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By Tanner Garrity Like most special ops initiations, the test to join Norway’s Long Range Reconnaissance Squadron (often referred to as the Arctic’s most elite task force) ends with a diabolical, weighted treadmill hike. Prospective soldiers must march…

By Kirk Miller Ask someone today what the metaverse is and you’re bound to get a confused look. Or a wrong answer. That was the conclusion reached earlier this year by the market research firm Ipsus, which conducted a series of surveys to determine wha…

By Tobias Carroll In late 2020, the Bobcat Fire devastated the landscape around Los Angeles. Among the more than 100,000 acres affected by the fire were several parks and areas popular with the outdoors-minded, including Devil’s Punchbowl Nature Center…

By Tobias Carroll Historically, libraries have been an excellent place to check out books and do research. That’s something that they’ve always been used for, and it’s something that they’re great at. But in recent years, a growing number of libraries …

By Tobias Carroll How does the prospect of climbing 228 steps — the equivalent of 17 stories — on a winding staircase to the top of a historic lighthouse sound? I’ll be honest — I would describe this as “daunting,” and I’m less than half as old as Budd…

By Tobias Carroll Over the course of his long career in music, David Bowie collaborated with a host of prodigiously talented musicians ranging from Nile Rodgers to Trent Reznor. The man had a knack for finding interesting cohorts to work with, includin…

By Tobias Carroll Earlier this month, production shut down on the film Being Mortal due to a complaint of what Deadline termed “inappropriate behavior” on the part of one of its cast members. Soon enough, it became clear which cast member it was: Bill …

By Tobias Carroll Harry Styles is a lot of things — a songwriter, an actor, a Richard Brautigan fan and an occasional duet partner to Lizzo among them. One thing he’s not, however, is a guy named George Mason. This didn’t stop Mason from impersonating …

By Tobias Carroll Some art heists involve careful planning and meticulous execution. Some, like the theft of several paintings from the Gardener Museum in Boston, are still speculated about and remain unsolved. And then there’s the opposite approach — …

By Tobias Carroll Since 2007, the Stagecoach festival has hosted some of the biggest names in country music. It shares an organizer with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and occupies a similar position relative to the genre in question. Th…