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  18. Meet Test Drive, the NYT latest experimental tool to let readers customize the NYTimes.com nie.mn/L8sPVu
  19. The editor of the NYT magazine (@hugolindgren) is doing an AMA on reddit right now nie.mn/JYN982
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