One of my many fears about sex swings, realized. I don’t know why, but hanging a hook off the wall feels totally normal and stable. *Surely* that thing’s gonna come down the second you put any amount of weight on it! The internet is filled with stories of people accidentally ripping everything from chandeliers to fans out of their ceilings. Bye bye, sex swing!

What Actually Happens At The End Of 'Trading Places'? Give The Duke Brothers Bad InformationThe Duke brothers — two old, rich guys — have bribed someone to get an advance copy of a government report on the orange crop. This will give them inside information on what's going to happen in the market for frozen concentrated orange juice. Here's what that means: He wants to promise to sell orange juice in April for $1.42 per pound. On the TV, the secretary of agriculture walks up to a podium and reads the orange crop report.

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/15/business/apple-california-manufacturing-history.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/15/business/apple-california-manufacturing-history.html</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43786681">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43786681</a></p> <p>Points: 23</p> <p># Comments: 10</p>

Meta laid off employees on Thursday in its Reality Labs division, which encompasses various virtual and augmented reality projects. The cuts impact employees within Oculus Studios, which develops apps and games for Meta’s Quest headsets. Meta did not specify how many people were impacted by the layoffs but said that the cuts impacted people working on Quest products, including Supernatural, a VR exercise app. “Some teams within Oculus Studios are undergoing shifts in structure and roles that have impacted team size,” Meta told TechCrunch in a statement. For Supernatural users, the layoffs mean that the app will produce fewer new workouts per week.

Sadie Summers looks back fondly on the time she rode one of the longest and highest gondolas of its kind — and fucked on it. “The gondola is seven minutes across, which, if you’ve been with men, is plenty of time,” Summers tells me. For starters, if you’d like to recreate their gondola experiment, Summers says timing is your best friend. It may be difficult to find the right position out in the wilderness, but Summers has a few suggestions. (Summers and her husband once had an amazing experience with such a toy while skiing.)

If you’re an interested buyer, picking the best Motorola phone can be tough because the company launches many models every year. Check out our mobile buying guides for more, including the Best Android Phones, Best Samsung Phones, Best Cheap Phones, Best Pixel Phones, and Best Phones With a Headphone Jack. What’s WIRED About Motorola Phones AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Motorola phones have a simple Android interface. Never buy a Motorola phone at its MSRP. The Best Motorola PhoneNote: Motorola just announced a new Razr, Razr+, and Razr Ultra.

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Sophie Lloyd disguised herself as a man to join the Magic Circle in 1991, when female magicians were not allowed membership.

<p>US president attacks Ukrainian counterpart, complaining Kyiv is unwilling to cede Crimea to Russia</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/24/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-missile-attack-peace-talks-putin-zelenskyy-trump-latest-news-updates">Europe live: latest news updates on Ukraine and more</a></li></ul><p>Donald Trump has accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of jeopardising what he claimed was an imminent peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, as he gave the clearest hint yet that the US would be willing to formally recognise Russia’s seizure of Crimea as part of any agreement.</p><p>The US president claimed a deal to end the war – largely negotiated between Washington and Moscow – was close, while the vice-president, JD Vance, said the agreement would include a proposal to freeze the conflict roughly along the current frontlines.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/23/vance-says-us-will-walk-away-unless-ukraine-and-russia-accept-peace-deal">Continue reading...</a>

The Ukrainian president has consistently rejected the suggestion that his country give up its claim to the Crimean Peninsula.

<p>Executive orders crack down on DEI at US universities but seek to increase affordability and retention at Black colleges. This blog is now closed.</p><p><strong>Nato</strong> secretary general <strong>Mark Rutte</strong> will visit the US and meet the secretary of state, <strong>Marco Rubio</strong>, the defense secretary, <strong>Pete Hegseth</strong>, and the national security adviser, <strong>Mike Waltz</strong>, according to a media notice shared by the military alliance’s press office.</p><p>Rutte will visit the US on 24 and 25 April.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/apr/23/donald-trump-elon-musk-tesla-doge-immigration-jerome-powell-law-harvard-us-politics-live-updates">Continue reading...</a>

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The former England striker says her career in broadcasting has been damaged by her ongoing legal case with the ex-Newcastle player.

