Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by globalmoments/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Danny is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Q. Angry cry: I don’t like being around people when I’m really sick or in pain, including emotionally. I tend to get really angry for […]
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‘Paul Whitehouse is the first friend I’ve talked to about losing my dad’
When Paul Whitehouse sees a mince pie, he feels “the obligation to eat something I don’t really like”. Most aspects of modern Christmas strike him as “gaudy, pointless and superficial”. And on a video link from his decoration-free sitting room he tells me that he had a neon sign reading […]
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‘Paul is the first friend I’ve talked to about losing my dad’
When Paul Whitehouse sees a mince pie, he feels “the obligation to eat something I don’t really like”. Most aspects of modern Christmas strike him as “gaudy, pointless and superficial”. And on a video link from his decoration-free sitting room he tells me that he had a neon sign reading […]
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How To Close Up Your Pandemic Bubble Without Losing Friends
As coronavirus case numbers surge across the country, it’s not just the obvious places you should avoid: political rallies, large weddings, crowded bars, restaurants and night clubs. More and more, health experts warn that COVID-19 is being transmitted at the intimate get-togethers many of us believed were relatively safe: Dinner […]
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How to Balance Working From Home and the Kids’ Remote Learning (Without Losing It)
Getty Images For working parents, the pandemic hasn’t just been stressful, it’s felt impossible at times. Not only have you been challenged to meet the needs of your children as they adapt to remote-learning set-ups, but your career has evolved too, creating additional curveballs around every corner. While we all […]
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Govt losing revenues big time by not regulating real money gaming market, say startups
© Provided by The Financial Express Goa, Sikkim, Daman, and Nagaland had legalized gambling. Governed by the Public Gambling Act (PGA) 1867, online games involving real money transactions have more or less remained in a legal quagmire for years now. This is despite the gradual rise in its popularity and […]
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Losing Two Roommates and Going Out on Her Own
Katherine Dunleavy’s apartment goals for 2020 were modest: After a year and a half of living in a windowless room in a financial district one-bedroom with two roommates, she hoped to upgrade to a room with a window. But her plans, like those of so many New Yorkers, changed when […]