30+ min ago (92+ words) Whether it's down to the cost of living, a better offer " or just staying home "to enjoy their rent', not turning up to planned events in the name of self-care seems to have become not just acceptable, but the norm, finds Lydia Spencer-Elliott Whether it's down to the cost of living, a better offer " or just staying home "to enjoy their rent', not turning up to planned events in the name of self-care seems to have become not just acceptable, but the norm, finds Lydia Spencer-Elliott...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago (425+ words) Human biological immortality is a physically possible, achievable goal, not some pie-in-the-sky idea. Those who say otherwise have a can't-do attitude. Not the kind of attitude that put man on the Moon. Nevertheless, it's natural to feel some skepticism. The purpose of this article is to address common concerns people have when it comes to the project of curing death. Genital warts are natural. It's possible human beings are not psychologically suited to immortality. If so, then that's just something we have to fix. You might be opposed to tweaking your brain, but the only alternative would be death, which is a much greater adjustment of your brain! Some objections like this are not reasons we shouldn't solve the problem, they're just part of the problem that needs solving. This is another objection that's part of the problem, rather than…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago (1187+ words) Every so often, usually at the end of a long dinner or after a particularly bleak headline, I hear a familiar reassurance from fellow Jews. A delusional reassurance eating away at our community, one so entrenched, so comforting, and so catastrophically false that it may one day be remembered as the most fatal lie Jews told themselves in the West. It is the belief that the moment the darkness grows thick enough, the moment antisemitism reaches the threshold of the unbearable, a silent majority of "good people" will rise up and defend us. Jews who long ago accepted that the tooth fairy doesn't exist, that the Easter bunny is more Cadbury than canon. Jews who no longer believe in burning bushes or parted seas. Jews who accept that some biblical stories are metaphors, but who somehow still believe in the…...

6+ hour, 28+ min ago (551+ words) Would Christianity still dominate the United States if it were reimagined as a small town of 100 people? That's the premise of a new report from Pew Research Center, which offered fresh analysis of America's religious landscape through the lens of Pew's sweeping 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS). The study, conducted from July 17, 2023, to March 4, 2024, surveyed nearly 37,000 U.S. adults and paints a portrait of a community where belief " or the lack thereof " shapes neighborhoods, generations and daily life. Noting that the U.S. has a population of roughly 262 million adults, with Christianity claiming about 162 million adherents and 76 million people reporting no religious affiliation, Pew researchers acknowledge that grasping the full scope of faith in America can feel overwhelming. "These are big numbers that can make it difficult to fully understand the American religious landscape," the report states. "But what if we imagined the U.S. as a…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago (1025+ words) The current generation "Z" " those now roughly between 13 and 28 years old " is becoming our 21st-century version of the "Lost Generation." Members of Gen Z are often nicknamed "Zoomers," a term used to describe young adults who came of age in the era of smartphones, social media and rapid cultural upheaval. Males in their teens and 20s are prolonging their adolescence " rarely marrying, not buying a home, not having children and often not working full-time. The negative stereotype of a Zoomer is a shiftless man who plays too many video games. He is too coddled by parents and too afraid to strike out on his own. Zoomers rarely date supposedly out of fear that they would have to grow up, take charge and head a household. Yet the opposite, sympathetic generalization of Gen Z seems more accurate. All through K-12, young men, particularly…...

9+ hour, 35+ min ago (594+ words) Every generation has its quirks, things they swear by, defend with passion, and insist are the right way to do life. Boomers had their china cabinets, office loyalty, and their unshakable belief that showing up early is a virtue. But as times changed, so did our sense of balance, priorities, and even manners. Younger generations aren't rebelling as much as they're rewriting the script, trading exhaustion for rest, rituals for realism, and someday joy for right now. Here's a friendly look at some of those classic Boomer habits that make absolutely zero sense to the modern mindset (but still make for great family debates). Wrong kind of heroism Boomers love to brag about their "never took a sick day" streaks like they were badges of honour. Calling in sick was once seen as weakness, even if you were coughing like…...

9+ hour, 35+ min ago (594+ words) Every generation has its quirks, things they swear by, defend with passion, and insist are the right way to do life. Boomers had their china cabinets, office loyalty, and their unshakable belief that showing up early is a virtue. But as times changed, so did our sense of balance, priorities, and even manners. Younger generations aren't rebelling as much as they're rewriting the script, trading exhaustion for rest, rituals for realism, and someday joy for right now. Here's a friendly look at some of those classic Boomer habits that make absolutely zero sense to the modern mindset (but still make for great family debates). Wrong kind of heroism Boomers love to brag about their "never took a sick day" streaks like they were badges of honour. Calling in sick was once seen as weakness, even if you were coughing like…...

9+ hour, 45+ min ago (44+ words) After a 6-year-old boy vanished on his way to a school bus stop one morning in 1979, family members, friends and neighbors scoured the gritty, industrial back alleys and streets of Lower Manhattan for ... Sharon is a 84-year-old Uber driver...

10+ hour, 59+ min ago (382+ words) "...I thought quicksand and the Bermuda triangle were much bigger hazards than they actually are."View Entire Post " Former '90s Kids Are Sharing All The Lies We Were Taught In School, And I've Never Felt More Deceived 1. "I was told strange people would be offering me free drugs all the time. Not one stranger has ever offered me free drugs." 2. "I thought stop, drop and roll would be used more in real life. I haven't even been on fire once so far." 3. "Telling me I needed to memorize multiplication tables because, 'you won't have a calculator in your pocket!'" 4. "If you don't go to college, you'll end up a garbage man. Jokes on them. Garbage guys in my city make nearly 6 figures and have a pension." 5. "The astonishing level of pro-US propaganda and the erasure of 95% of the bad things the…...

11+ hour, 29+ min ago (1049+ words) For everything from pop music to poetry, overwhelming infatuation offers inspiration and storylines. But when might this tip over into something a little less healthy? Each morning she'd wake with a jolt of grief; an intense, almost physical feeling that morphed into thoughts of him that consumed nearly every waking hour. Most nights she fell asleep playing mental reruns of conversations and imagined reconciliations in her mind. For many people, longing like this sits within the broad terrain of ordinary romantic yearning. The kind often lamented in poetry, music and film. But for Anna, what began as familiar ache slowly intensified, becoming almost unbearable. "It felt invasive," she says. "Like my own mind was stalking me." At first Anna thought she was simply struggling to move on from her ex-partner. But when the obsessive thoughts escalated, she sought help from…...