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☆ Baby remains hostage in Gaza as others go free in Israel-Hamas deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Kfir is the youngest of the 240 hostages Israel says were captured. Video of the incident showed a terrified Shiri clutching the children in a blanket as they were bundled into captivity. Another clip showed Yarden with a head injury from hammer blows, Ofri Bibas, Yarden's sister, said. She told reporters the family was not to be included in the expected release of 10 hostages on Tuesday. Another military spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Avichay Adraee, said the family was in the area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Persons: Bibas Levy, Yarden, Shiri, Kfir, Tal Ulus, Bibas, Ariel, Israel, Ofri, Daniel Hagari, Avichay Adraee, Khan Younis, Jimmy Miller, doesn't, hasn't, Yosi Shnaider, Kibbutz Nir Oz, Dan Williams, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Reuters, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Egypt, Qatar

☆ ‘Maestro’ Review: Leonard Bernstein’s Life of Ecstasy and Agony
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Manohla Dargis | More About Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

I co-wrote and directed ‘Maestro.’ It was very important to me, at the onset of this scene, that she be in a position of power. So, her on the windowsill, the light haloing her behind, waiting for whoever was gonna come in to be scolded. No!” “I think you’re letting your sadness get the better of you.” “This has nothing to do with me! “If you’re not careful, you’re going to die a lonely, old queen.” Mommy, daddy! Outside the window, this Snoopy sort of represents where he is in his life.

Persons: I’m Bradley Cooper, ‘ Maestro, “, Felicia, She’s, Leonard Bernstein, ”, Carey Mulligan, he’s, they’re, we’ll, you’re, Matty Libatique, Snoopy

☆ Is Remote Work the Answer to Women’s Prayers, or a New ‘Mommy Track’?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Sarah Kessler | More About Sarah Kessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And when work and caregiving conflict, women are more likely to take a step back. Most post-pandemic debate around remote work has focused on whether it’s here to stay. Some version of it seems likely: About 70 percent of workers who can do their jobs off-site still work remotely either all or some days. But if old attitudes about more flexible work resurge — outspoken executives have recently described it as “lazy,” not for leaders and a perk for those who don’t “work as hard”— then it may not matter if hybrid options are widespread. This is especially true for highly skilled jobs, because women hold the majority of college degrees.

Persons: Claudia Goldin —, —, Williams, ”, Betsey Stevenson Organizations: Board, University of Michigan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Israel on Friday for a humanitarian pause in Gaza to provide relief to Palestinian civilians as worries of a wider Middle East war mount. Asked Friday what his message was to Americans in Gaza, Biden told reporters at the White House, "They'll be coming home." He did not respond to a question about whether he could contain a wider war. Nasrallah said the fighting along the border was weakening Israel and "deterring the enemy" by drawing resources away from Gaza. Biden has also called for justice for Palestinian civilians – and recently, under political pressure from his own Democratic Party, called for the humanitarian pause.

Persons: Antony Blinken, ” Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blinken, Israel, “, ” Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Biden, Hassan Nasrallah, ”, ” Nasrallah, Nasrallah, – Organizations: Hamas, State Department, White, International, Hezbollah, Democratic Party Locations: Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, United States, East, Lebanon, Israel’s

☆ ‘I’m Still Alive’: Sean Young Takes the Stage in ‘Ode to the Wasp Woman’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Then I hear, “Oh, but you’re so nice.” Believe me, that was a pain in my ass. This is what I’ve taught my sons: Mommy was right, but it didn’t do me any good. I’m getting out and he grabs my ears, trying to pull me into a kiss. I’m just busy right now.”Was there a culture of abuse in 1980s Hollywood? There was also a cocaine habit that pervaded, and that could lead to some very dramatic circumstances.

