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☆ I'm a boomer who moved to a new community and felt lonely. I made friends by doing things I cared about and staying active.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Ellen Acconcia | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Locked down and unable to meet neighbors or join community activities, I was now relegated to the couch in a cast. AdvertisementFinding my place in a new community took time, especially during the solitary days early on in the pandemic. How I took charge of making new friendsBefore we moved, we had a large group of friends of all ages. Courtesy Ellen AcconciaI found friends while doing things I cared aboutI love books, and searching for opportunities to help my wider community led me to our local literacy council. AdvertisementI stayed active and found friends who were staying active, tooAfter my ankle healed, I discovered a local gym offering a 30-minute daily workout.

Persons: —, Ellen Acconcia, we've, I've, There's, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: North Carolina, Canada, Spain

AdvertisementAyomikun Adekaiyero: The series does a great job of showing how this toxic masculinity among the men — particularly Aegon, Daemon, and Criston — escalates this conflict. I think he's a character that — don't get me wrong, I love Daemon — got a little bit muddied in season one. Ayomikun: Also, though I do believe both Aegon and Daemon want war for the wrong reasons, they're kind of right? Ayomikun: Criston and Aegon are really like that "It's always two dumb people telling each other exactlyyyyy" meme. Ayomikun: The fight was a truly brilliant scene, especially since we as the audience can't really tell which twin is which.

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☆ 5 mind-bending buildings from Las Vegas to Dubai that never broke ground — and what stands in their place instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A new book, "The Atlas of Never Built Architecture," explores the world as it could've been. Authors Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin explore never-built designs from over 300 global architects. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email.

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What is Will and Alice Mondrich's next goal after losing the club? Emma Naomi as Alice Mondrich and Martins Imhangbe as Will Mondrich in "Bridgerton" season three. Liam Daniel / NetflixA prominent storyline in season three, part one, is Will (Martins Imhangbe) and Alice (Emma Naomi) Mondrich's promotion to nobility. But the promotion means Will must give up the Gentleman's club he built up in the previous season. However, after this, the pair are forced to the sidelines again and not given much to do for the rest of the season.

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☆ Meet Lokiceratops, the rock star cousin of Triceratops
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. The Triceratops fossil emerged first as it eroded from the rock of the Hell Creek Formation in 2006. Across the universeAn artist's illustration shows a supermassive black hole as it wakes up at the center of a faraway galaxy. M. Kornmesser/ESOAstronomers are watching a supermassive black hole awakening in the middle of a distant galaxy for the first time. Sign up here to receive in your inbox the next edition of Wonder Theory, brought to you by CNN Space and Science writers Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt.

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☆ Getting Acquainted With Our New Workplace Columnist
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Stefano Montali | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Some writers aim to develop one area of expertise over the course of their careers. “Let’s put it this way: I don’t have a beat,” Ms. Holmes said. Ms. Holmes is the incoming writer of Work Friend, a column published by the Sunday Business section of The New York Times. It is a formula she’s used to, having explored workplace culture in Sad Desk Salad, a column for Bloomberg Businessweek.

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☆ Copa America 2024 predictions: Who will win it all, how far will the U.S. go? Our writers’ picks
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( The Athletic Soccer Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +15 min

Click here to follow Copa America on The Athletic and get relevant stories in your personalized feed. AdvertisementMelanie Anzidei: Winning a second Copa America in a row would solidify Argentina’s place as one of football’s greatest teams. With both nations tied on a record 15 Copa America titles each, I’ve got my fingers crossed for a meeting in the final. Cardenas: Luis Diaz scored four goals at the 2021 Copa America, leading Colombia to the semifinals. GO DEEPER The Radar – The Athletic’s Copa America 2024 scouting guideTell us one thing you really want to see happen…Cardenas: The Copa America is such an important tournament for South American countries.

