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Zohran Mamadani’s Twitch show brings government “where New Yorkers already are”

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Tom Brady is the football GOAT. Now, on YouTube, he wants to be the football trivia GOAT.

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Duolingo takes screen time limits to the next level by blocking other apps until you finish studying

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