Persons: James Woods, I’ve, Mommy, Warren Beatty, Dick Tracy ”, I’m, “, ” Organizations: Sheraton Locations: Sedona, Hollywood

Athletics reliever Trevor May ripped Oakland owner John Fisher and implored him to sell the franchise while announcing his retirement Monday in an empassioned video message. ... Sell it, man,″ May said in a video posted on his Twitch stream. Take mommy and daddy’s money somewhere else, dork.”Fisher's parents founded Gap, Inc., and Fisher became majority owner of the A's in 2005. “If you’re going to be a greedy f---, own it,” May said. ... Do what you’re going to do, bro.

Persons: Trevor, John Fisher, “, ″, There’s, ”, Fisher, you’re, haven’t, ___ Organizations: Oakland, Inc, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets Locations: Las Vegas, Bay, Oakland

☆ I'll never regret living in Europe after giving birth. I got way better maternity leave and my American friends envied me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen my first child was born, I found myself faced with the harsh reality of no guaranteed maternity leave in the US. And, while the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave, I wasn't eligible for that. It was one of those non-negotiable parts of American work culture that I felt I had to accept. But if there's a standard of maternity leave throughout the country and company, it makes it much easier to find coverage for those nine or more months. When my maternity leave ended and I asked the school to take another year off — this time without pay but with continued job security — they were 100% understanding.

Persons: Esther Strauss, —, I'd, Europe —, doesn't, Jenna Gyimesi Organizations: Service, Europe Locations: North Macedonia, Europe, Texas, United States, jgyimesi@Insider.com

☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger's granddaughter is more obsessed with his pet horses than she is with him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —When it comes to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s grandchildren and his love for animals, it turns out the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Schwarzenegger – who is grandfather to daughter Katherine Schwarzenegger’s two children with Chris Pratt, Lyla and Eloise – says three-year-old Lyla is especially fond of his many pets, which includes a dog, a miniature horse, a donkey and a pig. When Lyla comes to visit him, the former California governor told People in an interview published on Saturday that “the first thing that Lyla would say is, ‘Where’s Cherry?’ Which is my little dog. “Then I get the pig around and then she likes the pig and feeds the pig,” Schwarzenegger described. Let’s go out to the stable and see the horses.’ Okay, then take my hand and then we walk out to the fields and she goes to the stables and she visits the horses.”

Persons: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s, Schwarzenegger –, Katherine Schwarzenegger’s, Chris Pratt, Lyla, Eloise –, ‘, ‘ Cherry’s, “, ‘ Cherry, ’ ” Schwarzenegger, Cherry, ” Schwarzenegger, Let’s, ” Organizations: CNN Locations: California

☆ Get the Baby to the Doctor
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Yael Goldstein-Love | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I wheeled us right, then left, then left again. I raced it back to our street with the row of brownstones, their gracious stairs. I wasn’t strong enough to maneuver a baby in a stroller up 10 steps. And if I took him out of the stroller, the risk was high that he would lose his mind. But when my body settled, something deep inside me settled, too.

Persons: Mommy, ”, I’d Organizations: nab Locations: California

☆ Mom takes son to Churchill, Canada, for a week of education no school can match
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

We were in Churchill, a town of roughly 900 people nicknamed the “Polar Bear Capital of the World,” in Canada’s Manitoba province. A male polar bear rests during a Tundra Buggy ride into the Churchill Wildlife Management Area in August. People have to learn to co-exist with polar bears in Churchill, where some of them stay waiting for sea ice to refreeze. Hudson Bay polar bears are among the most vulnerable on Earth because of loss of sea ice, with their numbers in sharp decline. They arrive as soon as the sea ice breaks up to feast on small fish called capelin that spawn here.

