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Women Playing Mind Games? How to Identify and Escape Mind Games in Dating and Relationships – Knowledge For Men

Silvergate Bank, which had been a cornerstone in the crypto world, announced it’s closing and returning deposits – The Verge

I freaking love my smart speaker. Its like having a personal assistant at your beck and call. It does everything, sets reminders, turns on the lights, read the news, plays music and so much more – Amazon

Girl Scouts sell 200 million boxes each year, surpassing sales of Oreos, not to mention sales of all Chips Ahoy and Milano cookies combined – Tasting Table

Ranked: Who Are the Richest People in Africa? – Visual Capitalist

Whatever Happened To Michelle Meyrink From Revenge of the Nerds? – Van Life Wanderer

Ex-NBA star Shawn Kemp booked on felony drive-by-shooting charge – ESPN

Aboard the Giant Sand-Sucking Ships That China Uses to Reshape the World – Technology Review

How a Stolen Disc Built the Legend of MF DOOM and Madlib’s ‘Madvillainy’ – The Ringer

Method: How to Dissolve Procrastination – Brent Huras

The Ten Worst Plot Holes in Movie History – Listverse

White-collar workers may soon face the AI disruption everyone’s been panicking about. But the news may be better than you think – Wired

The Top 20 Things You Never Want To Say In Front of a Judge – Linkiest

Woman who went on racist rant against pizzeria owner for having Spanish language TV on is charged with a hate crime – Deadstate

Girl Gets Caught Cheating By Best Man – Leenks

Gym ‘influencer’ gets offended cause someone dared to walk between her and her phone – Reddit

8 classes that should be required for all students before they hit adulthood – Upworthy

350-HP Turbo Hayabusa Go-Kart Will Get a Second Turbo for 800 HP – The Drive

She Played Wonder Woman in the 70’s Television Series. See Lynda Carter Now at 71 – Ned Hardy

Pope John Paul II covered up child abuse as cardinal in Poland, says report – France24

Is a "Steam mop" worth it over a regular mops? Oh hell yes! – Amazon

Anyone can fall for online scams — even you. Here’s how to avoid them – VOX

Rules for sustaining peak performance as we grow older – Big Think

How to Relax Without Feeling Guilty About Relaxing – Mel Magazine

How to Create Space Between Stimulus and Response – Brad Stuhlberg

How Our Reality May Be a Sum of All Possible Realities – Nautilus

How to Be More Productive Without Putting in Extra Hours – INC

10 Ways to Improve Your Wi-Fi Without Buying Anything – How To Geek

She Played Mary Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie. See Melissa Sue Anderson Now at 60 – Ned Hardy

Lamborghini’s New V-12 Powertrain Is a 1001-HP Three-Motor Plug-in Hybrid – Car and Driver

A Dying Man’s Lost Recipe Made His Daughter a Multimillionaire – Bloomberg

That ‘Compliment’ Might Actually Be Offensive – Life Hacker

The 10 Most Dangerous Illegal Drugs in Order – Linkiest

What the dogs of Chernobyl can teach us about life at the edge – Stat News

Seams Pretty Good: How to Know You’re Buying Quality Clothes – The Guardian

Chuck E. Cheese Still Uses Floppy Disks To Make Its Rodent Mascot Dance – BuzzFeed

Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives – Technology Review

Highs, lows and heartbreak: How a pair of California eagles developed a worldwide fanbase – USA Today

3 unexplainable mysteries of life on Earth – VOX

For $50, these bookshelf speakers a great introduction to the budget audiophile world – Amazon

Texts From Crypto Giant Binance Reveal Plan to Elude U.S. Authorities – WSJ

Inside the Plan to Fix Baseball – Esquire

The inside story of how ChatGPT was built from the people who made it – MIT

How To Turn Your Hobby Into Money and Eventually Something You Hate – The Hard Times

China has banned women from modeling lingerie on online shopping livestreams — so men are doing it instead – Insider

