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How keep from together Looking for work is hard. Being in a job you don’t like is hard. Being in a job you like, but struggling to work full-time, raise kids, and find time for laundry is hard. Basically, life is hard. But it’s also beautiful and creative. And there are lots of ways to make it work...

Streaming wimbledon 2019 U.S. tennis fans will have to wake up bright and early this morning if they want to catch the final matches of the Wimbledon tournament in London. The games begin as early as 6 a.m. ET. Yes, I’m afraid that means 3 o’clock in the morning for you West Coasters. Later on in the morning, Roger Federer...

During epic aipowered Last spring, physicians like us were confused. COVID-19 was just starting its deadly journey around the world, afflicting our patients with severe lung infections, strokes, skin rashes, debilitating fatigue, and numerous other acute and chronic symptoms. Armed with outdated clinical intuitions, we were left disoriented by a disease shrouded in ambiguity. In the midst of the uncertainty, Epic, a private...

Pbs kids logo Not until having children did I enter the universe of PBS Kids—the child-friendly arm of the Public Broadcasting Service. With 13.5 million TV viewers between the ages of 2 and 8—supplemented by nearly half a billion streams on digital platforms and an app full of interactive games—the public service is a juggernaut in free family...

New organizations This year’s finalists in the not-for-profit category of Most Innovative Companies have persevered through the trials of 2020, finding original and effective ways to reach people in need, tackle the compound crises that emerged during the pandemic, and lift up voices that for too long haven’t been heard. 1. GET SHIFT DONE For tackling both job...

Facebook to become fifth most valuable Facebook has become the fifth U.S. company to have a market cap of more than $1 trillion, reports CNBC. Yesterday the company’s shares closed at $355.64 each, giving Facebook a market capitalization of $1.008 trillion. The reason Facebook passed that trillion-dollar threshold? As Axios noted, shares popped over 4% yesterday after a federal...

Radable garbage bags In you’re a conscientious consumer, you’re probably trying to curb your use of virgin plastic by bringing your own tote bags to the grocery store and using refillable water bottles. Yet plastic lurks everywhere, and seems nearly impossible to avoid in daily life. Just one example? Your trash bags. By some estimates, the average American...

Nike skateboarding olympics For the first time in history, skateboarders are headed to the Olympics. The Tokyo Games will feature skaters from around the world doing gnarly tricks on a newly built skate park. Nike was tapped to design the kits for the United States, Japan, France, and Brazil. All of the outfits feature a burst of color,...

Figs ipo stock The healthcare apparel company Figs, Inc has its initial public offering today. Figs will IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock ticker symbol FIGS (of course). Figs stock already made headlines earlier this week when Robinhood allowed retail investors (us mere mortals–not big banks and funds) to buy the stock before the...

Coc porn Do you remember Clash-mania? Those days back in the 1980s when the video game Clash of Clans became the biggest pop-cultural phenomenon the world had ever seen, and its main character, the Barbarian, was gracing magazine covers, cereal boxes, and made into an action figure? A new short documentary tells the fascinating story of the game’s 40-year...