Persons: we’re, I’d, Nico, Ursula, Jim Baldwin, Baldwin, Alex Cupeiro, “, Terry Ward, you’re, Terry Ward I’d, we’d, Barba, can’t, Jennifer Diment, “ Churchill, Ward, Chantal Maclean, ”, ” Maclean, ” Nico, Chantal, he’d, John Gunter, Fronters, velcroed, Indiana Jones, Joe, he’d maxed, Sandra Cook, Churchill Organizations: CNN, Polar Bears, Churchill Wildlife Management, Churchill Wildlife Management Area, Frontier North, Zodiac, Helicopters, Bear Holding, “, Churchill Locations: Churchill, Canada’s Manitoba, Florida, Hudson Bay, Hudson, Tampa, Winnipeg, Churchill’s, Svalbard, Norway, Stockholm, Oslo, Toronto, Denver, Vancouver, Washington, Ithaca, SS Ithaca

☆ Tori Penso: ‘Being a mother has made me frankly a better referee,’ says US referee officiating at Women’s World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jaide Timm-Garcia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Tori Penso watched the 2019 Women’s World Cup at home with her eight-month-old daughter in her arms. Four years and countless professional matches later, Penso will proudly walk onto the pitch with Australia and England to referee the semifinal match of the Women’s World Cup at Sydney’s Stadium Australia on Wednesday. Two years after that, Penso was selected by soccer’s world governing boy FIFA as one of six American referees to go to Australia and New Zealand for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. “If you told me six years ago that I would be here talking to you about to head to New Zealand and Australia for the Women’s World Cup I would have said no way,” she said. Her selection for the Women’s World Cup, once her main goal, is now a stepping stone along her journey to the top of the women’s and men’s game.

Persons: CNN — Tori Penso, Penso, wouldn’t, ” Penso, couldn’t, ”, “, there’s, Sakina, Sarah Reed, ’, she’s, disallows, William West, I’m Organizations: CNN, Sydney’s, Australia, Major League Soccer, FIFA, ”, MLS, National Women’s Soccer League, Getty Locations: Australia, England, New Zealand, Florida, Portland, New York, Morocco, France, Germany, Melbourne, AFP

☆ 3 things smart parents do to set their kids up for success at back-to-school time, according to a family therapist
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Back-to-school season is here — and with it come a host of stressors and anxieties for parents and children alike. Separation anxiety looms. Curb your child's — and your own — separation anxietyNearly all children between the ages of 18 months and 3 years old have some level of separation anxiety, according to Stanford Medicine. Parents struggle with separation anxiety, too — especially parents of "pandemic babies," says Aramyan. If that's you, work to avoid projecting your anxiety onto your kids at school or daycare drop off.

Persons: Bedtimes, Gayane Aramyan, Aramyan Organizations: Sherman, CNBC, Stanford Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Locations: Sherman Oaks , California, It's

☆ Bella Hadid speaks out about her recovery from health problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Top model Bella Hadid has explained that her absence from key fashion events this year is likely to continue, saying in an emotional Instagram post on Sunday that she will return to the catwalk when “ready,” after seeking treatment for ongoing health problems. From Bella Hadid/InstagramShe added that she was “okay,” “finally healthy” and “wouldn’t change anything for the world…it made who I am today.”Hadid has said previously that she has Lyme disease, a tick-borne disease that can commonly cause symptoms of fever, chills, body aches, swollen lymph nodes, neck stiffness, shortness of breath, headache, fatigue and a rash. She told Vogue last year that her symptoms began in eighth grade. Left untreated, the infection can spread to the joints, heart and nervous system, according to the CDC. Although the photos Hadid shared depict her at vulnerable points, she said she “tried to pick the most positive pictures…because as painful as this experience was, the outcome was the most enlightening experience of my life filled with new friends, new visions and a new brain.”

Persons: Bella Hadid, Hadid, ” Bella Hadid, ” “, ” Hadid, ”, Glizzy P.Beans, “ Organizations: CNN, Vogue, US Centers for Disease Control, CDC Locations: ”

☆ Opinion: American women have an alcohol problem. It’s critical to understand why
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —American women have a problem with booze. The messaging around women and drinking has reflected women’s shift toward the dysfunctional, which may then create a vicious cycle as more women see problem drinking cast as cheeky, fun or normal. And more women may now be paying the price for this normalization of alcohol abuse. I suspect many of them are turning to alcohol as one way to dull the painful reality of isolation. None of that will end alcohol abuse, which has been a centuries-long problem.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, —, White, ”, they’re, we’re Organizations: Twitter, CNN, American Medical Association, White Locations: New York, prurient, America, Europe

