QUIZ: Could You Survive as a Journalist Covering the Cartels in Mexico?
Mexico is one of the deadliest countries on earth to be a reporter, and not one at war. The people who kill journalists here are rarely caught, which is precisely why it keeps happening.
The reporters who survive have a name for what they do: survival journalism. It isn’t about courage in the Hollywood sense, the lone truth-teller shouting into the dark. It’s a craft of hard calculations made under pressure, where the instincts that serve a reporter anywhere else can be exactly the ones that get you killed here. The people who last learned to think differently about the work, and they paid for those lessons.
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“My partner has an IQ of 72”
My partner is in a college and work training program, and he has been struggling for a while. He was recently referred to student support to be evaluated for possible learning or mental disabilities. As part of that process, he took an IQ test and scored a 72.
I was not completely surprised. He often has trouble with basic tasks and can seem to lack common sense. I have always tried to look at him with compassion and assumed he just needed more time to learn or mature. But seeing that number made something shift in me. It no longer feels like this is just about immaturity.
You Can Do Everything Right and Still Be Alone. Here’s Why.
There’s a quiet lie we absorb early in life.
It goes like this: If you work on yourself, become emotionally intelligent, go to therapy, communicate clearly, set boundaries, stay fit, build a decent life, and generally don’t act like a jerk—love will eventually show up.
Not immediately. But eventually. Like a reward for good behavior.
And when it doesn’t happen, the confusion sets in.
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The Dumping Grounds
33 People Reveal The Worst Mistake of Their Lives
Everyone has at least one decision they wish they could take back—but the biggest regrets are rarely the dramatic moments you’d expect. Sometimes they’re years spent chasing the wrong career, trusting the wrong person, putting off saving money, or simply not telling the people you love how much they matter.
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The $100,000 Surgery That Made Me Three Inches Taller
People hear “limb-lengthening surgery” and immediately assume I’m either incredibly insecure or completely insane. They picture someone risking their ability to walk just to gain a few inches, and then they tell me I should have learned to love myself instead. I’ve heard every joke, every criticism, and every lecture about confidence coming from within.
The funny thing is, almost all of those opinions come from people who have never been a shorter guy.
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Poll of the Day
