How pessimism can help steer your life

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![]() How pessimism can help steer your life bigthink.com · Jonny Thomson It isn’t a flaw, but a lens to foster compassion for all beings who suffer. |
![]() Trump wants to punish states for combating climate change motherjones.com · Jackie Flynn Mogensen On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at “protecting” American energy from “state overreach.” ![]() Titanic scan reveals groundbreaking details of ship’s final hours BBC News · Rebecca Morelle The exact 3D replica shows the violence of how the ship ripped in two as it sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912 — 1,500 people lost their lives. ![]() The man who wants to bring the forest back to the Rio Grande valley grist.org · Laura Mallonee The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with our warming world. |
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![]() Bluesky’s quest to build nontoxic social media The New Yorker · Kyle Chayka X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user. ![]() New urinal designs use physics to prevent pee splashback Popular Science · Andrew Paul Behold the “Cornucopia” and the “Nautilus.” ![]() The list keepers Vulture · Mark Harris The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records. ![]() 5 games about taxes to procrastinate filing your actual taxes Polygon · Christina Gayton If you haven’t filed your taxes yet, why not procrastinate a little bit longer and play some games instead? ![]() Noah Wyle was nearing a ‘nervous breakdown’ Variety · Adam B. Vary Then came “The Pitt,” the hit HBO show that has put the “ER” star back in scrubs. ![]() The heyday of horror hotlines and why we still love to fear the phone Atlas Obscura · Pat Cassels A lesser-known subgenre of the 900-number boom allowed callers to connect with Freddy Krueger and chat with zombies. |