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20 Years of 'Places to Go'
 The list made its debut in 2005, when world travel was about half of today’s 1.3 billion arrivals and phones were for making calls. Here’s how The Times’s annual travel list — and travel itself — has changed in the last two decades.
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Editor's Note: The popular use of the word "overtourism" can be traced to a 2016 article about Iceland in Skift, a travel-industry publication. But it's been a theme on the list since at least 2006, when we suggested Istria, in northern Croatia, as an alternative for "foodies weary of overpriced and overcrowded tables in Tuscany and Provence."
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WorkDavid Attenborough "Profoundly Disturbed" By AI Clone Of His Voice David Attenborough, the legendary natural history presenter, is rallying against AI -- unathorized cloning, specifically. The broadcaster and naturalist said he was "profoundly disturbed" after receiving notification from the BBC that his voice was being cloned by AI creators. Work
WorkWorkJustin Trudeau leaves a wrecked party and divided Canada - The Economist (No paywall) On January 6th Justin Trudeau, Canadas prime minister, announced his resignation after weeks of speculation and a mounting political crisis. The Liberal Party has won three successive elections since 2015 under his leadership. But over the past year he has become an isolated and deeply polarising figure as supporters have abandoned the party, angry that it has failed to tackle inflation, housing costs and the strains from high immigration. In the coming weeks the Liberals will be gripped by a leadership struggle. Canada faces an election which must be held by October. It will be fought over his deeply flawed legacy, and how the next government responds to a looming trade war, geopolitical risks and a sluggish economy.
WorkWorkCOVID map update reveals US cases at Christmas Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin had 9.4 percent of COVID-19 tests come back positive, while Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont had a 7.4 percent positivity rate, and Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska had a 7.3 percent positivity rate.
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WorkLoneliness Could Be Making You Sick It's no surprise that isolation and loneliness affect our overall mental health. In fact, research suggests that an individual's sense of community can reduce distressing mental and emotional symptoms like anxiety and depression. WorkMotorbike-sized tuna sold to Tokyo sushi restaurateurs for $1.3m Sushi restaurateurs in Tokyo say they have paid 207m yen ($1.3m; ?1m) for a bluefin tuna which is about the size and weight of a motorbike. The sale is the second highest price ever paid at the annual new year auction at Toyosu Fish Market in the Japanese capital.
WorkWorkMapping How Aging Affects Different Brain Cells Summary: New research shows that not all brain cells age equally, with certain cells, such as those in the hypothalamus, experiencing more age-related genetic changes. These changes include reduced activity in neuronal circuitry genes and increased activity in immunity-related genes. WorkWorkWorkPlants may control their own microbiomes Plant leaves may seem unassuming, but beneath their glossy surfaces lies a surprising discovery: they are coated with a diverse array of RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkAI means the end of internet search as we've known it We all know what it means, colloquially, to google something. You pop a few relevant words in a search box and in return get a list of blue links to the most relevant results. Maybe some quick explanations up top. Maybe some maps or sports scores or a video. WorkCEO Survival Guide in 2025. My Personal Peek Into the 2025. As a CTO, I've been reflecting on what's ahead in 2025, and I see a landscape that's both challenging and exciting. Here's my take on where we're heading and how we can prepare to lead effectively. 1. WorkWork'My second chance at life after liver transplant' The first patient in the UK with advanced bowel cancer to receive a liver transplant said she had been given "a second chance at life". Bianca Perea, a 32-year-old trainee lawyer from Wigan in Greater Manchester, had the pioneering operation in the summer of 2024. WorkProductivity "hacks" don't work. These do. Productivity "hacks" don't work. These do.The best methods are low-tech and free.Jan 6, 2025, 11:00 AM UTCAllie Volpe is a senior reporter at Vox covering mental health, relationships, wellness, money, home life, and work through the lens of meaningful self-improvement. WorkWorkHow to Hit Peak Fitness After 40 Not long ago, 40 was considered over the hill in sports. But we are increasingly seeing athletes, like the skier Lindsey Vonn, 40, and the climber Chris Sharma, 43, staging midlife comebacks. Peak performance is still within reach for the rest of us, too. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkHistorys Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism - The New Yorker (No paywall) President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to begin enacting the anti-immigrant agenda at the center of his campaign the moment he takes office: mass deportations, a crackdown on people pouring up through Mexico and other places, even the elimination of birthright citizenship. (The fate of high-skill immigration is one area of uncertainty; a dispute over H-1B visas consumed maga world over the holidays.) The scale of what Trump has promised is difficult to fathom and without recent precedent. A century and a half ago, however, a movement to cast out a different group of people began to accelerate in the United States. WorkWorkWorkMinneapolis Promises Police Overhaul in Deal With Justice Department The Minneapolis decree was set in motion in the summer of 2023 after the Department of Justice issued a report accusing the city’s police department of routinely discriminating against Black and Native American residents, of needlessly using deadly force and of violating the First Amendment rights of protesters and journalists. The Minneapolis police union did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new agreement. |
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