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People who apologise for taking up space in conversations often aren’t shy — they may have learned…
Approximately 5.4 million children in the United States are currently caregiving for family members.
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Pentagon cut its civilian-harm unit from nearly 200 staff to about two dozen, and…
A program that had been presented as a model for allied militaries was suddenly operating at a fraction of its previous size.
Analysis
Autistici/Inventati, a 25-year Italian hosting collective for leftist organisers…
When a small hosting collective on the political left goes dark, the disappearance usually happens in stages.
Psychology
Researchers at MIT engineered a cement whose carbon network conducts electricity…
For most of human history, the walls of a building have done one job: hold the roof up.
Culture
California now requires large supermarkets and other major food businesses to donate…
Behind every large supermarket sits a bin that, for decades, ate better than some of the people walking past it.
Psychology
The Pantheon’s unreinforced concrete dome has stood in Rome for nearly 1,900…
The Pantheon's dome was completed under Emperor Hadrian sometime around 125 CE.
News
Ohio’s data center tax break cost the state $1.57 billion in 2025, more than…
Governor Mike DeWine paused new data center tax agreements in May 2026, and said in August the freeze will remain until he leaves office.
News
Kearney, Nebraska just approved a 368-megawatt data center replacing a bitcoin mine on…
The vote does two things at once.
Psychology
The hardest part of setting a boundary with someone you love often isn’t the…
You brace for the guilt trip, the cold shoulder, the two-week freeze-out.
Analysis
USPS delivered 99% of 2026 primary ballots on time, but auditors found 10 facilities…
In 10 of 82 facilities, management was not aware of the proper way to postmark a ballot.
Analysis
Many U.S. abortion bans exempt ectopic care, yet deaths involving the condition from…
A new national data analysis makes a troubling pattern visible without settling its cause.
Psychology
People who feel guilty resting on weekends often aren’t lazy about self-care —…
Some people cannot lie on a couch for an hour without feeling watched.
Psychology
People who grew up mediating between their parents often become adults who can read a…
What they usually cannot tell you, if you ask them gently, is how they themselves feel about being there.
Analysis
UAE president warned Netanyahu of a major Hamas operation days before October 7…
The United Arab Emirates has declined to settle the dispute publicly.
News
Shopping bags and bottles pulled from Nairobi dumpsites are being turned into fence…
Termites have no interest in a shopping bag.
News
Tennessee gives sales tax breaks to data centers but has no legal way to track what…
Tennessee lawmakers do not know how much revenue the state gives up each year to data center sales tax breaks.