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Daily Edition • December 13, 2025 SUPPORTED BY If you’ve been thinking about adding “learn an instrument” to your New Year’s resolution list, you might want to hop on the latest bandwagon and consider the humble banjo. The folk staple is getting a lot of airtime thanks to content creator Phoebe Sanders, who has garnered quite the following with her banjo-playing, puppet-dancing videos (you’ll have to watch her in action to see what we mean). Here’s a guide to learning the banjo for complete…Read more
- Ants have humans beat in this category
. Daily Edition • August 16, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Here’s a story that may inspire you to go out and do some good: Last week, an Oregon man named David Schapiro donated his 100th gallon of platelets to the American Red Cross — enough to have saved around 400 lives in the 30 years he’s been donating. Giving platelets is a bit more intensive than donating whole blood, but you can do it up to 24 times a year, so that’s exactly how often Schapiro goes. His reasoning? “Because I can.” He told KOIN 6...
- Another tool in the mental health toolbox
Daily Edition • August 15, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Sometimes the internet simply delights us. Take the TikTok Abigail Arnett posted earlier this month, asking fellow users to share “something your parents did to make your childhood magical.” She clarified that she didn’t mean extravagant trips or gifts, but rather “something so ordinary but so special.” Hundreds of commenters resonated with the prompt, and their answers are the definition of heartwarming — read some. Nice News Today Dating apps...
- The ultimate volunteer gig for soccer fans
. Daily Edition • August 14, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Exercise is great for both physical and mental health — but have you tried movement as a creative tool? Author Kelly Corrigan recently shared with NPR how short movement breaks (like taking a three-minute dance party or simply getting up from your desk) can ease writer’s block and burnout. Read her advice. Must Reads See the world from the International Space Station’s POV Getting tricked into online scams is more common than you might think —...