\n", " What’s in Our Queue? Rebecca Donner and More\n", "
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\n", " I’m The Times’s bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.\n", "
\n", "\n", " Here are five things I’ve been reading, watching, listening to and playing →\n", "
\n", "\n", " Rebecca Donner’s book tells the true story of a young American woman who became part of Germany’s underground resistance to the Nazis during World War II. I cried multiple times. My grandmother, a Jew, fled Berlin as a child. I read parts aloud to her when we were last together.\n", "
\n", "\n", " There is something about this Netflix dating show’s concept that is deeply lesbian, in the sense that lesbians (I am one) are known to decide to move in and create a life together after dating for approximately one day. It seemed like one of the first times the reality-television industrial complex really\n", " \n", " understood\n", " \n", " the true potential of lesbian drama.\n", "
\n", "\n", " I have to admit that Jon Batiste is married to one of my best friends, so I am biased. But this song is earwormy while also reminding you to hydrate, and who could say no to that combo? You listen to the song, you get it stuck in your head, you drink water. Repeat.\n", "
\n", "\n", " I’m sure there is strategy to this game, but I barely have one. I’m from the Philadelphia area, so I usually propose a game by asking an overconfident question — “Are you ready to get absolutely obliterated in backgammon?” — and my opponent, usually my wife, then beats me. Classic Philly sports vibe.\n", "
\n", "\n", " I feel joy looking at the photos and videos that Sam Youkilis, a photographer and filmmaker, posts on Instagram. There’s a lot of unvarnished and deeply charming Italy content, and many scenes involving parents and children, lovers and food. The Mediterranean Sea is a star. This is my ASMR.\n", "
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