What’s on TV Thursday: ‘High Life’ and the iHeartRadio Music Festival Claire Denis’s “High Life” is streaming on Amazon. And performances from Chance the Rapper, Alicia Keys and more air on the CW. Read More…
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Live-Streaming Your Broke Self for Rent Money Jovan Hill, 25, dropped out of college and is unemployed. So how does he pay for his Brooklyn apartment and marijuana habit? His social media followers chip in. Read More…
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Russia, Brexit, Whale Songs: Your Thursday Briefing Here’s what you need to know. Read More…
More infoHernández Says Farewell, Playoff-Chasing A’s Top Mariners When the time finally arrived for Félix Hernández to say goodbye to Seattle and all the history of 15 seasons with one franchise, his manager had a message as he walked off the mound. Read More…
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No matter how old you are, when you see what this little boy gets in his lunch every day you’re going to be jealous. His awesome mother Jennifer Nguyen comes up with creative ways to make the best bento box lunches for her son. Although she isn’t Japanese (and is actually Vietnamese), she found a great way to integrate a fun, cultural activity into their home. She executes it flawlessly every day because she is apparently Wonder Woman. What does the fox say? YUM. Cat in the hat… […]
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Twitch Has the Gamers but Yearns for a Wider Audience (Like YouTube’s?) The live-streaming platform, owned by Amazon, has more viewers than many cable channels. But a new ad campaign aims to show it’s good for more than video games. Read More…
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You can thank artist Livio de Marchi for taking the craft of woodcarving to where it is today. In Livio’s world, you can hang your wooden jacket in your wooden home that you drove to in your wooden car (and an amphibious one, at that). He’s that good. Tons of people have great ideas, but few can put them into being like Livio de Marchi. While many of his works are inventive, there’s certainly no craftsmanship lost. Take a look. Wooden Jacket Livio de Marchi Wooden Jacket and Tie. […]
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France, Reaching Out to Youth, Takes Its Great Debate to Twitch Ten top government officials joined live discussions on Twitch, a platform best known for showing people playing video games. Read More…
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