It’s not just you. LinkedIn has gotten really weird. Divorce and stealing hotel food: Why did a job network become everyone’s favorite place for oversharing? READ NOW Insider Today Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. COUNT ME IN
Today’s best articles How will the writers’ deal shape the future of Hollywood screenwriting? Can Meta woo Gen Z with AI chatbots? Expiration dates can actually do more harm than good Animals and plants that have been used to fight disease Hollywood writers on the cusp of ending […]
Welcome to the NRP. We are publishing the absolute best of those extremely online extremists known as the new right — “All the shit that’s fit to poast.” Sep 22, 2023 Threads of the Week > Two Space hosts, both alike in dignity On fair X, where we […]
Rethinking immigration in the context of Post-Americanism Robert Stark Sep 21, 2023 The recent migrant surge is historically unprecedented, as far as the sheer numbers of migrants the Biden admin has welcomed. This encouragement of mass migration and total negligence of border control, lends some credence to a […]
1 Mom has the perfect response to teen son who refuses to do ‘girl’ chores A 41-year-old mom with 3 boys, 12-year-old twins, and a 10-year-old, pays them $10 daily to do their chores. However, their pay is deducted $10 if they miss a day. The boys have to […]
1 The ‘Last Gen X playground’ has been found, and people can’t contain their nostalgia It seems like so many iterations of unfettered joy from our childhood haven’t made it to the modern age, and playgrounds are no exception. Gone are the days of metal slides that scorched the derriere in the […]
You Need to Update Your Browser, Like, Yesterday Andrew Couts Plus: Spyware-packing ads, TikTok GDPR violations, Elon Musk investigations, and more. READ X Challenger Pebble Thinks AI-Generated Posts Can Help Lure Users Away From Elon Musk Paresh Dave To encourage conversation, Twitter-like platform Pebble—formerly […]
1 People are cracking up at hidden notes a couple left for future homeowners in their bathroom As anyone who has dipped their toe into home improvement waters knows, home remodeling is a mix of excitement and headaches. It’s fun to freshen things up and make your own mark on […]
Socialist visions of communal shared domestic labor and child rearing have existed in the past and exist in the present. In 1917 following the Russian Revolution the government changed the rules and created a domestic revolution. At the turn of the century in the United States over 200 […]
1 Life hack expert explains why Monday is by far the best day to have off Since the pandemic, more Americans have the ability to choose where and when they work. So, TikTokker Jordan Howlett, known as Jordan the Stallion8, shared his thoughts on the best day of the week to take […]
New York Review of Books Sponsored by Riverhead “It is through the chicken that most American cooks acquaint themselves with the techniques of butchery,” writes Daniel M. Lavery in the Review’s October 5 issue, “and often it is through the work of Jacques Pépin that the introduction is […]
For contest #389, we find beauty in a bleak place. (And don’t miss the hyena lady-dicks.) Chris Bodenner Sep 15, 2023 A followup on last week from the super-chef: It was fun reading about Rothesay after visiting there. My wife and I have a bad (but sometimes […]
1 Mom notices the boy she adopted looks a lot like her biological son, so she gets a DNA test A woman, 35, and her husband, 38, had been married for 10 years and during that time became good friends with a neighbor in her 20s. Two years […]
Last fall, after the National Institutes of Health released a study that associated chemical hair straightener use with a small risk of uterine cancer, hundreds of women began linking their health issues to relaxers — and looking to make cosmetics companies pay for the harms they’ve suffered. Black […]
1 Did you know your dog may be listening to your voice even when it’s sleeping? Dogs hold a remarkable knack for tuning into human emotions. Witnessing their ability to sense our moods and see how they react is astonishing. Whether it’s a nudge of their nose when we’re feeling down or […]
September 9, 2023 • with Diamond Naga Siu Welcome to the newly revamped Saturday edition, Insiders! I’m Diamond Naga Siu, and I’ll be sliding into your inbox every weekend. I moved to San Diego this year and am enjoying making new friends and exploring new places. But plenty […]
