How to Not Die in America 

How to Not Die in America 
On the second Tuesday in June, I start to feel fluish. If this is 2016 and I’m still a freelance writer, I’m losing money immediately on the assignments I can’t complete because my vision is blurry and my thoughts are erratic. If this is 2013, I am soon taken off the roster at the cafe where I work. Read more... from...
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We're All Doing Push-Ups This February

We're All Doing Push-Ups This February
Ready for the next chapter of the Lifehacker Fitness Challenge? In January we worked on pull-ups at whatever level worked for each of us. In February, we’re sticking with upper body exercises but flipping the script: every day, try to do at least one push-up. Read more... from Lifehacker http://ift.tt/2GzQhev http...
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Save a Few Bucks On Nylon-Wrapped Charging Cables With Lifetime Warranties [Exclusive]

Save a Few Bucks On Nylon-Wrapped Charging Cables With Lifetime Warranties [Exclusive]
In addition to really smart car chargers, Nonda makes premium charging cables for your devices too, and they’re on sale today just for our readers. Each cable is wrapped in nylon, reinforced on the inside with aramid fiber, and comes with a lifetime warranty, so if you do manage to break it, you can get a new one. Read...
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Preserve Fruit in Oxidized Vermouth

Preserve Fruit in Oxidized Vermouth
If you are an enjoyer of martinis or Manhattans, you probably have a couple of bottles of vermouth on your bar cart. If you’re a lover of a fancy aperitif, you probably have more. These fortified wines are a lot of fun but, due to their lower ABV, they don’t last forever. Read more... from Lifehacker http://ift.tt...
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One Of Our Readers Favorite Wallets Is Just $10 Today, In A Ton of Different Colors

One Of Our Readers Favorite Wallets Is Just $10 Today, In A Ton of Different Colors
Our readers listed these Crabby Wallets as one of their favorite front pocket wallets and today, you can save $5 off a whole bunch of different colors when you clip the on-page coupon. These wallets can hold up to 10 cards, include a ring for your keys, and are crazy thin. We saw a similar coupon earlier in the month,… Read...
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Get Super-Fancy SK-II Sheet Masks on eBay for Way Less Than Sephora

Get Super-Fancy SK-II Sheet Masks on eBay for Way Less Than Sephora
We’re not entirely sure the sheet mask is the answer to everyone’s skincare dreams—it’s a paper mask (masque?) drenched in some allegedly salubrious liquid that you stick to your face while you let the serums sink in and Instagram a picture of yourself looking alarmingly similar to Jason from Friday the 13th. Does it… Read...
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Put Your Needs Before Your Kid's Wants

Put Your Needs Before Your Kid's Wants
Parents today are stressed. They’ve lost old friends. They miss their old hobbies. They’re too tired for sex. They feel judged. A few years ago, one study reported that the drop in happiness after having a first kid was larger than when experiencing unemployment, divorce or the death of a partner. Yes, unemployment,...
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Jezebel United Airlines Prevents Woman From Traveling With Emotional Support Peacock | Splinter Eve

Jezebel United Airlines Prevents Woman From Traveling With Emotional Support Peacock | Splinter Eve
Jezebel United Airlines Prevents Woman From Traveling With Emotional Support Peacock | Splinter Everyone Loved Trump’s Horrifying Story About the Nice White Couple Taking a Homeless Addict’s Baby | Deadspin The Hurricanes Are Finally Ready To Embrace Their Hartford Whaler Past | Earther Invasive Pine-Killing...
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How to Keep Your Family and Friends From Snooping on Your Laptop and Phone

How to Keep Your Family and Friends From Snooping on Your Laptop and Phone
Many of us are more security savvy than ever when it comes to our phones and laptops, but there’s one threat you might not be protecting against—the people inside your own home. Whether you’re worried about nosey housemates, clumsy kids, or horrible siblings, these are the steps to take to make sure your stuff stays… Read...
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Google Flights Now Predicts Flight Delays

Google Flights Now Predicts Flight Delays
You’ve been waiting at the airport for two hours, you’ve had your Cinnabon fix, and you’re ready to board the plane. There’s just one problem: there is no plane. We’ve all been there. Flight delays are a massive headache, and Google Flights just updated with some features to help ease the pain. Read more... from Lifehacker...
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Hang Your Knowledge On the Wall With This Sitewide Discount From Pop Chart Lab

