”I did my best…I did my best.” As people in my everyday real world life can attest to, once I entered middle-age I suddenly became a human lawn sprinkler, crying over every little thing. That’s not to say that I was stoic before, but now I wear every emotion on my sleeve, plus a couple new emotions I never heard of previously. Even just recounting something I read or watched that was sad or heartfelt can bring tears to my eyes.

Embedded is your essential guide to what’s good on the internet, written by Kate Lindsay and edited by Nick Catucci. That feeling when you clap back at the brands. —Kate There’s a bit in John Early’s recent comedy special, Now More Than Ever, that has stuck with me ever since I watched it in June.  “When we’re loading up the time capsule for the inhabitants of Planet E, is this what the millennial shall put forth?

Miraculous Brothers is a science fiction adventure murder mystery that takes a novel (pun intended) approach to preoccupations that’s become K drama staple in the last few years. Much of the story is seen through the lens of an aspiring and struggling novelist (Jung Woo) who is doing it tough as a part-time courier way behind on his rent. His situation is made more onerous by a mother who has very little discretion and is more likely to create problems for her only son than be of help.

Consumer investing is a kind of alchemy. Determining which product or app is set to take over the world while another is slated for the scrapheap requires a rare blend of talents: an equity analyst’s understanding of the market and its particular dynamics; a marketer’s nous for assessing a brand’s particular charms; a psychologist’s reading of the founder in front of them; and an anthropologist’s grasp on the motives and machinations of our species.

Many naturopaths and functional medicine doctors recommend testing for variants (also called polymorphisms) of the MTHFR gene as a way to “diagnose” if women may have “toxic estrogen” or “estrogen dominance.” If someone has ordered this for you, I am sorry to tell you that you have been scammed. Real genetics experts call the MTHFR gene the motherfucker gene (no, they really do) because some doctors, naturopaths, and influencers frequently recommend testing, leaving genetic counselors and doctors who are experts in genetic medicine the unenviable job of explaining how the test result is meaningless.