Flipboard curators have seen over 100,000 boosts, likes, replies and follows from people across the fediverse since in-app notifications went live on April 11. Over the past few weeks people on federated services like Mastodon have been able to interact with posts by any of the 450 previously …
If you can read this, thank a teacher. This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and Tuesday, May 7, 2024, is Teacher Appreciation Day.
NEW YORK -- The Met Gala is tonight in New York City, and we're counting down with some of the most iconic looks from the best dressed stars, like …
In JG Ballard's dystopian story The Garden of Time – which has inspired this year's dress code – the super-rich hide themselves in Arcadian splendour while the "great unwashed" riot.
This weekend was all about famous people flaming the shit out of each other, on camera or elsewhere. Netflix’s The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady, at least, was full of sanctioned and consensual dissing. Nevertheless, the event—advertised as the first-ever live and unedited roast—had its …
Kristi Yamaguchi reflected on becoming the first Asian American woman to win gold ever during the 1992 Winter Olympics and how her legacy landed her …
Travel more for less when visiting the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Getting out and exploring the world shouldn't have to clear out your bank account. Yes, there are plenty of first-rate five-star destinations out there that are worth saving up to visit one day, but while you stack that cash, you …
About halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles sits Cayucos, a sleepy little surf village that calls itself the “last of California’s beach …
The actor made history in the role in 1999. Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best opened up about how the backlash he received for Star Wars: Episode I – The …
Flying is one of those strange times where you just have to go with the flow and do as everyone else does. So you put your liquids in a small separate bag, make an impromptu whiskey purchase at 5 a.m. and always board your plane on the left hand side. Hang on, you’re right, you do always board your …
Reporters Without Borders has cautioned of declining state support for press freedom around the world. The group released its 2024 World Press …
Tick season is ramping up, and experts say people should take precautions before venturing outside. Of the 700 species of ticks in the world, the U.S. is home to nearly 50 species, according to the National Institutes of Health. Though a select few can transmit disease to people, those species are …
Deescalating conflict around protests was possible, but many colleges turned to law enforcement instead. For weeks, police have been arriving on college campuses from New York to California at the behest of university officials, sweeping pro-Palestinian protests and arresting more than 2,100 people. …
NEW YORK (AP) — Sure, she was a royal princess and all. But there’s no way Sleeping Beauty — either before or after her nap — ever had quite the fabulous wardrobe that’s been assembled at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” the spring Costume Institute exhibit …
In late May 2020, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds and her father, Justin Reynolds, drove to Blue Anchor, a seaside village in Somerset in southwest England, to hunt for fossils along the beach. Upon arriving, they found that somebody had left a piece of fossilized bone at the top of the beach. It was …