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☆ Reggie Jackson, on live TV from Rickwood Field, shares stark stories of racism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( C. Trent Rosecrans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Reggie Jackson played in Birmingham when he was in the minor leagues back in 1967. In his return to Rickwood Field, he shared his experience with racism and discrimination. Jackson played there just four years after four girls were killed in a bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church. The Giants wore the uniform of the San Francisco Sea Lions, a Negro Leagues team that folded after its only season in 1946. Giants manager Bob Melvin played at Rickwood Field in parts of three seasons in the early 1980s as a minor-leaguer.

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☆ R. O. Kwon puts queer love, loss and faith on ‘Exhibit’ in new novel
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Cat Woods | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“I have had to learn how to manage my profound anxiety writing — or, in some cases, not manage very well,” she told CNN in a video interview. “Particularly, the anxiety I feel around writing a book that has so much to do with physical longing. “I don’t feel I’ve recovered, and I don’t expect to recover,” she said. “People in my life might think I’ve had an affair with a queer Korean American ballerina. I wanted to write a book suffused with queer joy and queer plenitude.

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☆ Euro 2024 day six: Germany advance, MLS history, comedy goals, don’t trust world rankings
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( The Athletic Uk Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

A 2-0 victory over Hungary sent Germany through to the round of 16, and they got there pretty comfortably. Shaqiri was actually a surprise selection for Switzerland’s second Euro 2024 game against Scotland on Wednesday. Albania, just like against Italy, were ahead and could have pulled off the greatest result in their footballing history. Schar briefly joins the own goals club (Photo: Alex Grimm/Getty Images)Tim SpiersTalking of shocks, do world rankings matter? If the alternative is FIFA executives arbitrarily deciding on seedings among themselves, then it’s probably worth having official rankings.

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☆ Willie Mays: One of baseball’s most electrifying and complete players has died at 93
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Wayne Sterling | Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

AP From left: Monte Irvin, Willie Mays, and Hank Thompson hold bats on their shoulders in Yankee Stadium in 1951. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays, then a physical training instructor at Fort Eustis, Virginia, leads soldiers through a calisthenics session on February 19, 1953. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays plays stick ball with kids in New York's Harlem neighborhood in 1954. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Mays makes a leaping, one-handed catch off the Los Angeles Dodgers' Duke Snider on August 15, 1954. JR/AP Mays, then of the San Francisco Giants, plays catch with 14-month-old Herbert Henderson, at the home of Henderson's parents, in San Francisco, California on November 14, 1957.

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☆ Shein's CEO is so low-profile his employees don't even recognize him: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Meghan Morris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewFast-fashion giant Shein is gearing up for its widely-anticipated debut as a public company. But one key figure has stayed out of the spotlight: CEO Xu Yangtian, also known as Sky Xu. Even Xu's own employees don't recognize him in the office, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday. As a public company CEO, he'll be expected to participate in regular updates — UK companies are not required to have quarterly earnings calls, but most do — and interact with investors. Loyalty to China under scrutinySo far, Shein's public face has been executive chairman Donald Tang.

Persons: —, Xu Yangtian, Xu, Chris Xu, Shein, Frances Townsend, Townsend, he'll, Jack Ma, Donald Tang, Bear Stearns, Tang Organizations: Service, TikTok, Business, China Morning Post, Wall, Bloomberg, Shein's, Street, Shein, Milken, Pacific, Financial Locations: Guangzhou, London, China, Shanghai, Beijing

☆ TikTok is getting into the murky business of AI-generated influencer ads
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewTikTok is rolling out a tool that will allow brands to use AI-generated avatars of real people in ads on the platform. In a demonstration in the announcement post, the company showcased a reel of AI-generated avatars built from apparent TikTok creators who explain why they'll benefit from an AI tool that uses their likenesses. "If this is something that caught on, I'd be very scared for the future of my business," micro influencer Kristen Bousquet told Business Insider in May. TikTok isn't the only Big Tech platform experimenting with AI-generated avatars.

