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☆ The funniest wildlife photos of the year
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Read previewThe Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards announced the finalists in its 2024 photography contest on Thursday. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The photography contest benefits the Whitley Fund for Nature, a UK-based charity that awards grants to environmental and wildlife conservation leaders. Take a look at the funniest wildlife photos of the year.

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☆ Reese Witherspoon is looking for a young Elle Woods for ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The time has come for Reese Witherspoon and the team behind the new “Legally Blonde” prequel series to find their young Elle Woods. On Wednesday, Witherspoon announced in a video posted to Instagram that the search is on to cast the coveted role of a high school-aged Woods for the upcoming Prime Video series “Elle,” the famed pink-clad character that Witherspoon originated in the 2001 classic. “We are starting the casting process and we are making it open,” Witherspoon said in the video. The movie follows the optimistic and stylish sorority queen Woods (Witherspoon), who attends Harvard Law to win back her college boyfriend Warner (Davis). Woods winds up proving her many critics wrong when she excels in her field, finds love elsewhere and realizes her true value.

Persons: Reese Witherspoon, Elle Woods, Witherspoon, Woods, Elle, ”, ” Witherspoon, ” Withersoon, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Luke Wilson, Jennifer Coolidge, Victor Garber, Ali Larter, Holland Taylor, Mindy Kaling, Warner, Davis Organizations: CNN, Harvard Law

☆ Ukraine wants to fire Western long-range weapons into Russia. But the battlefield gain is not clear-cut
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Clare Sebastian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Next week, an already very public debate over whether Ukraine should be allowed to use long-range Western-supplied missiles on Russian soil will come under an even brighter international spotlight. It was almost exactly a year ago, also during an in-person meeting with Zelensky in the United States, that Biden made the decision to supply the ATACMS to Ukraine. In both cases, Ukraine promised not to use them on Russian territory. Russia recently relocated planes from two bases near the border further east, according to one US official. To really bring mass (equipment), to get 10 to one artillery ratios on Ukraine at the frontline,” he told CNN.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Joe Biden, Biden, ”, Ben Wallace, Zelensky, “ Zelensky, Matthew Savill, “ He’s, Savill, it’s, George Barros, John Hamilton, “ You’ve, …, Barros ’, Barros, ATACMS, “, There’s, outlast Organizations: CNN, UN, Assembly, Franco, Shadow, Army Tactical Missile Systems, Zelensky, British Storm, NATO, Royal United Services Institute, Washington DC, Army Tactical Missile, White, Russia’s, Military, US ’ Ramstein Air Force Base Locations: Ukraine, New York, United States, Luhansk, Berdiansk, Russia, Poltava, “, Kharkiv, London, Russian, Ukrainian, Washington, New Mexico, Rostov, Iranian FATH, Kursk, Germany

☆ The Hezbollah pager attacks reveal a textbook covert operation, ex-spies say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementThe chaos and carnage began on Tuesday when pagers used by Hezbollah members started beeping before they exploded en masse across Lebanon. A photo taken on September 18 in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers. AFP via Getty ImagesThe back-to-back attacks killed at least 30 people and injured some 3,000 more, including Hezbollah fighters, and overwhelmed local hospitals. Hezbollah, Lebanon, and Iran all blamed Israel for the deadly attacks. Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERSThe pager and walkie-talkie attacks were certainly disruptive and would have made Hezbollah vulnerable to immediate Israeli military action, experts say.

