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(BPT) - Now is the perfect time to reflect on past resolutions and establish goals that will help you kick off the new year right. Maybe you want to travel, read more books, learn a new skill or take up a new hobby. Whatever resolutions you set, it's important to create life-long habits to support your goals and overall wellness. Not sure where to start? Registered dietitian Dalina Soto has three simple tips to set yourself up for success in 2022. 1. Prioritize self-care You don't have to be sitting in a bubble bath to practice self-care. It's all about finding moments to relax, refresh and enjoy the things you love. If you're an early bird, try taking your morning coffee outdoors or make a cozy spot in your home to write, meditate or read. If you're more of a night owl, carve out time before bed to recharge and reset. Whatever you decide to do, make sure it's something that rejuvenates you so you can tackle the rest of the day as your best self. 2. Get moving Instead of … [Read more...] about 3 ways to set yourself up for success this new year

What do earmuffs, swim fins and Popsicles have in common? They were invented by curious, creative kids - some as young as you. Inventor and Founding Father Ben Franklin was just age 11 or 12 when he designed paddles to help him swim faster. He used oval pieces of wood and cut holes for his thumbs. His 300-year-old invention is why Kid Inventors' Day is celebrated each year on January 17, his birthday. Kids are creative thinkers with their own ideas for tackling problems. Going through the invention process - identifying a challenge, designing a solution and testing to see if it works - is empowering, said Tim Pula, an invention/innovation specialist at the Smithsonian Institution. By leaping from what is to what if builds your "creative- and critical-thinking muscles," said Jayme Cellitioci, a strategist with the National Inventors Hall of Fame. "Invention is more of a process than one 'Aha!' moment," she said. You learn about different ways of thinking, that good ideas can … [Read more...] about Inventive New Jersey siblings prove that good ideas can come at any age

Agnieszka Pilat with her robot dog and muse, Spot. Photo: Mark Sommerfeld When I meet Agnieszka Pilat , a pixie-ish Polish émigré who has become the court painter of the potentates of Silicon Valley , she has just returned from Necker Island, the private Caribbean domain of Richard Branson . “I’m always the poorest person in the room” at places like that, she says with a laugh, curling her paint-flecked Yves Saint Laurent sneakers beneath her on the couch as she absentmindedly twists and untwists her hair. We’ve met up in her Chelsea studio, in which paintings of robotic limbs in repose dot the concrete walls. She has another studio in San Francisco. In each, she kennels a duplicate Spot , her 70-pound emergency-yellow cybernetic dog, muse, studio assistant (it paints, too), and, in some sense, protector, both on loan to her from Boston Dynamics, where she was once artist in residence. Despite her Chelsea digs near the blue-chip Gagosians and Zwirners, Pilat … [Read more...] about See Spot Paint

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying in front of Congress this week. To accompany the testimony, Select All is publishing transcripts of interviews with four ex-Facebook employees and one former investor, conducted as part of a wider project on the crisis within the tech industry that will be published later this week. These interviews include: • Former Facebook manager Sandy Parakilas on privacy, addiction, and why Facebook must “dramatically” change its business model. • Former Facebook product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez on the “sociopathic scene” of Silicon Valley and Mark Zuckerberg’s “disingenuous and strange” reaction to the election. • Early Facebook investor Roger McNamee on Facebook propaganda, early warning signs, and why outrage is so addictive. • Former Zuckerberg speechwriter Kate Losse on how the Facebook founder thinks and what is hardest for him to wrap his mind around. This interview is with Soleio Cuervo, a … [Read more...] about ‘Facebook Does Not Exist to Return Profits to Its Shareholders’

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying in front of Congress this week. To accompany the testimony, Select All is publishing transcripts of interviews with four ex-Facebook employees and one former investor, conducted as part of a wider project on the crisis within the tech industry that will be published later this week. These interviews include: • Former Facebook manager Sandy Parakilas on privacy, addiction, and why Facebook must “dramatically” change its business model. • Former Facebook product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez on the “sociopathic scene” of Silicon Valley and Mark Zuckerberg’s “disingenuous and strange” reaction to the election. • Early Facebook investor Roger McNamee on Facebook propaganda, early warning signs, and why outrage is so addictive. • Former Facebook designer Soleio Cuervo on Facebook’s commitment to users, what the media gets wrong, and why regulation is unnecessary. This interview is with Kate Losse, an … [Read more...] about ‘There’s a Little Bit of

Ukrainian servicemen walk past a minefield warning sign on the front line with Russia-backed separatists near Luganske in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Photo: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images Over the past few months, Russia has amassed tens of thousands of soldiers, along with tanks, artillery, and other materiel near its border with Ukraine in what U.S. intelligence (and much of the world) has interpreted as a buildup in preparation for an invasion. At the same time, online propaganda and disinformation activity has increased , as have cyberattacks on Ukrainian targets, including one that took down several government websites on Friday. It is no coincidence that these ominous activities look strikingly similar to the lead-up to Russia’s 2014 invasion of its weaker neighbor, in which it annexed Crimea and launched the still-ongoing insurgency by Moscow-backed separatists in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Indeed, if Russia does send troops into Ukraine in the … [Read more...] about Is Another Russian Invasion of Ukraine Inevitable?