http://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/well/mind/flourishing-languishing.html? The Other Side of Languishing Is Flourishing. Here’s How to Get There. Research shows that the pandemic took a toll on our overall well-being and left many of us drained. Here are seven simple steps to get you thriving again. Credit...Cristina Spanò By Dani Blum Published May 4, 2021 Updated May 6, 2021 With vaccination rates on … Continue reading Are you still languishing because of the pandemic? Paths to flourishing
Can oysters help us defend coastal areas from rising seas?
The Seas Are Rising. Could Oysters Help? How a landscape architect is enlisting nature to defend our coastal cities against climate change—and doing it on the cheap. By Eric KlinenbergAugust 2, 2021 In New York, Kate Orff will use oyster reefs to mitigate storm surges.Photograph by Thomas Prior for The New Yorker On a windy afternoon in April, the landscape … Continue reading Can oysters help us defend coastal areas from rising seas?
What will be new with “Find My” with iOS 15
https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-15-find-my/ What's New With Find My in iOS 15: Tracking When iPhone is Off, Live Locations, Locate After Erase and More Friday July 30, 2021 2:24 PM PDT by Juli Clover Since introducing the unified Find My app, Apple has been working to improve the Find My experience. iOS 15 brings some major new features to Find My, including features like … Continue reading What will be new with “Find My” with iOS 15
Pandemic may have changed fundamental behaviors — like the impulse to shop without purpose
OPINION GUEST ESSAY I No Longer Want to Shop Aug. 2, 2021 Credit...Illustration by Arsh Raziuddin, The New York Times; Photograph via Getty By Erin Aubry Kaplan As Covid-19 vaccinations began to open up the world for some of us in pandemic-battered Los Angeles, going back to restaurants, dance clubs, bars or theaters was at the … Continue reading Pandemic may have changed fundamental behaviors — like the impulse to shop without purpose
100 years after removal, Nez Perce people recover their tribal land
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2021/07/29/oregon-nez-perce-tribe-celebrate-reclaimed-reservation-land-history-treaty-chief-joseph-amsaaxpa/5424269001/ 'Homecoming': 100 years after forceful removal, Nez Perce people celebrate reclaimed land Dianne LugoSalem Statesman JournalView Comments0:001:15ADhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.473.0_en.html#goog_174107442 JOSEPH, Oregon — Vice-Chairman Shannon Wheeler has been dreaming about this day for years. On Thursday, more than 150 Nez Perce (Niimiipuu) people returned and blessed part of their homeland, a hundred years after the U.S Army … Continue reading 100 years after removal, Nez Perce people recover their tribal land
Your new favorite way of eating eggs in the morning — Mayoneggs
https://www.thekitchn.com/mayoneggs-scrambled-eggs-review-23208716 I Tried Mayoneggs and They’re My New Favorite Scrambled Eggs bySARA TANE published August 2, 2021 Reddit’s latest viral vintage recipe comes in the form of a mayonnaise advertisement from 1972. The advertisement claims that this classic condiment can be used to make soft scrambled eggs with “a subtle new flavor, a creamy new texture.” Well, … Continue reading Your new favorite way of eating eggs in the morning — Mayoneggs
Dive deep this month into the world of jazz saxophonists with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Swing U
Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) states its mission this way: "The Mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to Entertain, Enrich and Expand a Global Community For Jazz Through Performance, Education and Advocacy." That may seem overly comprehensive but they work hard at every one of those goals. One of their institutions is Swing University … Continue reading Dive deep this month into the world of jazz saxophonists with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Swing U
Ways of proving you’ve been vaccinated
NYC is about to impose a requirement to prove that you're vaccinated to eat indoors at restaurants, use indoor gyms, and more. Nowhere else in the U.S. would this be accepted, but it's the wave of the future. Be vaccinated or be required to take weekly tests, wear masks, maintain social distancing, and possibly lose … Continue reading Ways of proving you’ve been vaccinated
Earth’s energy system is out of whack — and it’s because of humans
Denise ChowSun, August 1, 2021, 12:50 PM·4 min read For decades, Earth’s energy system has been out of whack. Stability in Earth's climate hinges on a delicate balance between the amount of energy the planet absorbs from the sun and the amount of energy Earth emits back into space. But that equilibrium has been thrown … Continue reading Earth’s energy system is out of whack — and it’s because of humans
Only .001% of fully vaccinated Americans have had a deadly COVID case
The vaccine is doing its job in protecting the vaccinated from serious or deadly COVID, but it's apparently unable to keep the vaccinated from being COVID carriers of the incredibly contagious Delta variant. https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/31/health/fully-vaccinated-people-breakthrough-hospitalization-death/index.html About 99.999% of fully vaccinated Americans have not had a deadly Covid-19 breakthrough case, CDC data shows By Deidre McPhillips and … Continue reading Only .001% of fully vaccinated Americans have had a deadly COVID case
All Broadway audiences must be vaccinated or present very recent test results
https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/all-broadway-audiences-must-be-vaccinated-under-new-theater-rule All Broadway Audiences Must Be Vaccinated Under New Theater Rule The new rule for the Broadway League's 41 theaters signals a wider shift by city institutions toward requiring vaccinations. Matt Troutman, Patch StaffPosted Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 10:55 am ET|Updated Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 11:40 am ET https://www.facebook.com/v6.0/plugins/like.php?action=like&app_id=&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df249f0fa7a2637e%26domain%3Dpatch.com%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fpatch.com%252Ff292ee47d383eae%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=0&href=https%3A%2F%2Fpatch.com%2Fnew-york%2Fnew-york-city%2Fall-broadway-audiences-must-be-vaccinated-under-new-theater-rule&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&sdk=joey&share=true&size=smallReplies (21) "Hamilton" at Richard Rodgers Theatre near Times Square remained … Continue reading All Broadway audiences must be vaccinated or present very recent test results
iOS 14 methods for finding and deleting apps on your iPhone
I found these techniques very helpful when I thought I was moving an app from one of my groups to another and it simply disappeared. The only way to "get it back" was to search for it in the App Library, do a long press on the name, select delete, and download it again from … Continue reading iOS 14 methods for finding and deleting apps on your iPhone
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