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22 Photos That Will Hit You Right In The Feels
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WW2: Chinese and Malayan girls forcibly taken from Penang by the Japanese to work as ‘comfort girls’ for the troops. 1939-1945
Comfort women or comfort girls were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II. The name "comfort women" is a translation of the Japanese ianfu (慰安婦),[6] a euphemism for "prostitutes."
Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with most historians settling somewhere in the range 50,000–200,000; the exact numbers are still being researched and debated. Most of the women were from occupied countries, including Korea, China, and the Philippines.
Most People Are Distracted Right Now
(photo: @coolmilo)
Most people are distracted right now.
They’re distracted while they’re at work. They’re distracted when they’re with family and friends.
They’re distracted at the gym, on their commute, and even in the shower.
The mediocre majority will continue going through life this way, never experiencing the fullness of a life filled with deep focus and purpose.
Linkage
What is the metaverse, and do I have to care? – The Verge
A ‘Historical Event’: W.H.O. Approves the First Malaria Vaccine: The disease kills about 500,000 people each year, about half of them children in Africa – NY Times
What’s Driving the Huge U.S. Rent Spike? – Bloomberg
If you want to prevent yourself from doing substance X for a period of time, just put it in the box and set a time in the future for it to open. Works with junk food too! – Amazon
Is Oakland Safe To Visit? Everything You Need To Know – Van Life Wanderer
How to Get Someone to Tell You Their Secrets, According to an Investigative Journalist – Life Hacker
The Best Horror Comedies of the 21st Century – Den of Geek
What Happened When Facebook Became Boomerbook – The Atlantic
Former cops claim to have identified Zodiac Killer and linked him to another victim – Yahoo
Oct. 5 is World Teacher’s Day—here’s how much teachers around the world are paid – Make It
Update: Remember the girl who rear-ended the Lambo and blamed the driver? Turns out she was right – Streamable
Inside the secretly vibrant business of porn MP3s – Input
The Kindle Paperwhite is 42% off right now. The e-ink is so much easier on the eyes than with an iPad or a screen. It’s super lightweight too, which is prefect for travel – Amazon
20 Pictures of Things People Born After the Year 2000 Will Never Understand – Linkiest
Mark Zuckerberg posts refutal of whistleblower’s claims, and it’s exactly what you thought it’d be – Mashable
The power of ‘Squid Game,’ Netflix’s surprise smash hit – The Hustle
Mapped: Where are the World’s Ongoing Conflicts Today? – Visual Capitalist
Third Sandy Hook parent wins defamation suit against Alex Jones – News Time
The Dumping Grounds
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Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jr.
My Mom spent a lot of time with Lucie and me. She attended school plays and Little League games, helped me with my homework, and made an effort to get to know my friends. She took us to Disneyland and followed us around with a home movie camera. She even tape recorded interviews with us. Mom saved everything from our childhood and kept boxes of boxes of moments, including baby shoes, our drawings, and all the gifts her fans sent when I was born”
– Desi Arnaz Jr.
You Will Never be Ready. Do it Anyway
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.” — Paulo Coelho
The bulletproof way to miss out on a career that means the world to you is to wait for the perfect moment. Your brain will always convince you into believing that you are never ready.