Persons: —, Avi Melamed, pagers, beeping, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Douglas London, Yoav Gallant, Bruce Hoffman Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, AFP, intel, American University of, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Anwar AMRO, ANWAR AMRO, CIA, of American Intelligence, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli, Council, Foreign Relations Locations: Lebanon, Iran, Beirut's, AFP, Israel, Baalbek, American University of Beirut, London

☆ Ukraine’s energy supply faces ‘sternest test yet’ as war grinds toward third winter
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Ukraine’s electricity supply risks “severe disruptions” this winter, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned, urging Kyiv’s allies to help address the country’s energy security. Russia has repeatedly attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with missiles and drones since its full-scale invasion in February 2022, but its bombardments have intensified recently, leaving the country in a precarious position as colder weather approaches. Ukraine has also attacked Russia’s energy infrastructure. In its report, the agency outlines 10 measures that Ukraine and its allies should implement to tackle risks to the country’s energy supply. She also noted that the EU had contributed at least €2 billion ($2.2 billion) toward Ukraine’s energy system since Russia’s full-scale invasion began.

Persons: Kyiv’s, Fatih Birol, Ukraine’s, Ursula von der Leyen Organizations: CNN, International Energy Agency, European Union, Work, EU Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Denmark, Europe, Lithuania

☆ British e-commerce firm THG to spin off technology platform Ingenuity
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

If and when the demerger is approved, THG's group company will consist of only its THG Beauty and THG Nutrition divisions. THG formed THG Ingenuity in 2021 as a separate venture selling e-commerce solutions for retailers. THG's Moulding has previously described THG Ingenuity as a "social media influencer platform" to promote products, including brands sold by THG as well as those sold by other companies, too. The deal at the time gave SoftBank the option to invest an additional $1.6 billion in THG Ingenuity. However, in October 2022, SoftBank ended its investment deal with THG and sold its entire stake in the company to Moulding.

Persons: THG, Matthew Moulding's, SoftBank Organizations: U.K, HMRC, THG Locations: British, THG

☆ Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

Amazon is instructing corporate staffers to spend five days a week in the office, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo on Monday. The decision marks a significant shift from Amazon's earlier return-to-work stance, which required corporate workers to be in the office at least three days a week. Amazon's headcount totaled 1.53 million employees in the second quarter, representing growth of just 5% from a year earlier. If anything, the last 15 months we've been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits. Before the pandemic, not everybody was in the office five days a week, every week.

Persons: Andy Jassy, they've, Jassy, didn't, Amazon's headcount, it's, we're, I've, we've, It's, Andy Organizations: Amazon, Healthcare, U.S, Puget Sound Locations: NYC, Arlington, Europe

☆ Amazon drops the hammer on remote work and orders employees back to the office 5 days a week starting January
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The rule further tightens the requirement from last year that workers be on-site at least three days a week. "If anything, the last 15 months we've been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits," Jassy said. And Meta's Mark Zuckerberg helped kick off the org-chart flattening trend when he criticized "managers managing managers" at the start of his "year of efficiency" in 2023. If anything, the last 15 months we've been back in the office at least three days a week has strengthened our conviction about the benefits. Before the pandemic, not everybody was in the office five days a week, every week.

Persons: Jassy, we've, Jassy's, Mark Zuckerberg, Dominick, we're, I've, it's, It's, Andy Organizations: Walmart, Bloomberg, Business, Healthcare, U.S, Puget Sound Locations: NYC, Arlington, Europe

☆ OpenAI's o1 model is inching closer to human-like intelligence — but don't get carried away
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AGI is a distance awayOpenAI's new o1 models make improvements in the ability of AI models to reason. AdvertisementIn some ways, the o1 models do enter OpenAI into a new paradigm. pic.twitter.com/niqRO9hhg1 — Noam Brown (@polynoamial) September 12, 2024Where previous AI models were bottlenecked by the data fed to them during the "pre-training" phase, Brown wrote, o1 models showed that "we can now scale inference". Related storiesJim Fan, a senior research scientist at Nvidia, noted that the technicalities underlying this are what have helped make this fundamental breakthrough of OpenAI's o1 models possible. Uncertainty hovers over how o1 models will perform more broadly.

