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The best way to go about this depends on your own personal boundaries. There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what about the rest of the rules?

Here are the Halloween movies you should watch based on their hair-raising artwork alone. Since the early 20th century, horror movie posters have moved through several drastically different aesthetic eras. There were the bright, illustrated designs of the 1930s and ’40s, complete with standout typography and damsels in distress; the bleak, desaturated religious horror motifs of the ’70s, à la The Exorcist; and today there’s an emphasis on stark white typography and human-focused visuals.

It’s about tapping into your brain’s natural love of closure. These four tricks can get you started. Popular productivity tools like to-do apps and task-management trackers are great for scheduling your day and organizing your projects, but you’ll likely have days when you just don’t feel motivated. This mindset is ripe for procrastination or distraction, which can keep you stuck no matter what tool you use.

If Halloween has become more popular among adults, it’s because traditional markers of adulthood have become less clear and less attainable. Halloween used to be kid stuff. To quit dressing up was an important rite of passage. It meant you were one step closer to becoming an adult.

New World Wind’s Aeroleaf microturbines offer another way to produce clean energy right where it’s needed. The phrase wind power likely conjures images of massive spinning blades. But some companies now make micro wind turbines—tiny devices that can be installed in homes, businesses, and public parks.

Investing in protective measures doesn’t just save lives—it saves companies money as well. Two months ago, on July 22, 2024, we broke the record for the hottest day ever recorded. As temperatures continue to rise, so does the number of heat-related illnesses and deaths, particularly for people at work. In August, a sanitation worker in Baltimore suffered heat stroke and died while collecting trash, and in June, a postal worker died after spending her shift in a mail truck without air-conditioning.