Van Dyck Painting Bought for $600 Sells for $3 Million at Auction – My Modern Met

9 Best Exercises for Men To Get Bigger, Stronger Legs – Eat This Not That

How do top athletes get into the zone? By getting uncomfortable – Ideas

12 Questions to Ask a Woman to Get to Know Her Better – Knowledge For Men

Awesome insulated carrier for anyone who brings their lunch to work or school. Great, sturdy materials, water repelling outer shell, and lots of extra storage space for utensils, a book, or anything else you may want to enjoy on a break – Amazon

How to Recover from Romantic Heartbreak – Scientific American

There’s a Good Reason Europeans Think American Chocolate Tastes Like Vomit – Mental Floss

Six Observations From the 2023 NFL Combine – The Ringer

Here’s How F1 Engines Make 1,000 HP From Just 1.6 Liters – The Drive

Are You Using Social Media or Being Used By It? – Cal Newport

She Played Daisy Duke on The Dukes Of Hazzard. See Catherine Bach Now at 69 – Ned Hardy

2 BJJ Guys VS Two Gym Cholos – Reddit

If you have shoulder pain and have a hard time with the bench press, this bench press block takes the pressure off your shoulders and keep the tension in the pecs and triceps – Amazon

Visualized: The Most (and Least) Expensive Cities to Live In – Visual Capitalist

L.A. man wrongly imprisoned for decades declared innocent after DNA evidence points to different suspect – NBC

“I Was Tricked” Female Tennessee Cop Now Claims She Was “Sexually Groomed” Into Letting The Police Department Run A Train On Her With New Lawsuitm – NY Post

15 People Whose IQs Are Higher Than Albert Einstein’s and What They Do For a Living – Bright Side

He Played Ray in Jerry Maguire. See Jonathan Lipnicki Now at 32 – Ned Hardy

Dave Grohl Showed Up With No Publicity To Cook And Serve For 500 Homeless People – Sunny Skyz

9 Best Ghost Towns to Visit in Idaho – Van Life

Roughly 40 percent of single Japanese men in their 20s have never been on a date – SoraNews

Fascinating Vintage Photos of Girls Attending Home Economics Classes, 1920s-1930s – Rare Historical Photos

A damn fine picdump that your cerebal cortex will thank you for – Leenks

Why Judging People Is Really About You (Not Them) – Tiny Buddha

Betting Against Jim Cramer Now A Reality: What Investors Should Know About The Inverse Cramer ETF – Benzinga

What Happened to Bath Salts, America’s Freakiest Drug? – Mel Magazine

15 Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally, According to Experts – Prevention

How To Regain Your Masculinity In A Relationship – Knowledge For Men

Top 10 Stupid Mistakes That Ended A Serial Killer’s Career – Listverse

Meet the men paying to have their jaws broken in the name of ‘manliness’ – GQ

He Played Bobby on The Brady Bunch. See Mike Lookinland Now at 62 – Ned Hardy

This thing is super practical…its a foldable cart that fits easily in your car and is great for hauling groceries, stuff on camping trips, beach trips, picnics and even hauling kids – Amazon

U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks – Reuters

Large law firms are using a tool made by OpenAI to research and write legal documents. What could go wrong? – Wired

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey launches new social media platform Bluesky to rival the bird app – Engadget

A flight attendant’s secrets to surviving long-haul flights – CNN

A brief history of horror’s obsession with group sex – i-D

20 Crazy Facts That Are Totally True – Linkiest

Mosh Pit jerk gets served some justice! – Reddit

Microsoft’s new AI chatbot has been saying some ‘crazy and unhinged things’ – NPR

Man lost in Amazon for a month says he ate worms and drank own urine to survive – The Guardian

Take the crummiest, most uncomfortable chair you have. Buy a lumbar support (lower back) for it. Absolute game changer – Amazon

