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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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The standoff at the Waco compound is ripe for television adaptation. It has everything modern people love in a story, with the added benefit of being true. If you don't know the story, here's a quick primer. David Koresh founded his own religious cult and kept his followers captive on…

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The Best Chukka Boots That Aren’t From Clarks

The first thing that comes to mind when anyone says "chukka boots" or "desert boots" is probably Clarks. We're not going to fault you for going there because Clarks makes one of, if not the, best pairs of chukka boots on the market. But they're not the only game in…

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Annihilation is the first book in the Southern Reach Trilogy by writer Jeff VanderMeer. It was something of a sensation, though it never achieved the mainstream success it deserved. That is all about to change as it's brought to the big screen. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson,…

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Patagonia Opens an Online Shop For Used Gear, and the Prices Are Great

From a focus on employee well-being with great work perks to their commitment to sustainability, Patagonia has long been one of those brands that does good whenever possible. They make some of the best outdoor clothing and gear, but their products aren't exactly what we would consider cheap. Until now. Patagonia is…

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‘Ozark’ Is the Best Show You’re Not Watching

Netflix spent a whopping $6 billion on content this year, according to its CEO Reed Hastings, and it’s starting to show. They’ve given us new original shows like House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Narcos, 13 Reasons Why, Chef’s Table, Stranger Things, and a ton of others—and they…

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