This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicole Liel, a 28-year-old social media content creator from Singapore. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… The last leg of my first US trip was derailed by the Spirit Airlines shutdown.I wanted to tick America off…
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Spirit Airlines shut down in the early hours of Saturday morning. By that evening, one superfan was already trying to save it. Loading audio narration… “We could buy Spirit Airlines,” Hunter Peterson, a voice actor who once flew Spirit Airlines for 24 hours straight, said with excitement in an Instagram post.”This started as a joke and this is rapidly going out of control in the best possible way,” he said in another post.By “we,” Peterson…
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At home, my little family is predictable. We wake up early, walk our dog every…
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I always joke that my dad really wanted a son, but instead he had me, an only daughter. He made me a huge sports fan. Like him, I love soccer, and we also bonded over watching F1 races. Loading audio narration… When my son was born, my dad was over…
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Americans shopping for smartphones, laptops or even home appliances may soon start feeling the effects of the Iran conflict – not just at the gas pump, but at the checkout screen. A disruption to an essential component in electronics – printed circuit boards (PCBs) – is driving up costs across…
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“She will never go for that,” I told my husband in 2023 when he suggested that my then-68-year-old mom sell the Hudson, New York, home she had lived in for 45 years and move an hour north to live with us.After my stepdad died in 2020, she seemed to have…
