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The Coolest Places to Watch the World Cup Around the Globe

A pool house in Austin inspired me to spend way too much time looking into this.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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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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What We're Buying
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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Lifestyle
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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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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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

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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‘The Current War’ Trailer

The last few seconds of The Current War trailer are what make it exciting for us. At first we thought it was going to be another story about how great an inventor Edison was, when, in reality, he was just really good at filing patents. But the last beat of…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Banksy Opened a Gift Shop Inside the Walled Off Hotel

Everyone's favorite mysterious street artist just popped up in Bethlehem again. Banksy has a new gifts hop inside the Walled Off Hotel, with a collection of items on sale to benefit the local community. As expected, his politically-driven works at the shop are mostly in response to the Israeli and…

By Mike Newman
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The TSA Is Auctioning Off Confiscated Knives

GovDeals "provides services to various government agencies that allow them to sell surplus and confiscated items via the Internet." It works like a slightly clunkier combination of eBay and Craigslist, but the important part is that it's the site that the TSA and other agencies use to auction off their…

By Cooper Fleishman
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PodCase Stores and Charges Your AirPods

Fed up with having to carry around the AirPods charging case everywhere he went, the founder of Pebble watch decided to design and build a better solution. PodCase stores and charges your AirPods right on the back of your iPhone to streamline your daily charging needs while also making it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Misen Now Makes Affordable, Durable Pots and Pans

Misen, the same company that helped upgrade your knife collection with their affordable chef's knife and paring knife, is back on Kickstarter with a new line of cookware that's going to do the same thing for your sauces and sautéing that the knives did for your chopping and julienning. But you already…

By Cooper Fleishman
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