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On Aug. 30, the Drug Enforcement Administration warned America’s parents about the “emerging trend” of colored fentanyl pills. According to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, the color of the pills is a, “deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults.” But is it?

There’s a lot to think about when you think about running: your pace, your shoes, whether you’re stretching and strength training enough, and more. But it’s also possible to overthink these things, and most of us do. (Myself included, if we’re being honest.) So here’s a buffet of myths that we can delete from our…Read more...

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We are definitely living in the future. Smartphones and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have granted the average citizen access to resources once reserved only for folks with money. Need a personal chef? Sign up to have gourmet meal kits delivered to your door. Need a chauffeur?…Read more...

There are a lot of expensive credit cards on the market these days: Some of them have annual fees that can be as high as $500, so it’s natural to wonder if they’re really worth it. In most cases, the answer is no—at least not for everyone. That said, there are cards out there that are both expensive and can be a good…Read more...

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Haters will say grilling season is coming to a close, but autumn is actually my favorite time to grill, because standing in the hot sun next to a hot grill kind of sucks. Corn season, however, is quickly dying down, which means you need to grill that last bit of sweet corn before it disappears for the year.

If you spent the extra $100 on a disc-based PS5, you don’t want a stuck CD turning it into an overpriced digital model. But when disaster strikes, say, when a kid shoves a mini CD inside your PlayStation, it’s not obvious how to get the disc out. Luckily, there are a couple of methods for retrieving this obstruction…Read more...

There are a dizzying number of ways to make a cocktail look fancy–egg white fizz, cabernet float, an Angostura bitters drawing of your face, or simple citrus peels and herbs. However, few garnishes have it all–visually appealing, legitimately delicious, and with the ability to serve as insulation. So to make your…Read more...

Whenever a company adds accessibility features to its products, the entire user base tends to benefit. Case in point: the Xbox Series X|S, which tucks many universally useful features into its accessibility settings. While these options are ostensibly designed for players who need assistance and accommodations while…Read more...

Instagram is going through an identity crisis. Should it be more like TikTok? More like Facebook? It hasn’t been itself for years now, and in the process, it’s annoying the hell out of everyone.

Houseplants can be finicky. That’s because when they’re growing in a pot, they don’t get the same interaction with other species or the same type of soil as outdoor plants. Try as we might, we just can’t quite mimic the environment plants have outside. But there are some things we can do to ease the stress of the…Read more...

People with penises: If you’ve spent your life standing when you pee, it’s time to rethink your urinary posture. Standing is (probably) the Western world’s most common micturition position among those with penises, but it’s far from universal. Men in some cultures traditionally sit or squat when they pee, and even…Read more...

When you’re dealing with undue stress, there’s no one right way to cope with the challenge. Different situations call for different reactions, primarily depending on whether or not the problem at hand is within your control. How can you tell when you’re being overly emotional, or when the only thing you can do is…Read more...

Given the strength of the dollar these days, many U.S.-based shoppers are looking to overseas retailers for better deals on products, and one of the best places to save money right now is on the Nintendo eShop. We’ve already covered how to buy games from other regional eShops so you can access games, demos, and other…Read more...

For most people, a hot glue gun seems like the kind of thing you would need for a homemade decoration or craft project. But glue guns have come a long way since your days of arts and crafts day at summer camp. Hot glue now comes in different types and colors, and you can do more with them than just decor.Read more...

I love a good, thick sausage, particularly one that has been roasted or grilled to encourage lots of delicious browning. It seems that the Barefoot Contessa is also a fan, as her Hasselbacked Kielbasa recipe is designed to maximize that particular kind of flavor on that particular kind of sausage.Read more...

There’s a reason why a breakup often feels like a death. Whether you’ve initiated the breakup or on the receiving end of one, there is a definite mourning period that comes at the end of a relationship.Read more...

If you’re a parent whose kids play sports, you probably noticed that it costs a pretty penny. While you may be able to get away with a $20 jersey in kiddie soccer, once they get older and start playing on teams or rehearsing for large performances, you’ll be faced with much higher participation and equipment fees.…Read more...

For many, there are only two types of cornbread: right and wrong. Or Southern and Northern. [Editor’s note: What is Northern cornbread? I don’t know her.] For me, both styles are simply blank canvases that I can add flavors to. If you’re brave enough to break tradition with me, try this spicy, tomato ketchup cornbread.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, and the intention of the law is to make the federal government’s functioning a bit more transparent to the general public. The theory is that since We the People pay for everything, we technically own all the information…Read more...

It took me a while to warm to pepper, at least as a child. My younger sister, who called pepper “hot salt,” loved it so much, she would sprinkle it on her cantaloupe, a fruit that was commonly served for dessert at my grandmother’s house. I eventually learned to love the pungent, fermented berries—especially white…Read more...

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The smell of caramelizing onions is one of the most heavenly aromas one can sniff, and it’s one of those foods where the taste lives up to the promise of the fragrance. Caramelized onions are condensed, intensely flavorful, sweet, savory, and a little pungent all at once. That flavor-bomb nature is what makes them so…Read more...

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Raking leaves is a pain in the ass. It’s time-consuming, wet, cold, and can even trigger your allergies. You have to do it, but so tedious is this task that people have come up with a variety of hacks and devices to help you get it done more efficiently. You can scoop leaves up with plastic or use a tarp or blanket to…Read more...

WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, making it the perfect playground for spreading misinformation and lies. You might spend your time begging your relatives not to believe everything they read in WhatsApp threads, often to no avail. However, there’s finally some WhatsApp news that is worth spreading as far…Read more...

Making a presentation deck can be difficult, but being engaging, informative, and fun while you’re speaking can be even harder. You might turn to PowerPoint or Google Slides, but you should also consider Canva, which has been promoting new command features lately. Of course, never switch to a new software if you’re in…Read more...

Hurricane Ian is a major category 3 storm expected to bring winds up to 125 mph, heavy rain, and possible floods as it moves up Florida’s Gulf Coast. In general, here are the things you need to get and do early to be ready for a hurricane or tropical storm.

If you’ve noticed an underperforming investment in your portfolio, you might have a silver lining available to you: tax-loss harvesting. This strategy allows you to offset taxable capital gains with your capital losses. Through this process, you can reduce your tax bill and improve your overall portfolio going…Read more...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is urging consumers to check their pantries, refrigerators, and freezers to see whether they contain any of the roughly 87,00 pounds of various ready-to-eat meat products that may be contaminated with harmful bacteria.

The Apple Watch is great for runners, but a few of its limitations get in the way of training for long-distance races. Most runners have encountered the low battery warning just as they’re about to step out, or realize too late that they don’t have any music for the run because they forgot to sync songs. There are…Read more...

If your dryer suddenly stops working or starts running too hot, you’ll be left with either soggy or shrunken clothes. Worse, a malfunctioning dryer can actually be a fire hazard. We typically don’t think much about our laundry appliances when they’re working well, so we tend to take them for granted. But there are…Read more...

It’s late September, and you know what means: It’s time for warnings about criminals putting harmful objects into kids’ Halloween candy! This year, the big fear is that crazed druggies will drop “rainbow fentanyl” into kids’ candy bags. Like every past hysterical warning, it’s very unlikely to happen. It’s so…Read more...

There are few things more annoying (or alarming) than your PC randomly shutting off in the middle of a game. If you’ve ruled out other solutions to the problem—like upgrading your GPU’s drivers or motherboard’s BIOS, or fixing improperly installed hardware—the most likely culprit is your PC’s power supply unit (PSU).…Read more...

In a perfect world, a sibling is a best friend and an ally. In the real world, sibling relationships can be incredibly complicated—and although there will always be the less-than-perfect parts, there can come a point when the flaws rise to the level of being considered toxic.Read more...

Hollywood is so obsessed with franchises, it’s making spinoffs and prequels you’ve never even heard of. Take Pennyworth, a show revealing the convoluted origins of Bruce Wayne’s demure manservant Alfred, who you may be surprised to learn spent his youth thwarting fascists’ attempts to overthrow the British government.Read more...

A takeout is already on the cheaper side—although not always as cheap as we’d like, especially if you’re ordering one of the healthier options. Fortunately, redditors have come to the rescue.

Public spaces are supposed to be free and open to anyone—that’s usually what the word “public” means. But as impossibly high costs of living leave more and more people homeless, the definition of public space is shrinking to purposefully exclude them. Businesses and city governments most often do this through hostile…Read more...

BeReal’s popularity is on another level. After all, any app that tops TikTok on the charts is one to take seriously, especially when the app is this simple to use. You see the notification, you take your photos, and you share them to the app. But it begs the question: Does sharing photos of your current location each…Read more...

Shrimp is an incredible source of weeknight protein. It cooks fast, tastes great, and can be served alongside pretty much any carb or vegetable your throw at it. It also takes well to a wide variety of seasonings—Cajun shrimp, Old Bay shrimp, garlic shrimp, soy-ginger shrimp—and can be cooked in five-to-10 minutes…Read more...

Despite our illusions of independence and control, it’s possible to manipulate people using a variety of psychological tricks—heck, that’s what the entire advertising and marketing industry is built on. So it stands to reason that a little light mind control could make things go your way a bit more often. When you dig…Read more...

Summer has officially drawn to a close (at long last, if you ask me), which means if you are the type of person who favors fall travel over battling crowds in the heat, this is your time. Yet with the uncertainty surrounding a COVID surge in the autumn and winter, travel plans are increasingly never set in stone.

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Washing machines—is there anything they can’t do? Just kidding: There are plenty of things you shouldn’t wash in your machine. Plus, the machine itself has to be washed, which is tedious. Still, there are some surprising uses for yours, even if it’s not usable for every situation. Here are a few ways you should be…Read more...

Your PC’s password is not something to be shared lightly. It’s the keys to your kingdom: From work, to social media, to banking, your whole world is likely accessible from your Windows machine. Consequently, Microsoft is begging us to not be idiots who will hand our passwords over to anyone who asks. But they know…Read more...

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It’s a tough life out there for a bird, but natural threats like predators aren’t the only reason. Of the top three causes of wild bird deaths, two can be easily eliminated or reduced: outdoor cats and large, bonkable windows.Read more...

Your podcast app’s discovery tab is very good at suggesting you listen to one of the new big podcasts backed by a major network—and certainly a lot of those shows are going to be great—but there are plenty of podcasters making beautiful content, and doin’ it on their own.

Sliding glass doors are known for being an easy access point for burglars—the latches on these doors are often small and not particularly sturdy, which can make it a real security concern. But there are some simple and effective ways you can make a sliding glass door safer and harder to break into.Read more...