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ded to Rhode Island</u></a>. While I speculate who=E2=80=99ll join the cast=
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heskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQyWjdWbUE/5bae8=
7c32ddf9c633b058037B268d2f0f" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: und=
erline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-dec=
oration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;"=
>we need her</u></a>), I=E2=80=99ll also:&nbsp;</p><ul style=3D"margin-top:=
 0px; padding-left: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8p=
x;"><li><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;=
 line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;">Debate whether to splurge on=
 <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2l=
tbXRoLmlzLzQ1Mk9JbUo/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B56a0feda" style=3D"color: #61=
00FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_b=
lank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4p=
x; text-decoration: none;">this functional yet chic Tibi x L.L. Bean tote</=
u></a> that <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0=
cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrZEN4SWk/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B0e136040" style=3D=
"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" t=
arget=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline=
-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">comes with a </u><i><u style=3D"text-=
decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: non=
e;">detachable </u></i><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-und=
erline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">leather belt</u></a> (yes, real=
ly).&nbsp;</p></li><li style=3D"padding-top: 8px;"><p style=3D"font-family:=
 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inheri=
t; margin: 0;">Investigate the <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/3=
9805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzNHS3VJTHk/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037=
Bcff1bf4b" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underl=
ine-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: =
1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">viral sneakers fli=
ght attendants apparently take =E2=80=9Ctens of thousands=E2=80=9D of steps=
 in</u></a> (they=E2=80=99re surprisingly=E2=80=A6stylish?).&nbsp;</p></li>=
<li style=3D"padding-top: 8px;"><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans=
-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;">Cont=
emplate <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6=
Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrZm44YWg/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B9dd68dfc" style=3D"col=
or: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" targe=
t=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-off=
set: 4px; text-decoration: none;">the sculpting tank top with a cult follow=
ing</u></a> that includes everyone from Bella Hadid to Olivia Rodrigo.&nbsp=
;</p></li><li style=3D"padding-top: 8px;"><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT Amer=
ica', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin=
: 0;"><a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly=
9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQzN3hoaWQ/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B4a269e83" style=3D"color=
: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=
=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offs=
et: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Try the fizzy beverage trend</u></a> (nope=
, it=E2=80=99s not seltzer or champagne) that tastes luxe without breaking =
the bank. Cheers to that.</p></li></ul><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America=
', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0=
;"><b><span>=E2=80=94 </span></b><b><span>Taylor Trudon / Writer, Culture &=
amp; Lifestyle / Brooklyn, NY</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td>=
</tr></tbody></table><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', s=
ans-serif;"></div><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans=
-serif;"></div><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-se=
rif;"></div> <img src=3D"https://i.skimm.us/cqKH9Dt1.gif" style=3D"vertical=
-align: middle; height: 16px;" height=3D"16"><table id=3D"custom-section" c=
lass=3D"things-to-know skmod nlsect section-design-fba8ac3592e13ac5 eat" st=
yle=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; border-radius: 0; background:=
 #F9F7FF; border-style: none; margin: 0 12px;" data-issue_date=3D"2025-05-1=
0T00:00:00+00:00" data-newsletter-link-section=3D"custom-section" data-news=
letter=3D"daily_skimm_weekend" data-section-channel=3D"EAT" data-entry-id=
=3D"5EGobkYr8gOXne33Y7icw0"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"skmod-td" style=3D"font=
-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; width: 600px; padding: 20px 16px 24px;" =
width=3D"600"><table role=3D"presentation" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D=
"0" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; width: 100%; min-width:=
 100%; max-width: 600px; border: none; border-spacing: 0; color: inherit; b=
order-collapse: collapse;" width=3D"100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan=3D"2" clas=
s=3D"story" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; border-top: non=
e; padding-top: 0;"><figure style=3D"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"><img src=
=3D"https://i.skimm.us/XG7DJhd2.jpg" alt=3D"EAT" width=3D"568" style=3D"ver=
tical-align: middle; width: 100%;"></figure><h2 style=3D"font-family: 'Sang=
Bleu', sans-serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5; mar=
gin: 24px 0 0 0; color: #151217;">A Salad So Good, You=E2=80=99ll Forget Yo=
