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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Get A Room

Amber Mobley on love bugs: They're the couple next door in desperate need of drapery, the eternal newlyweds, the definitive PDAers.
Kind of sweet.
Extremely gratuitous.
Perpetually connected.
Meet The Love Bugs.
Technically termed plecia nearctica, those orange-and-black bugs are known for their immodesty — mating midair, linked junk-to-junk.

Kind of sweet.

Extremely gratuitous.

Perpetually connected.

Meet The Love Bugs.

Technically termed plecia nearctica, those orange-and-black bugs are known for their immodesty — mating midair, linked junk-to-junk.

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