A mom got a huge response when she urged parents not to let their kids be too "weird."

Mom and former teacher sparks thoughtful debate with 6 words: ‘Don’t let your kid be weird’

Unique and weird are not the same thing.

By Evan Porter

Most parents would agree that we want to encourage our kids to be themselves. But most parents also know the excruciating pain of their child coming home in tears because someone teased them for being different.

The question parents have always struggled with is, how do we guide them? Do we encourage them to “fit in” to avoid cruelty and bullying? Or should we let them be as weird as they want, no matter the cost?

A woman is anxious to be on a work call.

Anxious remote worker wins lawsuit after work forced her to be on camera during a meeting

She told them that being on camera made her feel overwhelmed.

By Tod Perry

For people who work remotely, the freedom and flexibility can be a life-changer. Working from home makes it easy to navigate family life, and not having a commute can save you countless hours every month. However, one part of remote work a lot of people would love to avoid is having meetings via webcam, whether on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet.

Not everyone is comfortable having a camera in their face, and they can feel anxious about staring at themselves on video for long stretches of time. Some also worry about coworkers being able to see inside their homes. But it’s important for workers to have their cameras on so they can see each other’s facial expressions; after all, body language is a huge part of communication. Employers think it’s important, too.

A survey from Vyopta, a software company, found that 92% of executives say that those who keep their cameras off do not have a long-term future at the company.

The removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Klamath River has brought the salmon population roaring back.

Engineers blew up 4 dams on a dying river. Now the salmon population is exploding.

Ten months of work undid 100 years of damage.

By Evan Porter

The ancient and beautiful Klamath River runs along the border of southern Oregon and Northern California. For millions of years, it was a fertile breeding ground for fish—one of the largest salmon runs in the country, in fact—a lifeline for wildlife and vegetation in the area, and more modernly, a source of food for local tribes.

But in the early 1900s, what was then known as the California Oregon Power Company (COPCO) built a series of hydroelectric dams that would harness the river’s power and turn it into electricity that could be sold. It decimated the area. The dams cut the salmon off completely from more than 400 miles of open river. They also degraded water quality and supported the growth of toxic algae.

On top of that, the hydropower dams were underperforming and causing more problems than they were worth. COPCO, now PacifiCorp, got only about 2% of its energy from the dams, and it simply wasn’t worth the investment to upgrade them to meet current standards.