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This story is based on an interview with Sasha Sechenova, 28, a Paris-based social media and marketing consultant and the founder of a new dating app for entrepreneurs and digital nomads. It has been edited for length and clarity.As I was wheeled into the operating theater for my rhinoplasty, I…
Although van life is increasingly popular — or at least increasingly visible, as the many people who ask if we “do the YouTube thing” prove — it’s still not well understood.Short-term road trips make more sense to people: Sure, you can handle just about anything for a brief period. But…
Walmart is big, but it wants to be bigger.The retail giant employs more than 2 million people. It serves hundreds of millions of customers each week across thousands of stores in the US and around the world. And it’s not sitting still.Walmart is now working to speed up its business…
For more than two decades, people have walked into my therapy office and told me they were burned out. Most of them weren’t actually burned out.Corporate wellness programs and social media carousels that gloss over the topic are leading to incorrect self-diagnoses. People are using “I’m burned out” the way…
Lots of people have objected to Paramount’s planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery.Some of those people are antisemitic, says Paramount’s top lawyer.In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Makan Delrahim, Paramount’s chief legal officer, said that some opposition to the Paramount/WBD deal is coming from people with “antisemitic views.””Let’s…
On Monday, I called a few of my local Dunkin’ locations to ask if they still had the free tote bags available with the purchase of a half or full dozen donuts. One location was very confused by the call, one didn’t answer, and one said that yes, they had…
When I finished university, people would always ask me what I wanted to do. I saw myself eventually moving to London, building a career, and settling down there. A lot of my friends had already done just that, and I thought I’d do the same.I was living with my parents…
Big Tech is expanding into communities across the country — and they aren’t all that happy about it.Many residents in cities and towns where tech companies are looking to build large data centers to power their AI products are mobilizing against them, concerned about a possible drain on water supplies,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brittney Ball, a 36-year-old former Meta employee based in Washington DC. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I didn’t anticipate being unemployed for over a year after my layoff at Meta. I assumed that, coming from Meta with my skillset, there’s…
In recent years, the economy hasn’t been kind to homeowners and those looking to buy.Many potential buyers simply can’t afford to buy a home, with the average 30-year mortgage rate over 6%. For the people who bite the bullet on a home loan, other costs are waiting. From property taxes…