u=E2=80=99re Not in Santorini</h2><h4 style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', s=
ans-serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0 a=
uto; margin-top: 24px; color: #151217;">theSkimm</h4><div class=3D"blockquo=
te" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; border-left: 2px solid =
#00c4b3; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 8p=
x 0 24px 0;"><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size: =
16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;">If a trip to Greece isn=
=E2=80=99t in the cards for the foreseeable future, consider <a href=3D"htt=
ps://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrOX=
pnSk4/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Be76c55ce" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-deco=
ration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=
=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decora=
tion: none;">Meredith Hayden=E2=80=99s Big Fat Greek Salad With Souvlaki-is=
h Chicken</u></a> the next best thing. Inspired by monochromatic maroulosal=
ata (aka Greek =E2=80=9Clettuce salad=E2=80=9D), the base of this simple-ye=
t-impressive dish =E2=80=94 included in <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.co=
m/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrZndFZEM/5bae87c32ddf9c6=
33b058037Bfff8ffdf" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; te=
xt-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><i><u style=3D"text-decoration=
-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">The Wi=
shbone Kitchen Cookbook</u></i></a> =E2=80=94 is a bed of bright, crunchy, =
micro-chopped green things, including romaine, bell peppers, pepperoncini, =
capers, and dill. Pile on chunks of salty feta and juicy, flavorful chicken=
 thighs and suddenly, you=E2=80=99re on vacation =E2=80=94 at your kitchen =
table.</p></div><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-siz=
e: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;"><b><span>The Time Co=
mmitment:</span></b> Just under an hour, as long as you marinate the chicke=
n overnight.</p><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-siz=
e: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0; margin-top: 24px;"><b=
><span>Key Tips:</span></b> No grill? No problem =E2=80=94 Hayden says you =
can also cook the chicken in a skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat. =
And while the salad is perfectly filling as is, it=E2=80=99s equally delici=
ous when stuffed into pillowy pita bread, particularly if you=E2=80=99re us=
ing <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9z=
a2ltbXRoLmlzLzRtb2RFTFU/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bd31bb81f" style=3D"color: =
#6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D=
"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset:=
 4px; text-decoration: none;">this one</u></a>, which we firmly believe is =
the superior grocery store option.</p><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America'=
, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;=
 margin-top: 24px;"><b><span>Other Takes:</span></b> <b><span>&nbsp;</span>=
</b>For more salads serving main character energy, try=E2=80=A6</p><ul styl=
e=3D"margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 8px; pa=
dding-bottom: 8px;"><li><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; =
font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;"><a href=3D"h=
ttps://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzNF=
VXhjOUw/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B2ade76bf" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-de=
coration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u styl=
e=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decor=
ation: none;">Protein-packed Hot Honey Chicken and Veggie Bowls</u></a>, wh=
ich come together in 40 minutes and are cheaper and =E2=80=94 dare we say =
=E2=80=94 more tasty than the Sweetgreen plate.&nbsp;</p></li><li style=3D"=
padding-top: 8px;"><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-=
size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;">This <a href=3D"h=
ttps://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRt=
NTl4N24/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B6f9d3e75" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-de=
coration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u styl=
e=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decor=
ation: none;">spin on the classic Ni=C3=A7oise</u></a>, featuring mustard-c=
oated salmon instead of tuna and crispy smashed potatoes in place of boring=
 boiled ones.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p></li><li style=3D"padding-top: 8px;"><p style=
=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.=
7; color: inherit; margin: 0;"><a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/3=
9805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQzb2Jxbzc/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037=
B992dbd64" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underl=
ine-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: =
1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Chopped Salad With=
 Chickpeas, Feta, and Avocado</u></a> =E2=80=94 aka <i>The</i> <i>New York =
Times</i>=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cbrightest, spring-iest salad=E2=80=9D and one =
of its most beloved (see: nearly 7,000 five-star reviews).</p></li></ul><di=
v class=3D"styled-content-container shadow-box" style=3D"font-family: 'GT A=
merica', sans-serif; width: 100%; background-color: #ede4ff;"><table class=
=3D"styled-content-table-outer" role=3D"presentation" cellspacing=3D"0" cel=
lpadding=3D"0" width=3D"100%" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-seri=
f; color: inherit; width: 100%; margin: 24px 0px 0px;"><tbody><tr><td class=
=3D"styled-content-table-outer-td" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans=