Hang Your Knowledge On the Wall With This Sitewide Discount From Pop Chart Lab
There’s always that one person in your life that has nothing on their walls. Add some awesome infographics to gifting list with 25% off sitewide at Pop Chart Lab. Check out their newest prints, like the Permutations of Pasta and the Magnificent Multitudes of Beer. Enter the code GROUNDHOGDATA at checkout to see your… Read...
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I'm National Book Foundation Executive Director Lisa Lucas, and This Is How I Work

I'm National Book Foundation Executive Director Lisa Lucas, and This Is How I Work
Since 1950 the National Book Foundation has awarded the National Book Award to authors such as Colson Whitehead, William Faulkner, Beverly Cleary, and Jesmyn Ward. The Foundation also runs several programs for readers and writers, including the BookUp after-school reading program. In March 2016 the Foundation hired… Read...
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What's The Best Electric Toothbrush?

What's The Best Electric Toothbrush?
We asked you about the best electric toothbrush over three years ago, and since then, there’s been a lot more innovation. There are app-enabled ones, silicone ones, even ones that have a subscription service. So, we’re coming back and wondering what you think the best electric toothbrush is, and why. Read more... from...
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The Root Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person | Adequate

The Root Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person | Adequate
The Root Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant Just in Case They Shot an Unarmed Person | Adequate Man Which Industry Has The Worst Jargon? | Jezebel Mark Salling Has Died By Apparent Suicide | Earther Scott Pruitt’s First Senate Oversight Hearing Was a Total Sham | Splinter The Full Email From...
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What Do You Over-Organize?

What Do You Over-Organize?
We start sorting things as kids: Hot Wheels, pencils, the cutest boys in class. We organize our rooms just so, and get mad when our parents mess them up. And we develop new sorting habits as we grow up, some useful (chronological tax documents) and some embarrassing (alphabetized bottles of hot sauce). Read more... from...
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Stop Cooking Avocados

Stop Cooking Avocados
People often hurt the ones they love, and people who work with and around food are no exception. What other possible explanation could there be for cooks, bloggers, and content creators repeatedly subjecting the avocado to all sorts of heat-based tortures? Avocados need nothing more than a sprinkling of salt to be … Read...
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What to Know About Monero, the Black Market Cryptocurrency That's Going Mainstream

What to Know About Monero, the Black Market Cryptocurrency That's Going Mainstream
Over the weekend, we learned that hackers were using YouTube ads to take over computers and force them to mine cryptocurrency. These types of attacks (known as cryptojacking) are only becoming more common, but a closer look at the practice reveals that it’s usually tied to one particular currency: Monero. Read more... from...
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Here's Your State of the Union Drinking Game

Here's Your State of the Union Drinking Game
The State of the Union seems like an unnecessary relic of a past era, when there was some distance between the American public and their representatives, when people didn’t know, for example, that the president paid off a porn star he had an affair with, or that we could figure out his policy priorities by switching… Read...
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The Sleep Tech That Actually Matters

The Sleep Tech That Actually Matters
We’re in a golden age of arguably unnecessary health gadgets, including several new entries to the market that aim to optimize our sleep, or at least give us lots of data describing it. We asked a few sleep experts what’s useful and what isn’t. Here are the features they liked: Read more... from Lifehacker http://...
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This Electric Arc Lighter Reaches Around Corners, and Doesn't Need Fuel

This Electric Arc Lighter Reaches Around Corners, and Doesn't Need Fuel
It’s 2018, and your lighter doesn’t need fuel anymore; it just has to charge over USB. This discounted arc lighter isn’t really pocket-friendly, but its long, flexible neck makes it ideal for lighting candles, camp fires and other awkwardly-placed flammable things. Just charge the built-in battery, and you’ll be good… Read...
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Don't Give Your Teens Alcohol 

Don't Give Your Teens Alcohol 
You may have heard of moms and dads giving their teenagers alcohol as a parenting tactic—rationales include 1) it’s safer to buy it, serve it, and monitor it in a controlled environment than to have them sneak off with their friends to swig forties in some sketchy parking lot, and 2) it normalizes alcohol so they… Read...
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