Persons: —, SelfMade, Kristen Bousquet, TikTok, creatives —, Meta, Tom Brady, Kendall Jenner, YouTuber Organizations: Service, Business, NBA, Big Tech, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple

☆ Chasing Spring and Fireflies Into the Absolute Darkness - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I first learned about blue ghosts last year from Jennifer Frick-Ruppert, a zoologist at Brevard College in western North Carolina. I was at Brevard for a writers’ conference, and Dr. Frick-Ruppert offered to take me to see the ethereal fireflies that glow without blinking. Synchronous fireflies flash in unison — blinking together and then going dark together before blinking together again. By the time my family left for vacation in western North Carolina in early June, I’d given up on seeing the famous fireflies of the Appalachian forests. She said he could point me toward the fireflies I’d been longing to see.

Persons: Jennifer Frick, Ruppert, . Frick, I’d, Georgann Eubanks, Tal Galton, Snakeroot Organizations: Brevard College Locations: North Carolina, Brevard, Smoky, East Tennessee

☆ The ‘Inside Out 2’ movie is a summer box office success
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The studio’s latest animated film, “Inside Out 2,” has rocked the lethargic summer box office, becoming the first movie of 2024 to reach $100 million in domestic sales during its opening weekend. Heading for a $155 million weekend per Comscore estimates, the movie marks the most lucrative box office opening since last July’s “Barbie,” which grossed $162 million. According to Comscore and Disney, “Inside Out 2” has also cinched the No. “The story of the summer was always going to come down to how Pixar (‘Inside Out 2’) and Marvel (‘Deadpool & Wolverine’) rebounded,” said Loria. Domestic box office totals since the beginning of May are still down by about 28% compared to this time last year, according to Comscore data.

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☆ 7 Moments That Reigned in ‘House of the Dragon’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Robin Kawakami | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Martin book “Fire & Blood,” “House of the Dragon” is a “Game of Thrones” prequel occurring roughly 200 years before the events in the original series. The new season will cover some of the many plotlines of the Dance within only eight episodes, compared to the first season’s 10. With Season 2, the Blacks and the Greens — opposing factions led by their matriarchs, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) — have reached a point of no return. “War is coming, and neither of us may win,” Rhaenyra says in a trailer. Here’s a look back at Season 1’s pivotal moments that turned childhood best friends into mortal enemies hurtling toward mutual destruction.

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☆ Ernest Shackleton’s Quest shipwreck has finally been found
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-15 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 27 men set off aboard the HMS Endurance in 1914. A search expedition found the HMS Endurance wreck in 2022, and now, another part of Shackleton’s legacy has been recovered. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAn international team of experts using sonar has located the exploration ship Quest, once captained by Shackleton, off the coast of Canada. — A botanist spotted a tiny plant species new to science growing in an unlikely place on the slopes of the Andes.

Persons: Sir Ernest Shackleton, Shackleton, Freeman Dyson, Dyson, George Wittemyer, ”, Mickey Pardo, ritualistically, Chichén Itzá, “, Adomas Valantinas, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, HMS, Quest, Central Press, Hulton, Cornell University, Olympus, ESA, Brown University, NASA, CNN Space, Science Locations: Antarctica, South Georgia, Canada, Kenya, Chichén, Yucatán, Everest, England, Australia

☆ Tony Predictions: Expect Wins for ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ and ‘Stereophonic’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And this year, Broadway will be celebrating one for the ages. “Merrily We Roll Along,” a Stephen Sondheim show that has long been one of musical theater’s most storied flops, will cement its long-sought redemption on Sunday by winning the Tony Award for best musical revival, according to my annual survey of Tony voters. This week I have connected, by phone or by email, with just over a quarter of the 836 Tony voters, and asked how they were voting. The survey is not a scientific poll; some voters haven’t even cast their ballots yet. A preshow with some of the awards will stream on Pluto TV starting at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, and we’ll be live-blogging all evening at nytimes.com/theater.

Persons: “, ”, Stephen Sondheim, Tony voters, “ Hamilton, Tony, haven’t, we’ll Organizations: Broadway, Tony, CBS, Paramount, Showtime

☆ What we can expect from the fifth and final season of 'The Boys'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"#TheBoys Season 4 Premiere Week is the perfect time to announce: Season 5 will be the Final Season! Season 4 is designed to be a darker, more introspective season ahead of the all-out action of season 5Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Joe Kessler and Karl Urban as Billy Butcher in season four of "The Boys." Season 5 of 'The Boys' will definitively wrap up the show's storyKarl Urban as Butcher and Antony Starr as Homelander in the season three finale of "The Boys." But the upcoming fifth season of "The Boys" will be the end of the road for the show. Jasper Savage/Prime Video"It's not totally locked in yet, but we are going to start shooting around mid-November," Kripke told Variety.

