Chris Lavergne
I’m the Founder of Thought.is and the Publisher of Thought Catalog.
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Linda Nosková Is the Youngest Wimbledon Women’s Champion Since Petra Kvitová in 2011
Linda Nosková is 21 years old, and she just won Wimbledon. It’s her first Grand Slam title, and no woman younger has lifted the trophy in 15 years. Czech Republic vs. Czech Republic: the first all-Czech singles final in Grand Slam history, and Linda Nosková came out of it with the Wimbledon title. The 9th…
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Russian Model Anastasia Kostromitina Was “A Little Bit Hurt” to Be Called Erling Haaland’s Twin
A 24-year-old Russian model known for her soft, demure look resembles Erling Haaland so closely that people are calling her his twin. She initially admitted she was “a little bit hurt” by the comparison, but has since fully embraced being branded the female double of one of the most hypermasculine men on the planet. The…
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Israel Warned the US This Week That Iran Has a Fresh Plot to Kill Trump, as the Ceasefire Falls Apart
Israel told the US the warning was new and pointed to a specific plot, not the general chatter agencies had already been picking up for weeks. Trump says he’s now been told he ranks as Iran’s number one target. The warning landed this week, and it described a specific plan rather than the steady stream…
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Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh Singer of “Total Eclipse Of The Heart” and “Holding Out For A Hero,” Has Died at 75
The rasp that made her famous came from an accident. After vocal cord surgery in 1977, doctors told her to rest her voice. But when she screamed in anger one day, her voice changed permanently, giving her the rough sound heard in her greatest hits. Tyler died Wednesday at a hospital near Faro, Portugal, where…
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After 100 Years and €1.4 Billion Spent Cleaning the Seine, the French Are Finally Swimming in the River Again
Swimming in the Seine was illegal for over 100 years. This summer, Parisians are wading into the same water the Olympic triathletes raced through, no ticket and no reservation required. It used to be normal. The French diving championships were held in the Seine as recently as 1913. A wave of drownings and river-traffic accidents…
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Jodie Foster Says Brad Pitt’s F1 Was ‘Made by AI’
Speaking with former Sony boss Michael Lynton on Tuesday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Jodie Foster turned the conversation to what AI is already doing to filmmaking — and singled out one recent blockbuster as an example of what a machine-built movie looks like to her. “I don’t say this disparagingly, how could I? This…
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The Daredevils Who Illegally Climbed the Empire State Building Are Already Out of Jail, and Were Seen Making Out on the Streets of New York Moments After Leaving Court
Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov woke up in a jail cell after their sky-high proposal. Hours later they were kissing on the courthouse steps like the whole thing never happened. So what were Angela Nikolau and Ivan Kuznetsov actually charged with, and how did they get to the top of the Empire State Building without…
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Naomi Osaka Said She Was Nervous at Wimbledon Because Winning Meant Her Daughter Wouldn’t Have to Travel on Her Birthday
Best response to a win ever. Osaka beat Anastasia Gasanova 6-3, 6-4 on Day 3 to reach the third round at Wimbledon, and the timing mattered more than the scoreline. Her daughter Shai turns 2 the next day, and losing would have meant flying home on her birthday. Interviewer: Were you nervous at all? Naomi:…
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Italy Just Paid €15 Million for the 2,300-Year-Old Etruscan Frescoes That Hold the Only Known Portrait of a Roman King
The king in question is Servius Tullius, the sixth ruler of Rome, shown in the frescoes as the warrior Mastarna freeing an Etruscan nobleman. Emperor Claudius later tied the two figures together, which is how a single Etruscan tomb painting became the closest thing we have to a portrait of a Roman king. The 37…
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Naomi Osaka Is an Absolute Icon of Tennis Fashion
At Wimbledon this week, Naomi Osaka walked onto Court 3 in a custom white kimono-style robe by Tokyo designer Hana Yagi, embroidered with cherry blossoms and cranes and finished with a textured obi sash. She told reporters afterward she’d been thinking about Lucy Liu’s all-white kimono in “Kill Bill.” Then she won her first-round match…
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Erling Haaland Built One of the Most Serious Birkin Collections in Sports While Carrying Norway to the World Cup
Erling Haaland came to the World Cup to make history with Norway. He’s doing that. But he’s also quietly building one of the most spectacular Birkin collections out there. The 25-year-old Manchester City striker scored 16 goals in just 8 qualifiers to carry Norway to its first World Cup since 1998, and he’s already through…
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Naomi Osaka Walked onto the Wimbledon Grass in a Kimono-Inspired Bridal Gown, Built from Vintage Kimonos and Deconstructed Wedding Dresses
Wimbledon’s all-white dress code has been strictly enforced since the late 1800s. On day one of the 2026 Championships, Naomi Osaka turned it into a tribute to Japanese ceremony, with a walk from the locker room to the court built as a one-minute performance: the outer layers peeled away in seconds to reveal her match…
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The White House Said Bill Maher Would “NOT” Get the Mark Twain Prize. He Got It Last Night Anyway, with John Fetterman as the Only Senator in Attendance
Maher accepted the 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night, the same honor the White House had publicly insisted he would never receive. Back in March, press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the reports “fake news” and said he would “NOT” be getting it. The Kennedy Center confirmed him soon after. The prize…
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One of the Biggest Flops of 1999: Fight Club Cost $63 Million, Made $37 Million, and Got Booed at Its Premiere
Fight Club had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September 1999, and the night didn’t go the way anyone might have hoped. The screening drew boos and people walking out mid-movie. David Fincher’s film went on to bomb in U.S. theaters, grossing around $37 million against a $63 million budget. That tense…
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Who Is Scott Swift? Taylor Swift’s Dad Who Handles Her Money and Built the Prenup for Her Marriage to Travis Kelce
A source says Scott Swift, not Travis Kelce, is the only person Taylor trusts with her money, and he’s the one who put together the couple’s prenup ahead of their wedding this year. Rob Shuter’s Naughty But Nice reported that the 74-year-old has “protected” his daughter her entire life, especially while she built her career.…
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Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Admitted That Price Controls, a Foundation of Communist Economics, Broke His Country’s Economy
Speaking at a Communist Party Central Committee plenary in Havana on June 17, Díaz-Canel said price caps “failed to contain inflation,” made products disappear into illegal markets, drove prices higher, gutted tax revenue, and created “an impossible race between real prices and administrative decisions that always arrived too late.” He added the part that doubles…
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Bernie Sanders Says AI Companies Have “A Gun At Our Heads” and Wants to Answer It by Handing Every American a $1,000 Yearly Check
Bernie Sanders introduced legislation Thursday that would give the government a 50% ownership stake in any AI company with more than $200 million in annual sales. The American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would funnel an expected 5% dividend back to the public, which he says works out to $1,000 a year for every American.…
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A Flesh-Eating Maggot the US Wiped Out in 1966 Is Back in Texas, with 15 Confirmed Animal Cases and Counting
Female screwworm flies lay eggs in any open wound, even a scratch or a newborn calf’s navel, and the hatched maggots feed on living tissue until the animal dies if untreated. The larvae have backward-pointing spines that make them nearly impossible to pull out, and they bore screw-shaped tunnels through living flesh, which is where…