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What’s the best gift for relationships this holiday season? Understanding ourselves
What’s the best gift for relationships this holiday season? Understanding ourselves by Melinda Burrell 565 words We were in one of those finish-everything-before-the-holidays meetings, pussyfooting about an accusation someone had made. Suddenly a colleague confessed, “My hands are clenched. My shoulders are tense.” He paused. “If I listen to my body, clearly I feel like
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Return of ‘Kids for Cash’ and a Look Within
Return ?of ‘Kids for Cash’ and a Look Within by Robert C. Koehler 980 words More than 15 years after the “kids for cash” scandal shocked the nation, it’s back, stirring not just public incredulity but, for some, soul-slicing memories of hell on Earth. This is thanks to Joe Biden’s decision to grant clemency to Michel Conahan,
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Polarizing brain-rot enshittification
Polarizing brain-rot enshittification by Chris Houston 692 words …and other words of the year Dictionaries have selected enshittification, brain-rot and polarization as their 2024 Words of the Year. Each are depressingly apt reflections of the past 12 months. Roméo Dallaire’s latest book The Peace includes the words Ubumwe(Kinyarwanda), Ubuntu (Zulu) and Niw_hk_m_kanak (Cree) – which all convey more uplifting ways of being that were much needed in 2024.