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Jonah Weiner | Blackbird Spyplane | 16th December 2025 Elegantly-written realisation that outsourcing thought to one's phone is not a good idea. "I enjoyed two unexpected, interconnected revelations. The first was that the opening pages of Swann’s Way are beautiful and captivatingly trippy. The second was that I did not want to die having made an Instagram reel with a throwaway punchline about Proust, but not having actually read any Proust" (3,200 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Simon Burnton | Guardian | 17th December 2025 There were two stone-based cheating scandals in sport this year. Some competitors at the world stone skimming championship were accused of throwing "suspiciously circular" stones. Also, a Chinese curling player allegedly "burned a stone", that is, illegally touched it with a broom to change its path. Sportspeople also bit each other, waxed pool balls, and tampered with ski suits. Delightfully ignominious (1,900 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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