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The 'masculinity crisis' is actually a crisis of self-esteem | Psyche
Ideas

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modern belief that talent or effort can carry anyone to the top.
It’s a myth that’s especially harmful to men

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Editor's Note: My contention is that the competition for self-esteem,
and the widespread lack of it that results, is to blame for much of
what we attribute to the crisis in masculinity. Men are frustrated
because they feel like failures, and they feel like failures because -
given the way our society distributes self-esteem - almost everybody
has to feel like a failure.

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Scientists uncover how your brain flushes out waste during sleep
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Every night, while the body rests, the brain orchestrates a vital
cleanup operation. Cerebrospinal fluid, which bathes the brain, flows
through its tissues, flushing away the chemical debris of the day. But
what exactly happens during the brain's janitorial shift has puzzled
scientists for years.

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Could Other Countries Prosecute Soldiers in Gaza? - The New Yorker (No
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Last spring, a video spread across social media. Filmed at night, it
shows several soldiers in olive-green army fatigues transporting a
group of prisoners. The captured men wear white jumpsuits and
blindfolds, and they have their hands tied behind their backs. The
person holding the camera begins to narrate, in French, Did you see
those motherfuckers? Referring to a prisoner whose jumpsuit has fallen
to his waist, he says, Look, hes pissed himself. . . . I will show you
his back. Youll laugh. They tortured him to make him talk. In a
separate clip, he points the camera at the men, including one with
marks on his back, and says, You were happy on October 7th, you sons
of bitches?






















 










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Uranium prices hit record as thirsty AI data centres add to market
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Industry pressured to build new conversion facilities to cover end of
US import waiver and impact of Ukraine war

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Enbridge Preps Pipeline Buildout for Trump-Driven Drilling Boom -
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Pipeline CEO plans ahead for imminent change in US leadership Company
ships almost 6 million barrels of crude, liquids daily







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Luigi Mangione resurfaces as symbol of anger against California
insurers
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Many, angered by State Farm's decision last summer to cancel hundreds
of homeowners policies in some of the neighborhoods now devastated by
the blazes, are looking at the 26-year-old as the type of avenger they
wish would punish insurance companies that have cut coverage across
the state.

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The madman theory of Trump and tariffs
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What if Hamas Doesnt Release the Hostages by Trumps Inauguration? -
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Report: What if Hamas Doesnt Release the Hostages by Trumps
Inauguration?

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First foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany for 35 years
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A 72-hour ban on transporting cows, pigs, sheep, goats and other
animals such as camels and llamas in Brandenburg went into force on
Saturday and Berlin's two zoos also closed.







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Joe Biden's most peculiar rejection: Why two death row inmates are
refusing his clemency offer
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The decision of two death row inmates to turn down clemency sounds
crazy, but they are not the tirst to do it"); } When President Joe
Biden announced last month that he would commute the sentences of 37
out of 40 people on federal death row to life in prison without the
possibility of parole, along

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161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doom
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The text anticipated several modern AI safety concerns, including the
possibility of machine consciousness, self-replication, and humans
losing control of their technological creations. These themes later
appeared in works like Isaac Asimov's The Evitable Conflict and the
Matrix films.






















 









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Anthropic's chief scientist on 5 ways agents will be even better in
2025
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Agents are the hottest thing in tech right now. Top firms from Google
DeepMind to OpenAI to Anthropic are racing to augment large language
models with the ability to carry out tasks by themselves.

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I think there is life there. Today the race to put a human on Mars in
pictures
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Last September, Elon Musk used the social media platform he had bought
for ?35bn to remind the world that he had bigger things on his mind
than the forthcoming US presidential election.














 









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The Big Question At The Heart Of The TikTok Case
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When Congress passed the law that required TikTok's parent company,
ByteDance, to sell it or see it banned in the U.S.

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Trump Is Planning 100 Executive Orders Starting Day 1 On Border,
Deportations And Other Priorities
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is preparing more than
100 executive orders starting Day One of the new White House, in what
amounts to a shock-and-awe campaign on border security, deportations
and a rush of other policy priorities.






















 









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Limiting Ultra-Processed Foods This Year? Experts Recommend Starting
With These 3
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Ultra-processed foods have been getting a lot of buzz lately--and not
in a good way. Increasingly, research has linked a diet high in these
foods to a variety of health concerns, including a heightened risk of
obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes.

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Why Soft Quitting At Work Could Be More Dangerous Than Quiet Quitting
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The buzzword "quiet quitting" has grabbed headlines, meaning employees
quietly disengage, doing only what's required to meet expectations,
and nothing more. But a subtler, more dangerous issue is lurking
beneath the surface of many organizations: soft quitting.






