☆ Fact Check-Video of Joe Biden whispering an inappropriate remark to a baby is altered
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip showing U.S. President Joe Biden whispering an inappropriate remark to a child is digitally altered. No such remark can be heard in the original video. Don’t tell mommy what I told you.”Examples of the altered clip can be seen (here) and (here). The clip is edited, and the original video was uploaded by the baby’s mother on June 9, 2023 (ghostarchive.org/archive/SW0EU). No such comment can be heard in the original video.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, “, ”, Read Organizations: Reuters Locations: Fort Liberty , North Carolina

☆ Who Is Daddy’s Little Meatball?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Anna Kodé | More About Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Several employees at souvenir shops in Chinatown said that the shirts were a relatively recent addition. They started carrying them after noticing their popularity at stores in Little Italy. One employee at a Chinatown gift shop said that the store started carrying the “Daddy’s Little Meatball” shirt just two months ago. It has sold “Mommy’s Little Meatball” for the past couple of years, he said, but he has noticed sales for both increasing this summer. Ajit Biswas, who works at a gift shop on Canal Street, said that the store sold about 10 to 15 of the shirts every day, adding that “Mommy’s Little Meatball” is the more popular option.

Persons: Scalise, ”, “, ” Marcel Danesi, Ajit Biswas Organizations: University of Toronto Locations: Chinatown, Little Italy

CNN —Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, was convicted by a federal jury Friday on all 63 charges against him. Bowers was also convicted of 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death. The shooting unfolded on a day when the synagogue was hosting three congregations, Tree of Life, Dor Hadash and New Light, for weekly Shabbat services. In addition to the 11 killed, two worshippers and four responding police officers were wounded. Before the shooting, Bowers spent years posting about attacks on immigrants and Jewish people on Gab, a small social media platform used by far-right extremists.

Persons: Robert Bowers, Bowers, David Klug Diane Rosenthal, Cecil, David Rosenthal, ‘, ’, Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, ” Myers, ” “, ”, Jonathan Greenblatt, that’s, ” Greenblatt, Dan Frankel, “, Frankel, ” Bowers, Robert Bowers David Klug, Robert Colville, Elisa Long, ” Long, Eric Olshan, ” Olshan, Dor Hadash, Andrea Wedner, Rose Mallinger, ’ ”, Mary Hahn, – Organizations: CNN, U.S, Attorney, Defamation League, Pennsylvania, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Police, Immigrant Aid Society Locations: Maryland, New York

☆ Opinion: How I talk to my kids about climate change
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Opinion Laura Schifter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s Note: Laura Schifter is a senior fellow with the Aspen Institute and leads This Is Planet Ed, the institute’s initiative on climate change information. We won’t know for sure what it will be or where, but we can predict that these extreme weather events are becoming more common. Katharine Hayhoe, a leading climate scientist suggests one of the most important things we can do about climate change: talk about it. My second grader added, “And we can get power from the sun, compost and walk instead of drive!” We haven’t thought about this as a singular “climate change talk,” but rather as part of how we talk — how we try to help them make sense of the world. For all our kids, it’s time we prioritize their future and help ensure they can thrive in a changing climate.

Persons: Laura Schifter, Ed, There’s, Alexa, I’ve, Katharine Hayhoe, Taylor Organizations: Aspen Institute, Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, CNN, Environmental Protection Agency, Twitter, Facebook, Infrastructure Investment, Jobs, America, National Parent, Association Locations: Arlington , Virginia, Washington , DC, Canada, Pacific, Kentucky, California, Europe, Pakistan

☆ Opinion | Forget Nouns. Verbs Are Where the Action Is.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( John Mcwhorter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The verb “see” is “doe,” uttered with a high pitch. To put the verb into past tense, you say it with a low pitch. To say that rather than mere glimpsing, you looked at something deliberately, you start on that low pitch and go even lower. And if you want to say the opposite, that you just looked something over quickly, you start high and then swoop low. Wait, wait!” This was perfectly ordinary speech, and it entailed four verbs and zero nouns or adjectives.