-serif; padding: 24px; color: inherit;"><table class=3D"shadow-box-table-in=
ner" role=3D"presentation" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" height=3D"10=
0%" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; color: inherit; margin:=
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00%" valign=3D"middle"><tbody><tr><td style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', s=
ans-serif;"><h3 style=3D"font-family: 'SangBleu', sans-serif; font-weight: =
500; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; margin-top: 0; colo=
r: #151217;">What's new in food &amp; home:</h3><p style=3D"font-family: 'G=
T America', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; =
margin: 0; margin-top: 8px;"><b><span>=F0=9F=A7=88 </span></b>Turns out, <a=
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RoLmlzLzRrY2VYdnE/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B829d95e3" style=3D"color: #6100F=
F; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blan=
k"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; =
text-decoration: none;">your butter dish may say more about you than your b=
irth chart</u></a>.</p><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; f=
ont-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0; margin-top: 24=
px;">=F0=9F=8F=A0 <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.24583=
5/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrYlNjSFk/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bf3a0525c" st=
yle=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4=
px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-und=
erline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">These 10 design mistakes</u></a=
> may be the reason why your home doesn=E2=80=99t feel =E2=80=9Cadult.=E2=
=80=9D</p><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size: 16p=
x; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0; margin-top: 24px;">=F0=9F=
=91=80 The new snack of the summer is <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/=
click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrZm5lMUQ/5bae87c32ddf9c633=
b058037Bdda96b78" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text=
-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thic=
kness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">one part ci=
trus, one part salty, and totally controversial in the chip aisle</u></a>.<=
/p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tb=
ody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family=
: 'GT America', sans-serif;"></div><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: '=
GT America', sans-serif;"></div><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: 'GT =
America', sans-serif;"></div> <img src=3D"https://i.skimm.us/cqKH9Dt1.gif" =
style=3D"vertical-align: middle; height: 16px;" height=3D"16"><table id=3D"=
custom-section" class=3D"things-to-know skmod nlsect read" style=3D"font-fa=
mily: 'GT America', sans-serif; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 0; bord=
er-style: none; margin: 0 12px;" data-issue_date=3D"2025-05-10T00:00:00+00:=
00" data-newsletter-link-section=3D"custom-section" data-newsletter=3D"dail=
y_skimm_weekend" data-section-channel=3D"READ" data-entry-id=3D"3iaG4J8Hhye=
yRTgGyZloSC"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"skmod-td" style=3D"font-family: 'GT Am=
erica', sans-serif; width: 600px; padding: 20px 16px 24px;" width=3D"600"><=
table role=3D"presentation" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"fo=
nt-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; max-widt=
h: 600px; border: none; border-spacing: 0; color: inherit; border-collapse:=
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le=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; border-top: none; padding-top:=
 0;"><figure style=3D"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"><img src=3D"https://i.s=
kimm.us/wxHtwpQP.jpg" alt=3D"READ" width=3D"568" style=3D"vertical-align: m=
iddle; width: 100%;"></figure><h2 style=3D"font-family: 'SangBleu', sans-se=
rif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 24px 0 0 =
0; color: #151217;"><i>My Friends</i> by Fredrik Backman</h2><h4 style=3D"f=
ont-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px; li=
ne-height: 1.7; margin: 0 auto; margin-top: 24px; color: #151217;">theSkimm=
</h4><div class=3D"blockquote" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-ser=
if; border-left: 2px solid #00c4b3; padding-left: 15px; font-size: 16px; li=
ne-height: 28px; margin: 8px 0 24px 0;"><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT Americ=
a', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: =
0;">Bad news: Fredrik Backman =E2=80=94 the bestselling author of tearjerke=
rs like <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6=
Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRtNnpTNEc/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B6d02a3b5" style=3D"col=
or: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" targe=
t=3D"_blank"><i><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-=
offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Anxious People</u></i></a> and <a href=
=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLml=
zLzQ0eGlod0c/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B8aa97d7e" style=3D"color: #6100FF; te=
xt-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><i=
><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; te=
xt-decoration: none;">A Man Called Ove</u></i></a> (yes, <a href=3D"https:/=
/link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRtYUFjen=
A/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B93f93782" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decorati=
on: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"t=
ext-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration:=
 none;">the one that became a Tom Hanks movie</u></a>) =E2=80=94 is here to=
