Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• New York Times stories on trans youth slammed by writers — including some of its own (NPR)
• A child’s death prompts questions about brake safety on e-bikes — Legally, almost anyone can ride an e-bike. “There is currently no federal law or guideline regarding the appropriate minimum age” for e-biking (The Washington Post) – Research, shop smart (like not on amazon), research!
• A Love Letter to Libraries, Long Overdue (NYT)
• Keanu Reeves’s Film Contract Bans AI and Deepfake Technology (PetaPixel)
• The plan was to make this until Miles, the dog, ate the avocado. (Kitchn)
• That she had the interview take place in the middle of the night makes me love her even more (Vogue)
• I have been listening to the Everything is Fine podcast: The conversation from 30:00 mins on is really good, and here are a few grabs that stuck/hurt hard: The one thing women, pretty much everyone, but women our age especially should and can do for our health is connection connection connection … it’s so interesting because you get lonely in middle age sometimes in a way you’ve never been lonely before … I’m also in the most thankless and isolating part of parenting in some ways … the fucking parenting itself is emotionally taxing and thankless … you’re kind of stacked up at this age...
• In an age where camera phones are ubiquitous and the lure of internet popularity is a chronic condition, everything — and everyone — is content. (BuzzFeed)
• Nikki Hiltz is on fire and I am here for it. This and this! I am able show up as myself and be seen because of the many non-binary folks who have paved the way for me. So grateful for my entire trans family 🏳️‍⚧️ we are here, we are queer, and we are in every single space 🌈
• Is blogging back? Join the I Hate Reels team and down with the terrible META algorithm.

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Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• I’m really craving an interior design project – this would be my dream office, and this is such a fun, pointless project
• Bookmark this for when y’all jump on the Bonne Maman Advent Calendar train next Christmas (LifeHacker)
• CORRECT THE INTERNET! Help make sportswomen more visible

Many of the world’s best athletes are women. And many of the world’s sporting records are held by women. But due to human bias, our search engines have learnt to prioritise sportsmen in our search results, even when the facts put sportswomen first.

• Why so many who took part in the Great Resignation have regrets (Fast Company)
• Gym and Peloton selfies dominate social media, but fitness may be less accessible than ever – “We haven’t kept up with creating green spaces or lighting streets well, and making it accessible for people to [exercise].” (CBC)
• Meet Justina Miles WOW!
• Palm Springs Grandmother Is the New Coastal Grandmother (Apartment Therapy)
• Divorce Registries are now a thing (The Cut)
• Put fun on the calendar. Yes! Here’s why you should make a habit of having more fun (NPR)
• Loud Quitting.
• I may try this workout next time I’m near a treadmill (Well + Good)
• Give Me Anything That Sparks Joy In Your Soul, and I will Monitize It. (McSweeney’s)

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Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• Butt Out, Baby! Before you roll your eyes, give this podcast a chance. It’s a super in-depth-deep-dive of the movie Dirty Dancing scene by scene, and I’m here for it!!! I have always said this movie is so much more than a silly summer romance with amazing music, an envious wardrobe, and the love of every 80’s girl’s life, Johnny.
• Okay, So James Cameron’s Scientific “Titanic” Door Study Proved It’s Possible That Jack Could’ve Survived After All (Dilisted)
• The Fleishman Effect: Is all this really worth it? Am I spending these years, maybe the best years, focused on the right things? When does it get easier? Or as Libby put it, “How did I get here?” (The Cut)
• Good Vibes Are Contagious (Outdoor via Lee)
• Expandable Cabin Slides Open So You Can Always Sleep Under the Stars… but what about earwigs and mosquitoes? (My Modern Met)
• Viola Davis Achieves EGOT Status With Grammy Win: “It Has Just Been Such a Journey” (The Hollywood Reporter)
• 5 leadership lessons from elite track and field athletes – I was there to watch a track and field meet. Little did I know, I’d walk away with some important leadership lessons. (Fast Company)
• I’ve already voluntold my running crew that they’re going to this movie (Vulture)

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Friday’s online finds: Cozy up and dig in.

