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- 6 things you must do if you’re planning to work remotely permanently
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 01:30 AMIf you’ve struggled to work from home for this past year, now is the time to start settling into it, so you can feel good and productive in your new work environment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stitch Fix sells $1.7 billion of clothes each year. Now, its visionary CEO is passing the baton
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 02:00 AMKatrina Lake is passing the reins to Elizabeth Spaulding. We talk with them about the past and future of Stitch Fix.
For a decade, Katrina Lake has been one of the most celebrated tech CEOs in the country.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Parks Project has put more than $1.4 million into national parks by making them cool again
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 03:00 AMWith every sale of its retro-chic clothing and home goods, Parks Project donates to a park in need.
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Since its founding in 2014, the California-based apparel brand Parks Project has put its weight behind championing America’s best idea: our national parks. - How 9-year-old YouTube millionaire Ryan Kaji is building a kids’ media empire
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 03:00 AMThe Kaji family is navigating the increasingly complicated world of kidfluencers by expanding beyond YouTube.
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In 2015, when Ryan Kaji was three years old, he asked his parents why he wasn’t on YouTube like the other kids he was watching.Read Full Story - This $7 billion development was designed to survive rising seas
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 04:00 AMThe developers commissioned an unprecedented model to see how storms and rising seawater would impact the 161-acre site.
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When developers at HYM Investment Group started planning a major urban redevelopment at the former Suffolk Downs racetrack near Boston Harbor, they knew they had to plan around water. - Why tackling perfectionism must go beyond ‘letting things go’
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 05:10 AMTurning to management techniques will help perfectionists use their high-achieving tendencies in a healthy manner.
Perfectionists are known for making impressive strides. These high-achievers are often some of our most well known popular culture figures.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Intuit’s CEO and its first racial equity director explain their approach to diversity
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 12:00 PMCEO Sasan Goordarzi and the company’s first director of racial equity, La Toya Haynes, discuss initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion.
In August of last year, technology company Intuit appointed its first racial equity director, La Toya Haynes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Polaroid Go is an adorable instant camera that fits in your pocket
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 03:00 AMThe smallest Polaroid ever made is ready to party when the world reopens.
We haven’t had a lot of occasions to take photos in the last year (your sourdough loaf excluded).More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Ten miles above the Earth, these machines can capture CO2 from the air
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 04:00 AMThe temperatures high in the atmosphere change the physics of carbon removal. Can these balloons make it cost-effective?
On April 16, a team of engineers in Germany launched a balloon in the air and watched as it ascended.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Languages are more connected than we think. This gorgeous visualization proves it
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 05:00 AMFound in Translation shows how 24 languages connect.
If you’ve ever traveled to a foreign country and you didn’t speak the language, you probably had your share of conversations that got lost in translation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- How HBO’s ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ beat the worst of odds for season two
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 02:00 AMAvoiding a sophomore slump was the least of concerns for show creator Robin Thede.
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When HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show premiered in 2019, it broke new ground in comedy as the first sketch series to have an all-Black-women-led cast—not to mention all Black women in the writers’ room as well. - On Nextdoor, unhoused neighbors are shut out of conversations about homelessness
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 02:00 AMNextdoor has become a source for community discussions and local announcements, but not everyone in a neighborhood has access to the platform.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Scientists develop a truly recyclable plastic. Is the world ready for it?
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 03:00 AMIf we can’t ditch plastic, we can at least make it more recyclable—at least that’s what researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Energy are proposing with a new material called PDK.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Still waiting for a paper stimulus check from the IRS? It could be on the way in this new batch
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 03:38 AMThe latest round of stimulus check payments has gone out—and it includes 1.1 million paper checks
It’s been six weeks since the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began sending out the third round of Economic Impact Payments to Americans trying to navigate the financial implications of the global COVID-19 pandemic.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why N95 masks may not be as protective as you think
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 05:00 AMYou’re wearing them wrong.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Get ready to party: 10 ways to save the planet on Earth Day
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 07:34 AMFor people looking to change their planet-damaging habits, Earth Day is a great time to start. More than 1 billion people mark April 22 as a day of action.
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This year’s Earth Day celebration is special because residents of the planet have seen firsthand what a difference a change in their actions can make.Read Full Story - 5 reasons to apply for the 2021 Innovation by Design Awards
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 02:00 AMThe deadline for submissions is April 30. Enter today!
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Avoid these 7 résumé mistakes if you want a job interview
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 03:00 AMA new study of 2,800 employers highlights the biggest mistakes that applicants make.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The U.S. plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 04:31 AMThe goal is in line with what climate scientists say is necessary to avoid the worst impacts from climate change.
The U.S. now aims to cut annual greenhouse gas emissions in half—between 50% and 52% lower than 2005 levels—by the end of the decade.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How I learned to think like a 12-year-old to spark my creativity
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 05:00 AMFor times when you’re short on inspirtion, here are few ways to reframe your thoughts and break through to better ideas.
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- 4 ways to ensure your workplace DEI efforts don’t go back to ‘business as usual’
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 01:30 AMPsychotherapist Farah Harris says for Black people and other racially marginalized individuals, racism is the allergen, and it is always allergy season.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 4 strategies for managing your job search anxiety
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 03:00 AMIf you’re feeling anxiety about how your search is going—or how long it’s taking—these techniques can help you feel more in control.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In reluctant defense of ‘Mank,’ this year’s Oscars villain
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 03:00 AMDespite 10 Oscar nominations and critical praise, Netflix’s ‘Mank’ has become a target of scorn. Why it’s a different—and better—movie than you think.
In the most reductive terms, movies follow heroes as they square off against villains.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It’s time to take videos of Black Americans dying offline
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 04:00 AMProfessor Allissa V. Richardson explains why media companies should stop sharing videos depicting graphic violence against Black Americans.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - You’ll never guess what everyone bought on Etsy during the pandemic
Friday - 04/23/2021 - 04:53 AMMasks were a gateway drug for the e-commerce platform in 2020. Many buyers came back for non-mask purchases later.
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Etsy more than doubled its revenue last year, in what its CEO called “a transformative year.” What, you ask, did everyone buy on Etsy?Read Full Story - Scientists are searching for the plural of ‘black hole,’ and their ideas are out of this world
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 10:42 AMPopular ideas include a ‘terror’ of black holes and a ‘silence’ of black holes.
Earlier this year, astronomers went hunting for a supermassive black hole somewhere by the constellation Ara, nearly 8,000 light-years from Earth.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The five best arguments that Apple’s App Store is a monopoly
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 12:30 PMDuring a Senate hearing this week, lawmakers and app developers leveled some weighty criticisms against Apple for the way it runs the App Store.
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Apple and Google testified in front of the Senate Judiciary’s Antitrust Subcommittee Wednesday, and it’s fair to say the committee members came with their A-game and that Apple walked away the biggest loser. - HBO Max sees subscribers surge due to Warner Bros. movies debuting direct to streaming
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 04:00 AMReleasing hits like ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ for free on the service the same day the film landed in theaters has paid off.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It takes 15 gallons of water to distress a pair of jeans. Uniqlo is trying to change that
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 04:00 AMUniqlo—part of the world’s most valuable clothing company—has lagged behind its peers in sustainability efforts.
Creating a stonewashed or distressed look on a single pair of jeans requires 15 gallons of water.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Instead of clogging sidewalks, this bike share company will dock on private property
Thursday - 04/22/2021 - 05:00 AMIn New York City, Joco’s e-bikes will be kept out of the way, in stations on private properties such as the garages of apartment buildings, hotels, and offices.
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