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Author: Theodore Lee

Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity,  you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.
Advice Column

“My wife has been secretly meeting with her ex for the last 8 months”

Married 12 years, together 14. Two kids, 9 and 6.

About eight months ago my wife said she wanted to start therapy because she felt “stuck.” I supported it. Every Tuesday from 6–8 p.m. she went, and I handled dinner and bedtime. She always came home lighter, so I thought it was helping.

Two weeks ago our credit card was declined at the grocery store. When I checked the statement, I saw charges every Tuesday at the same restaurant across town. Not a therapist’s office.

I waited until she mentioned therapy and casually asked where her therapist was located. She gave me an address. I asked if it was near the restaurant.

She went quiet.

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Life Advice

10 Questions to Evaluate If Your Relationship Is Worth Holding On To

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Alright, let’s cut through the fluff and get real. Relationships can be a beautiful mess, and sometimes, we find ourselves questioning if we’re in it for love or just afraid of facing the big, bad world alone.

We’ve all been there, stuck in the limbo between genuine connection and the fear of being single. If you’re wrestling with these doubts, it’s time to face some uncomfortable truths.

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Links

Linkage

Jim Crow America in Pictures: The Everyday Reality of Segregation Through Photos – Rare Historical Photos

21 Fascinating Photos Collected From History – Ned Hardy

This is a great emergency generator because it’s quiet, fuel-efficient, runs on gas or propane, and has enough power to keep your fridge, freezer, lights, internet, and other essentials running during an outage. – Amazon

The Cellmate Who Taught Me the Codes of Russian Prison – Archive.ph

This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies – NPR

Here’s what actually happened in OpenAI’s Australian gov’t server hack – Ars Technica

Congress votes to end production of the penny after 234 years, sending a bill to Trump – AP News

Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras – 404 Media

16 People Who Died and Came Back to Life Describe What They Experienced – Ned Hardy

This is one of those things you don’t think you need until you have one—it’s cheap, compact, and ridiculously handy for quickly pulling stains and gross messes out of couches, rugs, car seats, and carpet. – Amazon

Anthropic Says It Discovered a Crispr-Like System. Now What? – Archive.ph

Where did all the vegan restaurants go? – Archive.ph

I Tried Meta’s Muse AI Agent. It’s Helpful and Scary at the Same Time. – WSJ

Tom Cruise ‘Digger’ Reviews Are Brutally Split: From “Insufferable” to “Terrific” – Hollywood Reporter

We Are Alarmed to Learn That People Are Installing DIY Self-Driving “Mods” on Their Cars – Futurism

OpenAI repotedly in talks to raise $30B round at $1.4T valuation – TechCrunch

Life Experiences

I’m a Feeder. I Get Turned On by Watching My Partner Gain Weight.

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I’ve been attracted to bigger women for as long as I can remember, but simply saying that I like bigger women doesn’t quite describe it. What interests me specifically is the process of someone becoming bigger. I notice weight gain. I like seeing how someone’s body changes over time, how differently clothes fit, and how an old photograph starts looking noticeably different from the person sitting beside me.

There’s a name for this: I’m a feeder. The person who enjoys gaining weight is generally called a feedee or a gainer. For some people, feederism revolves around food and feeding. For others, it’s more about the physical transformation or encouraging someone to indulge. There’s a wide spectrum, and the extreme version you encounter online isn’t necessarily what these relationships look like in everyday life.

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Interesting

What It Means to Be Owned Behind Bars

In prison, power is invisible until it isn’t. It doesn’t arrive in the form of a punch or a shank—it arrives through the erosion of choice. Most people think being “turned out” is just a violent act, a sudden taking. But that’s only the surface. The real story happens slowly, through subtle transactions where one person stops being a person and starts being a commodity.

There are no official rules for how this works. The administration writes one set of laws, but the inmates write another. The second set is the one that matters.

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Linkage

Only True Twilight Zone Fans Can Get 8/10 on This Quiz – Ned Hardy

This is a must-buy because it gives your most important accounts a physical layer of security that’s incredibly difficult for hackers or phishing scams to get around. – Amazon

I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP. – ProPublica

Russia forced a captured Ukrainian soldier to make a propaganda video. His village refused to bury him. – NBC News

Why this island paradise has the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemic – NPR

The most pressing midterm issues for rural voters – Archive.ph

Costco receives $184M in tariff refunds, plans to pass savings to shoppers – MyNorthwest

30 Memes Because Your Attention Span Is Already Cooked – Ned Hardy

This is incredibly easy to use. just clamp in your knife, choose the angle, and it takes the guesswork out of getting a ridiculously sharp, consistent edge. – Amazon

Gouged: why Americans are being ripped off – and what to do about it – The Guardian

GoFundMe for Texas man who went viral hauling bags for wife’s cancer bills is removed over ‘factual’ issues – NBC News

OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians – Archive.ph

AI Love Song for Mistress Played at Murder Trial Is Most Excruciating Watch in Recent Memory – 404 Media

Frugal shoppers share the 16 things they never buy anymore since becoming more mindful spenders – Upworthy

Ranked: The Top Research Hospitals by Reputation in 2026 – Visual Capitalist