The Good Life

Cool stuffs, travel, pets & animals, books, the arts, health and life guide, the bitter and the sweet, and everything else wonderful in life...

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Wall Street
Once the future, US now captive to its past
BBC News - By Nick Bryant
My New York commute takes less than 25 minutes, but skirts the broad outlines of almost 250 years of American history. I take the ferry that crosses the mouth of the East River, the churning waters through...
14 hours ago
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Western India
India’s healthcare workers are busting misinformation on WhatsApp
The Verge - Sanket Jain
Bharti Kamble is on the lookout for fake messages related to COVID-19. Late in the afternoon, she carefully reads over 500 messages from eight WhatsApp groups. As she finishes her search, she’s relieved....
23 hours ago
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Religion
Giant Buddhist statue gets Covid face mask
bbc.co.uk
A 57m (187ft) Buddhist statue dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, in central Japan has been draped with a giant face covering. Temple managers in Aizuwakamatsu plan to keep the figure masked until...
1 day ago
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Earthquakes
Chinese mourn passing of heroic pig that survived 2008 quake
Yahoo Singapore - AFP News
A pig that became an unlikely national icon in China after surviving 36 days under rubble from a powerful 2008 earthquake has died at the age of 14, …
1 day ago
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Frexit
My ‘Frexit’ moment: Why I completely changed my friendship group at the age of 41
The Telegraph - By Sophie Mumford
Did you survive the pandemic with all your friendships intact? For some of us, it took a deadly virus to expose the cracks in existing relationships. My WhatsApp group of close school mum friends had out...
2 days ago
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Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl's secret to a good children's book: Make sure it 'enthrals the child'
CNN - Melissa Gray
(CNN) — Roald Dahl , the author of children's classics such as "James and the Giant Peach" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," believed in stories that enthralled young readers, getting them to love...
2 days ago
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Orchid thought to be extinct in UK discovered on rooftop of London bank
independent.co.uk - Daisy Dunne
An orchid thought to be extinct in the UK has been discovered growing on the rooftop of an 11-storey London bank. The small-flowered tongue-orchid has …
3 days ago
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Non-infectious Diseases
With new drug approved, costs mount for Alzheimer’s patients
POLITICO - By SARAH OWERMOHLE and ADAM CANCRYN
THE ALZHEIMER’S DRUG TAB GROWS — Biogen’s new drug Aduhelm, approved last week to a storm of controversy from medical experts, will retail for $56,000 a year. While that doesn’t make it the priciest medicine,...
3 days ago
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The Divorce by César Aira review – ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?
The Guardian
Velocity and perplexity characterise the work of the Argentinian author César Aira, who was born in 1949 and has tended to publish at least a couple of books each year for nearly four decades now. In such...
5 days ago
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London Public Transport
Editor’s Letter: I can’t stop buying books – perhaps I’ll get round to reading them one day
independent.co.uk - Rupert Hawksley
Whenever I feel sad or listless at the end of the day I take the tube to Green Park and walk up Piccadilly to Waterstones. There is also Hatchards on …
Jun 10
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Animals
Woman Creates Purrfect Sign To Warn Neighbors Of Thieving Cat
HuffPost - Hilary Hanson
An Oregon woman made a hilarious attempt to return the items her cat had stolen. A sign intended to alert neighbors about a thieving cat has reached far beyond the local community, making a kleptomaniac...
5 days ago