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A smiling infant boy is not a “ladykiller.” A toddler offering an adult a cookie is not a “flirt.” Literally nothing a baby does needs to be turned into a romantic moment, so let’s stop saying things that imply otherwise.Read more...

Here’s what Kristina Kuzmic knows: Perfection is boring. Parenthood is messy. We might as well embrace the chaos. In her funny and compassionate videos, the vlogging star—who has over 2 million Facebook fans—slams the notion that moms and dads should be loving every minute of raising kids. She gets real, addressing…Read more...

The minimalist habit tracker habitctl runs in the command line. (If you don’t know what the command line is, this is not the tool for you.) As such, it’s one of the simplest habit trackers you can use, while still being more sophisticated than a text file (which was developer Sebastian Morr’s previous habit-tracking…Read more...

CVS is famous for their ridiculously long receipts. If it bothers you to get the equivalent of a tree branch every time you buy gum, here’s how you can stop the madness.Read more...

It’s Open Enrollment season, and you’ll soon be tasked with selecting the health care plan for you and your family for 2019. We know you have questions: Should you go with the PPO? HMO? ACA? HSA? Or another three-letter acronym?

Wondering if all those USB chargers you’ve collected actually put out as much power as they claim? This $7 dongle sits between your charger and a phone or tablet, and displays easy-to-read voltage and amperage figures so you can see how much power is really flowing through. Just be sure to use promo code HI5QMGI9 at…Read more...

Brisk fall weather goes by many names. To some, it’s known as “cuffing season.” To others, it’s “pumpkin spice time.” To me it’s “panic-about-Thanksgiving o’clock,” but it’s also “roast season”—my favorite time of year.Read more...

Half of house fires happen between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., a time in which most of us would not be conscious enough to know something’s going on. This is terrifying, but there’s an easy thing you can do to help you survive: Close your bedroom door before you go to bed.

A toxic “red tide” has been affecting Florida beaches since last year, and is especially bad right now. Our friends at Earther are covering the subject in depth, but if you’re perplexed about what a red tide is and why everyone is talking about it, we have answers to your basic questions.Read more...

Deadspin Broncos Fans Are Fed Up With Case Keenum | The Root NYPD Under Fire for Not Arresting Alt-Right Group Seen Violently Beating Up Protesters | Splinter Donald Trump’s Quest for Ratings Continues with a Wild, Rambling 60 Minutes Appearance | The A.V. Club Johnny Depp drags J.K. Rowling down to his level | Jezebel…Read more...

“Champagne” is more than something for your monocle to fall into when you’re outraged. Though it connotes luxury, there are many less expensive (but lower quality) options you might be fed when you try to get the fizzy stuff for cheap.Read more...

If you’re the kind of person who uses a little creativity when organizing the apps on your iPhone or iPad—by icon color, for example—it might be time to take your device’s look to the next level. Sure, you can name your folders something descriptive and/or witty, like “yellow” instead of the category of the apps found…Read more...

Packing cubes can make organizing clothes and toiletries for your next trip a little less hellish, and this highly-rated set of four from AmazonBasics is only $16 today, or about $4-$6 less than usual. I have a set of these, and absolutely love them.

It’s flu season, and everyone who is able should get a flu shot.Read more...

I’ve read one book about Athens, a novel about “runners” who hop the trains into the city and scam tourists into overpaying for crumbling hotel rooms in a seedy part of town. Running is a thoughtful period piece about dignity and desperation. But it is not exactly a commercial for visiting Athens. How is Athens these…Read more...

We’re heading into the tail end of October, that swampy backwater where Netflix unloads the remainder of its least distinguished “originals” and hopes for the best. The big debut this week is part 2 of Making a Murderer, which I’m having a hard time getting excited about. Will Wanderlust, a new show in which Tori…Read more...