 









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Zuckerberg trash talks Apple in interview with Joe Rogan
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks Apple "[hasn't] really invented
anything great in a while" and that it has been coasting off of its
past success. "Steve Jobs invented the iPhone and now they're just
kind of sitting on it 20 years later," he said this week.

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Thinking about becoming a pescatarian? What you should know about the
pescatarian diet
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If you're trying to eat a plant-based diet but finding it hard to rule
out meaty foods altogether, a pescatarian diet might be a good option
to consider. "From a practical point of view," says Dr. Frank Hu, a
professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T.H.

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Physicists figure out the perfect Cacio e Pepe recipe
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The classic Italian dish known as cacio e pepe only requires three
primary ingredients, but achieving its celebrated, creamy consistency
is notoriously difficult.

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A Massive Mobile Location Data Hack May Have Risked Gay People's
Safety
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On Sunday, a hacker claimed they'd stolen terabytes of data from Gravy
Analytics, one of the world's biggest brokers of location data
collected from widely used mobile apps like games and dating apps.

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I Have No Idea What Peter Thiel Is Trying to Say and It's Making Me
Really Uncomfortable
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Peter Thiel, longtime Trump supporter and billionaire master of the
universe, published an op-ed in Financial Times that perfectly
replicates the experience of being cornered by a sweaty cokehead at an
Austin, Texas house party.

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Connect Your Learning Programs to Your Company's Strategy
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These days businesses are facing more change than ever. And the
strongest predictor of whether a company can transform in the face of
change is its ability to hire, develop, and retain the necessary
talent, according to research from Bain & Company.

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Here's Why Tesla Is Losing to Chinese EV Maker BYD
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To succeed at a grand scale, you must compete in the biggest markets
with bold strategies that set you apart from your rivals. People who
follow this path take huge risks that sometimes don't pan out. Just
look at Elon Musk.

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A new Kindle jailbreak has dropped, opening up every model released
since 2013
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Summary A new jailbreak called WinterBreak allows users to modify
Kindle e-readers released since 2013, potentially opening them up to
more customization and features.

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Worlds richest use up their fair share of 2025 carbon budget in 10
days
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The world's richest 1% have already used up their fair share of the
global carbon budget for 2025, just 10 days into the year. In less
than a week and a half, the consumption habits of an individual from
this monied elite had already caused, on average, 2.

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Los Angeles wildfires' destruction shown in satellite images
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The Los Angeles wildfires continue to burn out of control, with the
death toll now at seven and expected to climb. Nearly 180,000 people
have been ordered to evacuate and at least 10,000 buildings have been
destroyed, L.A.

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How to train your brain to be more resilient
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One problem that many of us face is that we have not been adequately
prepared to deal with things that go wrong. Our education system
focuses primarily on rewarding students for getting correct
answers--not for fixing mistakes.

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Oprah Winfrey Says Your Overall Life Satisfaction Comes Down to 6
Simple Words
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Living the life of a successful entrepreneur, like Oprah Winfrey, is
often described as a journey, with successes and failures along the
way. Put it simply, it's an adventure not for the faint of heart.
Oprah sees it the same way.

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Prediction: This AI Company Will Be the Most Valuable in the World by
the End of 2025
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There isn't a prize for being the largest company in the world by
market cap, but it's a position that many companies envy. Right now,
Apple (AAPL 0.20%) is the largest, although Nvidia (NVDA -0.02%) is
right on its tail and may move in and out of first place depending on
the market's daily swings.

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Feeding your good gut bacteria through fibre in diet may boost body
against infections
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The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Shigella, E.coli and others, is present at low levels as
part of a healthy human gut microbiome.

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Trumps talk of buying Greenland energizes islands independence
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Jrgen Boassen, a 50-year-old bricklayer and Trump admirer, was at the
airport in Greenlands capital Nuuk this week wearing a MAGA hat to
cheer the arrival of Trump Force One.

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Diary of a dead North Korean soldier reveals grisly battlefield
tactics - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=126849&nl=daily]
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The crude stick-figure diagram, sketched in blue ink, details how
North Korean soldiers deployed to support Russia in the Ukraine war
should respond to the approach of a Ukrainian drone. One
soldierreferred to as bait" in the drawingshould stand still to lure
the drone so that a pair of comrades can attempt to shoot it down.

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Iran races to sell oil stored in China - WSJ (No paywall)
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Iran has shipped nearly 3 million barrels of oil from a storage site
in China, people familiar with the matter said, in a bid to raise
funds that could be used to shore up Irans allied militia groups in
the Middle East.

