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  "path": "/cognoscenti/2026/02/19/ear-worms-grim-news-fatigue-julie-wittes-schlack",
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  "textContent": "While researching the phenomenon of earworms, Julie Wittes Schlack came across E.B. White's satire, \"The Supremacy of Uruguay.\" In White's story, written in the 1930s — amidst growing threats of nationalism and authoritarianism — the ultimate weapon turns out to be a worldwide earworm.",
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