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5 ways to find common ground during the holidays

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: America at a Crossroads,polarization 📌 Main takeaway: I set out nearly three years ago to travel the country and talk to as many ordinary Americans as possible to understand why we are so deeply divided. This year, the America at the Crossroads team and I focused on communities where people are trying to bridge those differences. This holiday season is a good moment to share some of the technologies we've heard about. If a difficult conversation arises before dinner is served, these may be lessons you'll…

Bad Omens review – anthemic songs and pillars of fire soaking the nerves of the arena | metal

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🚀 Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Metal,Pop and rock,Music,Culture ✅ Main takeaway: MMetal greats Bad Omens are going all out on their first UK headline arena tour. In the first five minutes, we're treated to massive music riffs, pillars of fire, and horror-inspired supernatural visuals. Formed in 2015, the American band achieved mainstream success in 2022 with their third album The Death of Peace of Mind, which embraced the kind of brilliant pop songwriting and complex storytelling that made the band so irresistible on TikTok. Although their fourth album has yet to be…

Malaysia may ban users under 16 from using social media starting next year

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🔥 Read this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 Category: Government & Policy,Social,Age Restrictions,age verification,social media,Social media ban 📌 Main takeaway: With Australia's ban on social media use for users under 16 looming, Malaysia now appears to be planning to implement a similar system starting next year. The country's Communications Minister, Fahmi Fadl, has reportedly said that the administration is considering regulations to implement age restrictions on social media platforms, barring users under the age of 16 from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and X, Reuters reported. “We hope that by next year, social media platforms will comply with the…

Stock futures gains start short holiday week

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💥 Read this must-read post from Investopedia | Expert Financial Advice and Markets News 📖 📂 Category: Live Markets News,Markets News,News 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: The "selling of America" is over - global investors are holding on to US Treasuries 19 minutes ago If there were any lingering thoughts that foreign investors were dumping US Treasuries – and threatening to raise interest rates for US households – the latest data from the federal government put that to rest. New data from the Treasury Department showed foreign investors' continued appetite for US securities, including bonds issued by the Treasury to…

The U.S. relies on immigrant physicians. What if they no longer want to come? : Shots

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🔥 Explore this trending post from Hacker News 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: Michael Liu grew up in Toronto, Canada, then moved to the U.S. for college and medical school because, to him, America was the premiere destination for fulfilling his aspirations to become a physician and researcher. "You know, in chase of the American Dream, and understanding all the opportunities — that was such a draw for me," says Liu, who attended Harvard University. He is now 28 and has deep personal and professional roots in Boston, where he's an internal medicine resident at Mass General Brigham. But…

PFL Dubai: Dakota Dycheva faces Dennis Kielholtz on February 7

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✨ Explore this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: Britain's Dakota Decheva will return from a hand injury when she faces Dutch Denise Kielholtz in a flyweight fight in Dubai on February 7.Decheva broke her hand during her victory over Sumiko Inaba last July, so the 27-year-old player, who had not suffered any defeat, won her fifteenth match in a row.The fight against Inaba was Ditcheva's first since winning the 2024 PFL flyweight championship as she became the first British woman to become an MMA world champion.She stopped 13 of her 15 opponents, winning 12…

Why aren’t VAR offside images always what they seem?

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💥 Read this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Key idea: When the Premier League introduced semi-automated offside technology, we thought we would lose the offside debate.We have largely done that, but there is still a big problem with how decisions are presented to the masses. Take Newcastle United's goal against Manchester City on Saturday. To the naked eye, Bruno Guimarães appeared to be directly ahead of Ruben Dias in the lead-up to Harvey Barnes' goal. But after applying the technique, the goal stopped.Then on Sunday, Gabriel Gudmundsson's toe appeared to be inside the VAR offside line…

Did Egg get a Michelin star? Has Super Hans arrived in Macedonia? TV shows that need to come back | television

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💥 Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Television,Peep Show,Top Gear,TV streaming,Channel 4,Culture,Media,Television & radio,Television industry ✅ Key idea: With both Line of Duty and Doctor Foster returning for new series, we asked you which TV shows you'd like to watch again next. Here are your responses.Peep Show (2003-2015)Peep Show is one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, and we need an update on what Mark, Jeremy, Sophie, and Super Hans are up to these days. Are Mark and Jez still living together? Does Sophie have more children? Has Super Hans arrived in…

Best Apple Watch (2025): Buyer’s guide for Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 3

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🔥 Discover this trending post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Gear,Gear / Buying Guides,Gear / Products / Accessories,Wrist Check 💡 Main takeaway: If you've ever gone camping, walked 20 yards from your campsite to pee behind a tree, and looked up to find yourself completely lost in the dark, the new Watch Ultra 3 is for you. It now features satellite messaging, which I tested on a weekend camping trip, and it's a huge improvement over satellite communications on your phone. You're more likely to hold your watch on your body in emergency situations, and the battery life on the…

For Good rises to $150 million on domestic opening

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🔥 Read this must-read post from Business News 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Universal's "Wicked: For Good."worldwideworldwide "Wicked: For Good" defied gravity at the box office, generating an estimated $150 million in domestic ticket sales.It marks the second-highest opening weekend for a film released in 2025, just behind it Warner Bros. “A Minecraft” grossed $163 million in April. It also outpaces last year's debut of "Wicked," which grossed $112.5 million in the U.S. and Canada.The film's tally holds the record for the biggest opening weekend for a Broadway play. With…