If, 30 years ago, you told the founders of WIRED that the internet they were optimistic would change human society would, indeed, change our society—just not wholly in ways they would expect—they’d be shocked. As part of our 30th anniversary celebration, we’re pleased to announce LiveWIRED, taking place […]
1 Hank Azaria shares how he flipped 180 degrees on his voicing of Apu on ‘The Simpsons’ Hank Azaria has starred in dozens of TV shows and movies, both as a full-bodied actor and as a voiceover artist. But the roles he’s best known for are the multiple […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to conservative commentator Matt Walsh taunting a woman who posted a TikTok of what her child-free Saturday morning routines look like. #mattwalsh #Tiktok
1 Woman who opens food at the grocery store before paying has started a huge debate over shopping ethics To snack, or not to snack while grocery shopping? That is the question. At least, that’s been the question for as long as grocery stores have existed: Whether ‘tis nobler […]
September 7, 2023 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Happy start to the NFL season to all those who celebrate! There’s something beautiful about knowing I’ve got plans for the next 23 Sundays in a row. (My wife might disagree.) In today’s big story, a legendary […]
with Dan DeFrancesco Halfway to the weekend! Here’s a video of Mark Zuckerberg sparring with MMA fighters on a floating barge, proving that reality is always better than fiction. Speaking of fighting, the IPO market has been KO’d since 2022. But that could change with one company’s upcoming […]
INSIDE SCOOP Arantza Pena Popo/Insider Loneliness is a design flaw READ NOW Insider Today Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. COUNT ME IN
Rachel Haywire Sep 5, 2023 Is there a loneliness epidemic? Definitely. Did the lockdowns make everything worse? Absolutely. The people who orchestrated them need to be taken to trial, which is widespread knowledge. Yet there’s a misconception about how the loneliness epidemic exclusively afflicts men, primarily within the […]
1 Man lives on a cruise ship 300 days a year because it costs the same as renting in Florida At Upworthy, we’ve shared the stories of a handful of people who’ve been able to spend their lives on a permanent cruise because they’ve figured out how to […]
with Dan DeFrancesco Hi, and welcome to the new-look version of Insider Today! Come in and get yourself acquainted. Just try not to break anything. I’m Dan DeFrancesco, your host for the next five minutes. Hopefully, you had a relaxing holiday weekend and weren’t caught up in […]
September 1, 2023 Happy Friday! Beans, beans, they’re good for your heart. The more you eat them… the longer you live! In today’s big story, we’re looking at tech workers who regret moving to Austin. What’s on deck: Markets: Foreign investors are selling off Chinese stocks at […]
1 Weird viral photo of Adele’s face exemplifies the phenomenon called the Thatcher effect It seems that Adele is going viral once again. Perhaps you’ve seen the image in question previously (it seems to make the rounds every couple of years). But in case you missed it—it’s Adele’s face. Normal, just upside […]
1 ‘If we dismissed everyone the way we dismiss moms’ video hits home, but not just for moms Sometimes it feels like moms can’t win. We’re supposed to give our all for our kids, sacrifice ourselves for motherhood, fulfill the various responsibilities of child-rearing, and do it all under […]
To be sung to the tune of A Holiday in Cambodia by the Dead Kennedys Rachel Haywire Aug 24, 2023 A Holiday in Red America So, you’ve been anti-left for a year or two And you think you’ve heard it all Quoting stupid memes, flirting with extremes […]
1 Woman who lives on a cruise ship for free shares the 4 things she can’t do Upworthy has covered a few stories about people who decided to live permanently on cruise ships because it’s cheaper than living on land or in a nursing home. These stories have connected with millions […]
When we came up with “The Year I Ate New York,” our vision for the project was fairly straightforward: Maintain a 52-week-long eating diary that covers as much of the city as possible. E. Alex Jung, our current diner-at-large tasked with the assignment, has used it as a […]
It seems we have a flirting crisis on our hands. At least we at the Cut think so; it came up a few months ago at a story-ideas meeting. While the causes are familiar — pandemic isolation, dating apps — we were still shocked at our collective inability […]
