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How my indoor air made me sick and dumb (and how I fixed it)
 Temperature, PM2.5, humidity, CO2, and VOCs all have an effect on indoor air quality and your health. Here are the techniques I use to keep each of them in the ideal range.
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Editor's Note: From this chart the best combination of devices to have complete control over your air are an air conditioner for controling temperature, a dehumidifier and evaporative humidifier for controling humidity, a HEPA or MERV filter for keeping PM2.5 low, and an ERV for keeping CO2 and VOCs low.
WorkHow Widening Israel's War Saved Benjamin Netanyahu - The New Yorker (No paywall) The political scientist Dahlia Scheindlin is a longtime expert on Israeli public opinion and analyst of the country's domestic political scene. With the new year upon us--and with the fall of the Assad regime, in Syria; a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, in Lebanon; and continued hostilities in Gaza, where more than forty thousand Palestinians have been killed since the Hamas-led attacks of October 7th, 2023--I wanted to get a handle on exactly what has and has not changed in Israel in the past few months. I spoke by phone with Scheindlin, who is also a policy fellow at the Century Foundation, a columnist for Haaretz, and the author of "The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel." During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed how her understanding of Israel's aims for the region has shifted lately; why the popularity of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, has ticked back up after falling in the immediate aftermath of October 7th; and why the immense number of Palestinian civilian casualties is still barely registering within Israel. WorkThe end of fear in Syria Damascus and Aleppo, Syria - Until the fall of the al-Assad regime, the word "dollar" was forbidden in public. Instead, people used anything green - my favourite substitute was "molokhiyeh", the green leaf eaten in a stew in Arab countries.
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WorkWriting as Transformation - The New Yorker (No paywall) It seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life. The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my life didn?t seem my life until I started to write. Work
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WorkWorkYoung customers in developing countries propel a boom in plastic surgery - The Economist (No paywall) Like many other members of the Lebanese community in the suburb of Boston where he grew up, Peter Makhlouf goes to Beirut every summer to visit family. Recently the annual trip has acquired an extra purpose. ?At some point [the women] all started to do cosmetic procedures,? he says. They began with little tweaks, such as getting their lips plumped or teeth whitened. Then came cheekbone-lifts, nose jobs ?and so on?. The plastic pilgrimage has become so common that Mr Makhlouf, who is 29, says he no longer knows ?anyone who hasn?t gotten plastic surgery?.
WorkLayoffs coming to US jobs market in 2025 The final months of 2024 delivered additional blows to workers in several sectors as numerous layoff announcements were made for 2025. Major companies, including Amazon, aircraft manufacturer Boeing, and budget carrier Spirit Airlines, have all announced layoffs that will impact employees into 2025. While the number of job layoffs across the U.S. in 2024 is not yet available, it's likely that it fared better than in 2023, when layoffs soared by 98 percent in 2022, given improving economic conditions. WorkWhy We Say Yes When We Don?t Want To From an early age, we are taught that obedience is good, and disobedience is bad. Saying yes is polite and agreeable, while saying no is often seen as selfish or disruptive. These lessons shape us psychologically, socially, and even neurologically. WorkJeju Air's Problems Mount After Crash That Killed 179 People When Jeju Air's status as South Korea's biggest low-cost carrier seemed under threat from the merger of the country's two biggest airlines last year, the company's chief executive assured employees that it would "actively respond," possibly by acquiring smaller rivals. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkTenable CEO Amit Yoran dies Longtime entrepreneur and cybersecurity executive Amit Yoran passed away Friday after a battle with cancer. Cybersecurity company Tenable, where Yoran was CEO and chairman, announced his death in a press release. WorkWorkGenerative AI funding reached new heights in 2024 If there was any doubt, the generative AI bubble didn't burst in 2024. Investments in generative AI, which encompasses a range of AI-powered apps, tools, and services to generate text, images, videos, speech, music, and more, reached new heights last year. WorkWorkWorkWorkAs Democrats Reel, Two Front-Runners Emerge in a Leadership Battle At the same time, Democrats who are not directly involved in the D.N.C. race described the field to succeed the departing chair, Jaime Harrison, as uninspiring. Among the party’s top leaders, only Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, has weighed in on the race (for Mr. Wikler). Some Democrats see the D.N.C. contenders’ arguments about relationships with donors and their regular promises of more money for state parties as papering over a broader discussion of why Vice President Kamala Harris lost the election. WorkTrump Sees the U.S. as a 'Disaster.' The Numbers Tell a Different Story. “President Trump is inheriting an economy that is about as good as it ever gets,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics. “The U.S. economy is the envy of the rest of the world, as it is the only significant economy that is growing more quickly post-pandemic than prepandemic.” Work'A Day of Love': How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6 What began as a strained attempt to absolve Mr. Trump of responsibility for Jan. 6 gradually took hold, as his allies in Congress and the media played down the attack and redirected blame to left-wing plants, Democrats and even the government. Violent rioters — prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned — somehow became patriotic martyrs. WorkEarnings from BlackRock, Wells Fargo, and job data to watch this week Finally, on Friday, the employment report for November will be published, detailing job creation and the unemployment rate. This report is a key gauge of the health of the labor market. On the same day, the preliminary consumer sentiment report for January will be released, offering a snapshot of consumer confidence heading into the new year. WorkWhat Do Movie Producers Do, Anyway? “Everyone produces differently,” said the producer David Hinojosa, a best picture nominee last year for “Past Lives” whose recent films include “Babygirl,” an erotic thriller, and “The Brutalist,” an epic immigrant drama. WorkTelemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve Dr. Frydman, the senior medical director at a cancer care technology company called Thyme Care, works hundreds of miles away in a Manhattan office. She and Mr. Manuel used a video telemedicine link — an option that barely existed in traditional Medicare before the Covid pandemic, thanks to restrictive federal policies. WorkItaly's Prime Minister Visits Trump in Mar-a-Lago Since being elected, Mr. Trump has welcomed to Mar-a-Lago Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, a champion of “illiberal democracy,” as well as Argentina’s firebrand right-wing president, Javier Milei. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada became the first Group of Seven leader to visit Mr. Trump in Florida since the election, after a threat to impose tariffs on Canada. WorkOpinion | John Bolton: For Donald Trump, the Only Loyalty Is Fealty This is indisputably damaging to a free society, but it is a well-established Trump habit. Neither kings nor presidents, nor their countries, are well served if they are surrounded by sycophants and opportunists. Truly strong presidents are not afraid of advisers with strong views. WorkOpinion | Congestion Pricing Shows the Future of the Democratic Party Governor Hochul can do a lot to ensure this traffic tax earns out, both financially and politically — and if she can get it right, it will be a model of Democratic recovery and impact. Her challenge boils down to three things: show that it works, for whom it works and why New York decided to do it in the first place. WorkSamsung CES 2025 press conference: Watch it here Monday at 5PM ET One thing you shouldn't expect to see in Vegas: The presumed Galaxy S25 smartphone line. If it follows its recent scheduling, Samsung will likely slate that unveiling for the second half of January, when it will have the tech news spotlight to itself. (Last year it was a January 17 event, which was announced on January 11.) Work TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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