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How a trip to Italy reignited a passion for design

Craving a new adventure, Jamie Rajf left her fiancé, friends and family behind to attend design school in Florence, Italy
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She seems to be enjoying Firenze. If I didn't scroll back up to read the second sentence I thought the fiancee disappeared.
 
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The Next Drug Epidemic Is Blue Raspberry Flavored​


How Galaxy Gas became synonymous with the country’s burgeoning addiction to gas.​

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Kierstyn Milligan, a 25-year-old tattoo artist from Houston, was introduced to the drug at a party. At first, she preferred to do it around other people. But that soon changed; she quickly slipped from inhaling one large tank a day to two, then from two to six.

She began to buy so much that her local smoke shop started a special rewards program just for her — buy five tanks, get one free. Within a few months, “my life consisted of huffing whippets alone 24 hours a day,” she says. “I couldn’t breathe without it. If I had about five minutes without it, my heart would start palpitating.”

Her hair began falling out. Her mobility deteriorated; she had trouble walking even a few feet. She had lost control of her bodily functions: “I couldn’t control my bowel movements. I couldn’t control my bladder.”

She had frequent seizures, lost motor control, and, after a year of use, could no longer walk. “I got in four car accidents from driving while huffing,” she says.

Eventually, her grandmother took her to the hospital, where doctors informed her she was paralyzed. “I have neuropathy in my lower spine, and I have neuropathy in my feet, which is nerve damage,” she says. A brain scan revealed she had a cyst in her brain and blood clots in her lungs.
 
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New clothes feel cheap? They really don't make them like they used to

Major apparel brands have cut corners in recent years to limit price hikes on shoppers, embracing lower-quality fabric and finishes to protect their margins.
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“China is already the largest exporter of apparel to the United States, and QIMA’s factory inspections found the failure rate, or share of textile and apparel products with too many defects for market, rose to 13.7% last year from 12.7% in 2023. As many apparel brands move more production out of China to reduce their labor costs and exposure to tariffs, they’re gravitating toward countries with even higher failure rates: India’s is 21.2%, Cambodia’s is 16.6%, and Indonesia’s is 14.2%.”

20%+ failure rate?! And we trust them with the programming?


“‘There’s a myth that if something’s made from synthetic, it’s bad, it’s cheap,’ Bishop said. Nylon is very durable, for example, and polyester is great at wicking sweat.”

Have you worn a polyester blazer or suit in the summer? Not that great for the sweating.

“Ng said: ‘It’s really about the right application. When it comes to athletic wear, you don’t want cotton leggings.’”

Because recycled plastic breathes better?
 
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Avowed: New game release doesn't want to overstay its welcome

Bigger, longer, better? Why the race to pack more hours into video games might be slowing.
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"Earlier sequels would take about 25 to 30 hours to finish. But 2020 release Assassin's Creed Valhalla, could take anything from 60 to 100-plus hours.

On paper, more game for your money sounds like a great deal."

Yes - running around levelling up and doing mindless side quests that ChatGPT could write better is a wonderful deal.
 
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Spain, Portugal hit by massive power outage, leaving residents scrambling

A rare atmospheric phenomenon is deemed to be behind the blackout, while a cyberattack seems unlikely.
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Rare atmospheric phnemenon? Not a cyber attack like the Zero Day Netflix series?

"Panicked residents tried in vain to get a signal as the phone lines cut. 'There’s no [phone] coverage, I can’t call my family, my parents, nothing: I can’t even go to work,' Carlos Condori told AFP. 'People [are] stunned, because this had never happened in Spain' "

Long live the land line. And Starlink.
 
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On board a Ritz-Carlton yacht, I learned how the other half cruises

With a steady stream of Moët and pampering between ports, sailing on the Evrima is a chance to experience private yacht life
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"We come back from lunch to find our toiletries lined up on the double vanity, clothes hung and folded with care. That includes my partner‘s favourite pyjama, a tattered Mark’s Work Wearhouse sweatshirt that William tucks away on a high shelf, as if to say, 'Please don’t wear this outside.'

The dress code is 'yacht casual'– lots of linen on men, floral caftans on women. For evenings, we move into 'yacht sophisticated': ixnay on the shorts, ball caps and flip flops."

Whew... no white dinner jackets

"People-watching is part of the pleasure aboard a superyacht. Several Americans talk incessantly about money: hedge funds and wealth portfolios and inheritances."

Ah the Americans...

"Several guests voice displeasure with some of the port stops, including St. George’s, where feral cats roam laneways and young men gun their cars at high speed the afternoon we tour around. A few guests chafe at the grittiness, saying they’d prefer more anchored time at luxe tourist hideaways like St. Barts and Mustique."

Good God - car noise, stray animals. Do they live in cities or in palatial manors amongst the acres of their family estate?

The complaints get more precious from there. One woman wonders why tokens of chocolate were left in her suite some days but not every day. And why are the breakfast jam jars so hard to open, another queries her husband."

I want my chocolates every day and my jar of jelly pre-opened!
 
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'Such a cool time to be alive': Why Gen Z is so nostalgic about 'indie sleaze'

Today's youth are harking back to the messy hipster aesthetic of the late 2000s and early 2010s – and at the heart of that was French designer and queen of cool Isabel Marant.
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I don’t remember women dressed like this in late 2000s and early 2010s. I remember the whole 1960s nostalgia, metrosexual men, and proper dress, clean shaven, no tattoos and side part hair styles.
 
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Cacio e pepe: Good Food pasta recipe sparks fury in Italy

"Whoever uses cream does not know what cooking means!" said one Rome café owner.
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"Cacio e pepe should not be made with cream; cream is for desserts. For heaven's sake. Whoever uses cream does not know what cooking means."

"It's terrible. It's not cacio e pepe... What Good Food published, with butter and parmesan, is called 'pasta Alfredo'. It's another kind of pasta,"

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Who would’ve guessed that overturning Roe Versus Wade would have consequences? 🤷
 
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