Terroir doesn’t just belong to wine snobs, because apparently Ethiopia owns it.
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John Noakes,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
O’Hara relished playing deluded snobs like this wealthy Manhattanite with artistic ambitions from director Tim Burton’s horror comedy about two dead owners of a country house who want to drive out its new buyers.
The personal, intimate look invited explorers to travel back in time and imagine what once was.
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Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2026
The ship offers a rare opportunity to follow in the footsteps of historic polar explorers, paired with refined design, exceptional cuisine and a strong scientific mission.
Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
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Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jan. 2026
In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans.
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Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
According to the Federal Trade Commission, imposters posing as government agencies were one of the top reported scams in the Arizona, costing consumers more than $20 million in 2025.
—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
And when stuck in this uncomfortable space, people who feel like impostors are likely to become defensive and feel pressured to be a hero.
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