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20 Fascinating Photos Collected From History
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  • 20 Fascinating Photos Collected From History – Ned Hardy

  • One of the best bang-for-your-buck pocket knives out there, offering smooth button-lock action, a sharp blade, and impressive build quality for around $30. – Amazon

  • Food suppliers in UK hit by cyber-attacks after freezers targeted in Europe – The Guardian

  • Scientists detect signals at the smallest scale ever explored – BBC

  • Trump says US will end military aid to Israel by the end of this year – The Guardian

  • Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up – TechCrunch

  • Today's Internet Rabbit Hole – Ned Hardy

  • Cheap way to keep moisture away from camera lenses, hard drives, USB sticks, important documents, photographs, jewelry, razor blades, and tools stored in drawers, safes, or storage boxes. – Amazon

  • U.S. military carries out limited strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, U.S. officials say – NBC News

  • Spanish police investigating after soccer player dies following on-field collision – ABC News

  • Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. – NY Times · paywall

  • MLB proposes delaying salary cap until 2028 season – Espn

  • How the NBA Became a Young Man’s Game – The Ringer

  • A Binance engineer thought he was interviewing for a job. Then the hackers pounced – NPR

  • The Year Math Changed Forever – New Yorker · paywall

Advice Column

“Am I selfish for wanting to use my friend’s late baby’s Name?”

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I’m in my mid 30s and about to become a parent for the first time. I’ve had a name picked out for my first child since high school, whether I ended up having a boy or a girl.

Two years ago, a pregnant friend and I were talking about baby names. I told her the name I had always planned to use and how much it meant to me.

When she had her baby, she ended up using that exact name. I was upset, but then something heartbreaking happened. Her baby passed away.

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Life Advice

A Boring Tuesday Might Be the Life You Once Dreamed Of

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There’s a strange thing that happens when you finally get some of the things you used to desperately want: you stop noticing them.

Remember when you wanted nothing more than a stable job? A place of your own? Someone who loved you? Enough money in your bank account that buying groceries didn’t require a small financial strategy session?

Maybe you have some of those things now. And yet, somehow, they’ve become the boring parts of your life.

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Today's Internet Rabbit Hole
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  • Today's Internet Rabbit Hole – Ned Hardy

  • These are awesome because you can freeze soups, sauces, and leftovers in individual portions, then pop them out and store them in freezer bags so you save space, waste less food, and only defrost what you need. – Amazon

  • Dinosaur blood found in fossils for the first time – Popular Science

  • An aging 1.5-ton space telescope is plunging back to Earth. NASA has calculated the risk of harm to people. – CBS News

  • SpaceX reportedly wants to buy Boost Mobile to compete with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon – TechCrunch

  • At 58, I Had Early Signs of Alzheimer’s in My Brain. These Interventions Got Rid of Them – NBC News

  • What Dating Was Like 100 Years Ago – Mental Floss

  • 30 Memes for People Who Have Completely Given Up on Being Productive – Ned Hardy

  • A great little stovetop coffee maker that makes rich, strong coffee without expensive machines or pods, and its simple, classic design can last for decades with proper care. – Amazon

  • Listen to the Earliest Known Recordings of a Nearly Dead American Language – Nautilus

  • This tow truck driver showing off his skills – Reddit

  • Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom – Ars Technica

  • The New York Times Sues Brave Web Browser For AI Scraping, Bypassing Paywalls – Slashdot

  • Why health insurance premiums are rising, according to experts – Pbs

  • In pictures: Gen Z-led protests in Germany turn violent – Reuters

  • Average Salary by State in 2026 – Visual Capitalist

Advice Column

“I was just trying to make my best friend laugh at his wedding. How did everything go so wrong”

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My best friend and I have always had a friendship built around pranks. It’s how we bonded, and we’ve spent years trying to one up each other.

One time, he invited me to a party and told me it was a costume party. I showed up dressed in a costume, only to discover everyone else was wearing normal clothes. I was embarrassed, but I laughed it off. That’s just the kind of friendship we’ve always had.

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Life Advice

Life Is a Problem Machine, So Stop Expecting It Not to Be

Most of us walk around with this unspoken assumption that eventually, life is going to settle down.

Once we pay off the debt, get the promotion, find the right relationship, lose the weight, or finally get our shit together, things will be easier. We’ll reach some magical point where the problems stop coming and we can finally relax.

Except that point doesn’t exist.

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