this league has ever seen."

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'Heated Rivalry' lets us believe in anything

In early December, I went to dinner with coworkers and said something along the lines of, “There’s this show I need to tell you about. It’s about hockey … kind of,” writes Sara Shukla. Soon after, this show about two rival gay hockey players kind of took over my life.

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