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The Unhealthy Truth Behind 'Wellness' and 'Clean Eating' (2016)(vice.com)
3 points by Geekette 7y ago|0 comments
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VP finance embezzles $22M from Stylehaul for gambling and cryptocurrency trades(thedailybeast.com)
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by Geekette 7y ago
Well done! Was this exercise more for technical practice or do you plan on keeping it going? Many people enjoy puns and I can see this evolving in many puntastic directions. You should edit the pun-a-week challenge post to clarify whether y
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French geographer uses “peripheral France” to explain American political anger(citylab.com)
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Put down the self-help books: Resilience is not a DIY endeavour(theglobeandmail.com)
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Analysis finds female inventors' patents less likely to be approved than men's(insights.som.yale.edu)
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Negative effects of co-workers mixing up people of color in the office(washingtonpost.com)
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Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand: “Extremism Is Not a Mental Illness”(mentalhealth.org.nz)
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by Geekette 8y ago
Interesting. Their concept seems like an extension of existing hoverbikes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dk-fiyJdvE
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by Geekette 8y ago
Not surprised to read this. Glad to see a post outlining why 1st class travel isn't as profitable as it seems, including how even Emirates, which sells the most 1st class seats notes that 1st and business-class constitute ~40% of its
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by Geekette 8y ago
Except, they're changing their minds: Swedes turn against cashlessness https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/03/being-cash-fre...
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New York City considering legislation to ban cashless retailers(citylab.com)
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Download 400 Colouring Books by Museums and Libraries Based on Their Collections(library.nyam.org)
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Early South Dakota Thrived by Being a Divorce Colony(atlasobscura.com)
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Canadian court declares Uber's arbitration process illegal and unconscionable(wsj.com)
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Halifax con man swindled govt, investors, others via gaming firm and other scams(thedeepmag.ca)
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Student rescued from ISIS zone by mercenaries hired by thesis advisor [Swedish](lu.se)
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The cost of telling a #MeToo story in Australia(nytimes.com)
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Contract worker describes his experience in Google’s 2-tier employee system(qz.com)
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by Geekette 8y ago
Seems quite the timely strategic PR move from Google; this might alleviate some of the bad press it's been battling lately (public leak of DragonFly project, workers' protest and public petition against it, etc). Good for DDG, tho
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Three Months Inside Alt-Right New York(communemag.com)
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Tech philosopher says democratization argument for blockchain is just a pretext(international.brandeins.de)
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by Geekette 8y ago
" Brands are giving the masses the illusion that they are consuming luxury, when in reality they are doing nothing of the sort, argues Eugene Rabkin. " This approach to serving the midmarket has been around for a long time, especi
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by Geekette 8y ago
Wow. It's fascinating to watch this issue grow in realtime: When I started reading, I saw earlier comments indicating the letter had 139 signatories. Then I checked and noticed it was at 250 and it's now at 276. Curious to see wha
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by Geekette 8y ago
This is chilling: “Right-wing extremists have capitalized on the election of the first African-American president, and are focusing their efforts to recruit new members, ... singling out “disgruntled military veterans” ... in order to expl
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1st anthropologist to visit says Sentinelese aren't hostile (interview excerpt)(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
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Pop-up café in Tokyo will allow severely disabled to work using robotic avatars(spoon-tamago.com)
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Tech founder charged with voyeurism for secretly filming tenants and friends(torontolife.com)
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Strangest Form of White Flight: New Southern Secession in Metro Atlanta(citylab.com)
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by Geekette 8y ago
No references off head but I stumbled upon it while working on airline related project some years back. The key thing being proper cost accounting showed it wasn't lucrative as portrayed. Citations on premium class margins don't a

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