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Looking for a simple solution to get stains out of slipcovers? Here’s the BEST TIP to get your slipcovers sparkling clean. Don’t these couches look clean and creamy white? Beautiful and serene. Right? Ummmm. No. Not even close. Those pictures are taken from far away and there are pillows covering up the stains and I’ve flipped the cushions over more times than I can count. Once upon a time the slipcovers were a beautiful off-white. When they showed up at the house the slipcovers were perfect. But then? Life happened. There are kids and parties and Dr. Pepper and pink...

When Amazon Prime announced that it was adapting Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Daisy Jones & The Six for a 12-episode miniseries, I screamed. In all-caps on Twitter first, naturally (I am an internet-born fangirl, after all) but then in real life. Friends, family members, and colleagues were duly warned that I would be making this show my personality for the foreseeable future.Daisy Jones premiered on Prime Video on March 3. The series is set in the 1970s and tells the story of a fictional, Fleetwood Mac-inspired band's attempts to break into the industry. It’s everything music and fashion lovers...

When Amazon Prime announced that it was adapting Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Daisy Jones & The Six for a 12-episode miniseries, I screamed. In all-caps on Twitter first, naturally (I am an internet-born fangirl, after all) but then in real life. Friends, family members, and colleagues were duly warned that I would be making this show my personality for the foreseeable future.Daisy Jones premiered on Prime Video on March 3. The series is set in the 1970s and tells the story of a fictional, Fleetwood Mac-inspired band's attempts to break into the industry. It’s everything music and fashion lovers...

This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.Question of the WeekHow have cars shaped your life, and/or what do you think about their future? (I’m eager to hear anything from attacks on the automobile to defenses of the great American road trip to eagerness for driverless electric cars to laments that the kids these days don’t learn how to drive when they turn 16, let alone how to...

This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.Question of the WeekHow have cars shaped your life, and/or what do you think about their future? (I’m eager to hear anything from attacks on the automobile to defenses of the great American road trip to eagerness for driverless electric cars to laments that the kids these days don’t learn how to drive when they turn 16, let alone how to...