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In terms of saying no - the title of this piece tho a bit tangential to the content, I’d recommend the book Set Boundaries Find Peace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55782639-set-boundaries-...

Also at this one event I’ve been to, there are some exercises to get people more comfortable saying no. You pair up, one person out of nowhere says no and the other person verbally celebrates the no. Then switch. There’s a guideline that if you’re a maybe say no and then take the time to reflect on why a maybe and then if realize actually a yes then can say yes and change your mind.

See https://www.fda.gov/food/food-ingredients-packaging/generall... the podcast talks about how companies can self certify additives as safe for instance.

Talks about one person who lost a gallbladder due to a new additive. People often can’t sue due to terms agree to for food delivery companies but when that food is served to guests or children those people can sue as they are not bound to arbitration from terms of service

see https://sf.streetsblog.org/2026/03/06/motorist-careens-onto-... and see what the police said to the driver…

Hidden Brain

Freakonomics

Throughline

NY Times The Daily

The War on Cars

Gay Men Going Deeper

The Happiness Lab

You Might Be Right

What Could Go Right

Memory Palace

Soft skills engineering

FYI see https://youtu.be/EP74acIVs60

Also research has shown how people who say hi to us improve our mood even if these are people who we recognize but may not even know their name

I was recently in Barcelona Spain in a hotel room with one queen bed. The bathroom was on one side of the entryway and on the other side was the shower with a clear glass door

As other people have said, there's almost no one who will stand the full test of time. Washington/Jefferson owned slaves for instance. There are people who did bad things but also accomplished things. Perhaps we allow things to be named after them but have to say for __ ie being named after James Webb for his work on the lunar landings. Perhaps also when naming buildings/etc after people, have a plaque that mentions some of the controversies around the person. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-might-change... Or we move away from naming things after people.

Targi - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/118048/targi Patchwork - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/163412/patchwork are two that are just for 2 players.

Really depends on what type of game you're looking for. Generally when I'm trying to figure out what types of games people like, I'll ask if they have played Settlers of Catan and if they want ones longer/more complex than that or if Settlers of Catan was too long/too complex, or if they want more social games.

check out https://www.yucata.de/en and https://boardgamearena.com/ where you can play online. If it's hard to get people to play in person, perhaps see if you could get a group to play online - join a video call and then set up the game on boardgamearena.

Depending on where you are, look to see if there are boardgame meetups. These are a great way to learn games. At most of these, people will split into small groups, play a game, then when some groups are done, people will suggest some next games and people will split up and play those. Even for people who have been playing boardgames for years, I'd say we expect to be teaching a game to some people/learning a new game we've never played because there just so many boardgames out there.

Top games I've enjoyed this year:

Crew Mission Deep Sea

Wingspan

Azul

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Root

Macao

Viticulture

Castles of Burgundy