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And the rise of living funerals
Births, deaths, marriages  
And the rise of living funerals
Forget birthday parties or big weddings. The ultimate party is the one that comes at the end of your life – so why not host it yourself?
Baby drool  
What should you call your kid? Lucinda Price AKA Froomes comes with harrowing tales from the frontlines of this question.
Dating pool  
Having a type can be perilous. Or, as one woman who decided to date against it tells Elle Hunt: "I was like: ‘Wow, this isn’t supposed to be a fucking nightmare?’” She is now engaged.
Friendship ghoul  
Ghosting gets a bad rap in relationships – but what about in friendships? Gyan Yankovich says that sometimes it can be the kindest thing to do.
Cook this
Herby macadamia miso eggplant
Herby macadamia miso eggplant
Restaurateur Darren Robertson of Three Blue Ducks on how to cook and eat like you're on a yoga retreat. Nama-tasty (sorry).
Extremely online
Extremely online
Happy new year (real). Everyone is old now and the cost-of-living crisis is hitting hard – though not for these NYC parents who are spending $120,000 a year to get their kids into college. Nerds! Also in NYC: they have finally discovered garbage trucks. Also in trash: crabs are loving it. 

Good reads: Kyle Chayka on Taylor Swift and The Paris Review on Britney; the best show of the 2010s and the Frenchest couple of all time. Here is a bad trend, a worse trend, and the worst trend. 

Finally, the week on TikTok: a comforting thought, an urgent podcast, and dogs.
The funniest things on the internet
Thomas Jaspers shows us his tabs
Thomas Jaspers shows us his tabs
Including: an AI vision of Melbourne’s inner north, Mel Buttle’s TikTok and a seagull named Steven.
Read this
Kirin J Callinan on ketamine and heartbreak
Headline act  
Kirin J Callinan on ketamine and heartbreak
In our new monthly series, we chat with and photograph the Australian artist we’re most excited about – and get them to make us a playlist. Michael kicks things off by almost drowning with Kirin J Callinan, who has a new album out and is leaving the “shameless extrovert” behind (but still posed topless at sunset.)
Top of the list
A list – best streams  
Luke B has rounded up the best films and shows coming to a streaming service near you – including an adaptation of Lisa Taddeo's Three Women, Julia Louis-Dreyfus in You Hurt My Feelings, the Oscar-nominated American Fiction, and Charlie Kaufman's family animation.
Luke B has rounded up the best films and shows coming to a streaming service near you – including an adaptation of Lisa Taddeo's Three Women, Julia Louis-Dreyfus in You Hurt My Feelings, the Oscar-nominated American Fiction, and Charlie Kaufman's family animation.
A film – creepy scenes  
In Todd Haynes’ May December, Julianne Moore plays a woman who seduced a 13-year-old, went to jail pregnant with his child, and ended up marrying him. Natalie Portman plays the actor portraying her in a biopic – and who starts mirroring her in increasingly unsettling ways. In cinemas now (finally).
In Todd Haynes’ May December, Julianne Moore plays a woman who seduced a 13-year-old, went to jail pregnant with his child, and ended up marrying him. Natalie Portman plays the actor portraying her in a biopic – and who starts mirroring her in increasingly unsettling ways. In cinemas now (finally).
An album – aural dreams  
Hyped UK act The Last Dinner Party's debut record begins with appropriate main character energy: a grandiose orchestral overture. It sets a striking, OTT tone for the album, which is so packed with rococo hooks, operatic vocals and melodrama that it sounds as if it was recorded in full costume.
Hyped UK act The Last Dinner Party's debut record begins with appropriate main character energy: a grandiose orchestral overture. It sets a striking, OTT tone for the album, which is so packed with rococo hooks, operatic vocals and melodrama that it sounds as if it was recorded in full costume.
A museum – crappy themes  
We sent Toby Fehily to the new poo museum that’s opened in Melbourne – arguably just a money-grab for Instagrammers who want a cute shot, but he took it very seriously regardless. Also: a prize if you can spot all the euphemisms in this piece. 💩
We sent Toby Fehily to the new poo museum that’s opened in Melbourne – arguably just a money-grab for Instagrammers who want a cute shot, but he took it very seriously regardless. Also: a prize if you can spot all the euphemisms in this piece. 💩
This week's weirdest story
Elmo’s big question
Elmo’s big question
Baby-voiced muppet asks how everyone is doing – and opens the gates of hell.
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