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Our need to control everything is driving us crazy, says Stanford psychiatrist behind ‘Dopamine Nation’
For most of human existence, there were few choices but to accept uncertainty. You couldn’t know what the weather would be tomorrow or when the next rain might fall. You’d be oblivious to the plaque filling your arteries or the hurricane forming offshore. Your crops or cattle or children might be healthy one day and…
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Mystery giggle during Trump’s surprise C-SPAN call sparks frenzy: ‘What the hell’
President Donald Trump called in to C-SPAN unexpectedly Monday night and spent roughly eight minutes boasting about his administration’s accomplishments, but a woman’s giggle that appeared to come from his end of the line sent the internet into a frenzy. “What the hell,” wrote Hemant Mehta, a podcast host, writer and reality television personality. C-SPAN…
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FBI is ‘looking into’ Nvidia boss Jensen Huang’s affair with suspected Chinese spy, Trump says
President Trump said that the FBI is investigating Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted to having an affair with a woman suspected to be a Chinese spy. The commander-in-chief said he spoke with Huang on Monday to check in on the AI tycoon, who told him he had no idea that his mistress Alice…
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Comedian David Walliams is named as anonymous celebrity in sexual misconduct allegations after failed attempt to conceal his identity
David Walliams has been identified as the “suicidal” celeb accused of sexual misconduct trying to stop publications from revealing his name. The comedian has previously threatened to take his own life if his identity was revealed by the media, as The Guardian did Tuesday morning. He was seeking an injunction against Independent Television News (ITN)…
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Inside the Troubling Rise of TeleICUs
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Images: Pexels, Arafat Uddin via Canva) It was the middle of the night in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Island Hospital in Anacortes, Wash., and a patient was hallucinating and in withdrawal from alcohol. The Ativan he’d been given wasn’t enough to lower his heart rate, and Joyce Selph, a…
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The Grindr 1 Percent Is Getting Its Own Gated Community
In a reddit AMA on Friday, in between jokes about gay bears and JD Vance’s potential username being CushionCasanova, Grindr CEO George Arison answered a question about the economy. He didn’t hold back. “Inflation is terrible, and there’s a massive affordability crisis in this country that our government has ignored since at least 2020,” he…
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Tesla Starts Humiliating Prospect of Returning Cybertruck Deposits It Couldn’t Deliver On
Hot off the heels of a devastating defeat in his attempts to influence the midterm elections, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that his EV maker would begin winding down production of its widely-reviled Cybertruck. In a tweet last week, Musk said that the company was looking to “make room for increased Cybercab production” at its…
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Beyoncé means business. At USC, MBA students will study her empire
Which Beyoncé song are you? At USC’s Marshall School of Business, MBA students will have to pick one and explain why before they study her whiskey brand, hair-care line and entertainment company, not to mention her music. The assignment has a fitting name: the “BeyEssay.” “The Business of Beyoncé,” a new course that puts a…
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Whistleblowers allege vanishing records as Trump races to lock in his golf course and arch
President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is getting rid of records tied to his Washington construction projects, while the administration races to push those projects forward before Democrats take control of Congress in January, according to whistleblowers. Several credible whistleblowers have approached the Democratic staff of the House Natural Resources Committee in recent weeks with concerns…
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Another California winery is struggling, being sued by lenders amid a slump in wine demand
A longtime Sonoma winery could be forced to shutter to pay millions in overdue debt, potentially becoming the latest casualty in California wine country. Ehren Jordan Wine Cellars’ lender, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., sued the winery in Napa County Superior Court. First Citizens Bank & Trust filed the lawsuit on Nov. 4 against…