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The 6 Networking Rules I Wish I Knew Before I Started Job Hunting
Networking Is a Skill You Can Practice I. Nicole Leverich grew up in a small town in Oregon. After college, she moved to San Francisco. She knew no one in communications.
By Jinabout 6 hours ago in Journal
I Let an AI Phone Be My Assistant for a Month. Here’s What It Actually Did.
The work that drains you is rarely the work you trained for. It is email, group chats, meeting notes, client replies, last-minute requests. By evening there is no time left for thinking. Energy goes into collecting, sorting, communicating, reminding, executing. Some weeks that means overtime.
By Jinabout 15 hours ago in Journal
The 35-Year-Old Programmer Crisis Just Got Rewritten by AI
After 35, the value of a programmer is being repriced 1. The old algorithm For more than a decade, China’s internet industry ran on an age algorithm.
By Jinabout 15 hours ago in Journal
What I Learned the Day I Stopped Asking What My Krugerrands Were Worth. AI-Generated.
The envelope in the back of the wardrobe My father died in March, and among the things he left was a brown envelope that had been taped to the underside of a shelf in his wardrobe for what I can only assume was decades. Inside were eleven Krugerrands. Seven of the big ones, and four smaller, which I later learned were halves and quarters. There was no note. There was no list. There was nothing at all to say when he had bought them or what he had paid, only my mother's vague memory that he had picked some up "in the eighties, when everyone was worried".
By Josh Maraneya day ago in Journal
He Was Warned. Then He Brought Black Dog Blood to a Video Game Match.
From match-fixing to glutinous rice and black dog blood: Wayward’s self-exile and a doomed internal war On the night of September 14, Wayward said two things on stream.
By Jina day ago in Journal
The Factory Is Gone. The Debt Isn’t. The Court Just Sealed the Door.
A Seal on the Door: The Hulin Wahaha Factory and the Housing Provident Fund Arrears Case I On August 20, 2026, a court seizure notice from the Jiguan District People’s Court of Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, was pasted on the door of the office building of Hulin Hongsheng Beverage Co., Ltd.
By Jina day ago in Journal
Jay Lefkowitz Examines the Jewish Vote After the 2024 Election
Jay P. Lefkowitz has returned to a subject he has examined for decades: how American Jews vote, what drives those decisions and whether changing attitudes toward Israel are reshaping longstanding political loyalties.
By Solution Boxes2 days ago in Journal
The High-End Lie: You Can’t Buy Real Service With Marble
Low Pay, No High-End I Last winter, I was waiting in the lobby of a hotel that called itself the "city's living room." The marble floor was polished enough to reflect the ceiling. A crystal chandelier hung above like frozen rain. The sofa was leather, and when you sat in it, it let out a soft sigh. A waiter passed with a tray. On the tray were two glasses of sparkling water. He set one in front of me. Condensation slid down the glass and left a dark ring on the coaster. He smiled. The curve of his mouth looked measured with a ruler. Then he turned and walked away, back straight, steps even. At the corner, his shoulders dropped. He raised a hand and rubbed the back of his neck.
By Jin3 days ago in Journal
The Last Hurdle: Liu Xiang’s “Third Path” Was Never a Path
The last hurdle, eleven years late: Liu Xiang and the "third path" that was never there I. A number bib On August 26, 2026, Liu Xiang posted a photograph on Weibo. The 2004 Athens Olympics, men's 110-meter hurdles final. The number bib pinned to his chest. White background, black numbers: 1363.
By Jin3 days ago in Journal
The Letter Was Dated September 3. The Applause Came on September 8.
A letter dated September 3, and a trial that premiered early On September 8, on the Lido in Venice, in the Sala Grande, the last of the four-hour credits rolled and the lights came up. The audience stood. The applause lasted five minutes. At the same moment, in a Los Angeles law office, a printer pushed out its final page. The date on the paper was September 3. The recipient: Jigsaw Productions. The sender: Alex Spiro. Above the signature was a line: if the content is not revised, HBO, Bleecker Street, and Universal Pictures will be sued.
By Jin3 days ago in Journal
Social Work England: Fitness to Practise Delays, Public Complaints and Regulatory Oversight
Social Work England: Fitness to practise delays and public complaints face scrutiny. Social Work England data and Bristol social services raise questions about regulatory oversight and public confidence.
By Alex Ray3 days ago in Journal
I Avoided the Dentist for Nine Years, and My Six-Year-Old Was Braver Than Me. AI-Generated.
The wobble I told nobody about I noticed it on a Sunday, biting into a green apple in my kitchen in Boksburg, and I did the thing that a certain kind of man does. I pretended it had not happened.
By Josh Maraney3 days ago in Journal