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Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on July 28, 2025

Moon phase today explained: What the moon will look like on July 28, 2025

Moon enthusiasts, tonight is your night. After days of only slivers of light, there’s finally something to see on the moon’s surface. See what’s happening tonight, July 28. What is today’s moon phase? As of Monday, July 28, the moon phase is Waxing Crescent. There’s still not much to see tonight, with only 9% of the surface visible to us …

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What is fibremaxxing? The high-fibre eating trend explained

What is fibremaxxing? The high-fibre eating trend explained

While piling your plate high with raw vegetables might seem like a quick way to fibremaxx, this approach isn’t always gentle or sustainable, especially for those with sensitive digestion. Raw cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower contain tough fibres and complex carbs that can be difficult to break down, often causing uncomfortable bloating. Lightly cooking vegetables through steaming, sautéing or …

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Delta’s struggles with the airport lounge and the angst of the upper middle class in the age of ‘elite overproduction,’ explained

Delta’s struggles with the airport lounge and the angst of the upper middle class in the age of ‘elite overproduction,’ explained

That’s why the declining pleasure of the airport lounge resonates for a deeper reason: it’s a metaphor for the declining prospects of the upper middle class in an age of “elite overproduction,” which argues that certain societies grow so rich and successful that they produce too many people of premium education for the number of premium jobs—or premium experiences—that the …

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Donkey Kong Bananza’s ending, explained

Donkey Kong Bananza’s ending, explained

Donkey Kong Bananza has been out for a week now, and it’s been met with rave reviews across the board. If you’re playing through casually and not going for 100% completion, the game isn’t overly long – you can get through the main story in about 20 hours, so we’d imagine some of you have already rolled the credits. Donkey …

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Delta’s struggles with the airport lounge and the angst of the upper middle class in the age of ‘elite overproduction,’ explained

Delta’s struggles with the airport lounge and the angst of the upper middle class in the age of ‘elite overproduction,’ explained

Delta Air Lines is having a good 2025, reporting strong second-quarter earnings and reinstating its April profit guidance, leading to a substantial stock bump (up roughly 16% from June to July). True, its guidance is down from its January projections, but it’s weathering the storm of the tricky global economy well, maintaining its status as America’s leading premium airline. As …

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Current Trends Explained: TikTok’s Cult, Freeze Branding, and the Gen Z Stare

Current Trends Explained: TikTok’s Cult, Freeze Branding, and the Gen Z Stare

Welcome to The Out-of-Touch Adult’s Guide to Kid Culture, where you have joined my new religious group, just by reading these words. This week, we’re taking a look at an online cult that got a little too real, asking why young people are branding themselves with liquid nitrogen, and discussing the generational stare-down being enacted across the counters of retail …

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Can coyotes and bears be friends? The Altadena sightings, explained

Can coyotes and bears be friends? The Altadena sightings, explained

Altadenans are no strangers to animal sightings — there are peacocks and parrots aplenty around town — but news of a coyote and black bear palling around town together recently has locals talking. First introduced to the public via a clip posted to social media by the Altadena Sheriff’s Station, the duo have been spotted together multiple times, munching on …

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The panic over the Gen Z stare, explained

The panic over the Gen Z stare, explained

According to many Zoomers, concerning reports of a “Gen Z stare” may be overblown. If it exists, they say, it’s simply a response to the idiocy of their elders. Somehow, though, the concept — recently articulated on TikTok — gained instant recognition from millennials, Gen X, and boomers, who describe it as a blank, if not worried, look as a …

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