Persons: —, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Noam Brown, niqRO9hhg1 — Noam Brown, Brown, Jim Fan, Fan, Altman, Will Depue, — Sam Altman, Ethan Mollick, it's Organizations: Service, Business, o1, International, pretraining, Nvidia, OpenAI's o1, Wharton Locations: San Francisco

Ukraine CNN —Olga is running around the intensive care unit, constantly checking her patients’ oxygen levels, adjusting their medication and noting their vitals. Ivana Kottasova/CNNThe evacuation train transports wounded soldiers from the frontlines to hospitals across Ukraine. He told CNN he was hurt in a Russian drone strike. I got more motivated,” he told CNN with a smile. After her shift ended, she told CNN that seeing critically ill patients coming from the frontlines is the toughest part of her job.

Persons: Ukraine CNN — Olga, anesthetist doesn’t, It’s, Ivana Kottasova, Oleksandr, “, ”, CNN Oleksandr, Yevgeniy, Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, Pertsovskyi, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Stanislav, Olga, –, anesthetist Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, Ukrainian Medical Forces, “, Ukrainian Railways, ICU, CNN Ambulance, Kremlin Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Russian, Russia, Crimean, Donetsk, “, Crimea, Moscow

☆ Private equity will be able to invest in the NFL but won't have much say in team decisions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Last week, NFL team owners voted to allow an initial group of private equity firms to acquire up to a 10% stake of a franchise. "This isn't a case where private equity is going to come in and have influence on the franchise." Private equity has been eager to take stakes in sports as team valuations rise, mainly due to ballooning media rights deals. As investors, private equity firms often take management and board roles. Private equity investments typically have a set duration — it can range from three to seven years in many cases — and an expected return.

Persons: Ric Tapia, Steve Pagliuca, Shirin Malkani, Perkins, Anthony Mulrain, Toney, Angela Weiss, Michael Considine, Ellis, Jimmy Haslam, Mulrain, Eric Washington, Robin Alam Organizations: NFL, Los Angeles Rams, Houston Texans, NRG, Getty, National Football League, Bain Capital, CNBC, Washington, Denver Broncos, Carolina Panthers, Holland, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles, Farm, Afp, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, Kirkland, Cleveland Browns, Knight's, Buffalo Bills, Microsoft Locations: Houston, U.S, Glendale , Arizona, Holland

☆ How supershoes are redefining the Olympic marathon
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Susan Baek | News Associate | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Previously, running shoes were “flats” designed with a less-is-more approach. Carbon-plated supershoes from various brands are now worn by your average runners chasing personal records at major marathons around the world. Since the Vaporfly’s debut in 2016, runners have shattered world records, including achieving a sub-two-hour marathon. Japanese marathon runner Yusuke Ogura wears Nike Zoom Vaporfly running shoes in Marugame City in 2020. But while supershoes have transformed the landscape of professional running, the sport requires much more than a sturdy pair of running shoes.

Persons: ”, Elliott Heath, Heath, Fiona O’Keeffe, James Gilbert, ” O’Keeffe, “, LZR, Yusuke Ogura, Kota, Vaporflys, ” Heath, Tigst Assefa Organizations: Nike, Paris Olympics, Team USA, Puma, U.S, NASA, Kota Kawasaki, The New York Times, Athletics, Tokyo, Marathon, Adidas, Olympics, World Athletics Locations: Rio, Paris, Orlando, Fla, Marugame City, Vienna, Tokyo

☆ Russia's efforts to copy Ukraine's wildly successful sea drones won't achieve much, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewRussian efforts to copy Ukraine's naval drone success won't help its invasion and may be a waste of resources, a drone warfare expert told Business Insider. Ukraine's homemade naval drones have been instrumental in helping contain Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Patton said Ukraine's drones have been successful as they've been launched against crewed Russian naval assets. AdvertisementA sea drone during a presentation by Ukraine's Security Service in Kyiv region, Ukraine. Even so, it's not clear how much of an advantage naval drones would be in such a war.

