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Hong Kong Jails Activist Joshua Wong for 10 Years

A Hong Kong court has sentenced activist Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison under Beijing's national security law after he pleaded guilty to foreign collusion charges. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg · 13h ago
When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned house. The kitten – so tiny she fit in the palm of Teixeira’s hand – needed to be bottle-fed every few hours. For weeks, Teixeira set her alarm for middle-of-the-night feedings and drove home on her lunch break to care for the kitten she named Milo. As the cat grew, so did the connection between them. “We just bonded,” Teixeira says. “Like mother and daughter.” Continue reading...

The Guardian · Apr 24
Financial bullying can ruin a marriage: first-person stories

When partners consider finances, when is it ‘my’ money, and when it is ‘our’ money? Guardian readers shared their experiences Private lives: ‘I want to end my marriage but I’m financially dependent ’ A survey of about 1,000 Americans found that one in 10 would describe their partner as a financial bully. Our readers, however, insist that that might be a label easily assigned to a partner who is simply being financially responsible. When we put out a call to out readers last week to see if any of them had similar experiences, we found that many of you wouldn’t define the actions described as financial bullying. Instead, quite a number of you insisted that keeping track of your partner’s expenses was simply budgeting and being financially responsible. Continue reading...

The Guardian · Aug 14