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The Least Obnoxious Ways to Keep in Touch With an Old Professor
Throughout your academic career, you’ll have professors who will only exist to you for a semester and won’t impact your life much beyond giving you a final grade. That’s fine. But there will also be those professors who genuinely seem to care about you, take interest in your growth, and may even be inclined to…
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Make a ‘Personal Podcast’ When You Study
Memory is a tricky thing. Scientists have figured out how many units of information you can store in your short-term memory (around seven, though there are great workarounds for remembering more than that), but if you really want to remember something, you have to go over it a bunch of times until it lodges deep…
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How to Try Bluesky, the Decentralised Twitter Clone
Twitter ain’t what it used to be. If you’re tired of seeing your “For you” feed fall apart, and you want to get away from the latest blue check drama, Twitter clones await your membership. One of those clones, however, is actually a bit like Twitter’s cousin: Bluesky, created by co-founder and former CEO of…
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This Week on the Internet: Are We Too Thirsty for Pedro Pascal?
This week, young people are partying like it’s 1999: buying dumb-phones, spending cold hard cash, and listening to Afroman novelty raps. On the more serious side of things, the internet is creeping on actor Pedro Pascal, amplifying unfounded rumours, and dealing with the hidden challenges of having a sibling with a disability. The internet is…