Persons: —, Yevhen, James Patton Rogers, Ukraine doesn't, Patton, they've, Russia's, Rogers, Evgeniy, Yerin, it's Organizations: Service, The Telegraph, Business, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute, intel, Directorate of Intelligence, Ministry of Defense, UK's Ministry of Defence, Fleet, Ukraine's Security Service, BI, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea, Kyiv region, Iran

☆ I've raised my child between the US and New Zealand. I've learned important lessons about 'fearless parenting' from my Kiwi friends.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Barbara Dessart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

However, Kiwis practiced "fearless parenting," reinforcing a sense of adventure, the need for sustainability, and problem-solving skills from birth through childhood. This is when I learned that most Kiwi parents tend to measure danger in two categories — possible or probable. New Zealand parents rely on imagination and ingenuity to make use of old things, so there is a tendency to conserve more and waste less. AdvertisementWhile US parents may be inclined to use devices or television to pass the time, in New Zealand, parents emphasize "messy play." We always wanted Faith to have the skills she needed to adapt anywhere — whether in Oakland, California, or Auckland, New Zealand.

Persons: —, Faith, Waiheke Organizations: Service, New, Business, Kiwi, Kiwis Locations: New Zealand, United States, Aotearoa, Zealand, Wharau, NZ, Oakland , California, Auckland , New Zealand, Oakland, Auckland

☆ Scientists found an underground cave on the moon where astronauts could live and think there may be hundreds more
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Jessica Orwig | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The team speculates that, given how they think this cave formed, there could be hundreds more hidden under the lunar surface. AdvertisementTo the moon cave and beyondExploring caves on the moon could offer a plethora of scientific data and resources for future space missions. There's also a chance that moon caves harbor water, a crucial resource for any future moon bases. Access to lunar water is key to NASA's plans to establish a permanent base on the moon and, eventually, use it to hopscotch astronauts to Mars. Bruzzone and his coauthors also noted that caves and lava tubes of different ages might act like fossilized records of the moon's history.

Persons: —, Leonardo Carrer, Lorenzo Bruzzone, Wes Patterson, NASA's LRO, Tranquillitatis, Patterson, Caspar Benson, There's, Bruzzone Organizations: Service, University of Trento, Associated Press, Business, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, NASA, Arizona State, Reconnaissance, Getty, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Locations: American, Hawaii

☆ Bronze Age-style ship sails the Persian Gulf 4,000 years after it was designed
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Writings on an ancient clay tablet have allowed experts to reconstruct a Bronze Age ship made of reeds and sail it on a maiden voyage off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is the world’s largest reconstruction of a Bronze Age Magan boat, according to the team. The research project’s goals were to uncover ancient craftsmanship techniques, determine the connections between Bronze Age societies and better understand the role Abu Dhabi once played in Bronze Age trade. After passing five days of trials, the ship sailed toward Saadiyat Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi and the open sea on March 2 and 3. “Seeing the Magan Boat sail on the water for the first time actually took my breath away and brought tears to my eyes.”

Persons: Magan, “, ”, Eric Staples, Abu Dhabi, Emily Harris, Umm, Robert B, Jackson, ” Jackson, Peter Magee, Marwan Abdullah Al, Marzouqi, ” Marzouqi, Abdallah Alremaithi, Ayesha Almansoori, Tayla Clelland, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, ” Clelland Organizations: CNN, United, United Arab Emirates, Zayed University, Zayed National Museum, Zayed National Museum , New York University, British Museum, ., Department of Culture Locations: Abu Dhabi, United Arab, Persian, UAE, Oman, Mesopotamia, Iraq, Pakistan, India, Zayed National Museum ,, Zayed National Museum , New York University Abu Dhabi, Umm, South Asia, Girsu, what’s, Saadiyat, Tourism, “

☆ AI tools and startups are helping workers bluff their way through job interviews. Just don't call it cheating.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Read previewMichael Guan wants you to use AI to bluff your way through that job interview. He's the cofounder and CEO of Final Round AI, a startup building artificial intelligence-powered tools for job seekers. There's a debate in Silicon Valley about the appropriateness of candidates using AI in job interviews. An AI-powered proxy interview demoArjun, a professional interview proxy, hopped on a call to explain how it worked and then gave a demo. Guan argued that using AI during a job interview isn't underhanded; it shows the worker's ingenuity.

