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How parents and adult children can adjust : NPR

How parents and adult children can adjust : NPR

SeizaVisuals/Getty Images/E+ Aging can bring changes to people’s bodies, minds and relationships — changes that many are often not prepared for. Erlene Rosowsky, a clinical psychologist who specializes in aging, says many people don’t see these changes coming because society is obsessed with youth. The emphasis is on all things “anti-aging,” she says — not the realities of getting older. …

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The States With the Highest and Lowest Adult Literacy Rates

The States With the Highest and Lowest Adult Literacy Rates

While some people may define literacy in strict terms as proficiency in reading comprehension, there’s often much more to it than that. To be literate opens the door to parse information, think and act with credulity, and make inferences using written text. According to several metrics, the country’s overall ability to do that may be in decline. Adult Literacy Levels …

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Leander school bus rolls over with 42 children, 1 adult inside

Leander school bus rolls over with 42 children, 1 adult inside

A Leander ISD school bus rolled over Wednesday in the Sandy Creek area near Leander with 42 children and one adult inside. Twelve people were transported to local hospitals, Kevin Parker, assistant chief of Austin-Travis County EMS, said at a news conference. One person has life-threatening injuries and two others have “potentially” life-threatening injuries, he said. The rest of the …

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Itch’s Adult Game Ban Is Hurting Queer Creators, Removing Lesbian Content

Itch’s Adult Game Ban Is Hurting Queer Creators, Removing Lesbian Content

Following a campaign against adult video games, Steam and Itch removed or restricted titles that contained material that payment processors objected to. The payment processors were responding to pressure put on them by the group Collective Shout, which campaigns against p*rnography. Many feared that LGBTQ+ content would be included in the bans, and now, we can see that this very …

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Itch.io’s mass delisting of paid adult content has also affected safe-for-work games with yuri or lesbian themes, devs claim

Itch.io’s mass delisting of paid adult content has also affected safe-for-work games with yuri or lesbian themes, devs claim

Following Itch.io’s mass delisting of adult games in response to pressure from payment processors, a new report includes claims from LGBTQ+ devs that safe-for-work titles with lesbian or yuri themes have also been affected. Both Itch and Valve changed their rules on adult content last month, with the issue evolving into a complex pointing of fingers which traced from the …

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Early Abuse Shapes Adult Sexual Behavior

Early Abuse Shapes Adult Sexual Behavior

Summary: A new study has found that sexual narcissism mediates the link between childhood trauma and compulsive sexual behavior. Researchers compared individuals with and without compulsive sexual behavior, measuring trauma history, sexual narcissism, and hypersexuality. Those with compulsive sexual behavior scored higher in all three areas, and statistical analysis showed that trauma predicted narcissistic sexual attitudes, which in turn predicted …

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Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files

Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files

The obfuscated code inside an .svg file downloaded from one of the porn sites. Credit: Malwarebytes The obfuscated code inside an .svg file downloaded from one of the porn sites. Credit: Malwarebytes Once decoded, the script causes the browser to download a chain of additional obfuscated JavaScript. The final payload, a known malicious script called Trojan.JS.Likejack, induces the browser to …

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Valve pushes back after Mastercard denies quashing adult content on game platforms

Valve pushes back after Mastercard denies quashing adult content on game platforms

Payment provider Mastercard has denied forcing video game platforms such as Steam and Itch.io to restrict the sale of adult and NSFW content. Valve and Itch recently curtailed the sale of adult content and said they were acting at the behest of payment services. Indie marketplace Itch specifically claimed those companies had been targeted by a pressure group called Collective …

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