• Halifax’s road safety inaction is killing people – Five years ago, Halifax set a goal of reducing injuries and deaths from traffic collisions. But the numbers involving pedestrians and cyclists are going in the opposite direction. (The Coast)
• Parents are more worried about their children’s mental health than gun violence or bullying (Fast Company)
• 14 Reader Comments on Reader Comments – Cup Of Jo truly does have the best readers!
• What Gaslighting Actually Is…And What It Isn’t (Candidly)
• Violence Against Jacinda Ardern and Other Women Political Leaders Is an Attack on Democracy Itself (Ms.)
• And “Can women really have it all?” implies the existence of people who *do* (Kimberly Harrington)

Instead of asking if women can really have it all, it’d be more useful to examine why men seem to have it all.

• Artificially Intelligent Art And what humanity does or does not bring to the art that moves us (The Audacity)
• Shirtception (My Modern Met)
• Now I want to wallpaper everything, everywhere, all at once (AD)
• The Life-Changing Magic of Understanding Subtext on the Internet (Friday Things)

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It’s been a minute. It’s a new year so let’s catch up with 23 things.

1. Easing into a Gentle January and trying hard to just ride the wave this year. Hah.
2. I checked a bucket list travel item off my life list! Over the holidays, we visited Italy and Switzerland, and I took a photo of the Matterhorn with a Toblerone Bar.
3. Still running – training for a spring Marathon has started, but I’m keeping the pressure low and haven’t actually signed up for a Spring marathon. I am, however, heading back to the Chicago Marathon in the fall!
4. And this is where I will be when my friends go to the New York City Marathon.
5. I fell in love with Soup! while visiting Zermatt, and now I want to own a soup shop in Halifax and call it Soupi.
6. And speaking of soups. Julia, you’re the best with this cheat sheet for soup-making
7. January brings 30 Days of Yoga with Adrienne (and Benji). I love this year’s theme, Center.
8. This People ruin everything list speaks to me. Craft fairs. Now they’re crowded with dozens of MLMs. I just want to find knitted slippers made by an old lady who clearly has a drinking problem, not more Norwex.
9. I Give You Permission To Throw Away Your Yearbook – I just tossed mine, and I have no regret
10. I’m currently reading and listening to anything Lauren Fleshman is saying, and I broke down and bought her new book, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World
11. My favourite reads of 2022: What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen, State of Terror, Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn’t Built for Us, The Midnight Library and Seven Days In June
12. My favourite shows of 2022: Bad Sisters, Derry Girls (the last season was so good!), Formula 1: Drive to Survive S4, Only Murders In The Building S2, The Afterparty, Somebody Somewhere, The White Lotus S2, Fleishman is in Trouble and Heartstoppers
13. My favourite movies of 2022: Turning Red, Top Gun: Maverick, The Swimmers and Nope.
14. I can’t possibly tell you my favourite podcasts because I listen to so many, but I will say that podcasting and walking Miles or walking with friends is my new favourite activity… besides running with friends.
15. Have you watched Everything, Everywhere All At Once? It wasn’t on my favourite list this year, but this was my favourite speech. I grew up watching Ke Huy Quan and can recite every line of his from Indian Jones and The Goonies. I am so excited for him!
16. This may be a new TikTok trend, but I’ve been wrapping pickles in cheese slices since 1984.
17. All of these conversations have happened with my mom and either me or one of my sisters.
18. I need to start using my rower more, so I’m looking at this app
19. On my shopping wish list
20. What’s the Most Helpful Thing a Therapist Has Ever Told You? (the comments are golden)
21. People of my age, are we excited about Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret? Barbie?
22. Everyone online is going bananas for this
23. And finally, on my mind lately… Should I ditch my website or this site? Or should I merge them into one, and if so, which one. Feeling the need to binge, and I barely add content here anymore.