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My 9 year old has mild dyslexia and can happily read graphic novels for long periods with no issues. His reading level is actually pretty good now and decoding does not seem to be the main problem anymore.

The issue is with regular novels and continuous text. After a page or two, he says his eyes feel dry or tired and he starts losing focus and stamina really quickly. He becomes very reluctant to continue even when the book itself interests him.

We already had his vision checked and he does not have tracking issues or visual stress.

Has anyone dealt with something similar before? I would love advice on helping build stamina with regular text without making reading feel stressful again.

I've been producing corporate content for about eight years and the local vs national production company question comes up constantly, especially in mid-size markets like Philadelphia where there's a solid local production scene that can handle most briefs competently.

My answer used to be "it depends on the project" which is true but not particularly useful.

My actual answer now: hire local when the brief is straightforward, the deliverables are simple, and you need someone who knows the specific geography and community. Hire a company with national infrastructure when the project involves multiple markets, complex post-production pipelines, compliance requirements, or talent that requires an approval workflow you don't want to manage yourself.

We used beverly boy productions for a Philadelphia-based shoot that was part of a larger multi-city campaign and the reason the national footprint mattered was that the same producer who handled our Philly days also coordinated the Atlanta and Boston days, so the brief didn't have to be re-explained three times to three different companies and the visual consistency across markets was actually consistent.

That continuity is invisible when it works and catastrophic when it doesn't.

Clean concealer is one of those categories that just keeps disappointing me. Too sheer, creases by mid morning, or both. Gone through more options than I'd like to admit trying to find something that actually behaves like a real concealer.

Read enough reddit threads about clean concealer to know the category was a mess, then stumbled on ogee's complexion concealer in one of them. Eight options deep and it's genuinely the first one that hasn't let me down, builds without looking heavy and holds through a full workday without creasing

The undertone range is limited which is the honest limitation. But within what they offer the colors are accurate to their description, which is not always the case with clean brands.

Flat brush to apply, light press with translucent powder to set, and it just stays put.

I'm trying to figure out if making the switch is worth it. Salicylic has been my go to forever and works fine, my issue is I've gotten more sensitive over the years and I notice peeling and dryness around my nose and chin even at low concentrations.

The mandelic pitch is that it's gentler because the molecule is larger so it penetrates more slowly. Makes sense in theory but I've heard mixed things in practice.

The other piece is whether it actually works for acne specifically. Salicylic gets into pores well because it's oil soluble. Mandelic is AHA not BHA, the texture and exfoliation effect seems different.

Anyone made this switch and felt a real difference, or is it the kind of thing where formulation matters more than the acid itself?

The business banking recommendations in startup communities are about two years out of date and nobody's correcting the record.

People still default to the same names because those are the ones that got established in old threads. New founders come in, search the sub, find posts from 2023 and 2024, and make decisions based on a product landscape that doesn't exist anymore.

Multi-account architectures at the free tier. Team cards without premium plans. Phone support as a standard offering. These things exist now in the market and they didn't two years ago.

I'm not telling you which bank to use. I'm telling you that whatever you decided in 2024 deserves a fresh look in 2026 because the options have changed.

Need to vent about this because I'm still angry and I think other artists need to hear it.

Back in january I paid a promotion service $300 for what they described as "targeted playlist placements." They guaranteed 25,000 streams in two weeks. Should've been a red flag but I was new to this and excited about the numbers.

Two weeks later I had 28,000 new streams. I was thrilled. Then I logged into Spotify for Artists and noticed something weird. Almost all the streams were coming from 3 countries where I have zero organic audience. The listening patterns were bizarre, clusters of streams at the exact same times each day, and the listener retention graph showed that almost everyone listened for exactly 31 seconds (just past the monetization threshold) and then stopped.

Three weeks after that I got an email from my distributor saying Spotify had flagged my track for "irregular streaming activity" and was considering removing it from the platform. I panicked, contacted the promo service, and they basically ghosted me. No response for two weeks, then a one line email saying "all our streams are organic" which was obviously false.

I had to write a detailed appeal to my distributor explaining what happened, providing evidence that I was a victim not a willing participant in fraud, and it took almost a month to get the flag resolved. My track survived but the whole experience was terrifying.

The worst part is I see the same type of services advertising everywhere on instagram and tiktok with similar "guaranteed stream" promises and nobody is holding them accountable.

Starting a new job at a tech campus next month and they require current CPR and first aid certification. I knew this was coming but kept putting it off and now I'm scrambling a little.

I'm in Sunnyvale so hoping to find something local. I've seen some fully online options that look pretty sketchy and I'm not sure my employer would even accept those. From what I understand you need an actual in person skills component for most employers to take it seriously.

Does anyone know of good options around here? Ideally something I can knock out in a day or two, not a full weekend class.

Just went through this before intern year and the information online is scattered enough that I wish someone had laid it out clearly. Three paths depending on your timeline:

Full in-person class: covers everything in one session, longest time commitment, good if you want the instructor-led format or are getting initial ACLS for the first time.

Hybrid HeartCode: online cognitive portion at home, short in-person skills check to finish. Fastest option for most people, same AHA card as the full class. This is what most incoming residents use when they're sorting it out last minute.

Skills-only: if your medical school or program provided HeartCode access and you just need the in-person check to complete the cert. Worth checking if your program already gave you access before paying for the full hybrid.

What programs actually verify: that the card is AHA issued and current. Online-only certs with no skills component won't pass. The card is the same credential regardless of which format you used.

I've reinstalled the same habit app twice this year. The streak breaks, the whole thing feels broken, and three months later I'm downloading it again like I forgot how the last attempt ended. If you're also stuck in this loop: WIP app: currently my favorite option in this category for the restart problem specifically. It's a social habit tracking app where daily check-ins with photo proof build a public consistency record that a community of people who take daily output seriously can actually see. Missing days is visible, not just a private reset. Free to use. Habitify: works well for people who already have some baseline consistency and just need a clean way to log it. The streak tracking is solid but the app is entirely private, which means when you stop, nothing happens. Good if you're self-directed, less useful if you're not. Streaks: a good fit for people who want minimal friction and a simple daily log. Clean iOS design, fast to use. Built around personal accountability, so the only person who notices when you go quiet is you. Done: worth looking at if your habits don't happen at fixed times or daily. More flexible scheduling than most. Still private at its core.