A Short History of Interest Rate Cyles – Wealth of Common Sense

Crypto industry distances itself from Silvergate as bank collapses – Yahoo

How Long Does it Take to Double Your Money? – Of Dollars and Data

Why mortars are increasingly important on the modern battlefield – Task and Purpose

15 Places to Take the Solo Trip of a Lifetime – Thrillist

LinkedIn has officially entered its ‘cringe era,’ and it’s working – Fortune

She Played Jeannie on I Dream of Jeannie. See Barbara Eden Now at 91 – Ned Hardy

REM Sleep Is Magical. Here’s What the Experts Know – NY Times

They Carbon Steel pans provide much of the nonstick qualities, heat retention, and cheapness of cast iron, while being generally lighter and easier to handle – Amazon

The Powerful One-Liners Every Parent Needs – Life Hacker

Eli Lilly caps the cost of insulin at $35 a month – NBC

Why Thomas Jefferson Created His Own Bible – Smithsonian

Finland begins building $597 million barbed wire fence on Russian border – BBC

Why TikTok is being banned on government phones by everyone from the U.S. to the EU and Canada – Fortune

Hate your signature? Try plastic surgery for autographs – AP News

Vanessa Bryant Settles Claims With LA County For Nearly $29 Million In Helicopter Crash Lawsuit – ABC

The 10 Best Villains in Movie History – Linkiest

Ever cat owner needs this. It holds up to two weeks’ worth of litter. Simply scoop the dirty litter into the Genie’s bag-lined bin, pull a handle to drop the mess into a smell-proof section, and walk away – Amazon

A damn fine collection of hot women – Leenks

The Best Bakeries in Paris, According to a Local – Traveler

TikToker Points Out Some Foods That Are Banned In Other Countries But Are Perfectly Legal In The US – Bored Panda

A man charged with killing 3 officers was found dead in his jail cell – NPR

Which Countries Have the Lowest Inflation? – Visual Capitalist

FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak ‘most likely’ – BBC

Wisconsin company illegally employed more than 100 children in hazardous work – Milwaukee Journal

All 50 States, Ranked by Their Beauty – Thrillist

She Played Nattie in Mrs. Doubtfire. See Mara Wilson Now at 35 – Ned Hardy

One of the best gaming mouses for under $50. It’s super light, ergonomic and responsive! – Amazon

Touching video shows dad finding out his anonymous kidney donor is actually his daughter – Upworthy

Mapped: The Price of Starbucks Coffee, by Country – Visual Capitalist

Help Your Teenager Start Building Good Credit Before They’re an Adult – Life Hacker

Stuck in a loop of worrying thoughts? Here’s how to stop it – Psyche

Narcissists all follow the same patterns — here are some of the most common phrases they use to manipulate you – Insider

This Was the Most-Visited National Park Last Year – Inside Hook

5 Tax Tips for Investors – Visual Capitalist

He Played Greg on The Brady Bunch. See Barry Williams Now at 68 – Ned Hardy

Waterpiks are an excellent addition to your oral hygiene regiment – Amazon

LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken – ARS Technica

Love Again: A Path For Men Dating After an Abusive Relationship – Knowledge For Men

Final Fantasy 16 is a fascinating mix of Devil May Cry and Game of Thrones – Polygon

How to Do a Dopamine Reset – The Art of Manliness

How Ukraine is using US mines to decimate Russian tanks – Task and Purpose

Elizabeth Holmes Hopes Her New Baby Will Keep Her Out of Prison – Futurism

Schrödinger’s Uncle Both World War II Buff and Holocaust Denier – The Hard Times

She Played Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. See Julie Dawn Cole Now at 65 – Ned Hardy

New ‘Frankenstein’ opioids more dangerous than fentanyl alarming state leaders across US as drug crisis rages – Yahoo

