Why MSM accusations of sexism and oversharing are short-sighted TW: Missng persons, mental health, addiction. Not affiliated with Lancashire Police. In the UK, a missing person’s case became an unhealthy obsession of public imagination — and led to endless mainstream media controversy. However, it is the mainstream media (MSM) controversy itself, and not the disclosure, which — until a discovery this weekend (tw) — was chronically putting the missing person and her family at risk.

Have friends who are overly competitive? — You’re not alone in this. It’s more familiar than you might imagine. How can a perfectly functional friendship go from collaborative to competitive? Dealing with friends who constantly try to one-up you in conversation can be frustrating, but there are a few strategies you can try: Don’t engage in the one-upping behavior: If your friend…

AI-generated coursework and homework will become rife. AI is going to make teaching better. How? By making copying and cheating harder to accomplish. From creating tiny scrolls of writing on pens, to handing in Wikipedia copypasta (but like, way back in 2004) — students have always found ways to cheat. AI, in it’s current iteration as of…

His power over young boys is dangerous in all media For decades: advertising agencies, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio and film would objectify women as objects that are acquirable and disposable — or unattainable. Images like this seem completely laughable now But that’s the problem — the historic drip-drip-drip of the ad world’s deeply-embedded, elitist programmed Freudianism since the early 20th…

Legacy media like CNN, the BBC et al — are on their last legs. — The term ‘legacy media’ isn’t new. But its popularity is. The New York Times Just Made It Bleedingly Obvious Did you hear that? The distant, desperate sabre-rattling from The New York Times — to the tune of an undisclosed 7 figure sum — is highly telling overall of a dying media form which literally needs to buy a ready-made…

The EU waited long enough: now GDPR is putting its shoes on. — This day was always going to come of course, and now a precedent has been set. In a landmark ruling by the Austrian Data Protection Authority (ADPA), the transfer of information from European data subjects to be stored and processed in the US by Google Analytics, constitutes a breach of…

The cocktail party test is a middle-class lie — Why is the cocktail party test even a thing? Why are you trying to impress these people? I mean, look at that guy holding his wine like a cross to bear — he doesn’t really care. He’s here for the wine only. That other guy facing the camera but also…

Before it’s too late to make anything different while the world’s still in flux. — In this 2022 world still dominated by infection-safety anxiety because of the pandemic, it can be so easy to dismiss or lose faith in your own hopes, dreams and ideas because of fear of the future. Fear of people coughing. Fear of the Government. Fear of economic disaster. Fear of endless pharmaceutical intervention into your daily life.

A guide, including how and where to start your side hustles for 2023! — Did you want to check out Free Side Hustle Ideas, Part 1 and Free Side Hustle ideas, Part 2? Click on the titles to read the previous articles. Or, let’s just continue with the final installation! Side Hustle Idea #8 On Demand Fitness / Health Business Health and fitness — this side hustle is your passion too? Lucky you! You’re…