Tips on how to possibly maybe pretty-sure-you-can have a good 2023 — The horrors of war in Ukraine are far from over as well as various other crises around the world, with what attitude should we step into the new year? With insight into our own shortcomings, curiosity about the future — and the desire to use our freedom. A semi-stoic guide…

Is every negative event a trauma? Does every insufferable topic need a trigger warning? Anyone who thinks this way plays down real trauma and real mental issues. Interest in topics related to “mental health” is flourishing like never before: Dealing with mental health is not only relevant in the advice…

What it means — After the failure of the “Zero Covid” strategy, it’s clear China has zero plan. In other words: Xi Jinping has ordered his minions to let the coronavirus rush through unchecked. Instead of gradually opening up the country paired with vaccine campaigns — as the EU and most other western countries…

No, but it’s a big part of the whole ‘save the planet’ effort, and slowing down climate change won’t happen without a major overhaul/change of habits. — A local inspection can provide insight into the bigger picture because it applies pretty much to most first-world countries: Austria, where I’m based, is a land of pigs, chickens, and cows. 108 million animals are slaughtered every year for the purpose of feeding the population. On average, an Austrian eats…

The bottom line is that anyone who consumes sustainably for moral reasons is not always doing good. — In the future, smartphone manufacturers will have to offer spare parts for seven years and allow updates for five years. With this planned regulation, the EU is declaring war on a wasteful bad habit. Many are familiar with the problem: the mobile phone still works perfectly, but it is too…

It was fun but was it worth it — A Q&A of things many are asking Climate neutrality is delusional and a blatant lie at and for the World Cup in Qatar which is now over. Twelve years after former FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced the winner to almost everyone’s consternation. We don’t have enough space for the trees we’d need to plant to make up…

Can the United States withstand the incessant onslaught of right-wing propaganda? — Tucker Carlson speaks of a “race war” against whites, a fellow Fox News moderator berates Nancy Pelosi as a “malicious, deranged idiot”: The broadcaster not only represents the cause of the Republicans, it drives them before it — ever further to the right. About the midterm elections in the USA. …

The USA and Europe are in a dilemma — When the Chinese Communist Party convened its national congress in Beijing last week, an era will have come to an end that began in December 1978, when Deng Xiaoping not only bid farewell to Mao Tse-tung’s disastrous planned economy, but also to his one-man rule. With state-controlled capitalism and collective…

When women live without children and a partner, this is often dismissed as ‘in transition’ or waiting for a partner. Lemme tell you: it’s not. — Spending a lot of time with friends, making plans, and not having to call home from the office when it gets late. For a friend of mine I spoke with for this article and a project I’m working on — Lisa — this independence is what makes her single. The…