Friday, December 20, 2024

13 Habits of Highly Effective Risk-Takers

Personal Assistants Are Elves for the Super-Rich. Rinsing Your Dishes Before They Go in the Dishwasher Might Just Leave Them Dirtier.

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December 20, 2024
Tech Breakthroughs, Dishwasher Tips, and the Yule Cat
Ten Picks for Today, Curated by Our Editors
 
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Big Picture
Syria: The War in Numbers
With the overthrow of former President Bashar al-Assad, Syrians are counting the cost of nearly 14 years of war.
Context News
Nazih Osseiran
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The Year in Technology
5 Breakthroughs That Improved Our Lives This Year — and 1 That Didn't
The tech innovations that made the world a slightly better place this year.
Vox
Adam Clark Estes
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Taking Chances
13 Habits of Highly Effective Risk-Takers
From poker players to venture capitalists, there's a mindset to making the most of opportunities, and engineering the odds of success.
WIRED
Nate Silver
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How the Other Half Gifts
Personal Assistants Are Elves for the Super-Rich
Inside the over-the-top gifting rituals of wealthy bosses.
The Cut
Charlotte Cowles
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Who Knew?
Does the Sun Make Noise?
In space, no one can hear you beam.
Popular Science
Harri Weber
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On Film
Four Lessons From Old Masters of Hollywood
Miller. Coppola. Scott. Eastwood. In 2024, four maestros of the screen proved that they still have plenty left to teach us, sometimes in unconventional ways.
The Ringer
Miles Surrey
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Holiday Traditions
Christmas Tamales by the Dozen, the Hundreds, the Tens of Thousands
For Mexican restaurants and supermarkets, the holidays mean one thing: Tamal season is here.
Eater
Ella Céron
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Good to Know
FYI, Rinsing Your Dishes Before They Go in the Dishwasher Might Just Leave Them Dirtier
Your post-meal cleanup routine is about to get easier — with one important caveat.
HuffPost
Emily Laurence
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Blade Runners
Why Thieves Love to Steal Razors
It's the same reason people want to buy them.
The Hustle
Mark Dent
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Scary Christmas
The Child-Eating Christmas Yule Cat: What Are the Origins of This Icelandic Folklore?
The Yule Cat of Icelandic folklore is a much darker take on the jolly Christmas mythology many of us are familiar with, and more in line with central Europe's monstrous Krampus than Santa Claus. What is the history of this human-eating cat, and how did it become a symbol of a nation's harsh winters?
History Extra
James Osborne
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Yesterday's Most-Read Story
Five Annoying Tech Things to Turn off Right Now
You can (and should) put a stop to Apple's bonkers AI summaries and the clickety sounds as you type on your phone.
The Washington Post
Shira Ovide
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