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Wellness
fromCN Traveller
13 hours ago

This is what its actually like to spend three weeks at a Mayr clinic

The Mayr method emphasizes gut-focused digestion, rigorous chewing, abdominal massage, and simple diet, and remains practiced worldwide with certified clinics and celebrity endorsements.
Wellness
fromBon Appetit
8 hours ago

6 Wellness Shots That Taste as Good as They Make You Feel

Choose wellness shots based on mood and flavor, prioritizing options that deliver taste along with targeted benefits like detox, energy, or immunity.
Wellness
fromWIRED
19 hours ago

Heading to the Sauna? You Only Need 20 Minutes

Sauna use provides benefits but carries risks; safe use depends on individual health, sauna type, temperature, and session duration.
Digital life
fromBuzzFeed
10 hours ago

"That's Not A Life Hack, Sweetie": Older People Are Sharing Things That Are Seriously Confusing About "Kids These Days"

Generational misunderstandings arise from evolving slang, misapplied 'life hacks', and contrasting technology habits such as composing long documents on mobile phones.
Digital life
fromenglish.elpais.com
18 hours ago

The Mexican hackers hunting pedophiles on the internet: It's becoming much easier to perpetrate this type of violence'

A large Telegram group circulated sexualized images of an Oaxacan schoolgirl, reflecting rampant digital sexual violence and overwhelming reporting to a small watchdog collective.
Digital life
fromBuzzFeed
21 hours ago

I Bet I Can Accurately Guess Your Childhood Hobbies Based On What You Put In This 90s Lunchbox

Nostalgia for pre-2005 childhoods emphasizes outdoor, aimless play replaced by phones; a '90s-themed quiz guesses how kids spent their leisure time.
OMG science
fromThe Atlantic
2 days ago

Day 3 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Galactic Cluster

Galaxy Cluster Abell 209 contains over 100 galaxies about 2.8 billion light-years away whose combined mass gravitationally lenses and stretches background galaxies.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

New UX/UI + AI Design Tools You Need to Try!

Canva transformed Affinity into a free, unified design suite with AI; Figma added AI-driven generative UI capabilities; Mocku offers realistic mockup generation.
#meta
more#meta
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

Style Guide vs Design System: The One Mistake Killing Your Team's Speed & Consistency

Style guides provide static visual rules (colors, typography, icons, spacing) to ensure brand consistency, suitable for small teams but insufficient for large-scale reusability and interaction guidance.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
20 hours ago

Earnings roundup: UiPath, HPE, Rubrik, Salesforce, and Snowflake

UiPath achieved profit and revenue growth driven by recurring cloud revenue and AI features, while HPE focuses on AI servers, networking growth, and GreenLake expansions.
Privacy professionals
fromPrivacy International
15 hours ago

A Call for Class Action: how people are reclaiming control over their health data

Class actions in the US are emerging to challenge corporate exploitation of health data and can compel companies to change behavior through high damages.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

Teaming Up With AI-Building a Design Library with ChatGPT + MagicPathAI

AI can accelerate foundational design work, converting hours of setup into minutes of structured exploration and enabling faster creation of usable UI kits.
Privacy professionals
fromEngadget
13 hours ago

India is reportedly considering another draconian smartphone surveillance plan

India's telecom industry proposes mandating always-on satellite-based location tracking on smartphones with no user opt-out and suppressed carrier-access notifications.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
4 hours ago

4,000 gallons of oil, contaminated wastewater spill in Monterey County

Pipeline failure at San Ardo Oil Field spilled over 4,000 gallons of oil and wastewater, impacting soil near Sargent Creek upstream of Salinas River.
Food & drink
fromsfist.com
6 hours ago

This Week In Food: Chicken-Fried Everything

Chicken Fried Palace opened in the Mission offering chicken-fried plates, breakfast, desserts, and forthcoming cocktails; other local food-hall and TenderNob redevelopment news followed.
Social media marketing
fromThe Drum
5 hours ago

Who should take advantage of IGTV first?

IGTV can challenge YouTube by offering one-hour vertical videos and a potentially more curated, brand-safe platform that appeals to advertisers concerned about YouTube's safety issues.
Food & drink
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 hours ago

San Francisco bakery with Michelin cred opens this weekend in Concord

The French Spot bakery, led by Michelin-experienced pastry chefs Vincent Attali and Maria Zapata, opens in Concord Dec. 6 with free pastries and discounts.
Food & drink
fromFood & Beverage Magazine
1 hour ago

H&H Bagels Unveils Festive Rainbow Cookie Cream Cheese for the Holidays - Food & Beverage Magazine

H&H Bagels launched Rainbow Cookie Cream Cheese nationwide December 1, blending nostalgic rainbow cookie flavors with strategic holiday timing and broad distribution.
National Football League
fromRiggo's Rag
8 hours ago

