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I booked a 5-week trip to visit my long-distance boyfriend. We broke up a month before, but I went anyway.
Back in 2022, I got into a very long-distance relationship between Paris (the French one) and Boston (the American one). For about 18 months, we staggered along despite the thousands of miles between us. From the start, he seemed convinced that I needed to move to America if I wanted us to have a…
I’m a dietitian, and these are the 10 Costco groceries I’d stock up on if I were on a GLP-1
Whether you’re taking GLP-1s for weight loss or other reasons, it’s important to still hit your nutritional goals. GLP-1s are changing how a lot of people eat, and not just because they can curb appetite. When you’re eating less overall, what you choose to eat suddenly matters a whole lot more. As…
The US airports with the longest and shortest security wait times — ranked
Is your average airport security experience a quick walk through the screening area, or does the line often snake around multiple stanchions? The answer depends on where you’re flying out of. At the top 50 busiest airports in the US, the average security line wait time is 9.9 minutes, but TSA data…
Ukraine’s front lines are so dangerous that troops take casualties just moving in and out of their own trenches
Ukraine’s front lines are unforgivingly brutal, and soldiers are often injured or killed just rotating in and out of their own trench systems, a Western commander leading a training program for Ukrainian soldiers told Business Insider. “We hear that Ukrainian forces take quite a few casualties…
‘Black Swan’ investor Mark Spitznagel says the crash of a lifetime is coming after one more ‘euphoric rally’
Mark Spitznagel says the AI boom likely has further to run, but a monumental crash is coming. The founder and chief of Universa Investments, a “Black Swan” fund that aims to win big from catastrophes, shared his stock-market outlook and reflected on his investing style in a recent interview with…
Mamdani signals union loyalty with new NYC office for rank-and-file workers
Zohran Mamdani is celebrating Labor Day in a fitting way: Setting up a new city office to work more closely with unions and workers across NYC. The New York City mayor is launching an Office of Worker Power, which the administration says will be a resource for labor unions and local rank-and-file…
Automakers are betting on a different kind of electric car. Meet the EREV.
The next popular EV might come with a gas engine. Several car brands, including Hyundai, Genesis, Ram, Jeep, Ford, and Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors, have announced plans to build extended-range electric vehicles, or EREVs, by the end of 2028. It’s a growing industry bet. After years of…
The Flock backlash is coming for retail
City governments have felt the heat to drop their contracts with Flock Safety. Now, retail giants are feeling it too. As the backlash against Flock’s security products continues, critics are targeting retail stores that have known partnerships with the company. “There is simply no need for Ulta…
Why big voices in tech are so hyped about a central Asian country you probably haven’t heard of
Astana is more than 6,000 miles from Silicon Valley, but some of tech’s biggest names are bullish on the Kazakh capital. On Sunday, former Coinbase tech chief and Andreessen Horowitz partner Balaji Srinivasan said that his live-in startup community has officially opened in Kazakhstan, in another…
OpenAI’s chief scientist says AI labs may need to slow down: ‘No one is prepared for the consequences’
Days after releasing a new, highly capable model, OpenAI’s chief scientist is calling for a slowdown. In a lengthy blog post on Sunday, Jakub Pachocki said he was concerned that “no one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence.” He said that although OpenAI…