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Over the past two weeks, as Elon Musk has carved out a central role for himself in the Trump administration, people have been fleeing X in droves. More than a quarter million users deleted their accounts after Election Day — and more than a million people joined the site’s upstart…
Devoting your life to making money can leave you lonely and aimless, Matthew McConaughey says.The actor warned against chasing cash at the cost of relationships and other valuable parts of life.Warren Buffett and other wealthy people have said there are more important things than money. People who spend their whole…
Sonya Moore decided that if Trump won in 2016, she would leave the US.She followed through and has been living abroad for seven years.Moore is a yoga teacher, writer, and photographer. “If Trump wins this election, I’m moving out of the country.”I said those words in November 2016. So did…
For Sinead Mulhern, life in Toronto felt too fast-paced, stressful, and expensive.She saved up for a yearlong adventure in South America, planning to move back to Canada at the end.Now, after living in Cuenca, Ecuador, for 6 years, she feels stable, curious, and engaged. I often think back to the…
Avery Heilbron left his corporate job in 2024 to pursue real estate full-time.Heilbron, who built a 14-unit portfolio, got his start using a strategy called house hacking.He generates cash flow from short- and long-term rentals. His Airbnbs are more lucrative but time-intensive. When Business Insider spoke with Avery Heilbron in…
Sandra Guadarrama-Baumunk and her family holed up at a Disney resort hotel during Hurricane Milton.Guests were told to stay in their rooms from 8:30 p.m. before the storm made landfall in Florida.The mom said the only drama was a fire alarm, but Disney handled everything smoothly. This as-told-to essay is…
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement director is leaving the agency, the regulator said on Wednesday, marking the end of a three-year tenure during which the regulator stepped up scrutiny of Wall Street and cryptocurrency firms. Gurbir Grewal has led the SEC’s 1,500-person…
Brenda Christensen is a 62-year-old and CEO of Stellar Public Relations.She and her husband married in their early 40s and quickly became pregnant with their daughter.When Isabella was diagnosed with autism, the couple decided that Brenda would become the breadwinner. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brenda…
When my kids were little, I read an article about a “location-independent” writer, cut it out, and taped it near my desk. It stayed there for years until it literally fell off because the tape dried up.Since then, I’ve dreamed of someday traveling the world while writing. I thought it…
By Katie Paul NEW YORK – Two days after U.S. authorities accused two employees of Russian state media network RT of coordinating an online network aimed at influencing the 2024 presidential election, nearly 4,000 posts by Tenet Media, the online content company at the heart of the case, were still…