Commanders' receiver room twist is about to rock the entire fanbase

Noah Brown's activation reveals Commanders' receiver-room evaluations amid a season marred by injuries and growing opportunities for younger receivers.
Major League Baseball
fromESPN.com
2 days ago

Ranking the top 25 MLB offseason trade candidates -- and finding their best fits

Tarik Skubal is the game's top pitcher with an elite changeup and rising velocity, and Detroit intends to retain him despite trade speculation.
Writing
fromIndependent
1 hour ago

'Sometimes it felt like a dream' - sister relives horror of Siobhan Hynes' murder as killer makes fresh bid for freedom

Áine Hynes remains haunted by memories of her sister Siobhán's brutal killing while the family marks 27 years since the traumatic loss.
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
17 hours ago

Amazon takes aim at data silos and lengthy workflows with Quick Suite | MarTech

Agentic AI like Amazon Quick Suite integrates scattered marketing data across apps, enabling AI assistants to analyze and automate workflows when teams allow data access.
#remote-work
fromForbes
17 hours ago
Remote teams

4 Things Remote Work Can Reveal About Your Leadership Style

Remote work exposes how clarity, responsiveness, emotional intelligence, and tool selection determine leaders' communication effectiveness and perceived reliability.
fromPhys
2 days ago
Remote teams

Why flexible work alone isn't enough: Preferences matter more than policy

Employees are more likely to leave when actual work arrangements do not match their preferred remote/hybrid work preferences.
fromPhys
2 days ago
Remote teams

Why flexible work alone isn't enough: Preferences matter more than policy

more#remote-work
Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
20 hours ago

Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? | Simon Jenkins

Nationwide facial recognition and centralized data systems threaten privacy because digital records inevitably leak and can be misused.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
16 hours ago

DAIVID Partners With CreativeX On Launch Of Datalink: A New Framework Connecting Marketing's Fragmented Creative Data Ecosystem - ExchangeWire.com

Datalink creates a unified creative data backbone that integrates multiple creative intelligence sources into a single dashboard, enabling seamless activation across media and production workflows.
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
16 hours ago

Marketers see big gains from content strategy overhaul | MarTech

Most marketers now have a content strategy, with 61% reporting improved performance driven mainly by strategy refinement and team restructuring.
Remote teams
fromForbes
21 hours ago

The Hidden Emotional Impact Of Hybrid Work Companies Fail To Measure

Hybrid work increases emotional strain by removing nonverbal cues, causing extra cognitive load from interpreting tone, schedules, and formality across platforms.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
11 hours ago

Debate Your Favorite Books of the Year

The Atlantic 10 celebrates books that distinguish themselves as worth reading and remembering, reflecting diverse tastes through deliberation and consensus.
Wine
fromTime Out New York
8 hours ago

'Wine Enthusiast' opens its first-ever shop in Soho

Wine Enthusiast opened its first physical SoHo flagship at 27 Greene Street, offering monthly pours, accessories, consultations, and event programming.
Privacy technologies
fromFuturism
10 hours ago

Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway

Public resentment of wearable cameras remains strong, with many supporting confrontations to stop unauthorized filming, as shown by reactions to a subway incident.
Writing
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Creative Writing as Play Therapy

Creative writing is a fundamentally psychological practice that provides therapeutic benefits by cultivating fantasy, play, and deeper understanding of the human psyche.
Writing
fromRemodelista
19 hours ago

Holiday Gift Guide 2025: 11 Old-School Office Goods that Are Useful and Delightful - Remodelista

High-quality paper goods and desk tools are enjoying a renaissance and make ideal holiday gifts, from sustainable Stone Paper notebooks to Vestaboard-style analog messaging displays.
Social media marketing
fromForbes
16 hours ago

The LinkedIn Update That Will Crush Your Reach Unless You Adapt Fast

LinkedIn's algorithm now prioritizes authentic, face-led, entertaining storytelling over faceless educational graphics, so creators must show themselves and personalize content to maintain reach.
Books
fromSlate Magazine
19 hours ago

The 10 Best Audiobooks of 2025

Audiobooks range from subtle psychological domestic tension and layered historical revenge to firsthand corporate whistleblower memoirs, each enhanced by distinctive narrators and narrative structures.
Wine
fromwww.7x7.com
12 hours ago

29 Fun Things to Do This Week (12.08.25)

Bay Area offers diverse holiday events including themed dinners, wine and Champagne experiences, family markets, performances, and cultural festivals for winter celebrations.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
19 hours ago

Five of the best science fiction books of 2025

Speculative fiction uses inventive premises to explore climate catastrophe and ecological recovery through satirical, character-driven narratives that balance urgency with hope.
Social media marketing
fromTECHBOOK
13 hours ago

Instagram Limits Hashtags: What Users Need to Know

Instagram limits hashtags per post to three, shifting emphasis from hashtag-driven reach to content- and caption-based ranking influenced by image analysis and AI.
#liverpool
more#liverpool
Wine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

