May 2025
20 Essential Things to Start Doing for Your Own Peace and Happiness
Patience isn’t about waiting, it’s the ability to keep a good attitude while working hard for what you believe in. As you move through the days and weeks ahead, remind yourself that it takes roughly 66 days to form a new habit. So for the next nine and a half weeks, consciously leverage the actionable […]
Cancer Good Days Calendar August 2025
Cancer Good Days Calendar for August 2025 Opportunity, love, reputation, money, and challenging days for the sign of Cancer in August. The following calendar shows potential good/bad days for Cancer Suns and Cancer Ascendants. Icons point to days of opportunity, challenge or stress, personal attraction, money themes, and reputation boosts. See also Cancer Daily […]
Senator Presses Spotify Over 200 Fake Podcasts Peddling Opioids
A senator is demanding answers from Spotify about its handling of fake podcasts that promoted opioids and other prescription drugs. In the wake of a Business Insider investigation that found 200 phony podcasts on Spotify advertising the sale of pills, often without a prescription, Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire urged the digital music and […]
Ramit Sethi – How to Spend (and Actually Enjoy It)
I needed someone to come on the show to provide some tough love and Ramit was the only person for the job. As Ramit mentioned during our last interview, FIRE people are great at knowing what NOT to spend on but we’re not good at knowing what to spend on. Spending is going to be […]
Managed Learning Environments: Measuring ROI
How To Realize The Full Value Of Strategic Learning Investments In today’s corporate world, where companies are faced with the challenges of digital transformation, globalization, and talent retention, making an investment in the Learning and Development (L&D) department is something that is not optional but a must. In any case, as training budgets are skyrocketing, […]
New Person of LWON: Betsy Mason
It’s my pleasure to welcome Betsy Mason as the newest person of LWON. Betsy is an award-winning freelance science journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was a senior editor at Wired for many years, and she has won a lot of accolades, including the American Geophysical Union’s David Perlman award for breaking […]
The Protective ‘Politburo’ That Hid Biden’s Decline
May 24, 2025, 10:22 AM ET Editor’s Note: Washington Week With The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings, watch full episodes here, or listen to the weekly podcast here. On a special edition of Washington Week With The Atlantic, […]
Duolingo Faces Massive Social Media Backlash After ‘AI-First’ Comments
“Duolingo had been riding high,” reports Fast Company, until CEO Luis von Ahn “announced on LinkedIn that the company is phasing out human contractors, looking for AI use in hiring and in performance reviews, and that ‘headcount will only be given if a team cannot automate more of their work.’” But then “facing heavy backlash […]
Orlando City nip Timbers 1-0; unbeaten streak at 12
May 24, 2025; Orlando, Florida, USA; Portland Timbers defender Omir Fernandez (22) battles for the ball against Orlando City defender Alex Freeman (30) during the first half at Inter&Co Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mike Watters-Imagn Images Duncan McGuire scored his first goal of the season shortly before halftime and host Orlando City preserved a 1-0 victory […]
Things that probably won’t sell on facebook marketplace because no one is as weird as I am. – The Bloggess
My friend Xan sent me some giant easter bunny for Bone Crawford and I love them but… Bone Crawford is no more. Or, actually she still exists but I had to take her down because we’re selling this house and moving to a smaller one in the same neighborhood because this house feels too big […]