These expert tips on how to care for a loved one with dementia assume a level of financial and social resources that many caregivers just won’t have: Set up a caregiving team of at least five friends and family. Hire a geriatric social worker or nurse. Etc. [nytimes.com]
About 60 trans athletes play organized sports in the US. Sixty. Politicians and influencers trying to stir up outrage about this are distracting you while they steal from you.
Matt Stoller: The Populist Revolt Against Oligarchy Begins. Oligarchs opposed Trump 1 — they were the foundation of the Resistance— but they’re kissing the ring now and the people are getting pissed off.
America isn't exceptional — it's the exception
America does worse than other developed countries for quality-of-life metrics, Amanda Shendruk writes: We spend more on health but don’t live as long, we put the most people in prison — by far (land of the free?! Ha!), we’re alone in not giving paid time off to new parents (family values?! Ha!).
The view from my hotel window, in one of the most ancient and beautiful cities in the world.
Barcelona really is all that — truly ancient and beautiful. However, my neighborhood does not partake of that legacy. It’s fine, though. Comfortable and reasonably close to Mobile World Congress.
The great thing about AirTags as you get instant reassurance when you get off the plane that your luggage is in the same airport that you are. The frustrating thing is you can see that your luggage is 3/10 of a mile away from you and hasn’t moved in a long time.
JFK airport is a shitshow, particularly if you are unused to flying through it and trying to make a connection from one side of the airport to the other. But the random people who work there that I asked for guidance were extremely helpful – and I’m not kidding about that.