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Blake, Wm. Canto IV. 1803.

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A new study reveals strangers can accurately assess someone’s life satisfaction and positive emotions after a mere brief interaction.

The research involved 200 college students being photographed and videotaped during self-introductions. Strangers were asked to evaluate the students’ well-being based on these short introductions. 

Significant correlations were found between self-reported life satisfaction, positive affect, and evaluations made by strangers. Interestingly, key cues of happiness included a loud voice and physical attractiveness.

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Blake, Wm. Mary at Her Distaff Watched Over by Two Angels, object 4. 1816.

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Amid the worsening housing crisis in America, more people are turning to tiny homes as an affordable living option.

One TikToker, Graim, bought a tiny home off Amazon for $32,475, placing it on his 13-acre land to avoid high rent/mortgage fees. He plans to create a tiny home community for rental income, offering homes for $750 to $800 per month. However, concerns about the livability of these “shed” tiny homes arise, with additional work potentially required for full-time living.

All of them seem to include a finished home containing fixtures like a bathroom, flooring, windows, doors, and pre-set hook-ups for ventilation/heating/cooling arrangements.

Graim: “You can get one as low as $18,000. I wanted to get one that I can try to make into a decent-sized space where I can get some residual income coming in monthly. The goal is to bring in over $800 a month. I think we’ll be able to do that easily with this.”

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Blake, Wm. Frontispiece, 'The Christian Triumph.' 1795.

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Elon Musk’s X plans to establish a new trust and safety office in Austin, Texas, hiring 100 full-time employees. The move comes as CEO Linda Yaccarino will testify to Congress later this month about the platform’s handling of child sexual exploitation.

The newly formed team will primarily focus on moderating exploitative content involving children and will be the first proper trust and safety team since Musk’s acquisition.

Joe Benarroch, the company’s business operations head, told Bloomberg that the team will also help with other moderation enforcement, such as those forbidding hate speech.

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Blake, Wm. The Entombment. 1780.

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The Guardian interviewed 30 people who have been diagnosed with conditions so severe that doctors have informed them they only have a few months left to live. They were all asked what truly matters in life.

“Don’t waste energy fighting,” Michèle Bowley, 57, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.

“Having a sense of purpose brings joy,” Mark Edmondson, 41, Sussex, England.

“Go to the parties. Stay out late,” Amanda Nicole Tam, 23, Quebec, Canada.

“I’ve stopped caring what others think,” Sukhy Bahia, 39, London, England.

“Be authentically you,” Mike Sumner, 40, Yorkshire, England.

“Success, status, reputation—they are not important,” Ian Flatt, 58, Yorkshire, England.

“Don’t mess around. Be direct,” Angus Pratt, 65, British Columbia, Canada.

“Have a goal. Don’t accept defeat,” Mark Hughes, 62, Essex, England.

“Switch every negative to a positive,” Kate Enell, 31, Merseyside, England.