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When Pia Baroncini, an influencer and the creative director of the fashion label LPA, decided to launch a podcast at the start of the pandemic in 2020, there was only one company she wanted as a partner: Dear Media. “Dear Media’s ability to understand the podcast host is a creator and monetize from that angle is really the biggest appeal,” she said. Now, two years later, she considers her podcast, “Everything is Best” — where she offers conversations on issues such as parenting, pregnancy, financial planning, entertaining — a big success.

Song of The Week: Dave & Jack Harlow - Stop Giving me AdviceThis is a really dope song off of the Lyrical Lemonade album that just dropped. Dave tweaked on his verse, and it’s been getting a lot of play from me lately. Overall, it’s a good vibe for Friday. Run it up, and let’s get to today’s post… At some point in the past year, you’ve likely seen your favorite rapper or pop star wearing a pair of jeans or a hoodie that has a circular white pattern.

Russia is huge. We all know that. And yet, pretty much the entire North of Russia is nearly empty. That’s especially clear in Siberia, with almost all of its population concentrating in a narrow stripe across the southern border, similar to Canada. That sounds obvious and even pre-determined. Wouldn’t people naturally flock to where it’s warmer, sunnier and more fertile? And yet, that’s far from obvious. Very recently Russia used to be much colder and much more northern country with its most productive, advanced and richest population living far north.

Welcome to Healing is My Special Interest, the newsletter all about late diagnosed neurodivergence and healing from high control religion. Today’s guest post is a long one, so I suggest clicking on this email and going to substack proper in order to read it (so it won’t be cut off by gmail limits!). I was introduced to Jon Machnee by my friend Heather Gr… ncG1vNJzZmicnKKuurLInqOdZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe8eormacn2KutsDIrKuim12lsrC8y55kq52clsGmedOo

This question is probably the one I get most often, but being trans or changing your gender expression is not really an either-or proposition. It’s something you can kind of explore and see where it takes you. If you have questions about your identity, or if you’re uncomfortable with the way you’re expressing yourself in the world, just change it and see what happens. A long time before I decided to medically transition, I was doing things like painting my nails, removing body hair, switching up my style, wearing different colors.

Reader Josie M. asks: I started a new job and I need to talk to LOTS of new people. These are coworkers I want to bond with, but I’m having trouble connecting, especially since most conversations are short. I don’t want to come off as too intense, or ask intrusive questions - but, when I stick to small talk, it gets boring quick. Is there an easy way to quickly connect?

Today, we celebrate those veterans of our armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom we experience today. And let’s face it, one day of honoring these men and women for their service is not nearly enough. General George S. Patton once said, “We make a slight mistake honoring these men and women in death, and instead we should thank God they lived.” We celebrate their bravery and their unselfishness, but we also celebrate their mental toughness.

Good Morning Ladies & Gents, Firstly I apologise for lack of article yesterday, today you will have two from me. This is a question that I have heard multiple times in the last few weeks and one that I have started to think deeply about. Lots and lots of people have been saying to move into CDM or RCB in a 3 and I really am not a massive fan of either of those ideas.

The copper cookware post. The post that every single person on the entire internet has been begging me to write for the last decade. No? Well at least some of you have. I know because the two questions I answer the most in my work are: Can you tell us more about your copper cookware?  Why is my sourdough starter turning moldy?  That's it. My entire life's work can be summed up in answering those two questions.