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This essay as told is based on a conversation with John Huân Vũ, a senior Visa consultant living in San Jose. He previously worked for PayPal for 10 years before being fired in 2024. The following has been edited for length and clarity. When I was fired from PayPal in July 2024, I was in
A Dyson fan It costs around $400, which is to be expected from a brand known for its status-symbolizing appliances. But what if I told you that there is a fan that costs even more? Although the brand may not be a household name in the US, Tokyo-based Balmuda is well known in Japan for
Chief among the “fossils,” in the eyes of some of the soldiers who responded to our requests, is General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the austere 60-year-old commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces. He was hailed a national hero four years ago, following his successful defense of kyiv in the weeks following Russia’s full-scale invasion. But General Syrskyi’s name
The years directly following the COVID pandemic were marked by a dire, almost apocalyptic vision of the future of moviegoing. Audiences that were already declining before global lockdowns became even scarcer, with streamers increasing their market share and smaller arthouse theaters closing because audiences weren’t returning to their doors once they reopened. However, over the