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50 cheap things that are wildly popular on Amazon because they work so damn well

One of the best things about online shopping is that you can check reviews to see how the product actually stacks up in real life before buying it — and if that item is highly rated and cheap, you know you've found a real winner. With that in mind,…

Mic · Aug 1, 2021

39 clever things to make your home feel way cleaner

Taking the day to deep clean your house is one of the surest ways to feel like you've really accomplished something, and thanks to these 40 clever cleaning products, you can get that sense of achievement without even having to work up a sweat. Now,…

Mic · Jul 31, 2021

The 3 best fiber supplements for women

Dietary fiber is one of those things that's necessary for optimal digestion, but inherently confusing. That's why I got in touch with Dr. Niket Sonpal, a New York-based internist and gastroenterologist, and a faculty member at Touro College of…

Mic · Jul 31, 2021

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50 cool things that should be expensive but are surprisingly cheap on Amazon

How do these products cost *so little*? We have no idea, but you'll want to add them to your cart ASAP.

Mic · Jul 31, 2021

3 Americans produce enough carbon emissions to kill someone, study finds

There is a classic psychology thought experiment known as the trolley problem. The premise is this: there is a runaway train that is speeding toward five people down the track. On a different track is just one person. You have the ability to…

Mic · Jul 30, 2021

Getting the 'twisties' at the Olympics put Simone Biles in serious danger

Lots of people learned a new phrase this week: the "twisties," which is what gymnasts call the mental and physical anomaly Simone Biles experienced during her vault at the women's team final at the Tokyo Olympics. The star of Team USA meant to do…

Mic · Jul 30, 2021

Trump finally found some "pussies" he doesn't want to grab: DC's capitol police

Less than a year ago, during a campaign rally in Middletown, PA, former President Donald Trump stood before a crowd of characteristically rabid MAGA fanatics and encouraged the hoard to "look at all the police back there." "Are they the greatest?"…

Mic · Jul 30, 2021

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Films based on real life tragedy often lead to exploitation of real life people

Exploitation is universally bemoaned in our society. When someone is accused of it, we all sigh and condemn the exploiter. And yet we all still participate, because consumer capitalism has made it impossible not to. We buy fast fashion. We have…

Mic · Jul 30, 2021

Friendships need intimacy, too. Here's how to build it

The scenario is so common, it’s almost cliché: You and your friends are single and thriving, when suddenly, every member of your circle gets booed-up, one by one. “Well, see you never, I guess,” you tell them, only half-joking. And your anticipatory…

Mic · Jul 30, 2021

Steak-umm, the social justice warrior no one asked for, tweets fire once again

Like it or not, your favorite woke beef product is back, tweeting its little heart out about things you wouldn’t ordinarily expect meat to go in on: social justice, dismantling oppressive systems, and pandemic misinformation. Steak-Umm’s sometimes…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

What could possibly explain Carrie Bradshaw shopping at Forever 21?

I've been trying to keep an open mind about the Sex and the City spinoff series And Just Like That..., but they're not making it easy! I've barely accepted the fact that they forged ahead with a revival without Kim Cattrall, who played beloved…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

More than 200 GOP lawmakers asked the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade

More than 200 Republican lawmakers on Thursday petitioned the lopsidedly conservative Supreme Court to overturn the monumental Roe v. Wade decision that effectively legalized abortion in the United States. In an Amicus Curiae filed this week in the…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

Republicans are in an excellent position to weasel their way back to House control

When the Democrats took control of all three branches of the federal government following the 2020 election, they did so with the slimmest margin possible — a 50/50 split in the Senate and an 11-seat advantage in the House of Representatives, which…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee just proved gymnastics can evolve meaningfully

It's been an eventful week in women's gymnastics. On Tuesday, Americans awoke to the stunning news that Simone Biles had withdrawn from team competition at the Olympics to prioritize her mental and physical health — a courageous, difficult decision…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

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Mic · Jul 29, 2021

The travel industry still ignores people with disabilities

As restrictions are gradually lifted, traveling abroad will be a high priority for many people. But for a disabled person, getting away on holiday can seem like a distant dream — with or without a pandemic. People with disabilities are still…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

Adam Kinzinger basically just outed his fellow Republicans as a bunch of cowardly phonies

Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger divulged this week that "a lot" of his fellow Republicans have privately been encouraging his work on the newly empaneled House Select Committee investigating the causes and events of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Asked by…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

The Delta surge might mean it’s time to up our mask game

As the Delta variant surges around the U.S., many of us are anxious about how to combat the new and scary surge. The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has stuck by their original advisory that vaccinated people should be masking indoors, but the…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

Texas official got skewered for calling Simone Biles a "national embarrassment" and now he's sorry

Time to Log Off is a weekly series documenting the many ways our elected officials show their whole asses online. Let's be clear about something here: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is an objectively bad dude. An unapologetically transphobic,…

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Mic · Jul 29, 2021

We don't need another Biggie and Pac murder mystery doc. We need answers

It seems every few years since the Notorious B.I.G. was murdered in 1997, six months after the death of rival Tupac Shakur, there's another documentary or book looking into why these two murders are still unsolved. Well, in a few weeks, there will…

Mic · Jul 29, 2021

Even 'Arthur' can't escape the cynical rules of modern entertainment

Our fists are decidedly clenched. After a quarter century on air, Arthur will end its run in 2022, PBS recently said. The 25th season of the beloved animated children's show will air in the winter of next year, but the show’s Executive Producer…

Mic · Jul 28, 2021

Simone Biles is still a hero, and Piers Morgan is still garbage

Piers Morgan is like a yeast infection that just won't go away, no matter how hard you try. He is the nagging itch on humanity, who somehow always remains gainfully employed because the world, despite its seven wonders and occasional triumphs of…

Mic · Jul 28, 2021

Is serial monogamy really that bad?

Elder millennials collectively swooned earlier this week as Bennifer made their relationship IG official, and photos surfaced of them apparently recreating a scene from the “Jenny From the Block” music video from when they dated in the early aughts.…

Mic · Jul 28, 2021

Here comes Kyrsten Sinema to foil her own party again

If there's been a steady narrative through-line in these first fraught months of the Democrats' narrowest of narrow congressional majorities, it's that two Democratic Senators — longtime West Virginia conservative Joe Manchin and Arizona's newly…

Mic · Jul 28, 2021

What is a breakthrough infection?

If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need to worry about contracting the coronavirus. But along with the rising number of new COVID-19 cases globally and growing concern about highly transmissible strains…

Mic · Jul 28, 2021

14,000 scientists warn of "untold suffering" if we fail to act on climate change

There are some phrases that should stop you in your tracks. The warning of a future that holds "untold suffering" is one of them. That is exactly what scientists from around the world are cautioning will happen if we don't take the threat of climate…

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