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Weekly Meal Plan #50 | The Recipe Critic
This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. I put together this week’s meal plan to help your week run a little smoother, because I know how crazy life gets. This week’s meals bring cozy, easy, and fun to the table, so whatever […]
Is Street Photography Harder Now?
In 2025, practicing street photography at a high level is more challenging than ever—technically, socially, and economically. But to be fair, it’s always been hard. Back in the film days, far fewer people were walking around with cameras. A street photographer stood out more—and not always in a good way. You were noticed. Sometimes questioned. […]
40 Quotes for Letting Go and Coping with the Things You Can’t Control in Life
The goal each and every day of your life is to gradually grow stronger on the inside, so that less and less on the outside can affect your inner wellness without your conscious permission. Truth be told, how you cope with unexpected problems and frustrations can easily be the difference between living a good life […]
Venus Neptune, Feeling Music – ElsaElsa
I had an MRI today; the tech was a giant gym bro. Very sharp. Nice haircut. Very polite and professional. He asked me what I wanted to listen to during the test. I drew a blank. This was because I had to take a quarter of a pill to keep my mild claustrophobia. “No preference.” […]
Ed Sheeran Says the Key to Parenting Revolves Around Breakfast
Before heading into the studio or playing a show, Ed Sheeran‘s first gig of the day is making breakfast for his kids. During an appearance on Thursday’s episode of the “Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce” podcast, the musician shared the best piece of fatherhood advice he’s ever received. “Always be the one that makes […]
The EV Tax Credits Now Expire 9/30/25. What you Need to Know.
The EV Tax Credits will Now Expire 9/30/25 A PSA to readers who have recently considered the purchase of an electric vehicle (EV): the EV tax credits now have an expiration date of September 30, 2025. Technically, any eligible EV purchase must be delivered by that deadline (not just purchased). This applies to both new […]
‘Please Just Let Us Be’: San Francisco RV Crackdown Advances Despite Families’ Pleas
In the months since, oversized vehicles have shuffled around the area as then-Mayor London Breed and now Lurie proposed plans that sought to appease residents in surrounding neighborhoods while coming up with housing solutions, including promises to find new westside spaces for a safe parking site similar to one opened in the Bayview during the […]
TWA 7 b: James Webb Space Telescope Finds Its First New Exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021 and on active duty since 2022, has gotten its legs viewing already known exoplanets but can now take credit for its first direct image of a previously unknown one. Exoplanets have been detected since 1992 when two, named named Poltergeist and Phobetor, were found orbiting the pulsar PSR […]
TX Overhauls Wasteful Anti-Abortion Program That Has Had Little Oversight — ProPublica
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Texas health officials are overhauling a program designed to steer people away from abortion following a ProPublica and CBS News investigation that found that the state had funneled tens of millions of taxpayer […]
Switzerland’s new food labels will come with animal cruelty warnings
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re seated and ready to dine at one of Switzerland’s many celebrated high-end eateries, where a prix fixe meal can run around $400. On the menu, the slow-cooked Schweinsfilet, or pork tenderloin, comes with a bizarre and disturbing disclosure: The pigs raised to make that meal were castrated without pain […]