Real Estate News: “Zillow is making it easier for home shoppers to find exactly what they want on the search portal — without all the clicks. The company announced a new “natural language search” feature that is now live on the Zillow app for iOS users and will soon arrive on Android devices. The search… Continue Reading
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The Right to Teach
UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 6, page 817- 886. December 2022. The Right to Teach – Joshua E. Weishart. Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law: “America’s public school teachers are in dire straits; the law offers little solace. The rights teachers have as public employee-citizens do not protect them as educators. A… Continue Reading
Are Our Brains Wired to Quiet Quit?
Harvard Business Review: “The world increasingly feels like it’s spiraling out of control, with a daily onslaught of grim news and economic anxiety. It’s no wonder that 31% of Americans are experiencing depression and anxiety — three times as many as before the pandemic — and nearly 50% of the workforce say they aren’t going… Continue Reading
TSA now wants to scan your face at security. Here are your rights.
Washington Post – $ – “Next time you’re at airport security, get ready to look straight into a camera. The TSA wants to analyze your face. The Transportation Security Administration has been quietly testing controversial facial recognition technology for passenger screening at 16 major domestic airports — from Washington to Los Angeles — and hopes… Continue Reading
How to know if breathwork is right for you
Mashable: “Breathwork tutorials are popular on social media, but experts say beginners should be cautious. Breathwork seems like one of those self-help techniques that you could easily learn on social media. After all, there are countless tutorials on YouTube and TikTok, along with numerous testimonials on Reddit. And anyway, could it really be that difficult… Continue Reading
An Action Plan for Building Personal Resilience
ABA: “More than ever, we need personal resilience in our daily lives.Resilience is frequently defined as the ability to recover quickly from challenges. For us humans, those challenges can be anything from a broken leg to a job loss to the death of a loved one. It follows, then, that building up both mental and… Continue Reading
Mapping the Coolest Spots Inside the World’s Sweltering Cities
Bloomberg: “The cement, glass and steel that give shape to urban life have also turned modern cities into dangerous heat sinks. Scorching sunlight gets absorbed, stored and slowly emitted in a bubble of warmth that can push city temperatures as much as 3°C (5.4°F) above the surrounding countryside. This dynamic, combined with the increasingly extreme… Continue Reading
Healthy women can also benefit from spending time gardening
A pilot randomized controlled trial of group-based indoor gardening and art activities demonstrates therapeutic benefits to healthy women. PLOS One. Published: July 6, 2022 “A pilot randomized controlled trial of group-based indoor gardening and art activities demonstrates therapeutic benefits to healthy women. There is mounting anecdotal and empirical evidence that gardening and art-making afford therapeutic… Continue Reading
Lawmakers v. The Scientific Realities of Human Reproduction
New England Journal of Medicine: “The just-announced U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization represents a stunning reversal of precedent that inserts government into the personal lives and health care of Americans. Yet it was not unexpected. In the long, painful prelude to the decision, many states have severely limited access… Continue Reading
How to Talk to Kids About School Shootings
Via Axios – “Several school districtsdirected parents and educators to in-depth resources from organizations that specialize in trauma response: How to talk to kids in the aftermath — individualized by age (Common Sense Media). What to emphasize when talking to kids (National Association of School Psychologists). Common reactions in kids and what to do about… Continue Reading
Take Action Against Climate Change With These Tools and Resources
Wired: “In early April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released another report detailing the latest scientific understandings and possible mitigation efforts. In his analysis of the report for WIRED, senior writer Matt Simon wrote, “We’ll need to leverage both nature and technology if we’re going to head off the worst of climate change. And… Continue Reading
Inflexible return-to-office policies are hammering employee experience scores
“Future Forum Pulse New data shows work-related stress and anxiety is skyrocketing among full-time office workers and those without schedule flexibility Read through the report by clicking the sections below, or download the full report as a PDF. Return-to-office policies are negatively impacting employee experience scores. As companies implement return-to-office policies, calling more employees back… Continue Reading
