When my nonbinary teen changed her name, I supported her. But I still accidentally use her birth name, and it can upset her.
The author, not pictured, accidentally deadnamed her kid. My two teens and I were in Germany on our first-ever overseas adventure. The trip had been incredible — starting with a Taylor Swift concert in Munich. We then headed to Prague and Berlin. But it hadn’t been a perfect trip. I kept accidentally deadnaming my kid.…
Exclusive: The cofounder of GroupMe and Splice is taking on the $180 billion supplement industry with new startup SuppCo
SuppCo is Steve Martocci’s latest consumer business, following successful brands such as GroupMe and Splice. When Steve Martocci was still living in New York, the then-29-year-old GroupMe cofounder wanted to plan a date at the ultra-exclusive speakeasy Please Don’t Tell. Getting a reservation at Please Don’t Tell was no easy feat. New Yorkers hoping to…
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz each donated $2.5 million to a pro-Donald Trump super PAC
New federal filings reveal a pro-Trump super PAC raked in millions of dollars in donations from major business names, including venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.According to the Federal Election Commission documents, Andreessen and Horowitz each donated $2.5 million to the “Right for America” PAC. According to its website, the PAC’s goal is “to…
Ukraine is adding cages to another NATO tank type as it scrambles to shield its armored vehicles
A Ukrainian soldier drives a Leopard tank at an undisclosed location in eastern Ukraine in July. Ukraine has started outfitting another NATO tank type with unusual cage armor, giving the vehicle an added layer of protection from deadly Russian threats. Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front, a Ukrainian initiative, has been building and installing steel screens on…
A 27-year-old who was disappointed with her move from the Midwest to Dallas explains how she got excited about her new city
Griffin Kibens didn’t fall in love with Dallas when she moved to it in 2022 but now enjoys being there. Griffin Kibens, 27, said she doesn’t regret moving to Texas, but it took her a while to settle in and feel at home. Kibens moved from Missouri to Texas in August 2022, and the weather…
Scream queen Kate Siegel has starred in some of Netflix’s biggest horror hits. Now, she’s tackling her scariest endeavor yet: directing.
Kate Siegel is best known for her roles in some of Netflix’s biggest horror series. If you’re any kind of horror fan, you know Kate Siegel. She’s starred in some of Netflix’s biggest hits of the genre, from 2018’s “The Haunting of Hill House” to the critically acclaimed 2021 series “Midnight Mass” and last year’s…
US says B-2 stealth bombers struck hidden Houthi weapons, sending a message to foes that nothing is out of reach
A US Air Force B-2 Spirt in the sky over northwest Missouri in August 2018. The US military hit Houthi targets in Yemen with multiple “precision strikes,” the Pentagon announced late Wednesday evening. US forces struck five hardened underground weapons-storage sites that the Iran-backed Houthis had used to fuel their attacks against merchant shipping vessels…
A US airstrike in the Middle East is meant to remind Iran that nothing is out of reach
The US targeted underground Houthi weapons stores in Yemen using long-range B-2 stealth bombers. The US on Wednesday targeted underground Houthi militia weapons stores in Yemen using long-range B-2 stealth bombers, damaging the group’s capacity to attack international shipping lanes. In announcing the strikes Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin delivered what some observers saw…
The Ukraine war is showing US soldiers they need to be hard to find in the electromagnetic spectrum in a high-end fight
The US Army’s Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center training in Hawaii tested soldiers’ capabilities in tropical war-fighting conditions. The US Army is taking lessons from the war in Ukraine, where the battlefield has often been described as transparent. There’s still room for surprises, but some system or sensor is often watching. During US Army Pacific’s…
