Human Beings Are Not Predators By Nature It’s a source of today’s intense political animosity.

More Starbucks Store Workers Will Join Strike for Final Day The walkout began Friday at stores in the Los Angeles, Seattle and Chicago areas and will end on Tuesday.

Lump sum payout verses monthly pension I’m 66 retiring soon. I have $700K in a 401K and $210K in another account. The company has offered a $520K lump sum or a monthly $3056 pension. Which is the right choice? submitted by /u/Equivalent-Motor-364

NASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth The Mars Sample Return effort was billions of dollars over budget and not expected to return to Earth with its samples until 2040.

iPhone 16 Still Banned in Indonesia Despite $1B Apple Investment Deal Apple is still barred from selling iPhone 16 models in Indonesia despite agreeing to build a local production facility there, as it has not met domestic content rules, the country’s industry minister said on Wednesday (via Reuters). Indonesia’s minister of industry, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, reportedly met with Apple’s VP of global government…

Port Labor Talks Hinge on Deal on Automation Cargo could stop flowing at East and Gulf Coast ports, which handle most imports, if a union and an employers’ group can’t agree on the use of machines that can operate without humans.

Biden Administration Withdraws Protections for Endangered Whales The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with rare North Atlantic right whales.

Daily Simple Questions Thread – January 21, 2025 Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread – Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. As always, be sure to read the wiki…

(Homemade from Scratch) Buccatini with pepper tomato sauce, served with veal/pork meatballs, topped with capers, Parmesan, and sliced basil. Bon appétit submitted by /u/CrochetCricketHip

Retirement Fail or Bail? I (58F) have worked as a teacher for 28 years. I am seriously considering quitting now and finding other work while I still have work-life in me, or continue working as a teacher to hit the 30 year mark to get the insurance subsidy benefit (50% insurance premium) for 5 years before transitioning in Medicare. I would love to hear what other teach…

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German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections.

Is a 20% down payment on a house the best way to go? I’m a huge fan of this subreddit, and I live my life by the wiki here. My wife and I are in a good financial situation, so it’s less a question of “can we put down 20%” than “should we?” This is not an immediate task btw. But we expect to need a bigger home due to growing kids within 2 years. We currently live in a townhome I bought pre COVID fo…

South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.

Beloved Pink House on Massachusetts Coast to Be Demolished Gov. Maura Healey, lamenting the decision, called the house “a special part of the history, culture and fabric” of the coastal region north of Boston.

Israel Halts Aid to Gaza and Proposes New Cease-Fire Framework Israel has called for Hamas to accept a temporary extension of the existing cease-fire deal, and to release more hostages.

Quick Question for NY Trip Hey guys! My husband and I are going to NY! We decided to stay in the Grand Central area for convenience to the station. Also wanted we don’t want to stay in Times Square bc I don’t want to be TOO overstimulated lol. But I’m wondering if we should stay at the Intercontinental Barclay OR Park Terrace Hotel. Can you let me know your thoughts? …

Is aperture equivalency a thing? Hey, I’ve always thought that there was some kind of equivalency between sensor sizes like focal length do. But these last few days, watching some photography content, I heard people saying omitting the equivalency for aperture (for exemple for a Ricoh GRIII “28mm eq, f2.8”) or someone talking about how great his compact camera was for low light…

Palisades and Eaton Fires Are Fully Contained The Palisades and Eaton fires, two of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in California history, reached 100 percent containment more than three weeks after they began.

Morphine – Buena submitted by /u/do-call-me-papi