“We tell people their role is never to escalate a situation,” says Rincon of the LUCE network. “We train people to ask agents what department they’re with and what they’re doing in the community. We encourage people to ask if… Read More ›
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Violet and Maggie, and Bailey
I love my 3 year old Cockapoo, Bailey, very much indeed. Having owned dogs before, for some reason Bailey is different to me and we have become best buddies. If I am having a bad day health-wise he is next… Read More ›
Ten days with the Amazfit Helio Strap
It’s been 10 days and I have hardly noticed the Helio. I made a bicep strap and there it has sat continually- I never notice it, I never feel it and the data continues to roll into the Zepp app… Read More ›
The Swatch Museum
It’s free to the public, sharing the same building as Omega’s museum. Covering a broad range of models since the brand’s inception in 1983, the Swatch museum has so much to see that I went twice during my time in… Read More ›
A comic book just grounded planes…
It sounds like the plot of a comic itself. A manga artist has a dream, draws it, and decades later, the world responds not with admiration, but with cancelled holidays, empty flights, and spiralling tourism numbers. But that’s exactly what… Read More ›
Your Smartphone-Addicted Life
Unlike nearly 98 percent of Americans under the age of 50, I don’t have a smartphone. Actually, I’ve never had a smartphone. I’ve never called an Uber, never “dropped a pin,” never used Venmo or Spotify or a dating app,… Read More ›
What is the iPad?
I have no idea what the iPad is supposed to be and neither does Apple. The device is a combination of contradictions squeezed into hardware that is far more powerful than it needs to be. The Home Screen is somewhat… Read More ›
Inside America’s Death Chambers
Maybe everyone dreams of dying, even if not in quite this way. I once had nightmares about being a victim of crime, but after I began witnessing executions, I came to imagine myself on some subconscious plane as the perpetrator… Read More ›
When was the worst time to be alive?
If there’s one lesson from history that might get you through such woes, it’s the fact that however bleak things are for you now, chances are they would have been worse if you’d had the misfortune to be alive in… Read More ›
What Google Knows About You
It’s hard to overstate how deeply Google is woven into our lives—and how much it collects along the way. If you use services like Search, YouTube, Gmail, Chrome, Google Maps, or Android (which, let’s face it, covers most people), you’re… Read More ›
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