I have food allergies. Much more than you care to know, but I’ll tell you anyway: Fish or shellfish send me to the hospital with life-threatening anaphylaxis, hives, and terrible swelling. Raw tree nuts such as almonds or cashews provide a similar but less severe reaction. Quinoa is a newly emerging allergy for me…Read more...

For some reason this year California political groups have decided it’s a good idea to text people to ask them to vote one way or the other. That means that every day my phone has at least two (but more likely ten) texts from people I don’t know asking for me to support a ballot measure or candidate, each providing…Read more...

When Epic Games initially released Fortnite for Android earlier this year it made it exclusively available on Samsung devices. If you’re rocking a Galaxy S9 or Note 9, then that was great news. If you had any other Android phone on the planet, it was kind of a bummer.

When I first started working from home, I would sometimes find myself spending 12-14 hours glued to my office chair. While that time was all “work” those days were often my least productive, simply because I stagnated at some point and couldn’t push through that back to a place of productivity.

A one-day sale on Yost vises, the best prices ever on Samsung’s microSD cards, a Super Mario Party/Joy-Con bundle, and more lead off Sunday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

Amazon’s squeezing prices today with their Yost vise Gold Box deals. Inside, you’ll find both bench vises and smaller, portable clamps marked down to great low prices. Even if you don’t think you need any of the heavy duty stuff, it’s worth picking up a small bar clamp for $5 off to add to your toolbox; they really…Read more...

No one wants to fight (or at least no one you probably want to be in a relationship with), but fights happen, and having them is a healthy part of any relationship. While fighting all the time isn’t a good thing, neither is not fighting at all. When you have healthy constructive fights with your partner about…Read more...

Whenever I travel abroad I always do my best to act like a local, including speaking the local language whenever I can. In some countries that works great, in others, I can’t really avoid being a bumbling mess.

In general, fast food isn’t always the healthiest food out there, but sometimes a road trip or busy evening leads to a trip through the drive-thru.

$299 custom tailored suits, an extra 25% off REI’s massive clearance section, and $40 noise canceling headphones lead off Saturday’s best deals from around the web.Read more...

We’re in the last few months of 2018, and Adobe Flash’s expiration date feels just within reach. That’s not just wishful thinking, either—Adobe has stated it will officially end support for the ailing web plugin in 2020.

The Concourse Pennsylvania Gov. Candidate: “I’m Going To Stomp All Over Your Face In Golf Spikes” | Splinter Tucker Carlson Tries to Take Down The View and Fails Miserably | Jezebel Ryan Adams Apologizes For His Rude Mandy Moore Tweets | The Root The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: Celebrity Edition | The A.V. Club 6 of our…Read more...

It’s that awkward time of year where the weather ping pongs between pleasant and Hoth, but you’ll be prepared to go outside no matter the conditions with this rare REI clearance sale. From now until October 15, you’ll get an extra 25% off anything in the site’s sale section, no code needed.

For whatever reason, Apple launched iOS 12's Shortcuts app without offering users any kind of centralized hub for storing and sharing the useful shortcuts they create. So, this happens: You find a neat shortcut online, you pull up Safari on your iOS device and install it via some shared iCloud link, and it sits on…Read more...

Last month Facebook revealed that its engineering team had discovered an issue where hackers were able to exploit a vulnerability in the site’s “View As” feature. The feature allows users to see what their profile looks like to someone else, but hackers were able to use it to steal Facebook access tokens and take over…Read more...

When your brain is warped, the easy thing to do is zone out on social media, checking to see what Chrissy Teigen had for dinner last night or finding out which unpopular Halloween candy you are. You tell yourself, “I need this.” Sure, fine. But know that you’re not really recharging.

“Today, our world feels divided.” Rony Abovitz, CEO of the infamous mixed reality startup Magic Leap stood awkwardly on a circular stage, surrounded by hundreds of attendees of his company’s first developer conference, and first major public-facing event, eyeing a teleprompter, arms behind his back. “It feels broken,”…Read more...

