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Screen Time: John Herrman • Google Is About to Change the Whole Internet—Again The company’s all-in investment in AI.

Neighborhood News: The Cannabis Crackdown Begins • The Adams administration’s “Operation Padlock to Protect” gets underway.

Lord Maurice Saatchi • The British advertising executive is thoroughly enjoying the rollout for his new book, Orgasm.

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRIAL • Trump is running for president while bumping into the past at a Manhattan criminal courthouse.

MIRIAM ADELSON’S UNFINISHED BUSINESS • One of Israel’s most ardent supporters, she could transform the presidential election if she gives to Trump like she did in 2020.

CHESS BRAT • It was the biggest cheating scandal in chess history. Now, cleared of the most serious accusations, Hans Niemann is gunning for a world title—and doubling down on his opponent-trashing, hotel-wrecking, money-flaunting ways.

HOW TO CRIMINALIZE a PROTEST • In Atlanta, the George Floyd demonstrations of four years ago are being used as evidence of illegal gang activity—and the activists of today could be next.

An Electric Toothbrush for Everyone

Best Bets • A COLLECTION OF expert-vetted, spotted-around-town, or otherwise just especially excellent products that recently appeared on thestrategist.com.To shop all these items—plus the electric toothbrush—in one place, scan the QR code.

All of My Friends Have These Trompe-L’oeil Sweatpant Jeans

Who Makes Your Favorite Under-$50 Plain T-shirt? • IN HIS LATEST COLUMN, Chris Black responded to a reader in need of fresh wardrobe staples but who is also cheap, just like the vocal majority of Black’s fans. He pointed them all to some affordable blanks that look and wear like options twice their price.

What I Wore in Cap Ferret for a Week • THIS PAST JULY, my friends joined me in the Bay of Arcachon in France for seven days of oyster lunches and boat trips. Here, a few of the items that were just right for the destination.

The Ornate Earrings I Had to Have

Buying Used Kids’ Stuff Online

American Girl Place • Every weekend, little girls from all over the country descend on the Rockefeller Center store to experience its particular genre of retail magic. Here are a few who were there on a recent Saturday.

Nobody Wants to Mow the Lawn at the Beach • Breck and Georgia Eisner’s Amagansett retreat gives the children a cottage of their own.

Small Plates, Big Checks • Why restaurant prices feel so high—and why they’re going to stay that way.

Taqueria Ramirez Is Expanding to the East Village • You may as well start lining up now.

The Cocktail That Took Two Months to Figure Out • Bungalow’s chai pani also requires a couple days to prepare.

Hollywood Has a New Favorite Action Hero • Yellowjackets fans craved more of her. Tim Burton couldn’t resist her peculiar eyes.Now, Ella Purnell has everyone falling for her in Fallout.

21 WAYS TO HACK STARDOM • After a dry period, a new crop of A-listers is rising in Hollywood—and doing it differently this time.

We’ve Hit Peak Theater • Nobody knows how to succeed on Broadway anymore.

CRITICS • Bilge Ebiri on Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga … Craig Jenkins on the Kendrick Lamar-Drake beef … Madeline Leung Coleman on LaToya Ruby Frazier at MoMA.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read. MAY 22–JUNE 5

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THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.