 make you cry in public again. At the heart of his latest novel, <a href=3D=
"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLz=
RtYXpGZ08/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B59b380a6" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-=
decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><i><u=
 style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-=
decoration: none;">My Friends</u></i></a>, is 18-year-old Louisa, a budding=
 artist who becomes obsessed with a world-famous painting. Specifically, th=
e three barely-there figures sitting at the edge of the artwork=E2=80=99s l=
ong pier. Most people just see a tranquil seascape, but Louisa is convinced=
 there=E2=80=99s a deeper story hidden in the brushstrokes =E2=80=94 so she=
 sets off on a cross-country journey to uncover the identities of the teens=
 who inspired the painting 25 years earlier. Told across alternating timeli=
nes, Backman=E2=80=99s story is a deeply moving ode to friendship, chosen f=
amily, and the art that connects us. Just make sure you have tissues nearby=
.</p></div><div class=3D"styled-content-container shadow-box" style=3D"font=
-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; width: 100%; background-color: #E4F5FA;"=
><table class=3D"styled-content-table-outer" role=3D"presentation" cellspac=
ing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" width=3D"100%" style=3D"font-family: 'GT Americ=
a', sans-serif; color: inherit; width: 100%; margin: 24px 0px 0px;"><tbody>=
<tr><td class=3D"styled-content-table-outer-td" style=3D"font-family: 'GT A=
merica', sans-serif; padding: 24px; color: inherit;"><table class=3D"shadow=
-box-table-inner" role=3D"presentation" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"=
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erit; margin: 0; display: inline-table; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%=
;" width=3D"100%" valign=3D"middle"><tbody><tr><td style=3D"font-family: 'G=
T America', sans-serif;"><h3 style=3D"font-family: 'SangBleu', sans-serif; =
font-weight: 500; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; margin=
-top: 0; color: #151217;">Meanwhile, on the internet...</h3><ul style=3D"ma=
rgin-top: 0px; padding-left: 20px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 8px; padding-b=
ottom: 0px;"><li><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-si=
ze: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;">The 2024 baby name =
rankings are out =E2=80=94 <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805=
203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrOU96NWg/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B853=
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or: #6100FF;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px;=
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ade the list </u><i><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underl=
ine-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">twice</u></i></a>.</p></li><li sty=
le=3D"padding-top: 8px;"><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif;=
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https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQ=
yUTc3bGo/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B9af4f3e4" style=3D"text-decoration: under=
line; text-underline-offset: 4px; color: #6100FF;" target=3D"_blank"><u sty=
le=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-deco=
ration: none;">Was that a pop star at the papal vote</u></a>, or is the int=
ernet collectively hallucinating?</p></li><li style=3D"padding-top: 8px;"><=
p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-hei=
ght: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;">In this week=E2=80=99s edition of Hea=
dlines We Truly Never Expected: =E2=80=9C<a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.c=
om/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRtNGFBN3I/5bae87c32ddf9c=
633b058037B9e2951e1" style=3D"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-of=
fset: 4px; color: #6100FF;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-t=
hickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Spitting=
 May Be the Hottest Kink in Hollywood Right Now</u></a>.=E2=80=9D</p></li><=
/ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></t=
body></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-famil=
y: 'GT America', sans-serif;"></div><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: =
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ily: 'GT America', sans-serif; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 0; borde=
r-style: none; margin: 0 12px;" data-issue_date=3D"2025-05-10T00:00:00+00:0=
0" data-newsletter-link-section=3D"custom-section" data-newsletter=3D"daily=
_skimm_weekend" data-section-channel=3D"GO" data-entry-id=3D"0wWCdvmBhQO1bz=
IPQfAKuy"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"skmod-td" style=3D"font-family: 'GT Ameri=
ca', sans-serif; width: 600px; padding: 20px 16px 24px;" width=3D"600"><tab=
le role=3D"presentation" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"font-=
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600px; border: none; border-spacing: 0; color: inherit; border-collapse: co=
llapse;" width=3D"100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan=3D"2" class=3D"story" style=
=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; border-top: none; padding-top: 0=
;"><figure style=3D"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"><img src=3D"https://i.ski=
mm.us/AImivY5x.jpg" alt=3D"GO" width=3D"568" style=3D"vertical-align: middl=
e; width: 100%;"></figure><h2 style=3D"font-family: 'SangBleu', sans-serif;=
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olor: #151217;">Less Spritz, More Scandi =E2=80=94 This Summer, Copenhagen=
=E2=80=99s Calling</h2><h4 style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; =
font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0 auto; margin=
