The secret to getting ahead at work? Have more sex. (Not at work, the authors hasten to add, have the sex at home.) We all know that people who are fulfilled by their jobs and engaged with their work are more successful than their dissatisfied coworkers who are just phoning it in. In fact, it’s …
Yes, people are even divided along political lines over how they view health issues such as obesity. It turns out that people who lean towards the right politically tend to view obesity as being the result of someone’s eating habits and lifestyle choices. More liberal and left individuals – especially those who are overweight themselves …
Because everything is political now: People on the left / right view obesity differently Read More »
Ireland is getting a “Digital Safety Commissioner,” who will have the power to compel social media sites to take down abusive material. The Irish Independent reports that the primary objective is to protect children from cyberbullying. The new office will reportedly both promote digital safety and oversee an efficient takedown procedure,” Writing in the Independent, …
Ireland is doing something about cyberbullying (Canada still isn’t) Read More »
Always broke? Don’t worry, it’s not your fault. New research indicates that your earning potential may have been predetermined – even before you were born. Take a look at your hand. A new study, released yesterday by The Higher School of Economics in Russia, shows that many skills and successes – including salary – can …
New research proves you were born to be broke (or just maybe destined to be well-off) Read More »
My forays into the shopping world of the future have met with mixed success. I love the idea of those auto checkout machine thingies, but 8 out of ten times that I use one I wind up having to wait for human assistance because something always gets messed up and it starts irritably repeating “Please …
Amazon just showed us the future of shopping and it looks pretty cool Read More »
You can fact check this story all you want. Nobody cares. We are officially living in the post-truth era. Which is perhaps why Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2016 seems fitting. Post-truth. In selecting the Word of the Year, the editors at Oxford try to choose a phrase that reflects the year in language. …
The 2016 Word of the Year is officially ‘Post-Truth’ (but we have a better suggestion) Read More »
The folks over at LinkedIn report that they see a spike in job applications around this time of year. To help people looking to make a career move focus on what is really in-demand by employers, they’ve released their annual list of the most sought-after skills. It could be argued that new business owners seek …
LinkedIn data reveals the most sought-after skills by Canadian employers going into 2017 Read More »
Most people probably just get pissed and feel sorry for themselves when they find out their 58-year-old Danish soulmate is a 24-year-old Nigerian 419 scammer but one super cool woman in Sweden opted instead to help put the guy through university so he could change his scamming ways. The BBC tells the story of Maria Grette, 62 at …
Women puts her Nigerian 419 scammer through university (on purpose) Read More »
UK communications regulator Ofcom has decided to officially rank swear words in order of offensiveness. Now you know what a bad words is. It’s official. I find the results kind of interesting, partly because some of the brit words rank differently than I think they would here. Also because I’m actually amazed at how many …
Every British swear word officially ranked in order of offensiveness Read More »
Speaking of hotels, which we were just doing over here, this is totally gross: a news investigation shows that a full third of hotels don’t wash the sheets between guests. Granted the sample was small – nine hotels were put to the test – but still. Ew. Quite frankly, a hotel that fails to enforce …
One third of hotels don’t change the sheets between guests (sleep tight!) Read More »