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Month: January 2020

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Jonathan Cheban Got Scammed By A Burger Company That Might Be A Pyramid Scheme | Betches

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If you’re a dedicated follower of the Kardashians, then you’re already familiar with their wide network of freeloaders and coattail-riders, ranging from makeup artists to “best friends.” But of course, the most prolific of these Instagram creatures is Jonathan Cheban, aka Foodgod, aka the gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe that I just can’t quite scrape off. Jonathan is known for his across the internet, but today he’s in the news for legal reasons that I’m still trying to wrap my head around. Starting last year, Jonathan Cheban…

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Making Public Transit Fairer to Women Demands Way More Data

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Public transportation is sexist. This may be unintentional or implicit, but it’s also easy to see. Women around the world do more care and domestic work than men, and their resulting mobility habits are hobbled by most transport systems. The demands of running errands and caring for children and other family members mean repeatedly getting on and off the bus, meaning paying more fares. Strollers and shopping bags make travel cumbersome. A 2018 study of New Yorkers found women were harassed on the subway far more frequently than men were,…

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Hillary: Bernie Sanders Is Just a Career Politician and Nobody Likes Him

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Bernie Sanders, his campaign team, and interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote the upcoming Hulu documentary, Hillary, Clinton laid into her 2016 Democratic primary rival who she has previously accused of contributing to her eventual election defeat to Donald Trump. Clinton said Sanders and his team have relentlessly attacked Democratic women, and she threw her support behind Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has faced abuse for claiming Sanders told her during a private meeting that a woman couldnt win the election. Clintons stinging attack came the day after Sanders was…

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The wood life: my four days immersed in Latvia’s forests

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Half of Latvia is woodland so no wonder its people derive so much wellbeing from foraging, ancient forest crafts and being at one with nature In Japan its called shinrin-yoku (forest bathing); in Norway its friluftsliv (appreciation of outdoors activity and nature). But in Latvia theres no special term for it. We dont need one this is just normal behaviour for Latvians, said Gauja park in the countrys north-east. Experience Baltics. The forest was captivating: quiet trails among soaring trees and abundant wildlife. Equally fascinating were the people we met:…

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“I Was Literally Blown Away”: Uber Driver Gets College Degree After Passenger Pays Off Her Debt

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ShareTweetPin A kind stranger has changed one Atlanta Uber driver’s life for the better after paying off her college debt. The passenger, Kevin Esch, first heard the single mom’s story when she picked him up for an Atlanta United game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. On that serendipitous day, the driver, LaTonya Young, had explained that she was working as a hairstylist by day and Uber driving by night. As Esch dove deeper into Young’s life story, he discovered that the 43-year-old had dropped out of high school at 16 after having…

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Competing hashtags reignite the fight between fans of J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson

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As 2019 comes to a close, a large portion of the internet cant stop talking aboutStar Wars. Thanks to the recent release of the final film in the Skywalker sagaa series of films that has stretched over four decadesmost of our minds are in a galaxy far, far away. Advertising for the movie, including appearances by the cast and crew, has been saturating the internet for months now. The constant Star Wars talk has reignited a nearly two-year old argument about the quality ofStar Wars: The Last Jedi. As fans…

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Sick of high drug prices, insurers join hospitals to make their own generic medications

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New York (CNN Business)Everyone complains about high drug prices. But hospitals and now insurers are trying to lower costs by manufacturing their own generic medications. Now insurers want in. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, along with 18 independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurers, announced Thursday they are pumping $55 million into Civica to form a subsidiary aimed at lowering the price of costly generic drugs consumers buy at pharmacies and through mail order. The subsidiary will initially focus on manufacturing seven to 10 high-priced medications, with the first…

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Trump’s National Security Impeachment Defense Is a Red Herring

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As the US Senate launches the first impeachment trial of a US president in the 21st century—and only the third in the history of the country—Donald Trump’s defense team has offered new hints about how they plan to block the Democrats’ case that the president abused the power of his office. They plan to argue that “national security” prevents a full airing of the evidence. The telltale phrase appears all over the president’s defense and the government’s response to the impeachment charges. As Jonathan Swan and Alayna Treene of Axios…

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Tim Tebow Marries Former Miss Universe, Celebrates With Just One Word

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ShareTweetPin Tim Tebow is officially a married man. While all the fangirls may be mourning the loss of one of America’s most coveted bachelors, the former NFL quarterback couldn’t be happier to have found his “forever” at last—as he indicated in an Instagram post captioned by that word alone. “Forever @DemiLeighNP”, he wrote in an Instagram post on January 20th, featuring a photo of the 32-year-old gazing at his smiling sweetheart, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. Forever @DemiLeighNP pic.twitter.com/HZyBAkMKNu — Tim Tebow (@TimTebow) January 21, 2020 24-year-old Nel Peters shared a different photo…

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First space-baked cookies took 2 hours in experimental oven

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And how do they taste? No one knows. Still sealed in individual baking pouches and packed in their spaceflight container, the cookies remain frozen in a Houston-area lab after splashing down two weeks ago in a SpaceX capsule. They were the first food baked in space from raw ingredients. The makers of the oven expected a difference in baking time in space, but not that big. “There’s still a lot to look into to figure out really what’s driving that difference, but definitely a cool result,” Mary Murphy, a manager…

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