In the Social Dilemma, the people who developed the algorithms for social media and streaming services insist that we’re all powerless against their influence. The algorithm is too powerful; they explain. We can’t help but succumb to its control. They say they’ve created a world-ending technology. But here’s the thing, that’s what the Penguin says …
Houseplants are having an actual moment on the internet. It started last year, but the momentum is still going strong across social media. Plant accounts offer viral content about rare and luxury plants, plant care, and how to sneak yet another houseplant into your home without your partner noticing. Internet trends aside, houseplants are beneficial …
There’s something addictive about scrolling through the app store. Developers promise us the world, from better productivity and money management to immersive game experiences and more connectivity. Anyone who has fallen for the Gardenscapes or Homescapes ads knows that apps can promise just about anything, but whether they deliver is another matter entirely. While everyone’s …
Something dark happened to food science in the 90s. The once respectable career combining chemistry and culinary arts transformed into a bizarro world science lair, creating increasingly strange foods. Packaged foods and kids’ snacks suffered more than others—creations no one wanted or asked for overburdened those sections of the grocery store. Weirdest Packaged Foods of …
No disrespect for those of you who are too cool for the Gregorian calendar, but January is an exciting time. It’s hard not to get swept up in the possibilities of an empty calendar with its eternal – if naïve – hope that this will be the year that things turn around for us. This …
The Daniel Craig franchise disregarded a lot of the genre staples of the Bond empire. Since 2006’s Casino Royale, grit and wit replaced the overt corniness of the films. After the high-gloss, low-plot Pierce Brosnan iteration of Bond, it was something of a sea-change that reinvigorated a dying empire. But let us not forget 007’s …
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Why is everyone talking about “intentions” this year? Is it because we’ve realized that our fates in this world are fickle and easily derailed by pandemic and depression (economic and personal)? So while we may intend to travel more and lose weight, nine months of home confinement may well be in our future. The only …
This year, New Year’s Eve doesn’t have the same frenetic, must-find-an-epic-party energy. Just surviving 2020 feels monumental enough. While the Times Square crowd already held limited appeal, the prospect of being around thousands of other people has completely lost its luster. There have been fun ways to celebrate the new year in the past that …
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More like bored-games, amiright? But for real, in a year where there was nothing left to do but clear off the dining-room table and go back to good ol’ fashioned fun, board games are having quite the resurgence. They’ve come a long way since the cut-throat tedium of Monopoly and the board-flipping frustration of Sorry. …
When you think of dangerous jobs, roadside zoo operator and underwater welder are the first things that come to mind. But shockingly, they don’t rank in the top ten most dangerous jobs in America, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The jobs where most people die are a little more mundane. These are …