Carolyn Hax: Third wedding can’t seriously be the charm, can it? A letter writer seems to want points more than pointers for sitting through wife’s friend’s “farce” of a third wedding. 12/21/2024 - 2:59 pm | View Link
Carolyn Hax: Mom with colicky newborn, strong-willed toddler is ‘losing my mind’ With a colicky new baby and strong-willed toddler, she feels like a terrible mom and wants some ideas for coping. 12/20/2024 - 3:00 pm | View Link
Carolyn Hax: Widowed mom’s snooping lands her in a hotel Q: I am a widow with an only child. I have spent Christmas with my son and his now-wife for the past three years. My son recently told me they would be “putting me up” in a “lovely hotel ... 12/15/2024 - 10:25 pm | View Link
Carolyn Hax: Widow doesn’t want husband’s estranged sister at service Next, for people who slip past your guard, deflect first to lessen your emotional work: “I can’t answer that now,” “Email me,” “Interesting,” etc., then use the extra space to ... 11/24/2024 - 8:45 pm | View Link
Carolyn Hax: He wants girlfriend to drop 20 pounds, but he doesn’t want to sound shallow Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend of two years could stand to lose about 20 pounds, which would result in increased energy (as it is now she spends a lot of time sitting around playing iPhone games ... 08/14/2018 - 1:04 am | View Link
Narges Mohammadi picked up Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid ‘s Tale while in prison. The activist had been sentenced to 16 years for challenging Iran’s enforcement of what Mohammadi terms gender apartheid—a system of dress codes, sexual subjugation, and coercive control enforced, as in Atwood’s book, by men who have taken power as a theocracy.
Despite their expertise, AI developers don’t always know what their most advanced systems are capable of—at least, not at first. To find out, systems are subjected to a range of tests—often called evaluations, or ‘evals’—designed to tease out their limits. But due to rapid progress in the field, today’s systems regularly achieve top scores on many popular tests, including SATs and the U.
Progress in addressing mental health is notoriously slow and mostly incremental. Breakthrough treatments tend to be rare, and trained professionals too few to meet the demand for services, which is increasing. But 2024 was a pivotal year—thanks to the culmination of decades of research and post-pandemic attention to mental-health issues.
In March, the U.
It’s been three long years since Squid Game first premiered on Netflix to become the streamer’s most-watched TV series, ever. The Korean-language drama was an unexpected cultural phenomenon, drawing one in four Americans into its tale of deadly competition.
That being said, you would be forgiven for not remembering all of what happened in Season 1 ahead of the second season, which begins streaming on Dec.
For the first time since 2005, the first night of Hanukkah will fall on the same day as Christmas.
The two winter holidays converge an average of five times a century, according to Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis.
Since 1900, the first night of Hanukkah has fallen on December 25 five times: 1910, 1921, 1959, 2005, and now 2024.
Moon Alert: Caution! Avoid shopping or making important decisions after 5:30 a.m. EST today (2:30 a.m. PST). The Moon is in Libra.
Happy Birthday for Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024:
You are sensitive, responsible and compassionate. You respect the past and what it has to offer. This year has been a time of recognition and acknowledgement.