by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Is Gen Z the strategic generation? A new poll shows they are shunning impulse spending in favor of long-term goals. The new nationwide survey of 2,000 Gen Z American adults (defined as those born between 1997 and 2012) revealed that one in three (33%) identified...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
The bouquet arrived unexpectedly, six months after her husband passed away. Before he died, Stephen Cudmore had arranged a delivery of daffodils for his wife Marilyn’s next birthday, knowing full well he probably wouldn’t be there. “Hello beautiful! Happy birthday,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Reginald Betts was only 17 years and imprisoned in solitary confinement when the lifeline arrived that would change everything. Someone delivered a book. “Imagine yourself as a teenager, 17 years old, in solitary confinement, and you’re just calling out, ‘Yo, somebody...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
A man says his Tesla saved his life by swerving in self-driving mode to avoid an oncoming car at 75mph. Clifford Lee was driving in full self-drive mode (FSD) on a freeway in New Mexico at around 6:30pm on November 9. It was “pitch black” and the driving conditions...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
From NPR’s Unsung Heroes column comes the story of a woman whose purse was saved from a thief by two women she didn’t know—and she wasn’t even there. She had left her purse by accident on a bench, and it was the mere optics of the situation that drove two Samaritans...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
A 2,000-year-old razor used to keep Romans looking sharp is set to go up for auction in England, where the catalogue included a fascinating history on the Romans’ grooming habits. The 3.5 inch-long (9 cm) iron blade had a hole for the shaver to put their finger in so...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Car break-ins in the Bay Area are down, but not out. From each one of these ugly surprises, local artisan Sydney Jones creates a surprising amount of beauty. Using a kitchen-top kiln, she takes advantage of safety glass’ crystalline structure to quickly turn the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
A couple from Nova Scotia was left with their jaws on the floor after they received $40 and an apology letter all the way from Alabama. The letter was penned by a man who searched for his local Bentley’s Burgers and mistakenly found theirs, ordering a doomed pair of...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
When a corporate shoe repair chain wanted to open a location in a Gloucestershire, town, locals rallied in a signature gathering campaign to protect their local cobbler. An example of small-town sanctity, a petition to reject the corporate newcomer was promoted on...
