Mac Crane | Offing | 9th October 2025 Former college athlete and self-described jock explains the confusing desire to keep training when badly injured. "Even now, I still lift every day, and I often lift to excess. I want big, strong muscles, but I also want that old sore feeling back, that pathological embodiment, that can-think-of-nothing-else-but-the-pain, it hurts so good. My pain and pleasure wires have not necessarily crossed, but maybe fused" (4,000 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Cremieux Recueil | 9th October 2025 Can oenophiles really claim to be better judges of wine than the average imbiber? Is there even such a thing as an objectively "good" wine, as opposed to one that you personally happen to like? This investigation would suggest not. For decades, so-called inferior wines have been winning expert blind tasting contests. In competitions with many entries, the judges almost never agree (4,600 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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