Persons: —, Michael Guan, Otter.ai, There's, Guan shrugged, Otter, it's, Arjun, AiApply, Aidan Cramer, Cramer, Buddy, that's, résumé, Guan, Jay Ma, Copilot, Ma Organizations: Service, Business, AWS, Google, Microsoft, Hub, Intel, Nvidia, Wayback, Bureau of Labor Statistics, YouTube Locations: Silicon Valley, Facebook, WhatsApp, London, San Francisco, Francisco, China, Seattle, TikTok

☆ Avro Arrow: How Canada’s dream plane turned into a nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The Avro Arrow, also known as the CF-105, had a lot resting on its wings. To this day, 65 years later, the Avro Arrow remains one of Canada’s biggest collective regrets and still fuels public discourse, as recently unveiled documents have shed some light on exactly what happened to the doomed project. As a result, thousands of jobs were lost and Avro Canada eventually collapsed entirely. Another says Canadian intelligence analysts deliberately misconstrued information to support a decision that the government had essentially made, providing an excuse for it. “They decided they wanted a big new fancy plane, so they came up with all the operational requirements largely in isolation, without really paying attention to what the reports were saying.”By the late 1950s, he adds, the Arrow arrow was getting very expensive and quite delayed.

Persons: ”, Richard Mayne, ” Mayne, “, Mayne, didn’t, John Diefenbaker, Alan Barnes, Barnes, Keith Beaty, Dan Aykroyd, Crawford Gordon, Arrow, John Burzynski, ” Burzynski, Burzynski Organizations: CNN, Avro, Royal Canadian Air Force, Arrows, Soviet Union, DND, ” Aircraft, ”, Sputnik, “, CF, NASA, Ottawa’s Carleton University, Soviets, Chiefs, Staff Committee, Canadian Air and Space Museum, Toronto Star, CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Reynolds, Springbank Airport, Canada Aviation, Space Museum, Canadian Aviation and Space Museum, Arrow Locations: Canada, Soviet, Soviet Union, North America, Avro Canada, American, United, United States, Canadian, Wetaskiwin , Alberta, Muskoka , Ontario, Calgary –, Ottawa, Lake Ontario

☆ The author of 'Silicon Valley's bible' is back with a new report predicting how life will change for students and teachers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Jaures Yip | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewMary Meeker is back with a new report about AI and education — and it predicts how life will change for both students and teachers. And after a four-year break since publishing a report, Meeker has returned to give her industry insights. For teachers, she writes that using AI to accelerate learning, even for students who miss out on in-person lectures, will be "a new art form." Related stories"As technology evolves and becomes more widely available, teachers should be able to save time and increase productivity," Meeker writes. "On the research side, technical resource availability, such as GPU access, will likely be key to differentiation/leadership," Meeker writes.

Persons: —, Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley, Meeker Organizations: Service, Business, Bond, Universities

☆ I'm a single mom running my own business. I deal with admin at the playground.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Nicola Prentis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Single parents with businesses are juggling clients and deadlines with school pick-ups, endless laundry, and meal prep. The problem with batch cooking is that it's still cooking, and cooking is a time-sucker. AdvertisementI do my admin in the playgroundI spend almost 2 hours a day watching my two sons in the playground after school. But it's not like I'm sacrificing my evening social life because I don't have one as a single mother anyway.

