It's Your Week. Introducing two wellness columnists.
Rescuers picked through the rubble of shattered buildings and communities, searching for survivors and remains after a series of tornadoes roared through six states overnight Friday.
Kentucky was hardest hit, with almost 70 confirmed fatalities as of Monday morning and scores more people missing and feared dead. Immediately, reporters, editors and photographers across the Paste BN Network mobilized to cover this deeply tragic event. They spoke to survivors who were trapped inside a collapsed candle factory and documented towns leveled by the twisters.
How can you get involved in relief efforts? Here is a roundup on how to help those affected by the devastating tornadoes.
That's the biggest news of the day. And now onto the rest of Your Week, the exclusive Monday newsletter for subscribers like you. It's Alex and Kristina. Thank you for reading.
Need life advice? Meet our newest Wellness columnists
Hate going to work? In a situationship? Have an ex ruining your current relationship?
These are just a few of the questions that Sara Kuburic, best known as @millennial.therapist to her 1 million followers on Instagram, answers in her weekly column for Paste BN. She's a mental health professional who takes on the most common issues people might be facing. Some readers have even written in to ask her personal questions.
"In the Wellness section, we aim to offer informative, revelatory stories as well as advice," says section editor Leora Arnowitz. "And we’ve found one of the best ways to give readers actionable advice is to ask the experts directly."
This week, we also launched a new weekly column from Morgan Absher, who hosts the popular podcast “Two Hot Takes.” Morgan’s advice is in demand, and her listeners are constantly asking her to address their struggles.
"We’ve given Paste BN subscribers access to Morgan so they, too, can seek out her help, and we hope to answer as many of these issues as possible in future columns," Leora says.
Morgan's first column addressed a woman’s question about her boyfriend who won’t divorce his ex. See her advice here. Need some advice for yourself? Submit it here.
Just the headlines
- It's been one year since the COVID-19 vaccine debuted in the United States. History was made, and millions of lives were saved.
- Surfside rescuers heard her voice, tried for hours to save her. Then officials buried her story.
- Bryce Young opens up on his journey from being a California kid to a Heisman Trophy winner: 'It truly is a blessing.'
- Write down your conditions and medications in the country's language. Here's how to travel with a chronic illness.
- Peace Corps volunteers were raped and assaulted. A review says the agency isn’t doing enough to protect them.
- Longing for a return to 'simpler times'? Here's what the 1950s were really like.
Explaining the hype behind NFTs
The idea of sinking real money into crypto-collectibles is still difficult for some to fathom. Paste BN's Naomi Ludlow breaks down the urgency behind buying them.
What is an NFT? Money is fungible: $100 can be interchanged into five $20 bills or two $50 bills. But a non-fungible item, like a car or house, and in this case artwork, is unique and cannot be directly exchanged for another.
They're stored in a blockchain wallets which are digital decentralized ledgers tracking transactions of items or assets such as bitcoin or NFTs. You are not buying the artwork, but rather buying a token that connects your name with the artwork.
Why collect them? NFTs can be easier and more accessible than traditional art and is particularly attractive for investors who are interested in supporting emerging digital artists.
And the intention behind collecting NFTs is not far from prior generations who invested in physical art, home run baseballs (some artificially enhanced) or vintage Scotch — hoping that some combination of scarcity and status will drive up the value.
Paste BN's very own NFTs: We've teamed up with iconic artist Peter Tunney for a unique NFT series to benefit charity.
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See you next week!