Happy weekend, everyone, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. Today we’re making a ménage à trois of assertive, flavorful booze to help us forget the woes of the workweek.Read more...

As Austin Kleon, the author of Steal Like an Artist, writes on his blog, for artists or those looking for inspiration generally, you can’t always rely on your own family, friends or upbringing to give you the tools you need. Instead, you “must establish your own artistic genealogy.”Read more...

Like romantic relationships, friendships can end. We tend to treat the loss of a friend as a mere blip, but these splits are often just as painful. Let’s start giving friendship break ups the respect they deserve.Read more...

They don’t really want to debate you, those randos who crawl into the comments of your Facebook posts and your tweets and your blog posts (hi!) asking to “debate” you over shit we should all agree on by now. You can’t debate them in any meaningful way, because they are mouths without ears. You can block them or take…Read more...

You should listen to more than one history podcast. But if you’ve got to pick just one, pick In Our Time, the venerable BBC radio show and podcast that covers a different topic each episode. It’s your best opportunity to learn a little bit about a lot of things. And it’s the best way to figure out what parts of…Read more...

Some foods cannot be “elevated.” The tomato sandwich, simple sausage gravy, Spam—these things are already the best versions of themselves. Similarly, three-ingredient cocktails sausages (and meatballs), made with Concord grape jelly cannot be improved upon with fancier jams or marmalades—believe me, I have tried.

Are you full of strong opinions on the right way to do things that you’re dying to share with the world? Do you geek out over everything from how best to pack a suitcase to the finer points of cell phone etiquette? Do you give incredible advice, if you do say so yourself? Are you also a smart, curious, witty,…Read more...

It’s Tuesday around 11 a.m. and you’ve just about had it. There’s a pile of paperwork on your desk, 10 emails you need to respond to and a Slack message or two from your boss wondering when she can expect an updated draft of your project proposal. Never mind that you need to remember to stop at the grocery store on…Read more...

Close to 30 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, by one estimate. And yet so many moms and dads still suffer in silence. How do you support a friend or family member who has lost a baby? October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and in a powerful Reddit thread, people shared what you can really do to…Read more...

As Jalopnik’s resident car buying expert and professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I’ve decided to pick a few questions and try to help out. This week we are discussing proper paint care for a new car, high mileage leases and more.

We check out a lot of apps at Lifehacker, and we’ve recently written pretty big roundups of the must-haves for Android and iOS. Still, there’s a lot out there, and that can make it difficult to find the best app for whatever it is you’re trying to do.

Just because a song is old doesn’t mean it will trigger nostalgia. If you keep Beyoncé in regular rotation, listening to “Crazy in Love” probably won’t take you back to 2003 every time. But I’ve found a kind of music that’s way more likely to trigger nostalgia: the one hit wonder.

As an adult, seeing snail mail with your name on it is kind of a drag (bill, bill, bill, postcard from a realtor named Gary, bill), but as a kid, it can be a thrill. Now imagine being a space-obsessed child and glancing at the return address to read “National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters”—aka…Read more...

When it comes to food-focused boards, cheese and/or charcuterie are usually the star. I love both of these things, but they don’t have to be the focal point of a snack board, especially when there are so many other types of snacks.

Tracking numbers? Old school. Sure, they’re useful to see where your package is in a pinch, but there are plenty of better ways to see what’s shipping to your home or apartment—and when—without having to click on links, copy and paste complicated alphanumeric codes, or anything like that.

California began using an earthquake warning system this summer that notifies citizens of seismic shifts coming to their area. In theory, that should give you a little time to prepare for the earth moving. Here’s what to do with those extra seconds.Read more...

The best part of a textbook is the little cartoons they sprinkle throughout, to show that learning is fun: the silly illustrations in a grade-school textbook, the New Yorker-style gags in a more adult text, or the angels and mammoths that play around in The Way Things Work. Malachi Ray Rempen’s Itchy Feet, a webcomic…Read more...