Persons: ”, Walt Whitman’s, Puedo, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, “, Daffy Organizations: Iau, Berlitz Locations: Fennoscandia, Thailand, Papua Province, Spanish

☆ Opinion | Dooce and Other ‘Mommy Blogs’ Deserve Credit for Shaping the Internet
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In the past few months, several internet giants have fallen. BuzzFeed News folded. Vice is headed for bankruptcy. And with the recent publication of Ben Smith’s “Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral,” there’s been a resurgence of chatter about Gawker Media, which went kaput in 2016. (I worked at Jezebel, which was under the Gawker Media umbrella, from 2007 to 2008.)

☆ Heather Armstrong, Mommy Blogger Known as Dooce, Dies at 47
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( James R. Hagerty | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Heather Armstrong, pictured in 2008, wrote about her struggles with alcohol and postpartum depression. Photo: Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty ImagesHeather Armstrong, one of the most successful bloggers on motherhood in the early 2000s, has died at the age of 47. The Associated Press quoted her boyfriend, Pete Ashdown, as saying she died by suicide and that he found her Tuesday night at their home in Salt Lake City.

☆ I've made $730,000 in sales since I started my Etsy shop 3 years ago. Here's how I list my items and choose what to sell.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Lola Christina Alao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I started my Etsy business in April 2020. I've tried printing on demand for items such as tote bags, shoes, and shower curtains. I quit my job 18 months after starting my Etsy businessIn June 2021, I quit my customer-service job. I now work on my Etsy business full time. I've made $730,000 in revenue from Etsy since I started in March 2020.

☆ Heather Armstrong, ‘Queen of the Mommy Bloggers,’ Is Dead at 47
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Alex Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Heather Armstrong, an explosively popular web writer and entrepreneur who, under the name Dooce, was hailed as the queen of the so-called mommy bloggers for giving millions of readers regular intimate glimpses of her joys and challenges in parenthood and marriage, as well as her harrowing struggles with depression, died on Tuesday at her home in Salt Lake City. He said he had found her body in the home. Ms. Armstrong, a lapsed Mormon from Salt Lake City, rose to prominence at the dawn of the personal blog craze of the early 2000s. Her baptism in the field came after she graduated from Brigham Young University in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles, where she taught herself HTML code and took a job at a tech company. She started Dooce.com in 2001, christening it with the nickname she had earned after committing a typo writing the word “dude” in an AOL Instant Messenger chat with friends, according to one of her stories.

☆ Heather Armstrong, mommy blogger also known as Dooce, dies at 47
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Heather Armstrong, an influential writer whose blog Dooce helped popularize mommy blogging, has died, her partner, Pete Ashdown, confirmed to CNN. “Heather B. Hamilton (Armstrong) was a brilliant, funny, compassionate writer who struggled with mental-health and alcoholism,” Ashdown said in a statement to CNN. In 2004, Dooce became the first personal website to start accepting a notable number of paid ads, the New York Times said. Toward the end of her life, Armstrong was characteristically frank with readers about her struggles with alcoholism. “Calling Dooce a mommy blogger was always an inadequate description of her breadth, her style and her early influence on blogging,” New York Times reporter Katie Rogers tweeted.

☆ This Girl Scout troop sells cookies to support girls experiencing homelessness
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It’s important for every scout — but perhaps especially for Troop 6000, which is comprised entirely of girls who are experiencing homelessness or living in shelters. Unlike most Girl Scouts, Troop 6000’s cookie sale covers all fees for the girls including trips, summer camps and other activities. The funds help the troop hold Girl Scouts activities, as well as launch programs like the Troop 6000 Transition Initiative to support scouts and their families as they transition to permanent housing. So far, 100 migrant girls have joined Girl Scouts Troop 6000. Troop 6000 offers women a chance to lead in their community, by taking on volunteer roles within their shelters’ troops.

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