The Weird, Dangerous, Isolated Life of the Saturation Diver – Atlas Obscura

The Best Cheap Noise-Canceling Headphones – Amazon

The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are – The Atlantic

I Cold-Plunged Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned – Outside

Fat, Sugar, Salt … You’ve Been Thinking About Food All Wrong – Wired

7 ways to come across as authentic in a job interview – Fast Co

Calm Down. There is No Conscious A.I. – Gizmodo

Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says – WSJ

Best camp chair/tailgating chair. The rocking and the star-gazing features are fantastic! – Amazon

Why Do Cats Knead? – The Conversation

El Chapo’s Inside Man Was America’s Closest Partner in Mexico – VICE

15 facts that should be common knowledge but aren’t – Linkiest

A Hong Kong fashion influencer was found dismembered and scattered around the city. Her ex-husband’s family have been charged with her murder – Insider

5 Sex Techniques Women Beg For – Wing Girl Method

Pastor’s Old IG Post Celebrating Girlfriend’s 18th Birthday Goes Viral Again Amid Debate About “Grooming” – Ruin My Week

She Played Newt in Aliens. See Carrie Hen Now at 46 – Ned Hardy

Here’s why you should make a habit of having more fun – NPR

If You Hate Ironing, Try a Handheld Steamer Instead. Steamers are a fast and easy way to smooth out rumpled clothing with little effort – Amazon

A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled – NY Times

25 Best Open-World Games Ever – Den of Geek

How To Tell If You Aren’t Putting Enough Effort Into Your Relationship – Knowledge For Men

12 Little Lies to Stop Telling Yourself – Marc and Angel

18 Date-Night Recipes for a Cozy Meal at Home – Serious Eats

Dude can’t handle his liquor at wedding, becomes belligerent and assaults guests and police and then gets shot..dumbass – PoliceActivity

How to forgive someone who isn’t sorry – VOX

He Played Peter on The Brady Bunch. See Christopher Knight Now at 65 – Ned Hardy

Japan readies ‘last hope’ measures to stop falling births – Financial Times

Man Claims Powerball Ticket in Historic $2B Jackpot Was Stolen From Him – NBC

Samsung Bixby will clone a user’s voice to answer phone calls – Tech Spot

Toxic wastewater from Ohio train derailment headed to Texas – AP News

People Are Sharing The One Small Ingredient That Makes The Biggest Difference In Their Go-To Dishes – BuzzFeed

7 Tips for Ending a Long-Term Relationship – Linkiest

All the Ways You Should Be Using Caulk Around the House but Aren’t – Life Hacker

Crows Are Self-Aware and ‘Know What They Know,’ Just Like Humans – Popular Mechanics

Why is every character suddenly an ‘antihero’ now? – Polygon

The 50 Best Rom-Coms Since 1970 – The Ringer

Inside the Secret Shady World of Corporate Concerts – VICE

One of the best values in Japanese-made chef knives. It has an extremely sharp edge, super-hard steel, quality construction, and affordable – Amazon

Logic Problems to Challenge Your Bored Brain – Popular Science

10 pieces of well-worn life advice you may need to hear right now – NPR

How Language Shapes Our Perception of Reality – Fast Co

I’m In A Polyamorous Throuple — Here’s How We Divide Our Finances – Refinery 29

My Surreal Years Tutoring the Children of the Super-Rich – Vogue

How Much is Enough to Retire Comfortably? – Wealth of Common Sense

What Exactly Is a Dry Orgasm? – Inside Hook

How Bill Gates’ Minesweeper addiction helped lead to the Xbox – ARS Technica

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried hit with four new criminal charges – CNBC

9 Italian Restaurant Red Flags, According to Chefs – Eat This Not That

10 lies women tell their boyfriends – Linkiest

Breaking Free From Control: 9 Ways to Handle a Controlling Partner In a Relationship – Knowledge For Men

The 10 Most Dangerous Cities for Tourists – Listverse

Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload – The Drive

A study found the four-day workweek works – The Hustle