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January 03, 2024 The Importance of Friendship and How It Connects To Mental Health
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-importance-of-friendship-and-how-it-connects-to-mental-health.

Friendship is a vital aspect of the human experience, offering a unique and invaluable contribution to our mental well-being.
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You can also check exclusive content about #friendship, #friends, #mental-health, #startup-mental-health, #life-hacking, #self-help, #depression, #companionship, and more.

This story was written by: @iulliad. Learn more about this writer by checking @iulliad's about page,
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4min
December 30, 2023 We Buy Ugly Houses! The Ugly Truth They're Hiding From You
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/we-buy-ugly-houses-the-ugly-truth-theyre-hiding-from-you.

But a ProPublica investigation found HomeVestors franchisees that used deception and targeted the elderly
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This story was written by: @propublica. Learn more about this writer by checking @propublica's about page,
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Unlike real estate agents, house flippers operate in a largely unregulated space. Real estate agents have a fiduciary responsibility to represent a homeowner’s best interests in negotiations, which is defined in state laws, licensing requirements and an industry code of ethics. But in most states, flippers don’t need a license.

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27min
December 27, 2023 Swipe Away Loneliness: 2024 Dating Trends Forecast
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/swipe-away-loneliness-2024-dating-trends-forecast.

Loneliness is a significant societal concern in today’s world. How are digital products helping to solve it?
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You can also check exclusive content about #online-dating, #social-discovery-group, #loneliness-epidemic, #ai-algorithms-in-dating, #niche-dating-apps, #ai-dating-apps, #eva-ai-dating-app, #good-company, and more.

This story was written by: @socialdiscoverygroup. Learn more about this writer by checking @socialdiscoverygroup's about page,
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Loneliness is a significant societal concern in today’s world. Only 39% of U.S. adults feel deeply connected to others emotionally. How digital products are helping to solve it and what are the dating apps of the future?

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7min
December 27, 2023 Students Are Being Labeled "High-Risk" Because of Their Race and Income in Wisconsin
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/students-are-being-labeled-high-risk-because-of-their-race-and-income-in-wisconsin.

In most cases, the students on Bradford’s list for summer visits land there because of a label—“high risk”—assigned to them by a racially inequitable algorithm
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This story was written by: @TheMarkup. Learn more about this writer by checking @TheMarkup's about page,
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But in most cases, the students on Bradford’s list for summer visits land there because of a label—“high risk”—assigned to them by a racially inequitable algorithm built by the state of Wisconsin, one that frequently raises false alarms.

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27min
December 22, 2023 Israel Has Time to Bully Climate Activists With Autism, but Not to Answer for Their War Crimes!
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/israel-has-time-to-bully-climate-activists-with-autism-but-not-to-answer-for-their-war-crimes.

Israel has time to bully climate activists with autism, but not to answer for their war crimes. But the Israel IDF refuse to answer for their war crimes!
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This story was written by: @woodrock. Learn more about this writer by checking @woodrock's about page,
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Israel has time to online bully climate activists with autism disorder, but not to answer for their war crimes. But the Israel IDF refuse to answer for their war crimes, violations of international law, or ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians via collective punishment and maximized collateral damage.

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4min
December 22, 2023 Dear Israel and Hamas
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/dear-israel-and-hamas.

This article is an opinion editorial on the Israel-Palestine conflict. I try to humanize the victims of the conflict, the civilian population of both Israel and
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Dear Israel and Hamas,
You are both representatives of a group of people. Your followers are human beings, and so are your enemies, they are people, too. They grew up in the same holy lands, now unholy sands, as you.

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6min
December 15, 2023 Climate Change: There Is Nothing You Can Do About It - Part 2
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/climate-change-there-is-nothing-you-can-do-about-it-part-2.

Let’s start with a simple experiment. I’ll tell you the equation that can get us to Net Zero. For free.
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This story was written by: @tprstly. Learn more about this writer by checking @tprstly's about page,
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The very simple act of reading this passage so far has contributed to the problems we face, but you can’t ‘offset’ this by simply planting a tree sapling or buying a “carbon credit” from a website that didn’t exist last month to fund a green project that either doesn’t exist or cannot prove any positive environmental impact.

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13min
December 15, 2023 Climate Change: There Is Nothing You Can Do About It - Part 1
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/climate-change-there-is-nothing-you-can-do-about-it-part-1.

We're just not prepared to accept the truth that the planet doesn't care about civilization, it'll happily spin on with or without us.
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This story was written by: @tprstly. Learn more about this writer by checking @tprstly's about page,
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Odd thought - climate change is real but accelerated by the appearance of humans and industrialisation. We see the effects and the extremities because we're a global species with the technologies to view and record it happening. Change on a planetary scale isn't going to be altered by some man-made doohickery or planting trees.

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5min
December 09, 2023 Innovations in Online Dating & Social Discovery: What SDG's Doing to Stay Ahead of the Curve
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/innovations-in-online-dating-and-social-discovery-what-sdgs-doing-to-stay-ahead-of-the-curve.

What will online dating look like in the future? How the new technologies change the way we communicate online?
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You can also check exclusive content about #online-dating, #social-discovery, #dating, #artificial-intelligence, #dating-app, #apps, #social-media, #good-company, #hackernoon-es, #hackernoon-hi, #hackernoon-zh, #hackernoon-vi, #hackernoon-fr, #hackernoon-pt, #hackernoon-ja, and more.

This story was written by: @socialdiscoverygroup. Learn more about this writer by checking @socialdiscoverygroup's about page,
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What will online dating look like in the future? How the new technologies change the way we communicate online? Social Discovery Group tends to experiment with a variety of other exciting products that can help like-minded people connect.

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10min
December 08, 2023 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Plans on Breaking Up the Organ Transplant Monopoly
This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-us-department-of-health-and-human-services-plans-on-breaking-up-the-organ-transplant-monopoly.

The federal government announced a plan Wednesday that would wrest control of the country’s transplant system from its longtime nonprofit contractor
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This story was written by: @TheMarkup. Learn more about this writer by checking @TheMarkup's about page,
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Xavier Becerra, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, detailed the plan to increase competition for UNOS’s contract before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday. The largest change would break the contract into multiple pieces “in order to foster competition and ensure” independence for the board that oversees the system.

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5min

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