Photo: Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group (Getty Images) When it comes to the sensory aspects food, we mostly consider characteristics like taste, texture, and temperature. But something we rarely talk about is the physical feeling it leaves us with, and when we do, it’s typically regarding spiciness. The sensation we don’t discuss […]
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‘Where is **?’: Fans in China Elude Censors to Talk About Peng Shuai
Julien Chen was getting ready for bed when he learned that one of his favorite Chinese tennis players, Peng Shuai, had made #MeToo allegations against a powerful Chinese official. A friend told him to check Ms. Peng’s social media account. “There’s a ‘huge melon’ in the tennis circle,” the friend […]
We Need to Talk About the Puppet Baby in ‘Annette’
Despite what you may have heard online, Leos Carax’s Annette—available on Amazon Prime now—is not a sexy movie musical about Adam Driver generously singing while performing simulated oral sex on Marion Cotillard. This does happen, and that’s important. But it is even more important to know that actually, Annette is […]
Clubhouse App Creates Space for Open Talk in Middle East
Clubhouse policy bans users from recording conversations without participants’ consent, but the company says it temporarily records audio for investigating reports of policy violations. It has not specified who can listen to such recordings, or when. A Clubhouse spokeswoman declined to comment. Yet something about the spontaneous, intimate nature of […]
Talk of election fraud online plunges after Trump kicked off Twitter, Facebook.
Online misinformation about the U.S. election fraud plunged by as much as 73 percent the week after President Donald Trump was kicked off Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites, reports the Washington Post. There are other factors that could have contributed to that dramatic drop, including the banning of […]
Talk with the Doc: Making healthy lifestyle choices | News, Sports, Jobs
Dr. Jim Surrell, Journal columnist Let me again remind all of us that we are the one who is ultimately responsible for our personal health. It is also very important for each one of us to recall that we live by choice, and not by chance. In […]
CA hospital ICU, emergency doctors talk about COVID-19 fight
Some days, Vanessa Walker leaves work frustrated. Walker is a lung expert and critical care doctor who works in the Sutter Roseville Medical Center’s intensive care unit. “A dry lung is a happy lung,” she says. But increasingly, the lungs she is seeing are filled with fluid. Bluntly put, they’re […]
How to talk to your friends and family about Covid, vaccines and wearing masks
Joel Husley’s 70-year-old mother is at high risk for complications from Covid-19. But even as cases skyrocket across the country, he knows she isn’t taking proper precautions. Husley said he can’t even talk to her about wearing a mask anymore. “She went from wearing a mask, to not wearing a […]
New online talk show being filmed locally | News, Sports, Jobs
Photo courtesy of Life and Purpose Behavioral Health Doug Pfeifer talks about trauma and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk’s book, “The Body Keeps Score; Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma,” during today’s episode of Therapy Talk, which airs at 6:15 p.m. on YouTube. A […]
2020 NASCAR season in pictures – NASCAR Talk
As the 2020 NASCAR season approached, much of the talk focused on 2021. A robust free agent market led to questions of if there would be a dramatic shift in where drivers raced after 2020. And they would do so with the Next Gen car, which was scheduled to make […]
Why It’s So Helpful When Stars Talk About Pregnancy Loss
On Oct. 2 it was Kate Beckinsale adding her story to the growing chorus of voices. Horrified that anyone dare challenge how Teigen was grieving (“As if there’s some protocol during soul-scouring calamity that, if not observed, emboldens people who do not know her or her family to say how she […]
Anyone can talk to a doctor without leaving home using telemedicine
Brian Amaral | The Providence Journal Over a weekend in the summer — maybe it was late July, maybe early August, he can’t remember exactly — Warren resident Andrew Galligan started to feel quite tired and weak. He passed out on the couch on that Saturday afternoon and his wife, Kim, couldn’t […]
DeChambeau and his Paul Bunyan power the talk of the Masters
Augusta, Ga. – The scene was straight out of the World Long Drive Championship spectacle. Bryson DeChambeau would consider that a compliment. He took a slow practice swing, then the next one at full force. Eyes focused, deep breath, chest fully expanded, exhale. Another violent practice swing. And another. Just […]
Region’s major insurers talk 2021 medicare plans | News, Sports, Jobs
Amidst the open enrollment period, which continues now through Dec. 7, area providers Highmark, UPMC Susquehanna and Geisinger have announced their medicare and medicare advantage plans. Ellen Galardy, Highmark vice president of medicare market strategy, Crystal Kominski, Gesinger manager of medicare sales, and April Golenor, chief medicare […]
How to talk to your children about voting and politics
CLOSE What history has shown us about contested elections and peaceful transitions of power. USA TODAY While parents watch the electoral map, children watch their parents. They’re observing how the adults around them talk about the election. They’ve been paying attention to whether or not family members voted and who they voted for. […]
‘All talk, no action’ defense likely in Michigan kidnap case
A confederate flag hangs from a porch on a property in Munith, Mich., Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, where law enforcement officials said suspects accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met to train and make plans. Pete Musico and Joseph Morrison, who officials said lived at […]
20 medical experts with kids talk about Halloween plans.
Anchiy | E+ | Getty Images Parents everywhere are grappling with how to make the most of Halloween during the pandemic. The guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asks families to take precautions if they trick-or-treat outdoors by carrying hand sanitizer, setting up stations with individually bagged […]
Boone County Commissioner candidates talk issues | Elections
BOONE COUNTY – It’s the home stretch for candidates in Boone County staking their spot in local governments. Current commissioner Fred Parry and former State Auditor employee Justin Aldred are running for Boone County Commissioner. Voters elected Parry as Commissioner in 2016. He is a long-time magazine publisher and small […]
Brad Pitt Denies Scamming Woman With Talk of Marriage
WENN The ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ actor, through his lawyer, has vehemently denied allegations that the Oscar-nominated star duped a woman in Texas with talk of marriage. AceShowbiz – Brad Pitt‘s lawyer has distanced the Oscar winner from allegations suggesting he scammed a Texas woman out of cash […]
Battleground voters not buying Trump’s tough talk on China, new poll shows
WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump casting himself as the only candidate strong enough to take on China, voters in key battleground states don’t share his view of Beijing as an urgent threat to the U.S., a new poll finds. Just 1 in 5 call standing up to China a […]