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For Lots of Young People, the ‘Romance Recession’ Is Real [ [link removed] ]
It’s tough out there in the streets, whether you’re swiping on an app or actually dealing with people in person
AI-Run Store Fires Human Worker in First Known LLM Termination [ [link removed] ]
That had to be an extremely strange HR meeting
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Pink Grass Planet by Sam Merwin Jr. [ [link removed] ] [ [link removed] ]- After five years stationed on the alien world of Lri-gTu-riANa, Ricardo Webb finally makes it home to Earth, his fiancée, and everything familiar he’s been dreaming about — only to discover that “home” doesn’t feel quite the way he remembers it.
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Also Worth A Look…
Gen Z Redirects Retirement Savings Into Sports Betting, Survey Finds [ [link removed] ] - That doesn’t seem like a very good long term strategy. I had far more sympathy for people who needed to use their retirement savings to pay the bills
State Policies Aimed At Boosting Birth Rates Targeting The Wrong Factor, Study Suggests [ [link removed] ] - It seems like the policies of a specific state or the current economic conditions don’t have much to do with that choice people make, they either want to have kids, or don’t. That makes sense to me, because it seems like those are things that are either temporary or can be changed if you wanted to have kids and it’s a decision that’s important enough that you would
First the penny, now the nickel: Congress moves closer to making big changes with the money in your pocket [ [link removed] ] - I think we’re quickly getting to a point where prices will just be rounded up or down to the nearest dollar and coins will no longer be a thing
Landlord Cleaning Out Apartment Finds Stolen Picasso [ [link removed] ] - I remember once I left a coat hanging up in the closet when I left an apartment and I made the trip back to get it. Hard to imagine going through the trouble of an art heist and then just leaving it somewhere
Problem Drinking Declines in the US [ [link removed] ] - Winston Churchill once said there are two types of problem drinkers: Those who drink too much and those who drink too little
Whatever You Do, Don’t Be a ‘Larper’ [ [link removed] ] - They act like this is a new thing. I’ve been calling a certain group of people “Civil war larpers” since 2015
EVs Are Transforming Safaris—And Bringing Guests Closer to Animals [ [link removed] ] - What could possibly go wrong with people getting closer to wild animals?
Shake Shack worker allegedly robbed his own store, returned to work days later [ [link removed] ] - Apparently he didn’t steal enough to set himself up for life. Rookie mistake
Construction workers uncover $10 million in gold while building sewer under former brewery [ [link removed] ] - If you need me, I’ll be searching the sewers
Escaped 8-foot python causes fire at Forest Middle School in Bedford County [ [link removed] ] - “Kill it with fire” seems like a good strategy to me
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