The Oscar was never really Timothée Chalamet’s to begin with
Is Timothée Chalamet’s loss a cautionary tale of an overly eager actor flying too close to the sun? The jokes came fast — including a winner calling him out during their acceptance speech! — and, then, he lost Best Actor. So, I’m really glad Kyndall Cunningham dissected the momentum shift surrounding the Marty Supreme actor as he went from frontrunner to punch line in a matter of days over his comments about ballet and opera. (And, for more post-Oscars reading, Alex Abad-Santos on why Sinners never needed the Oscars to be great.)
So you owe the IRS a lot of money? Here’s what to do.
If you owe Uncle Sam a lot of money this year, you’re not alone — and it doesn’t mean you did anything wrong. Don’t believe me? Here’s what a tax adviser tells Vox freelance writer Julia Sullivan: “The tax system is broken in ways that burn people for doing well and burn them for struggling. Everybody’s navigating their own version of the same fight.” Now that we’ve established that, check out our guide on how to dig yourself out of an IRS hole. (But, please, don’t let ChatGPT do your taxes.)
🎧 The accidental rise of Botox
It’s not just for smoothing forehead wrinkles; Botox is everywhere. From neurologists and ophthalmologists to urologists, nearly every field in medicine uses Botox in ways that might sound hard to believe. Follow along through history with Sally Helm as the Unexplainable team takes you on an audio journey about how one toxin is reshaping medicine.
I got hit with a surprise tariff. Now that they’re illegal, do I get a refund?
Vox freelance writer Joseph Zeballos-Roig says he accepted the risk when he ordered a penguin pitcher from Argentina: He could get hit with a tax. But, it was after the Supreme Court decided to let imports under $800 be shipped tax free. So, why did he get a $45 tariff bill on the $21.99 penguin?
Nurse practitioners are rushing to fill in the gaps in US health care
I’ve had more doctor’s visits in the last year than I ever have for various health stuff (yay, getting older!), and more than once, I’ve had to look up whether my issue can be addressed by a PA, or DO, or an NP, or MD. Why are there so many acronyms?! It turns out, there’s a reason. In his latest Good Medicine newsletter, Dylan Scott helpfully unpacks why you might be seeing more physician assistants or nurse practitioners than ever, and what that means for care.
