From Wall Street Journal — The Rise of the Unstoppable American Tourist

Wanted to post this somewhere , can’t think of the term for rich people unaware of the lives of the majority.

A supercharged U.S. economy has helped transform a nation of homebodies into zealous international travelers; ‘Travel isn’t optional’

“Al Lenza’s parents traveled overseas three times after immigrating to the U.S. in 1961. Lenza estimates he’s taken 500 trips in 50 years. 
His home office is filled with self-printed books with recollections from each one. He’s working on more. The semiretired 70-year-old has already been to Barcelona three times in the past year.
“You have more time and more money,” he said of his current phase of life. “The clock is running out.””

Excerpt From
“The Rise of the Unstoppable American Tourist”
Chelsey Dulaney, Rachel Louise Ensign
The Wall Street Journal
https://apple.news/AZpgWG3OpRP6\_BYJsA98LVg
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u/Jaded247365 — 2 months ago
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The Terrorist in the Brain

This thumbnail is in bad taste but the article is informative. *Moderators, please delete if inappropriate for this sub*

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u/Jaded247365 — 3 months ago
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He Blew the Whistle on DOGE. Then His Brakes Were Cut

Relatively short read but important.

ON APRIL 14, 2025, Dan Berulis, an IT staffer at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), filed a Congressional whistleblower complaint with an extraordinary and urgent claim: The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had seemingly compromised the agency’s data and appeared to be exfiltrating it out of the NLRB entirely. Additionally, Berulis claimed that mere minutes after DOGE members had accessed the agency’s data, there appeared to be login attempts from an IP address in Russia.

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u/Jaded247365 — 4 months ago
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Egg Intake and the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease in the Adventist Health Study-2 Cohort Linked with Medicare Data

Results: Egg consumption was inversely associated with Alzheimer's disease risk. Compared with never/rarely consuming eggs, HRs (95% CIs) after adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, food groups, and comorbidities were 0.83 (0.75, 0.92) for 1-3 times per month, 0.83 (0.74, 0.94) for once per week, 0.80 (0.71, 0.90) for 2-4 times per week, and 0.73 (0.60, 0.89) for ≥5 times per week. In the spline model, zero egg intake was curvilinearly associated with an adjusted HR of 1.22 (1.11, 1.34) compared with 10 g/d.
Conclusions: In this health-conscious population, moderate egg consumption was associated with a significantly lower risk of Alzheimer's disease. These findings suggest a potential neuroprotective benefit of nutrients found in eggs when consumed as part of a balanced diet.

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u/Jaded247365 — 4 months ago

Blond Ambition

Monroe is famous for her mix of irrepressible sexuality and childlike innocence, but those who knew her in life found her less girlishly naive than tragic and wounded.

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u/Jaded247365 — 5 months ago

Adding doorframe & door

I would like to add a door at the start/end of this hallway. I haven’t been able to find the right contractor so thinking about doing it myself. My question is - I’m sure the right way would include cutting back all the drywall and then framing in, but what would be the downside to just installing framing on top of the drywall? The upside of that would be that while I would have to even out the walls with strips of drywall they would be hidden by the door molding and I would not need to mud or paint.

The existing opening is 86x42.5 inches. And I want it narrowed to 82x38 inches for a standard 36 inch door.

u/Jaded247365 — 5 months ago

How the FBI Discovered a Real-Life Indiana Jones in, of All Places, Rural Indiana

Just saw that the lead FBI investigator has written a book about reparation process - The Grave Robber: The Biggest Stolen Artifacts Case in FBI History and the Bureau’s Quest to Set Things Right
by Tim Carpenter.

vanityfair.com
u/Jaded247365 — 5 months ago

https://archive.ph/2025.02.06-145609/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/up-and-then-down

The longest smoke break of Nicholas White’s life began at around eleven o’clock on a Friday night in October, 1999. White, a thirty-four-year-old production manager at Business Week, working late on a special supplement, had just watched the Braves beat the Mets on a television in the office pantry. Now he wanted a cigarette. He told a colleague he’d be right back and, leaving behind his jacket, headed downstairs.

u/Jaded247365 — 5 months ago