What to drink on Christmas Day, from morning to night

Order a wider variety of appropriate wines and non-alcoholic alternatives well ahead to match each Christmas moment and avoid underpreparation.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
2 days ago

Belarus weather balloons force repeated closures of Lithuania's main airport

Belarus-launched balloons repeatedly closed Vilnius airport, causing major disruptions and prompting Lithuania to call the incidents deliberate hybrid attacks amid Belarus-Russia tensions.
New York Knicks
fromESPN.com
6 hours ago

Knicks expect Anunoby (hamstring) back vs. Jazz

OG Anunoby will return Friday against the Utah Jazz after missing nine games with a strained left hamstring and will have a minute restriction.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
2 hours ago

Barcelona weigh Schlotterbeck pursuit as Real Madrid and Bayern circle

Nico Schlotterbeck is a top Barcelona target for the left-sided centre-back role in 2026 amid Real Madrid and Bayern interest while Dortmund seeks renewal.
Right-wing politics
fromThe American Conservative
1 hour ago

Trump's New National Security Strategy Is Refreshing, Troubling, and Odd

The Trump administration's 29-page National Security Strategy functions as a policy guidepost offering general frameworks for executive stakeholders rather than a detailed operational strategy.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
5 hours ago

Ter Stegen edges toward full fitness as Barcelona weigh their winter priorities

Marc André ter Stegen nears medical clearance after back surgery, risks losing Barcelona's starting spot to Joan Garcia, and may pursue a January move.
Dallas Cowboys
fromBlogging The Boys
6 hours ago

Tyler Smith is trying to raise awareness for cancer screenings

The Cowboys and Novartis launched a partnership to expand proactive health education, encourage annual exams and screenings, and promote health awareness among Dallas-area fans.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
4 hours ago

Real Betis vs Barcelona, La Liga: Preview

Barcelona aim to solidify La Liga lead by seeking a sixth consecutive league win away at Real Betis in Seville amid several injury absences.
New York Mets
fromMLB Trade Rumors
4 hours ago

Latest On Michael King's Market

Michael King is a high-upside starting pitcher with significant injury and durability concerns while drawing multi-team interest despite draft compensation.
SF LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 hour ago

Bay Area Holiday Trees With LGBTQ+ Significance - San Francisco Bay Times

San Francisco's queer community features notable trees: the World Tree of Hope, the Castro Holiday Tree, the Tree Twins, and Tom & Jerry's 65-foot pine.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
5 hours ago

Joe Biden says MAGA Republicans want to make LGBTQ+ people 'into something scary'

Joe Biden received the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute's top honor and urged mobilization as federal policy reversals under the current administration threaten LGBTQ+, especially transgender, rights.
Marketing
fromThe Drum
4 hours ago

Experimental marketing is probably cheaper than failing

Iterative, hypothesis-driven experimentation of packaging and marketing delivers low-cost, measurable improvements and practical solutions that can transform product handling and marketing outcomes.
#restaurant-closures
more#restaurant-closures
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
4 hours ago

HHS replaces name on transgender admiral's official portrait with deadname in act of 'pettiness and bigotry'

HHS under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed 'Rachel' from Adm. Rachel Levine's portrait, replacing it with her deadname during a federal shutdown.
Manchester City
fromESPN.com
in 6 hours

Pep Guardiola on Rodri's Man City absence: 'desperately' want him back

Manchester City's defensive frailties are partly caused by Rodri's ongoing absence; he remains sidelined for several weeks after a hamstring injury.
Film
fromVulture
5 hours ago

Critics Say Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Is a Clunker

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is widely criticized for clunky construction and trauma-driven clichés, though some critics and audiences still find it entertaining.
National Hockey League
fromRMNB
5 hours ago

Retired Stingrays goaltender and food critic Parker Milner to serve as emergency backup to Logan Thompson with Charlie Lindgren out injured against Ducks

The Washington Capitals signed former ECHL goaltender and current food editor Parker Milner to a professional tryout to back up Logan Thompson.
Relationships
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 hour ago

What's the harm in a like'? This is how micro-cheating' works on your cell phone

Digital technologies have transformed infidelity: virtual interactions can violate emotional intimacy and be as damaging as physical affairs.
National Hockey League
fromRMNB
2 hours ago

Jacob Trouba doesn't receive penalty for 'unsuspecting, blindside headshot' on Ryan Leonard that sends Capitals rookie out of game

Jacob Trouba delivered a blindside hit that bloodied Ryan Leonard and caused injury but was not penalized; the Ducks gained a power play and scored.
LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
2 hours ago

Wishes From Political and Community Leaders on the World Tree of Hope - San Francisco Bay Times

A shared wish for a more equal, peaceful, healthy world that respects marriage equality, human dignity, justice, planetary health, and daily wellbeing.
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