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A comedy writer wrote the perfect satire of an unhinged school email.
Comedy writer mom perfectly satirizes the increasingly unhinged emails parents get from school
“We did not send this to any dads.”
By Evan Porter
There didn’t used to be such a thing as emails from school. Most Millennials and Gen Xers remember a time when parents only knew what was going on at school if they physically came home and handed them a piece of paper.
But now, communication is digital, instant, and the floodgates are completely open. Parents love knowing how their kids are doing in class and about key events coming up at school—but many parents confess they are finding the constant communication is getting more than a little out of hand.
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Saying ‘sorry’ constantly isn’t a bad trait, but there’s a more confident way to express yourself
“Sorry” should only be used for apologies.
By Tod Perry
Are you the type of person whose knee-jerk reaction to any uncomfortable moment is to apologize? Someone bumps into you on the train. “Sorry, I was in your way.” You give someone a gift. “Sorry if it doesn’t fit perfectly.” You cook dinner for the family. “Sorry if the meal is a bit late.”
The constant apologizing, especially when you did nothing wrong, may come from a good place, but it can appear to be a symptom of a bigger problem. Over-apologizers appear to lack confidence and are constantly seeking reassurance. Worse, because they’re always calling attention to their own mistakes, they may appear to be incompetent.
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Treating an Alzheimer's patient with "magic mushrooms" yielded some promising results.
A woman with Alzheimer’s hadn’t spoken in 5 years. A dose of psilocybin changed everything.
Researchers previously thought these symptoms were irreversible.
By Evan Porter
LSD was created in the late 1930s, and its extreme psychedelic properties were discovered just a handful of years later. Almost immediately, the vivid dream-like hallucinatory effects on the brain were of great interest to scientists, who began studying it intensely. Early on, there were promising signs of LSD as a treatment for depression, anxiety, and even alcoholism.
However, most research into hallucinogens like LSD, psilocybin, and DMT was shut down in the ’60s and ’70s as the substances were outlawed. It wasn’t until fairly recently that interest in the potential medicinal effects was reignited, and the last few years have yielded some truly amazing findings.
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After a UK city defunded their Pride parade, trade unions raised money to fund it.
After a U.K. city defunded its Pride parade, trade unions raised money to fund it
Miners used this opportunity to repay the LGBTQ community from 40 years earlier.
June is recognized as Pride Month in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom. This year, Durham, a city in the U.K., cut funding to its annual Pride Parade. It was a devastating blow to the city’s LGBTQ community. Without the funding from the city, the parade would likely be postponed indefinitely.
When the news spread, unlikely allies decided to stand in the gap. Coal miners from all over the U.K. stepped in to raise funds so the Durham LGBTQ community could go on with their parade. To understand the bond between the two unlikely communities, you have to rewind the clock 40 years.
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