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13 votes
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DEF CON 27 conference - Nina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso money mule
6 votes -
In some towns in Finland, one-person households are now a majority
9 votes -
Ukraine has become the 100th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration – a Norwegian initiative to make schools safer even during war
10 votes -
Why is childcare so expensive?
13 votes -
I showed vintage Mister Rogers to my 21st-century kids
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Relentlessly simplify
6 votes -
The homeownership obsession - How buying homes became a part of the American dream—and also a nightmare
35 votes -
In Denmark, children's homes are places of stability, comfort and support – now a British entrepreneur is bringing the model to the UK
3 votes -
From an Oslo forest comes the Christmas gift Norway gives Britain every year – a towering tree for London's Trafalgar Square
7 votes -
Baby boomers speaking to us from 1989
15 votes -
Car seat manufacturers and retailers suggest that secondhand ones are unsafe and that they expire every six years or so, but finding any data that supports this is difficult
16 votes -
For my series The Cold Swedish Winter I've spent the last four series cracking jokes about the Swedes – but what kind of thing makes the Swedes themselves laugh?
6 votes -
Puolanka was in the news for all the wrong reasons, so locals decided to embrace being the worst
8 votes -
Let's talk: Wallets/Purses/etc
Given the the bags ediiton went well I figured I'd turn it into a semi-regular thing What are you using to carry your money/cards/etc? What's good/bad about it? What is your dream money carrying...
Given the the bags ediiton went well I figured I'd turn it into a semi-regular thing
What are you using to carry your money/cards/etc?
What's good/bad about it?
What is your dream money carrying device?13 votes -
Mexico ambush: How a US Mormon family ended up dead
8 votes -
Dogs don't understand basic concepts like moving
19 votes -
Peter Thiel's religion
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He was hijacked by pirates - and then mistaken for one. One man’s ordeal in the Gulf of Guinea, the world’s most dangerous shipping route.
7 votes -
Companion dog acquisition may reduce loneliness among community dog owners
6 votes -
Bay Area students and teachers rally for school funding and Prop 13 reform
6 votes -
Roads from the past - a short animated history of Britain's Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers
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What do you gift a couch host?
In a few days, I’ll be crashing on my friend’s couch for a week. If it matters, I can only buy from retail stores within Hong Kong and hand carry on the subway. Every time I see them, they’re too...
In a few days, I’ll be crashing on my friend’s couch for a week.
If it matters, I can only buy from retail stores within Hong Kong and hand carry on the subway. Every time I see them, they’re too quick on the bill, so taking them to eat is out of the question.
Obvious choices are alcohol or fruit basket. I’m terrible at picking gifts for people, as I’m always worried they’ll be as picky as I am on my purchases.
What are your go-tos for gifts in this situation?
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Buying a car
I've found myself in the market for a vehicle, and am looking for opinions. What I currently drive is very old, and I'm unlikely to get any meaningful trade-in value for it. Normally I would...
I've found myself in the market for a vehicle, and am looking for opinions. What I currently drive is very old, and I'm unlikely to get any meaningful trade-in value for it. Normally I would simply look to repair what I consider to be a transportation appliance, but due to its age as well as the number and type of issues I've decided it's best to get rid of it. I've been interested in (and have been offered great deals on) the 2019 Nissan Rogue and 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid. I drove options from Honda and Hyundai and was not thrilled. I'm uncomfortable with the fact that there is a network connection to the machine that controls my brakes, acceleration, steering, and safety system in each of these vehicles. Does anyone have any general advice, opinions, or other options I should consider?
17 votes -
The fisherman's secret
5 votes -
Rich robbers: Why do wealthy people shoplift?
10 votes -
Let's talk bags
What are you using to carry your stuff? What stuff are you carrying? What's good/bad about it? What is your dream bag? Anything bag related is welcome.
26 votes -
Those people we tried to cancel? They’re all hanging out together
17 votes -
Avoid News - Towards a Healthy News Diet [pdf, 2010]
8 votes -
Know your Bluecheck: Immigration from the Inside
6 votes -
On October 24, 1975 over ninety percent of Icelandic women refused to work – to show how much society depended on women's labor, from farms and factories to the home
10 votes -
‘OK boomer’ marks the end of friendly generational relations
38 votes -
Family of teen who died from Ecstacy support legalisation
8 votes -
De-branding my body. The former sex slaves transforming their tattoos.
12 votes -
There was no committee
6 votes -
In Finland, an intelligent office could change the way people think about working
3 votes -
In defence of America’s prison-industrial complex
10 votes -
Women in Norway have the best quality of life according to the latest Women, Peace and Security Index
6 votes -
Take care of a minor task you've been putting off, then tell us about it here.
This is sort of a "backlog post" but for real-life: take care of something small that, for whatever reason, you've left unaddressed for too long. Maybe it's something that keeps ending up on your...
This is sort of a "backlog post" but for real-life: take care of something small that, for whatever reason, you've left unaddressed for too long.
Maybe it's something that keeps ending up on your to-do list but never gets resolved. Maybe your desk is cluttered. Maybe you haven't vacuumed your carpet in a while. Maybe your fridge could use a cleanout. It doesn't have to be cleaning themed, but that's what's coming to mind for me right now, so you can probably guess what mine will be.
Whatever it is, take a few minutes to resolve the issue, then tell us about it here.
- What was the issue?
- Why do you think it kept getting put off?
- How do you feel now that it's done?
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Asynchronous communication: The real reason remote workers are more productive
10 votes -
The state of gender equality across the EU – Sweden had the highest score of any country in 2019
12 votes -
We asked some of the boldest thinkers what the world will be like in fifty years. Here’s what their answers tell us about the future
7 votes -
Portrait of an inessential US government worker
8 votes -
In Norilsk, Russia's most isolated major city, the arrival of high-speed internet gave residents a new window onto the world
9 votes -
The #MeToo movement goes in fits and starts. But, suggests Reckoning’s Linda Hirshman, that’s to be expected. Every social change experiences a backlash.
6 votes -
How Airbnb is silently changing Himalayan villages
5 votes -
To solve the problem of a dwindling population, one small Finnish municipality took a big step – pay its citizens to have babies
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It's not just a bunch of flowers - Why supporting Extinction Rebellion in a spirit of cooperation and friendship has, at times, been extraordinarily difficult
10 votes -
Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply
15 votes -
'You don't have to settle': the joy of living (and dying) alone
10 votes