-top: 24px; color: #151217;">theSkimm</h4><div class=3D"blockquote" style=
=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; border-left: 2px solid #00c4b3; =
padding-left: 15px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 8px 0 24px =
0;"><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; lin=
e-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0;">What comes to mind when you thin=
k of a European summer? Sipping spritzes in Italy? A picnic under the Eiffe=
l Tower? Copenhagen said =E2=80=9Chold my Carlsberg beer.=E2=80=9D The bike=
-friendly Danish city has long been lauded for pilgrimage-worthy design and=
 dining (hello, <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/=
aHR0cHM6Ly9ub21hLmRrLw/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B14dd08f4" style=3D"color: #=
6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"=
_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: =
4px; text-decoration: none;">Noma</u></a>), but it=E2=80=99s quietly emergi=
ng as <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly=
9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrNTByV2k/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B7d6726dc" style=3D"color=
: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=
=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offs=
et: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Europe=E2=80=99s new capital of cool</u></=
a>. So expect plenty of harborside swimming spots, renowned cultural instit=
utions (don=E2=80=99t miss the <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/3=
9805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9sb3Vpc2lhbmEuZGsvZW4v/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bba=
481280" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline=
-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px=
; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Louisiana Museum of M=
odern Art</u></a>),<a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.2458=
35/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzNSWHhKZTQ/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B67f5ebf8" s=
tyle=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: =
4px;" target=3D"_blank"> <u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-u=
nderline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">vibrant neighborhoods</u></a>=
, Scandi-chic hotels (check out <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/=
39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly92aWxsYWNvcGVuaGFnZW4uY29tLw/5bae87c32ddf9c633b05=
8037Bf906aab1" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-un=
derline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickne=
ss: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Villa Copenhag=
en</u></a>), and <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835=
/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQ0cnBhUTM/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bacbe029f" sty=
le=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4p=
x;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-unde=
rline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">outrageously good bakeries</u></=
a>. Add in blissfully long summer days and the<a href=3D"https://link.thesk=
imm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGl2b2xpLmRrL2Vu/5bae87c32ddf=
9c633b058037Bc9017892" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline;=
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n-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">world=
=E2=80=99s second-oldest amusement park</u></a>, and it=E2=80=99s no surpri=
se Denmark regularly <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.24=
5835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzNSVFJZSno/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B30638389"=
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: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-=
underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">ranks among the happiest pla=
ces on Earth</u></a>. Disney, who?</p></div><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT Am=
erica', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; marg=
in: 0;">=F0=9F=93=90 There=E2=80=99s no better place than Copenhagen for a =
crash course on what=E2=80=99s arguably Denmark=E2=80=99s top export: desig=
n. Kick things off at the <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/398052=
03.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWMuZGsvZW4v/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B0efbce67" style=
=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;=
" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underl=
ine-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Danish Architecture Center</u></a>=
 to learn how the city became a global design capital, then join one of its=
 guided walking tours. After, swing by <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com=
/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9kZXNpZ25tdXNldW0uZGsvZW4v/5bae87c32ddf9c6=
33b058037Baa5bbd9a" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; te=
xt-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-th=
ickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Designmus=
eum Danmark</u></a> =E2=80=94 worth visiting for the <a href=3D"https://lin=
k.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzNFTTRTOUI/5b=
ae87c32ddf9c633b058037B57604340" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: =
underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><i><u style=3D"te=
xt-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: =
none;">Danish Modern</u></i></a> exhibit alone (see: <a href=3D"https://lin=
k.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRkNzhSZG8/5b=
ae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bb875e378" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: =
underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-=
decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: non=
e;">the famous =E2=80=9Cchair tunnel=E2=80=9D</u></a>). And to bring a litt=
le hygge home, stop by <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.=
245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQzbUpGZkQ/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B76474de=
a" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offs=
et: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; tex=
t-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Str=C3=B8get</u></a> =E2=
=80=94 Copenhagen=E2=80=99s main shopping street =E2=80=94 to browse sleek =
furniture, stunning textiles, and covetable ceramics at stores like <a href=
=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGF5LmN=
vbS8/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B56d61ceb" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decor=
ation: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=
=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decora=
tion: none;">HAY House</u></a> and <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/cli=
ck/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQzd1BsNVY/5bae87c32ddf9c633b05=
8037B2dc279c9" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-un=
derline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickne=
ss: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Illums Bolighu=
s</u></a>.</p><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size:=
 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0; margin-top: 24px;">=E2=
=9A=93 Copenhagen's idyllic waterways aren=E2=80=99t just for show =E2=80=
=94 they=E2=80=99re central to the city=E2=80=99s charm and packed with thi=
ngs to do. After wandering around <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/clic=
k/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQzN3hsMXI/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058=
037Bfa6bb451" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-und=
erline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thicknes=
s: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">the picture-per=
fect Nyhavn harbor</u></a> (imagine colorfully painted townhouses, wooden s=
hips, and outdoor caf=C3=A9s galore), sail through the city=E2=80=99s famed=
 canals, either hopping aboard <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/3=
9805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQyUzZVaEU/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037=
Bebbfeefc" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underl=
ine-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: =
1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">an organized boat =
tour</u></a> or renting your own via <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/c=
lick/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9nb2JvYXQuZGsvZW4/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B2=
8076e0e" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underlin=
e-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1p=
x; text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">GoBoat</u></a> (no e=
xperience necessary). Need to cool off? Join the locals and take a dip at o=
ne of the many <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/a=
HR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRtcnlVQXY/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bcfc73335" style=
=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;=
" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underl=
ine-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">swimming spots along the harbor</u=
></a> (we promise, it=E2=80=99s much cleaner than you think), including at =
<a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cu=
bGFiYW5jaGluYS5kay8/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B8d0b35b4" style=3D"color: #610=
0FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D"_bl=
ank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px=
; text-decoration: none;">La Banchina</u></a>, a popular hangout/restaurant=
 in <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9z=
a2ltbXRoLmlzLzRtYXpBdEg/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B52873b1c" style=3D"color: =
#6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" target=3D=
"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset:=
 4px; text-decoration: none;">the buzzy Refshale=C3=B8en neighborhood</u></=
a>.</p><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; =
line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0; margin-top: 24px;">=F0=9F=8D=
=B4 There=E2=80=99s only one acceptable way to start the day in Copenhagen =
=E2=80=94 and that=E2=80=99s with a heavenly croissant, gooey cinnamon roll=
, or buttery cardamom bun (<a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805=
203.245835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzRrYkxweE4/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bb26=
be9ba" style=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-=
offset: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px;=
 text-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">we=E2=80=99re partial =
to the ones at Juno the Bakery</u></a>). When you=E2=80=99re ready for lunc=
h, head to <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835/aHR0c=
HM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzQzYVJTbTQ/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bb5d9b866" style=3D"=
color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px;" ta=
rget=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-=
offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Barr</u></a> to try an inventive spin =
on traditional sm=C3=B8rrebr=C3=B8d (open-faced sandwiches on rye bread), w=
ith toppings like fried pickle herring or beef tartare. Come dinnertime, sn=
ag a reservation at <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245=