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☆ Opinion: Why Anxiety from ‘Inside Out 2’ is such a relatable character to me
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And while I would not say that I am the personification of anxiety, if you looked inside my head at the control board of my emotions, anxiety would be in charge more than I’d like to admit. Noah Berlatsky Noah BerlatskyMany people who live with a lot of anxiety would agree that anxiety is not a lot of fun. Anxiety doesn’t just keep Riley from her sleep, though. When I’m anxious, it’s often because I’m worrying about my loved ones. And her maybe obsessive attention and investment gives her some insights that Joy doesn’t have.

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☆ 'Bridgerton' season 3 changes how Penelope's Lady Whistledown identity is revealed — and it's so much better this way
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewWarning: Major spoilers ahead for "Bridgerton" season three, part two, and the book "Romancing Mister Bridgerton." Penelope Featherington's secret identity as Lady Whistledown is finally revealed in part two of "Bridgerton" season three. Since season one, Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) has secretly published a gossip column about London's high society under the pseudonym Lady Whistledown. Liam Daniel / NetflixIn "Romancing Mister Bridgerton," Colin Bridgerton discovers Penelope's Whistledown secret before their engagement and is the first person to find out. Liam Daniel / NetflixIn both "Romancing Mister Bridgerton" and "Bridgerton" season three, London's high society decides to hunt down Lady Whistledown.

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☆ The B in 'Bridgerton' actually stands for bisexual
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Dearest readers, rejoice: Benedict Bridgerton is finally bisexual. Lucas Aurelio and Luke Thompson as Paul Suarez and Benedict Bridgerton in season three of "Bridgerton." Liam Daniel/Netflix'Bridgerton' has been hinting at Benedict's queerness for a whileBefore season three, Benedict Bridgerton had yet to kiss another man. Luke Thompson and Hannah New as Benedict Bridgerton and Lady Tilley Arnold in season three of "Bridgerton." Liam Daniel/NetflixUltimately, Benedict isn't ready to settle down when Lady Tilley confesses that she's developed romantic feelings for him.

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☆ Plumbing the Depths of Darkness, and Finding Liberation
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Robert Eggers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This essay is part of a series called The Big Ideas, in which writers respond to a single question: What do we fear? You can read more by visiting The Big Ideas series page. I hear the wind moaning through the pine boughs above, causing the thick trunks to sway and groan, but it is unnaturally still near the forest floor. The air is thick. It is increasingly difficult to walk through the dense, pungent air.

☆ I'm horrible at job interviews, so I asked an expert for advice before a big opportunity. Her tips helped me land the job.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Melissa Petro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewI've done everything you're not supposed to do during a job interview — appearing unpolished, bad-talking past bosses, and revealing too much. At one job interview in 2011, I even cried. I decided to become a freelancer, partly to avoid the entire job interview experience. I may be bad at job interviews, but I'm great at writing headlines. Related storiesI decided to say, "I'm a freelance writer and writing instructor who's been providing book editing services since 2010.

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☆ Opinion: Literary protest against the war in Gaza has gone off the rails
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Opinion Ilene Prusher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Ilene Prusher Jordana MillerBut something about this year’s Jerusalem International Writers Festival, which was held late last month, was off. The festival’s artistic director, Julia Fermentto-Tzaisler, thought about whether the beloved book festival should happen this year at all. A shadow over the literary worldExamples abound of how fallout from the ongoing war is casting a shadow over the literary world. To be sure, these are not the only cancelations the literary world has experienced related to the war; nor are Jewish writers the only ones who have faced controversy. From the start of this war, it seems I’m much more therapist than writer,” she read in a lilting Hebrew.

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