according to one survey, 84% of millennials and gen z say they’ve been ghosted at the end of a relationship. the phenomenon is rising even among longterm relationships. spoke to some ghosters for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/people...
People Are Ghosting Long-Term Partners. Some Don’t Regret It
The communication-free form of breaking up has become ubiquitous. “I no longer had to bear her energy,” a man who ghosted his partner of four years tells WIRED.
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DoorDash trying to end home rule for 700,000 people over a TWENTY CENT FEE
Martin Austermuhle@maustermuhle.bsky.social · 2w agoIn a statement, DoorDash tells me that the council passed the "arbitrary" new fee without holding any hearings. "We have always supported home rule for D.C.," says the company. "But will continue to defend D.C.'s small businesses, local economy, and underserved residents."
So far this year we've had: the warmest winter on record in the mountain west, a record-shattering heat wave in Europe, once in a thousand year rainfall and flooding texas and forest fire smoke blanketing the mid west and the north east. Feels like something's going on with the climate!
Hatred of AI now reaching the level of cultural consensus that becomes attractive to advertisers
Jurassic Park is my favorite movie and the first movie I remember seeing in a theater. My dad took me when I was 7. He passed 5 years ago. Ever since I’ve watched JP every year on his birthday. Dr. Grant was my guy. Sam Neill was a great actor. I’m going to be in my feelings about this for a while.
Crazy how People is the remaining publication that just goes for the jugular.
Mitch McConnell Was Rolled into Ambulance with ‘No Urgency,’ According to Eyewitness Who Filmed Him Lying Still Under Blanket
A video reportedly depicting Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, who has been hospitalized for nearly a month, being placed in an ambulance on a stretcher in mid-June has been published by CNN
people.com
If there was any doubt that Gov Jared Polis’ legacy is freeing Tina Peters, the NYT reports Polis just fired the clemency board members who revealed he overruled their unanimous wishes www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier
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Unitary Executive thread: SCOTUS decided Slaughter & Cook. 6-3 for Trump, overturning Humphrey's. 5-4 for Cook & Fed independence. All 6 conservatives confirmed they do not understand or care about historical evidence or originalist methods. 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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The new racist double standard set up by Alito in the TPS ruling: if there’s any other motive in addition to the racism, the racism doesn’t count, but if the state wants to *prevent* discrimination against black people, that is racist and unconstitutional www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
"... the U.S. Government essentially killed an automotive brand in America ..."
Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo. That Should Terrify You
Polestar is done in the U.S. market. Its sister brand Volvo, owned by the same Chinese parent company, was spared. No one has explained why.
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The US is so paranoid about Chinese tech, they've forced Polestar to withdraw from the US. Polestar is the best alternative to Tesla with high quality sedans, not to mention the excellent Android integration. What an absolute mess and self-own by the government. finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...
Polestar exits US market after government bans sales due to connected vehicle tech
Swedish-based EV-maker Polestar says it will no longer sell cars in the US, after the Commerce Department banned it from selling its cars in the country.
finance.yahoo.com
Dems have to run on this hard. Do not let the RFK types try to spin what his own party just signed off on here. Actual Monsanto, the comic book villain of Adbusters days, was shielded from liability over poisoning Americans. I don't care if it's slopulism: this Supreme Court wants you dead.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BAYER'S BID TO LIMIT LAWSUITS IN STATE COURT CLAIMING ITS ROUNDUP WEEDKILLER CAUSES CANCER
EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...
Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?
Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.
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Some bosses say full-time, in-person work boosts productivity or collaboration. “Our new research reveals that the objection to any work from home is more likely to be driven by something else entirely: ego,” write Adam Grant, Marissa Shandell and Courtney Elliott.
Opinion | The Real Reason Bosses Want You Back in the Office Full Time (It’s Not Productivity)
It’s all about them.
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"the left has ceded all notions of patriotism to the right" is a real [citation needed] claim
Crooked Media @crooked.com · 2mo agoWhat does the future of the left hold when we have ceded all notions of patriotism to the right?
Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.
Passengers 'Ride the D' — and other Metro lines — in droves as World Cup mania sweeps SoCal
Passengers 'Ride the D' — and other Metro lines — in droves as World Cup mania sweeps SoCal
May was a great month for L.A. Metro.
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Seattle elects a socialist mayor, wins the Super Bowl NYC elects a socialist mayor, wins the NBA finals Win your city a major sports title with this one neat trick
From the Bears fans I work with I gather they hate the current stadium, Indiana stadium site, Arlington Heights stadium site and everyone involved with the Bears stadium, especially the Bears themselves.
Following the California primaries is like when the most dramatic person in your group chat drip drops gossip instead of cutting to the point. Like buddy we don’t have all day.
In China, the best selling car is actually not a Tesla. It’s this: the Chevy Sonic-sized Geely Xingyuan (EX2), which starts just under $10,000. I drove it around for a few mins, and it wasn’t hard to understand just why Geely sold nearly 500,000 units last year. insideevs.com/features/797...
I Drove China's Best-Selling Car. It's On Top For A Reason
The Geely EX2, or Xingyuan, outsells everything Tesla and BYD make. In five minutes with it, you understand why.
insideevs.com
