No jokes when it comes to a kid’s well-being

December 11, 2024

No jokes when it comes to a kid’s well-being: Police are investigating after a TikTok mommy influencer posted a now-deleted clip in which her son flinched and covered his face when his dad walked by. It was so startling that viewers contacted Utah police and Child Protective Services in droves. Mom says they were just playing around.

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Across 266 school districts, K-12 students are testing a new AI tutor. Khan Academy’s Khanmigo runs on OpenAI’s tech. helps answer students’ questions, flags other AI-generated answers and creates lesson plans for teachers in seconds. FYI, “Conmigo,” means “with me” in Spanish.

7 days

To regain access to your Gmail account after it’s been hacked. Google says you have a week to enter the phone number connected to the account or it may be gone forever. Now, make sure your recovery number is set up correctly.

15 minutes

To create diamonds. Real diamonds form 100 miles below the earth’s surface at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. A team in South Korea used a special gallium-silicon mixture to create a diamond foundation in 15 minutes at room temp. No pressure — the whole thing was done in 2.5 hours.

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Spotify: Most-streamed songs and artists globally, 2024

I’m pretty darn proud of myself — I know all but one of these artists.

$120,000

The price of living on a Virgin Voyages cruise ship for a year. The new all-you-can-sail pass covers two guests, laundry services, speedy Wi-Fi, priority boarding and a balcony cabin. Hey, it’s about the same as an assisted-living facility, just sayin’.

$100-plus

Potential per-hour rates for a professional back-scratcher. It’s not just scratching someone’s back; you play with their hair, too. One pro scratcher quit her six-figure job to open a spa. Now, she’s making even more money.

8 extra months

For pancreatic cancer patients given high doses of vitamin C. Researchers added 75 grams to late-stage patients’ IVs alongside chemo treatments, and it doubled the time the patients lived. A larger trial needs to be done, but isn’t this amazing? I wish we knew this when my mom was going through chemo for pancreatic cancer. 😢

$295,000,000

List price for a mansion on the market in Naples, Florida. The most expensive property for sale in the U.S. has six bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, two guest houses, a yacht berth … and a 95% chance of flooding within the next 30 years. The nine-acre compound has Gulf waters on three sides, and the city’s been hit by five hurricanes over the last two years.

9,000,000 tulips

Planted for the “Wicked” movie. The movie’s director wanted real flowers in the scene for “Over the Rainbow,” not CGI. The flowers were grown on 500 acres at Belmont Farms in Norfolk, England. Only an American could’ve written “The Wizard of Oz;” anywhere else, he’d be “The Wizard of 28g.”