Education

More Students Are Going to College. Affordability and Workforce Training Are Factors

“Confidence in college is coming back, but it is conditional,” says Courtney Brown, who studies public opinion on colleges for the Lumina Foundation, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit aimed at improving higher education. “The public’s been telling us that cost, flexibility and career relevance shape their view of college’s worth,” Brown says. “So people aren’t turning away from education — they’re just...

Fashion

Nordstrom: The Beauty I’d Restock If I Lost My Bag

Thank you to Nordstrom for sponsoring this post. These are the products I’d replace first because they shape how my entire routine works, the steps that make skin look smoother, makeup sit better, and everything feel more polished from the very beginning. They’re the kind of favorites that anchor what you do every day. This edit follows the rhythm of...

Finance

The Nobel Prize committee doesn’t want Trump getting one, even as a gift—but they treated Obama very differently

The Nobel Prize medal has always carried a symbolic weight far beyond its gold content, but in recent years it has also become a mirror for political anxieties, presidential legacies, and staggering wealth. Some critics argue that the Nobel Committee embarrassed Barack Obama by honoring him too early in his presidency, but the Norway-based awarding panel seems determined to keep...

Food

Weekly Meal Plan #73 | The Recipe Critic

This website may contain affiliate links and advertising so that we can provide recipes to you. Read my disclosure policy. There’s a NEW recipe in this weekly meal plan, and it’s already a favorite at my house. This Alfredo Ravioli Casserole is rich, comforting, and perfect for nights when you want something warm and filling. There are other delicious, tried-and-true...

Gadget

X is fully online after going down for most of the morning

X seems to be working again after struggling with an outage that took the service offline and made it slow to load for much of the morning. According to X’s developer platform page, there is an ongoing incident related to streaming endpoints that’s caused increased errors. The incident started at 7:39AM PT, according to the page.That roughly coincides with a...

Gaming

Can’t Stop Flipping, Won’t Stop Flipping

I have two monitors on my desk. Normally, the left one is reserved for work chat, and the other I use for writing and for checking the web. But lately, something else has been hanging out in the corner of my left monitor: Gambler’s Table, a new idle coin-flipping game out now on Steam, that I can’t stop playing. The...

Health

Homemade Baby Balm Skin Cream Recipe

When I was pregnant with my first child, my friends and relatives literally gave me 11 bottles of baby lotion. The smell reminded me of my own childhood. I loved that it was specially formulated for babies, so of course, the ingredients had to be natural and safe. Right? … and then I actually read the ingredients. What’s in Baby...

History

3,500-Year-Old Mesoamerican Triqui Language Has Survived In The Mountains Of The Mixteca Alta Region Of Oaxaca, Mexico

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Triqui language, with a history spanning approximately 3,500 years, stands as a remarkable example of linguistic resilience in an era when many ancient traditions and languages are fading. Although it is not widely spoken among younger generations, many adults in the mountainous Mixteca Alta region of Oaxaca, Mexico—and even in communities beyond—continue to use Triqui.San...

Lifestyle

TikTok quietly launches a microdrama app called ‘PineDrama’

TikTok has quietly released a new stand-alone short drama app called PineDrama in the U.S. and Brazil. The app offers access to microdramas, which are essentially bite-sized TV shows that can be watched in a series of one-minute episodes. Think TikTok, but every video you come across is a short episode of a fictional story. PineDrama is available on iOS...

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