The history of the media assigning nicknames to huge political figures isn’t without its success. Although it feels like it never really caught on, there was a period where papers like The New York Post insisted on calling Obama “Bam,” a time which feels way more innocent and easy than the decade we’ve only just started living in. Correlatively, longtime political speechwriter and comedian Mark Katz tells a great story about the greatest stolen joke of all time: “Al Gore is so boring that the Secret Service’s codename for him is AL GORE....

The research backs this up. A study out of the Brookings Institute revealed that test scores over the length of the pandemic have dropped significantly in math and reading, comparably worse than for kids during other school disruptions like after Hurricane Katrina. And in the later years of the pandemic, the numbers got worse, not better. Other research has shown that kids are struggling with their mental health. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 5 children now has a mental disorder such as anxiety, depression, or an eating disorder....

One of the most interesting aspects of the post-pandemic economy has been the so-called “labor shortage,” which some experts have referred to as more of a general strike where workers who previously accepted certain wage and job conditions are holding out for better pay, safer work, and a more secure way to support their families. Some private companies have stepped into the negotiation by offering higher wages, paying tuition, and paths to six-figure work at places like Chipotle and CVS....

Buying a car is definitely the less expensive option, at least in the long run. If you plan to pay off your loan and keep the car for several years beyond that, it’s a no-brainer. In the near-term, however, leasing is actually the cheaper route. When purchasing a vehicle, buyers often put down 20 percent right off the bat. You’re paying the entire remaining value of the car over the course of the loan, which averages around five years....

According to The Washington Post, Dillon created a hand-written comic book about a Christmas adventure. He put his story to paper in the pages of a red-covered notebook and drew the illustrations with colored pencils. A true labor of love, Dillion was proud of the work he put together and came up with a plan to share his story with his community. With his 81-page book, titled “The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis,” Dillion visited his local community library and slipped his book into the shelves, in secret....

For the uninitiated, LittleBits are electronic building block kits full of buttons, triggers, switches, wires, batteries, motors, LEDs, and more (the “Bits”) to encourage your kid (the “Little”) to invent all the things. The STEAM Student Set has all that, with 19 Bits and 38 accessories, but it’s educator-focused to ensure school kids are inventing real-world solutions, not paper airplane tossing machines. That’d be a waste anyway; those already drive themselves....

Back in 2019 GilletteLabs, a new division within the shaving giant, released its first heated razor. The tool docks, vertically, on a magnetic base. You plug that base into the wall, set it next to the sink, and the razor charges the lithium-ion cell hidden inside the handle. That battery then sends energy to the gold-tinted stainless steel bar built into the five-bladed shaving cartridge. The handle warms the steel, and the metal warms your face as you shave....

There are moments during a poker game when you’ll have full confidence that your hand can’t be beat, that you have “the stone cold nuts,” says Tricia Cardner, licensed psychotherapist, poker player and author of Purposeful Practice for Poker. But it’s rare. Mostly, you have to make a decision. Sometimes it’s to call or raise. Other times, folding is the wise move, but when you’re already heavily invested in a hand, your thinking gets murky....

To determine the top streaming service in each country, ElectricalDirect analyzed Google search volume for 42 different streaming services for every state (you can read the entire report here). And based on the results, there was a clear runaway winner in America’s streaming wars. Netflix was the top streaming service in most countries by a massive margin, as the home of BoJack Horseman and Stranger Things is 94 different nations’ preferred method of entertainment consumption....

MICK lives for hip-hop, for late nights in clubs, and helping people throw parties that their friends will talk about for years. All of these things are, frankly, at odds with his most recent and big gig, as a dad to a 6-year-old son. During the pandemic, as COVID shut down dance floors MICK turned to homeschooling, spending time with his son, and collaborating on a new children’s book, D is for DJ....

Insurify wanted to find out which states were the most expensive for car ownership and which were the least. To rank the states, the crew examined the average yearly costs of car insurance, gasoline, vehicle property tax, and maintenance and repair expenses in each state. “These combined expenses represent the vast majority of what the typical American spends on their car every year,” Insurify explains. Their data excludes “auto lease or loan payments, which are highly individualized to each vehicle and do not vary geographically the way the other factors in this study do....

My Kid The … is a new weekly series from Fatherly exploring the lives of extraordinary kids and their parents — because behind every great kid, is a great parent. New episodes every Wednesday on YouTube.

On September 26, 2022, DART intentionally crashed into the asteroid moonlet called Dimorphos. It was a monumental triumph in science for NASA and anyone interested in astronomy. Using a spacecraft, DART could deflect an asteroid, changing its path. While this asteroid was no threat to Earth, it allowed the technology to be tested in case that ever becomes a problem. And even though the asteroid was 7 million miles away, there were a lot of eyes on it from outer space — both the Hubble Telescope and the JWST observed the event....

Several users have already reported that a message has taken over their screen which reads, “If you don’t live with the owner of this account, you need your own account to keep watching.” Netflix has experimented with limited account access in the past but has mostly been all bark, no bite when it comes to restricting password sharing. However, with the successful launches of Disney+ and HBO Max over the last two years, Netflix may be more motivated to ensure that it is making as much money as possible....

We bring up Ringo because any kids’ show about trains will naturally inspire comparisons to Shining Time Station, and Mighty Express is no exception. The new Netflix animated series aimed at preschoolers is about a group of kids and their anthropomorphic train buddies that actually has more in common with a more recent children’s television juggernaut than it does with Thomas and friends. Mighty Express is about a team of trains with different skills coming together to go on adventures and solve problems the same way that PAW Patrol is about a team of dogs with different skills coming together to go on adventures and solve problems....

If you’ve got small kids right now, there’s a good chance you remember being in your teens and twenties and thinking Arcade Fire was the coolest band that only you and your small group of friends knew about. Back when we burned CDs, and the word “hipster” wasn’t a slur, because nobody even knew what it was, liking Arcade Fire was a kind of secret code word; it meant you liked “indie” music, but it also meant you were not afraid to admit you were kind of a sap....

Daniel Craig, who played Bond for the past 15 years – first in Casino Royale and then in Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, and No Time To Die – has called it quits, and the makers of No Time To Die sent him out with a bang. No one looked for body parts or checked for a pulse, but we’re pretty sure all those missiles striking the island and Bond himself obliterated 007....

All we’re saying is that the onesie is a pretty ubiquitous staple of the parenting world. And, well, the garment has a long and storied history. Everyone from industrial workers to world leaders has, at one time, worn some variation of the one-piece getup before it made its way into your kids’ closet. For your reading pleasure, here’s a brief history. How’d The Onesie & Footie Pajama Start? Some trace the evolution of footie pajamas back to the 1400s....

“This is a tricky question,” says Lesli Doares, therapist and author of Blueprint for a Lasting Marriage: How to Create Your Happily Ever After with More Intention, Less Work, “because someone with aggressive instincts needs to work on not arguing. Once emotions get high, it will become harder to keep a lid on the instinct to get aggressive.” While difficult, it’s certainly not impossible to keep your tendencies under control....