1 People are helping a dad explain his ‘cheap’ grocery purchases to his 11-year-old daughter Even though parents may try to shield their children from tough topics such as economics and social status, they develop their own sense of them as they age. Studies show that children as young […]
August 22, 2023 Hiya! It might sound like a bad joke — or a case of cold feet — but a groom-to-be’s dog ate his passport two weeks before his wedding in Italy. Speaking of traveling, some Airbnb and Vrbo hosts have had enough. More in today’s big […]
From 1966 until 2020, when it closed for good, Spain Bar and Restaurant was a fixture in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. Today on NYR Online, Sam Fentress writes about Spain’s appeal, the history of the townhouse on West 13th Street that was its only home for fifty-four years, and the […]
Sponsored by Classical Pursuits Sinead O’Connor, who passed away on July 26, was only twenty-three when she released her second, seminal album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, but she “had by then lived a lifetime and would go on to live several more,” writes the philosopher […]
My dad was in prison for 11 years. One of the first things he did after getting out was ruin my grandma’s microwave cooking a can of soup in it,’ shared a Reddit user. Cover Image Source: Pexels | Photo by Anete Lusina By Zoha Fatima August 18, […]
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New Yorkers are used to all sorts of buskers, preachers, dancers, and peddlers on the subway, but within the past year there’s been a change: Throughout the system, there are young children selling candy, car by car. Almost all of them are new arrivals from Ecuador, which has […]
August 13, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. On the agenda today: The genius plan that could bring down skyrocketing home prices. Goldman Sachs is having […]
August 12, 2023 Hey there, Insiders! Be careful of what you eat while traveling. A United passenger was almost put on the no-fly list after eating a first-class meal in economy plus. Yikes. Before flying off into the weekend, what’s your morning routine? That’s the focus of today’s […]
Excepting the Dish, of course. But I’m still kinda European I guess. Andrew Sullivan Aug 11, 2023 (This is adapted, and slightly updated, from a piece I wrote for the Sunday Times of London, back in the summer of 2001, a month before 9/11, trying to explain to […]
As Michael Bloomberg’s deputy mayor, Dan Doctoroff was behind an extraordinary number of sweeping, city-changing projects. That run of condo towers, office buildings, and parks that lines the East River’s east bank? The makeover of Downtown Brooklyn? And two new ballparks, Barclays Center, Hudson Yards, even Citi Bike: […]
Rachel Haywire Aug 1, 2023 Who is going to be online in 2027? Less than 15% of the population. Remember the early days of the internet, when it served as a secret corner for all sorts of freaks and outsiders with niche interests to unite? People from small […]
1 Dennis Quaid recalls the spiritual experience that helped him overcome addiction In an exclusive interview with People, actor Dennis Quaid shared how his faith led him towards the path of sobriety, and it’s a great example of the major role that spirituality—that is, the feeling of connection to […]
1 Margot Robbie meets a deaf fan and is so excited to speak with him in sign language It would be hard to choose anyone to be the “person of the moment” right now other than actress Margot Robbie. Her new film, “Barbie,” which she also produced, is currently at […]
Dr Naomi Wolf Jul 21, 2023 Photo by Karolina Kołodziejczak on Unsplash I was supine on the couch, as I have been for a couple of weeks now, recovering from my very near brush with the Void. I’ve given myself, with my doctor’s blessing, permission to be in […]
Linh Dinh Jul 21, 2023 [Vientiane, 7/20/23] Last night, I achieved a milestone! On my eighth day in Vientiane, I dared to get dressed after 5PM, for an intrepid trek to the night market. Careful not to aggravate my remaining wounds, now mercifully few, I took forever to […]
I’ve never really stopped to wonder how high-end vintage sellers source their wares, but fortunately, reporter Justine Harman has. After a chance encounter at an East Village shop piqued her interest, Justine went way, way down the rabbit hole — or is it a mine shaft? — with […]
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