835/aHR0cHM6Ly9maXNrZWJhcmVuLmRrL2VuLw/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Bae3d3945" s=
tyle=3D"color: #6100FF; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: =
4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-un=
derline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">K=C3=B8dbyens Fiskebar</u></a>=
, where the seafood is just about as fresh as it gets =E2=80=94 think: razo=
r clams, mussels, and <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.2=
45835/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzNGNzRVYzA/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037B848a5f87=
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t: 4px;" target=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text=
-underline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">the =E2=80=9Cfamously good=
=E2=80=9D oysters</u></a> you won=E2=80=99t want to skip.</p></td></tr></tb=
ody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family=
: 'GT America', sans-serif;"></div><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: '=
GT America', sans-serif;"></div><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: 'GT =
America', sans-serif;"></div> <img src=3D"https://i.skimm.us/cqKH9Dt1.gif" =
style=3D"vertical-align: middle; height: 16px;" height=3D"16"><table id=3D"=
custom-section" class=3D"things-to-know skmod nlsect section-design-ed32282=
da52ebd46 custom-section" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; b=
order-radius: 0; background: #F1FCFF; border-style: none; margin: 0 12px;" =
data-issue_date=3D"2025-05-10T00:00:00+00:00" data-newsletter-link-section=
=3D"custom-section" data-newsletter=3D"daily_skimm_weekend" data-section-ch=
annel=3D"CUSTOM SECTION" data-entry-id=3D"1dAz5aLFQJekAZ0rSdmp0X"><tbody><t=
r><td class=3D"skmod-td" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; wi=
dth: 600px; padding: 20px 16px 24px;" width=3D"600"><table role=3D"presenta=
tion" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"font-family: 'GT America=
', sans-serif; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; max-width: 600px; border: none=
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00%"><tbody><tr><td colspan=3D"2" class=3D"story" style=3D"font-family: 'GT=
 America', sans-serif; border-top: none; padding-top: 0;"><h2 style=3D"font=
-family: 'SangBleu', sans-serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 24px; line-he=
ight: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; color: #151217;">Can you really call yourself a =
pro traveler if you don=E2=80=99t have CLEAR+?</h2><p style=3D"font-family:=
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t; margin: 0; margin-top: 24px;">We think not. It=E2=80=99s a fast, easy wa=
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=3D"_blank"><u style=3D"text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offs=
et: 4px; text-decoration: none;">two months free of CLEAR+</u></a>. Or, <a =
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ont-family: 'GT America', sans-serif; border-top: none; padding-top: 0;"><f=
igure style=3D"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;"><img src=3D"https://i.skimm.us=
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t; margin: 24px 0 0 0;">We asked you to vote on an etiquette question you=
=E2=80=99d like answered. The winner was:</p><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT A=
merica', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; mar=
gin: 0; margin-top: 24px;"></p><h2 style=3D"font-family: 'SangBleu', sans-s=
erif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0 auto; =
color: #151217;">Q: Whenever we hang out, my friend immediately starts goss=
iping about the others in our friend group. While it=E2=80=99s not mean-spi=
rited, it makes me uncomfortable. What should I say?</h2><figure style=3D"m=
argin: 24px 0 0 0; width: 100%;"><img src=3D"https://i.skimm.us/qdoMZc2W.jp=
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0;">=E2=80=9CPeople [generally avoid] doing things that they think will be =
unwelcome =E2=80=A6 [So ask yourself]: =E2=80=98What have I done to make my=
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=80=99 To change the dynamic, [it helps to come with other] topics to [disc=
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px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0; margin-top: 24px;">=E2=80=
=A6 If that doesn=E2=80=99t work, be direct. Say, =E2=80=98I=E2=80=99m work=
ing on how I speak about other people. Can we just talk about what=E2=80=99=
s going on in our lives?=E2=80=99 It=E2=80=99s important to use =E2=80=98I=
=E2=80=99 statements because, again, it takes two [to create this dynamic].=
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=3D"font-family: 'SangBleu', sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5;=
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-top: 4px;">Nina Badzin</h3><p style=3D"font-family: 'GT America', sans-ser=
if; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; color: inherit; margin: 0; margin-to=
p: 8px;">Host of <a href=3D"https://link.theskimm.com/click/39805203.245835=
/aHR0cHM6Ly9mYXZlLmNvLzRlN1NaOU0/5bae87c32ddf9c633b058037Be0cfed83" style=
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erline-offset: 4px; text-decoration: none;">Dear Nina: Conversations About =
Friendship</u></i></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody=
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GT America', sans-serif;"></div><div hidden=3D"" style=3D"font-family: 'GT =
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as on a flight and my seatmate kept coughing without covering their mouth. =
I kindly asked them to do so, which they did at first, but then kept =E2=80=
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ve done?</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class=3D"link-button-container=
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