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  • Influencers Are Bad at Washing Produce

    Influencers Are Bad at Washing Produce

    Across all of social media, I keep encountering a certain brand of annoying influencer behaviour. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok — all are packed with videos that feature someone (usually a white woman) subjecting fruits and vegetables to an elaborate cleaning and repackaging process, supposedly immediately upon arriving home with them from the grocery store. Not only…


  • Why You Should Stop Bringing Your Laptop to Class

    Why You Should Stop Bringing Your Laptop to Class

    With all the apps and digital tools available to enhance your studying, plus how fast and easy it is to type notes, it seems like a no-brainer to bring your laptop with you to class. But it actually might be a no-brainer in the literal sense: There’s good reason to believe taking notes by hand…


  • The Right Way to Clean Your Fireplace

    The Right Way to Clean Your Fireplace

    Ideally, you would have cleaned your fireplace thoroughly in the spring, after you used it for the final time of the season. But if that didn’t happen — or if you want to tidy it up before using it this fall and winter — now’s the time to do it.


  • How to Tell Your Frozen Food Has Gone Bad (Without Tasting It)

    How to Tell Your Frozen Food Has Gone Bad (Without Tasting It)

    It’s difficult to imagine modern life without access to refrigeration. Not only does it make grocery shopping a lot easier to plan, being able to freeze our food and leftovers allows us to take advantage of bulk discounts and reduce food waste. Plus, having a freezer means you can literally enjoy a burrito whenever you…