- Benefits of being bored
. Daily Edition • September 15, 2025 SUPPORTED BY In a world of 30-second social media videos and listening to podcasts at two-times speed, it seems like that old adage “slow and steady wins the race” is falling out of favor. That’s why we were so happy to come upon this viral video of TikTok creator Charlie Engelman narrating the cinnamon roll-making process at a bakery in Michigan. Engelman’s Mister Rogers-like cadence, soothing commentary, and jazzy backing music have an undeniably calming…Read more
- Inside the Paris Motor Show
Daily Edition • October 16, 2024 SUPPORTED BY History buffs (and specifically World War I history buffs): You might want to clear your morning schedule. Starting at 9:30 a.m. ET today, the National WWI Museum and Memorial is live streaming the unveiling of a century-old time capsule buried at the the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. According to a report from 1924, the capsule contains various documents and artifacts from the war, but we won’t know what they are for sure until it’s...
- No, really: Your life’s a movie
Daily Edition • October 15, 2024 SUPPORTED BY NASA’s Landsat program has been around for more than 50 years, providing the longest continuous space-based record of Earth’s land in existence. It tracks natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, keeps an eye on food and water management, follows carbon storage, and so much more. Less essential is its ability to spell your name, but it is very fun. Click here to type in your name and see it spelled out in Landsat-captured imagery of...
- Welcome to the Poetry Pharmacy
Daily Edition • October 14, 2024 SUPPORTED BY Today is Indigenous Peoples Day, a celebration that coincides with the Columbus Day federal holiday. According to Randy’L Teton, a citizen of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe and U.S. Forest Service employee, the occasion is “a call to support the ongoing journey toward justice, equity, and healing for all Indigenous Peoples.” Read her reflection on the day, and consider celebrating by making a donation to the Warrior Women Project. Must Reads If your...