<p>Investigation body also says medics are dying in car accidents while driving home after long shifts</p><p>NHS staff are so tired they are dying in car crashes and posing a major threat to patients, the service’s safety watchdog will warn on Thursday.</p><p>Fatigue among frontline personnel causing them to make mistakes is a “significant” risk to patients, according to the Health Services Safety Investigation Body (HSSIB).</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/24/nhs-staff-fatigue-poses-significant-threat-to-patient-safety-watchdog-warns">Continue reading...</a>

<p>Alongside rareties such as Birtwistle’s Earth Dances and Reich’s The Desert Music there’s some intriguing and ambitious new music coming to this year’s festival</p><p>Even if it doesn’t really seem like one, this year’s Proms marks the beginning of a new era for what styles itself as the world’s biggest classical music festival. Though <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/26/a-james-bond-night-radio-3-boss-sam-jackson-shakeup-jools-holland">Sam Jackson took over as controller of BBC Radio 3 and director of the Proms </a>two years ago, the 2023 and 2024 programmes were essentially planned under the aegis of his predecessor as Proms supremo David Pickard. So the coming season is the first for which Jackson has been responsible, though he is keen to emphasise that organising a festival on the scale of the Proms is a team effort, and that though his name is the one that appears on the introduction to the printed guide, he is just one among several who have put the season together – a season of 72 concerts in the Royal Albert Hall, together with weekend residencies and concerts in Belfast, Bradford, Bristol, Gateshead and Sunderland.</p><p>Certainly the alterations that have been made to the eight weeks of concerts so far seem more matters of subtle degree than radical shifts in emphasis. There have been fears that the changes that have already been inflicted on Radio 3 during Jackson’s tenure might be mirrored in his first Proms. These include the tendency to play single movements rather than complete works, while avoiding any details such as opus and catalogue numbers that might be construed as off-puttingly musicological, as well as the launch of Radio 3 Unwind, devoted to music to “restore calm”. Such worries are quickly allayed though by a glance at the programmes, which contain as much serious, challenging music, both old and new, as ever. And whether deliberate or not, the choice of repertoire and the artists performing it this year suggest that attempts to ensure that every politically correct box has been ticked seem far less strenuous and contrived than they sometimes have in previous years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/24/proms-2025-andrew-clements-comment">Continue reading...</a>

<p>Chancellor says UK is ‘not going to rush a deal’ and rejects new US demands on agricultural products</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/23/stock-markets-rise-as-trump-says-he-will-reduce-tariffs-on-china-substantially">Markets rise as Trump backtracks on China tariffs </a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/23/rachel-reeves-looks-at-ending-zero-tax-regime-for-low-value-imports">Reeves looks at ending zero tax regime for cheap imports</a></li></ul><p></p><p>Rachel Reeves has dashed hopes of an early breakthrough in trade talks with the Trump administration, stressing that the UK is “not going to rush” into a deal.</p><p>Speaking before her first face-to-face meeting with the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, in which she was expected to lobby him to reduce tariffs, the chancellor said negotiations would take time.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/rachel-reeves-dashes-hopes-of-early-breakthrough-in-uk-us-trade-deal">Continue reading...</a>

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Canada would “cease to exist” if it weren’t for the United States — comments that came just days before Canadians are set to vote in an election dominated by Trump’s comments on the country’s economy and sovereignty. Trump re-inserted himself into Canada’s election during a signing ceremony inside the [&#8230;]

As Virgil van Dijk prepares to lift his second Premier League title with Liverpool, we look at how the 33-year-old centre-back learned from early setbacks to become one of the best in the world.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy. The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Donald Trump has been subject [&#8230;]

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