Christopher Beale never expected to be at the center of the latest drama to arise from Elon Musk‘s takeover of Twitter. True, he’s lived close to the company’s Market Square headquarters in San Francisco since 2020, and regularly uses the app — as an independent journalist it’s a convenient way …
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When Austin, 26, was in his last year of college a few years ago, he was in a precarious financial state. He’d just moved out and was living on his own for the first time, and his part-time job as a social media manager wasn’t paying much. “I felt like …
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Since Ozempic first went from drug newcomer to viral superstar, the semaglutide injectable has been hailed as an advancement for pharmaceutical brands, wellness treatments, telehealth companies, endocrinologist plans, bariatric therapy, and most major health-related enterprises. Now, the weight loss industry wants in. In March, popular weight loss program WeightWatchers acquired …
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A mental health professional and a single mom, Kimberly Carew knows how to ask for help. So when she told her endocrinologist that she was experiencing some pretty painful side effects after starting an Ozempic prescription, she was surprised when none of her doctors had any idea what was causing …
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When far-right influencer Andrew Tate was arrested by Romanian authorities on suspicion of sex trafficking last December, the Romanian agency DIICOT argued that Tate and his brother Tristan used the “loverboy method” to lure women to their compound in Bucharest under the guise of having a relationship with them before …
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Elon Musk has pulled some lousy marketing stunts in his time, but this one reeks of desperation. As Twitter‘s owner has hinted in recent months — and announced more formally on Saturday — the social platform will rebrand as “X,” ditching the company’s original name and iconic bird logo as …
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N ov. 27, 2007, was a hot and humid Tuesday in Manila, Philippines, and David Bunevacz was getting the shit kicked out of him. He had been invited to the home of one of his partners in a recent cosmetic surgery venture, the Beverly Hills 6750 clinic in Makati City, …
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Mark Zuckerberg is a billionaire, and billionaires have their hobbies. That’s probably why the public was not particularly surprised — if nonetheless amused — to see viral images of the Facebook founder zipping around bodies of water on a hydrofoil or electric surfboard, sometimes wearing a ludicrous amount of sunscreen. …
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“Is Tinder dead?” a Reddit user wondered late last year. “All the matches I get are prepayment scams and Tinder seeks to do nothing about it. They just make more accounts. I’m [matched] with 50 girls named Nicole that look like they got pictures from TikTok.” It’s hardly the first …
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When Jessica Gantt moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1999, one of her first stops was the local Waffle House. She was in her early twenties and needed work — both problems she thought could be fixed by a gig at the famous diner chain. But in over 20 years …
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