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Remotely Working or Working the Remote?
Working from home in the comfort of sweatpants with unlimited access to snacks was possibly the only benefit of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with many tech giants like Amazon, ...
How Soon Is Yesterday?
Whether it’s Tenet, The Terminator, or 13 Going on 30, time travel is a staple across modern fiction, showing up in every genre. So, as the future continues to turn into the ...
I Know What You (Did) Want To Do (Last) This Summer
Summer is hot and all, but Americans just aren’t in love with summer, y’know? If we can avoid allowing our thoughts to drift toward pumpkin spice for a moment, perhaps we can stop ...
Got Plant-Based Milk?
On September 24th, 2021 we reported a bowel-shattering statistic: One in five Americans describe themselves as lactose intolerant. That’s right, 20% associate dairy with ...
Work/Life Burnout
We’re taking time out of our busy schedule to demonstrate that nobody feels like they can take time out of their busy schedule. Burnout—the state of mental, physical, and/or ...
Bad Neighbors 3: Into the Amazon Box
Inspired by our reference to Mad-Al, Steve, a Trendlines subscriber, asked us to investigate what makes a bad neighbor. Coincidentally, the Gradient family finally moved into the ...
Things People Love: Being Corrected and Talking About Abortion
Last month, in a victory for… limited government? actual doctors’ medical advice? anti-abortion activists, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the abortion-inducing pill ...
Gene Genie
With genetic enhancements and robotic prosthetics becoming more viable, humans may soon see a new wealth class: the cybourgeoisie. How beautifully ironic that the curiosity that ...
There’s a Reason He’s Not Dwayne “The Paper” Johnson
In a fit of nostalgia, we pitted respondents against a computer in a game that determined which sibling got to hold the remote in the ‘90s: rock, paper, scissors. So, who will be ...