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Stuck indoors during lockdown, Miami resident Sullyng Ceballos missed the clarity that long walks gave her. “Usually, whenever I’d feel stressed or had a lot of things on my mind, going outside would help drown the thoughts out,” says Ceballos, a 28-year-old attorney, who had begun working from home in early March. Miami had just…
In the wake of news last week that a hacker was able to watch and communicate with an 8-year-old girl in Mississippi by using an Amazon Ring camera her parents had installed in her bedroom, the smart security device company downplayed the incident and deflected the blame from itself. “Rest assured, we’ve investigated these incidents…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week declaring meat processing plants “critical infrastructure” that should stay open wherever possible. Invoking the Defense Production Act, Trump said that plant closures “threaten the continued functioning of the national meat and poultry supply chain.” Yet keeping the plants open threatens workers’ lives. Facilities across the US…
The raging controversy over “Bernie Bros” and the so-called dirtbag left, explained
It seemed natural to many that when Sen. Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the presidential race, she would endorse her longtime ally for Bernie Sanders for president. Yet she didn’t — and one reason, judging by her Thursday exit interview with Rachel Maddow, is anger at the way Bernie’s online supporters have behaved. “I think…
Twitter purged thousands of QAnon-spreading accounts, including some of the conspiracy’s most prominent backers
Twitter took sweeping action against the accounts of prominent backers of the QAnon conspiracy theory Friday night, permanently suspending former Trump administration National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, former Trump attorney Sidney Powell, and former 8kun administrator Ron Watkins, along with several other Q-associated accounts, from the platform, according to NBC News. The social media company…
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We may notice a collective shift in our thirst for knowledge starting on Friday, as inquisitive Mercury enters intellectual Aquarius. We should be ready for unexpected conversations; we may have to engage in subjects that encourage us to grow our sense of compassion and love for humanity. Love- and money-ruling Venus also makes a shift,…
The new Covid-19 case surge in Europe, explained
VIENNA — “I have never seen an emergency room so crowded with very, very sick patients,” recalls Annalisa Malara, a doctor at Codogno Hospital in Lombardy, Italy. “We were literally overwhelmed by the number.” That was late February, when Malara diagnosed Italy’s first case of locally transmitted Covid-19. An emotionally wrenching marathon of hospital shifts…
Apple’s attempts to limit data sharing on kids’ apps is negatively impacting PBS
A change Apple recently made to kids apps in its App Store is negatively impacting the Public Broadcasting Service, and the nonprofit broadcaster’s chief executive isn’t happy about it. Paula Kerger, PBS’ longest-serving president and CEO, told Recode’s Peter Kafka at the 2019 Code Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday that PBS Kids streaming apps…
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12:30 p.m. — I hurry around and make myself a quick lunch of a microwave baked potato and chicken sausage. I don't have time to eat it before my next Zoom appointment so I make myself a cup of tea to sip on instead.2:30 p.m. — I finish my Zoom data collection and eat my…
With so much conflicting messaging — and many people’s understandable desire to just get up and go somewhere, like, anywhere that isn’t the trip from their bed to their couch — where is a person to turn? Instagram? Maybe unsurprisingly, social media isn’t much of a help — it sometimes seems like everyone online is…
Under plus-sizing, plus-size shoppers are often relegated to either the back of the store or another store entirely. In many instances, plus-size offerings aren't stocked in stores at all, but rather, only sold online. This affects the styles that are offered, too. “Even brands that see that women of size need more options and more…
Emotional implications also lie in questions like "When are you going to have kids?" "It implies that somebody wants kids," says Gloria Osborne, a cognitive behavioral therapist, and licensed clinical social worker. "You're asking them when they want to have kids as opposed to asking, 'Well, have you thought about having kids?' It's a very different question. When you ask…
Anecdotally, people online have been commiserating over all manner of allergy symptoms and speculating why they feel worse than ever. And the science proves it: Allergies are worse this year. According to recent research and forecasting, 2021 is shaping up to be a brutal allergy year. Just like 2020, 2019, and 2018 were before it.…