Persons: —, I've, salmorejo, it's, they're, It's, I'd Organizations: Service, Business, Stanford University, Psychology Locations: Spain

☆ Opinion: Juneteenth, Haiti and the power of reinvention
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Opinion Nadine Pinede | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Juneteenth is a celebration of that hard-fought Black freedom, observed in honor of June 19, 1865 when slaves in Galveston, Texas, first learned from Union soldiers that they were free. Like my parents growing up in Haiti, she was used to seeing Black people in positions of power. She had freed herself from unjust rules meant to restrict education for Black Americans. Mark Felix/AFP/Getty ImagesIn Haiti, Hurston’s creative powers had the time and freedom to unfurl. As the author of “Barracoon,” a book based on interviews with one of the last enslaved Black Americans, Hurston almost certainly understood the significance of Juneteenth.

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☆ How the Christ Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro became the symbol of Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Perched on the Corcovado – a 2,300-foot-high granite outcrop looming above the city – the Cristo Redentor (Christ Redeemer) statue sweeps its arms out in a warm embrace, welcoming visitors to the city of samba. “It is he who finds me when I arrive in Rio.”For over a century, the statue has been a symbol of Rio de Janeiro. Christ Redeemer bags are his top sellers, tied with those sporting the Sugarloaf Mountain. Deemed one of the seven modern wonders of the world, the Christ Redeemer is Rio’s most visited attraction, says tour guide Cristina Arroio. Maybe that’s the ultimate miracle of the Christ Redeemer.

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☆ What is the ‘hot rodent’ trend, and how do men feel about it?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It began, seemingly, with a few innocuous social media posts comparing Mike Faist, co-star of the titillating tennis throuple film “Challengers,” to a dormouse. No, he’s Stuart Little, if Stuart Little was hot. “How ‘hot rodent’ men became Hollywood’s sexiest heartthrobs: Gen Z fans are going wild for actors with unusual features including Barry Keoghan, Kieran Culkin and Jeremy Allen White,” read the headline. How do these men — heartthrobs of the moment, even — feel about being categorized as “hot rodents”? “It was clearly not meant as an insult and even though some people would take it as an insult, I mostly felt it was a way of saying that I was cute.”While by no means exhaustive, these responses suggest men feel mostly fine with the “hot rodent” trend.

Persons: Mike Faist, ”, he’s Despereaux, he’s Stuart Little, Stuart Little, Lucy Ford, Faist’s, Josh O’Connor, Barry Keoghan, Timothée Chalamet, Jeremy Allen White, Glen Powell, Kieran Culkin, —, Powell, Jimmy Fallon, “, ” stewart, dooney, “ She’s, Gustav Organizations: CNN, Daily Mail, New York Times, Guardian, London Times, NBC Locations: capybaras

☆ The Perfect Cake Does Not Exi … Is That Buttermilk Tres Leches?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Lisa Donovan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

To make a stodgy cake is human. To soak that cake in sweet milk is divine. The long and sometimes boozy history of soaked cakes is a varied and delightful category of the human baking experience. Just a few weeks ago, in a small chateau in France, after teaching several baking workshops, I found myself with an excess of brioche. Letting it sit out overnight to dry, then creating a syrup of whatever you choose, so long as it includes rum.

Locations: France

☆ I was a millionaire by the age of 30. As preteens, my kids learned how to use debit cards, and I taught them how to save money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-25 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

While we were building our businesses, we were also building our family: our kids are now 20, 19, 16, and 12. Related storiesI think of it as more of a salary approach to allowance than paying kids for specific chores. I taught the three uses of moneyOne of my most frequent dad-isms is about the three uses of money: giving, saving, and spending. I relate money to the real worldMoney can be very abstract, so I've always tried to tie it into my kids' daily actions. We opened bank accounts when the kids were 5, and got them debit cards when they were preteens.

Persons: David Ciccarelli, Stephanie, we'd, I've, I'm Organizations: Service, Disney Locations: voices.com, New York City, Tesla

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