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How a Raytheon Scientist Accidentally Invented the Microwave Oven -
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If youve ever nuked a Hot Pocket or used your microwave to warm up
some leftovers, you have a comedy of errors to thank for the
convenience. The invention of the all-too-common microwave came down
to an accident involving a Raytheon engineer, an experiment with some
radar equipment, and a chocolaty peanut candy bar.

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California Wildfire Live Updates: Newsom Launches Investigation Into
Crucial Water Shortages As Blazes Continue - Forbes (No paywall)
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday an investigation into
water shortages that occurred as large blazes scorched Los Angeles
County this week, making the declaration as six fires remained active
in the region.

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Scoop: Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global-backed Divvy Homes is
being sold for parts to Brookfield Properties
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Rent-to-own startup Divvy Homes is being acquired in a fire sale by
Charleston, South Carolina-based Maymont Homes, according to multiple
people familiar with the matter. Maymont, a division of Brookfield
Properties, manages a portfolio of single-family rental homes. With
U.S.

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How Elon Musk's xAI is quietly taking over X
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When Elon Musk launched his own AI startup, xAI, he touted a key
advantage over his competitors: access to the vast trove of data from
his newly acquired social media platform Twitter.

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Peter Thiel-backed Startup That Wanted to Buy Greenland Is Thrilled
That Trump Wants to Buy Greenland
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Donald Trump has inspired laughs, jeers, disbelief, and outrage, by
proposing that the U.S. buy Greenland. Nobody quite knows what to
think of the president-elect's proposal. Trump isn't the only person
who wants to buy the Danish territory, however.

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Nvidia's AI empire: A look at its top startup investments
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No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than
Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed
since the introduction of ChatGPT a little over two years ago -- and
the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since.

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What the H-1B Visa Fight Is Really About
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Elon Musk and Bernie Sanders agree on how to reform the suddenly
controversial immigration program. But the real conflict here is
within the parties, not between them. The debate over immigration in
America has taken a strange turn recently.

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Trump was sentenced to an 'unconditional discharge' in his hush money
conviction. Here's what that means
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Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, and will be the first president
of the United States with a felony conviction. On Jan.

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Los Angeles Geared Up for Fire Risk, but Fell Short
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The conflagrations that killed at least 11 people and destroyed
thousands of homes have raised questions about whether the dozens of
federal, state, county and city fire departments involved in this
week’s fire response deployed enough resources — and the extent to
which modern firefighting tools are effective against the megafires
that have become increasingly common in California over the past
decade.

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What Corporate America Can Learn From MrBeast's Billion-Dollar Empire
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I have long been captivated by the meteoric rise of MrBeast. Who
wouldn't? At just 26 years old, Jimmy Donaldson, better known by his
moniker MrBeast, has built a billion-dollar empire. And that demands
the attention of corporate America.

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VCs say AI companies need proprietary data to stand out from the pack
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AI companies across the globe raised more than $100 billion in venture
capital dollars in 2024, according to Crunchbase data, an increase of
more than 80% compared to 2023. It encompasses nearly a third of the
total VC dollars invested in 2024.

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Molly Russella??s father tells Starmer UK a??going backwardsa?? on
online safety
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In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116
123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In the US, you
can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat
on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis
counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11
14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

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This video company is positioning itself for a world without TikTok
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As TikTok pleads with the U.S. Supreme Court to let it continue
operating in the United States, one video company is taking advantage
of the uncertainty around TikTok's sister app.

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Biden calls Metaa??s decision to drop factchecking a??really
shamefula??
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"I don't know what that's all about - it's completely contrary to what
America is about," Biden said. "We want to tell the truth. The idea
that a billionaire can buy something and say that they won't
factcheck, and then you have millions of people reading it - I think
it's really shameful."

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Winter storm across US south disrupts travel and closes schools
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The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the north
pole, but it sometimes ventures south into the US, Europe and Asia.
Some experts say such events are happening more frequently,
paradoxically, because of a warming world.

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What the 2024 CrowdStrike Glitch Can Teach Us About Cyber Risk
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On July 19th, 2024, a single content update from CrowdStrike, a cyber
security software company, caused more than 8.5 million systems to
crash, disrupting operations for days across thousands of
organizations worldwide, including hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies.

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American Airlines' Ex-CEO Always Follows This 1 Ironclad Rule When He
Flies. You Should, Too
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Doug Parker was CEO of American Airlines for over 20 years, from 2001
to 2023. Surely, he learned a few insider travel tips during that
time.

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