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For a newsletter about healthtech this may seem a bit off-topic but trust me, it does have some relevance. Twitter has become so central to my journalism over the last 15 years that I can’t imagine how I would cope without it, having just begun to build a useful network of healthcare tweeters as I try to get up to speed in a new area for me. But in recent days I’ve seen many of the people I know and respect declare they are leaving Twitter - with some of them actually following through on their threat.

First, a brief word… Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Punk rock icon Henry Rollins once said there’s a terrifying feeling you get when you realize you can’t work a 9 to 5 job. You’re not happy. There are no fireworks. You say to yourself, “Oh no — I’m not gonna have a straight life. What am I going to do?” It’s scary as shit. This is me right now.

Starting in October (2021), OnlyFans, which has 130 million users, two million contributors and billions in revenue will ban its creators from posting pornographic material on its site, which many sex workers use to sell explicit content. Nude photos and videos will still be permitted provided they are consistent with OnlyFans’ policy, the company has announced. As soon as the announcement was made, the narrative quickly focused on how unfair and discriminatory this move was, with many saying that the victims of the ban would be ‘sex workers’.

Is America "broken", or have those in charge mismanaged the country's affairs? In other words, are those things that are causing pain for voters intrinsic to the American system and therefore nearly impossible to change, or are they transient symptoms of a curable disease based on political choices? It's an important question, because before we can "fix" anything or take responsibility for it, we need to be clear about what we're talking about, we need to identify the causes of any "

I’ve covered a smattering of Bill Belichick press conferences over my career. If there’s one piece of advice I’d give, it’s to pay attention to his mood on Thursdays and/or Fridays. If he’s in the Belichickian mood he’s famous for — curt, smart-assed, wielding the sword of brevity like a stinger missile — that usually means we should expect a rock fight on Sunday. But if he’s in a giddy mood; if he’s cracking jokes; taking innocuous questions about something niche like coffin corner punts, and turning them into 10-minute oral histories; that’s usually an indication he’s got the opposing team figured out.

Within the last month, Music Business Worldwide broke the news that Spotify was changing how they pay artists. There are generally three pillars to this change. Introducing a threshold of minimum annual streams [1,000 streams] before a track starts generating royalties on Spotify – in a move expected to de-monetize a portion of tracks that previously absorbed 0.5% of the service’s royalty pool; Financially penalizing distributors of music – labels included – when fraudulent activity is detected on tracks that they’ve uploaded to Spotify; and

Hello and welcome to Gossip Time, a weekly guide to the stars by Allie Jones. This week: an actor gets divorced, a pop star celebrates an anniversary, and Prince Harry gets drunk. What’s next for poor, injured Aaron Rodgers? We talked all about it this week in a special edition of Sports Time, just for paid subscribers.  This is not the Friday afternoon divorce dump I was expecting: Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-lee Furness announced in an official statement to People that they are separating after 27 years of marriage.

While most deities have historically been associated with animals like lions, tigers, eagles, and wolves, Christianity is associated with fish—specifically the ICHTHYS. The ICHTHYS is an acrostic for "Jesus Christ Son of God, Savor" and apparently it was a symbol of safety—places, people—during early Christianity when they were widely persecuted. There … ncG1vNJzZmidnJ7AprjOnp%2BnnZ5jwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89orqGxXZ7AbrbErKysZZGowLCvyJqrnpxdrLa1tIytn54%3D

Welcome to Techno Sapiens! I’m Jacqueline Nesi, a psychologist and professor at Brown University, co-founder of Tech Without Stress (@techwithoutstress), and mom of two young kids. Techno Sapiens is now home to 20,000+ readers, and I’m so grateful you’re here. Share Hi techno sapiens! We’re back with our final installment of Myth-Busting March. If you’d rather skip right to some practical tips for managing screen time transitions (no judgement here), scroll to the end.