What’s the weather like in your neck of the woods today? If it happens to be your birthday, we hope it’s a sunny and clear one. That brings us to BdayWeather.com, a fun little website that tells you what the weather was like on the day you were born — simply input your date of birth and place of birth, and then consider calling up any witnesses to confirm what you learn.
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Sober October: How Taking a Break From Booze Can Benefit Your Health
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You’ve heard of Dry January; now entering: Sober October. The rhyming phrase simply represents another opportunity to cut back on drinking alcohol for a period of time, but taking part doesn’t mean you have to go all-or-nothing — being sober-ish for a month can still bring well-being benefits. “Any reduction in drinking is associated with improvements in health. As your drinking increases, you have increased health risks, and as your drinking decreases, you have decreased health risks,” Katie Witkiewitz, director of the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addictions at the University of New Mexico, told The Washington Post. She added: “Even if you didn’t drink for one day, that’s still one day less of drinking.” Some options for cutting back on booze (but not cutting it out) include special occasion drinking, meaning only partaking during events like weddings or anniversaries, or setting a goal to only consume a certain amount when you do choose to drink. Read some more tips on how to become a more conscious drinker.
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It’s a story that’s better than fiction: In 1962, Luigi Lo Rosso, a junkyard dealer, was scrounging through the basement of an Italian villa and stumbled upon an asymmetrical painting of a woman on a rolled-up canvas. Instead of selling it at his family’s pawn shop, he kept the artwork and eventually gave it to his wife to decorate their home. The couple’s son Andrea Lo Rosso told CNN she named it “the scribble.” Over six decades later, experts believe this “scribble” is actually an original by Pablo Picasso — and the woman featured is poet and photographer Dora Maar, the Spanish painter’s lover. Although you can see Picasso’s name on the upper left corner of the painting, Andrea said his dad didn’t think anything of it when he found it as a young man. Cinzia Altieri, a graphologist for a patrimony court in Milan, said in a statement to local media: “There is no doubt that the signature is his.” The final kicker? It’s estimated to be worth around $6 million,but could sell for much more if certified by the Picasso Foundation. Check out the painting in the family’s dining room.
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“A Monumental Win”: AT&T Is Removing Lead Cables From Lake Tahoe
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The alpine waters of Lake Tahoe will be safer than they have been in over a decade, as 8 miles ofabandoned lead-clad cables are finally going to be removed. The victory comes after a lengthy legal battle between AT&T and the environmental nonprofit California Sportfishing Protection Alliance. The cables are left over from outdated telecommunications infrastructure, per SFGate. While originally wrapped in steel, they’re now exposing the water to lead due to fraying and tearing — a discovery made by two scuba divers who spotted the cables in 2012. Three years after the lawsuit was filed, AT&T has now agreed to pull the lead cables out of Lake Tahoe as soon as November. “This is a monumental win for the environment, the communities who drink Lake Tahoe water, the people with lake-dependent livelihoods, and the millions of annual visitors,” Chris Shutes, executive director of the nonprofit, said in a statement.
Accused After Rebekah recommended this crime anthology series, I got hooked. Based on a British TV show of the same name, Accused follows a different defendant in each episode and chronicles how they ended up in court from their point of view. I binged the first season on Hulu, and have been counting down to tomorrow’s season 2 premiere ever since. — Natalie Stone, Managing Editor
Never underestimate the power of pizza to turn things around. That’s evidenced in this sweet story of a pilot throwing an impromptu pizza party for his Texas-bound passengers after a medical emergency and a slew of unfortunate delays led them to being stuck in New Mexico. “Our pilot is absolutely amazing,” one of the passengers wrote on TikTok. “He felt so bad for the situation that he ordered 30 pizzas from a local pizza shop and had it delivered right to our gate and [then] made sure all 150 passengers ate before he made himself a plate.”
Photo of the Day
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Today’s photo of the day is actually one from (way) back in the day. This shot of London’s Tower Bridge was taken in the 1930s by Arthur William Hobart, a pioneering aerial photographer. It’s one of many Hobart originals that were recently released by Historic England as part of the Air Pictures Portleven Collection — see more images.
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