Pandemic

Were the “old days” truly better? I remember using TikTok back when the pandemic first hit. Like most of us, I was home alone (well, except for my seven family members) and immersed in an intense feeling of boredom. This mysterious app that everyone was raving about naturally caught my…

According to the layoff tracker Layoffs.fyi, over 150,000 technology employees have already been laid off in 2023. In other words, 95% of 2022’s count has been eclipsed in just three months. Headlining such layoffs are the behemoth “Big Tech” companies — just five companies (Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Salesforce)…

Before beginning this review, I have one word for this book: Masterpiece! Strout’s Lucy by the Sea is an underrated masterpiece and is worthy of your attention. The fourth installation in the Amgash series, this book can be read as a standalone, as per the author’s suggestion, which is what…

An In-Depth Look at the Ongoing Challenges of the Restaurant Industry — The restaurant industry has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, with countless establishments closing their doors permanently. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at some of the ongoing challenges that restaurants are facing, and the ways in which they are adapting to survive in these uncertain times. The Challenge of Social Distancing

It’s not an easy task to confront the existential threats facing humanity. Climate change, economic inequality, political polarization, pandemics, and nuclear war all loom over us like dark clouds. These problems are complex, intertwined, and require immediate and long-term action to solve. …

And this feels good, for a change — I‘m paraphrasing one of the headlines Attila Vágó offers for inspiration here, and giving it a pandemic twist: this March we‘re thinking back of our pandemic stories. So here’s how I spent my pandemic – the first six months or so. I left my home country some fifteen years ago…