“The past is an animal that chases you forever,” Busta Rhyme s intones at the beginning of his new music video. “The past chases you, until it catches you.” Luckily, there are a few moments in time we wouldn’t mind chasing us down, and one of those is definitely the release of Busta’s 2002 smash-hit “I Know What You Want” with Mariah Carey , which the pair now revisit for Rhymes’s new “Where I Belong” music video, complete with Frank Miller’s Sin City -style graphic novel illustrations. In case you haven’t seen it in a while and need a refresher, the 2003 “I Know What You Want” music video found Busta Rhymes tasked by his boss, played by Michael Jai White, to watch over his wife, portrayed by Tae Heckard, during a work trip. It goes without saying that Busta immediately falls for her, and the pair are tormented by their forbidden love. Well, if you thought that was the worst obstacle that could befall our characters, bad news: we learn in the “Where I Belong” video that … [Read more...] about Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey Know What You Want, So They Gave You Their New ‘Where I Belong’ Video
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Shadow and Bone: How Netflix is building a fantasy series that wants to welcome everyone
"When I wrote Shadow and Bone, I was really echoing a lot of the fantasy series that I grew up on," author Leigh Bardugo recalls. "And those series were largely straight and largely white." We're here to discuss Netflix's adaptation of Shadow and Bone, a fantasy series with a difference – though it follows the same "hero's journey" made famous by Star Wars, Shadow and Bone's characters are a diverse bunch, with Alina, a young mixed race woman, at the forefront of the story. "I wanted to write fantasy worlds that reflected the world around me, which is not very straight, and not very white," Bardugo continues. "And it was important to me to create a world that was inclusive, and I really hate the idea that romance and adventure and magic can only belong to one kind of person. So I have tried very hard to make sure that that is not how my books feel." That same ethos has been brought to the Netflix adaptation, which will likewise follow Alina, an orphan who discovers she has … [Read more...] about Shadow and Bone: How Netflix is building a fantasy series that wants to welcome everyone
3 science-backed strategies to help you communicate with more empathy
advertisement advertisement advertisement As an epigenetic and executive coach, I spend my days in meetings with CEOs of multi-billion dollar organizations, founders with several million dollars in seed funding, heads of people who manage a workforce 10,000 strong, and people managers just beginning to roll out performance reviews for their companies of 10. advertisement advertisement Our meetings cover a variety of critical workplace topics: toxic work culture, how to deal with burnout and depression, team dysfunction due to bullying, lack of psychological safety, harassment, attrition, how to keep BIPOC employees, and create inclusive workspaces, and more. But if we boiled every single conversation down to one topic, it would seem simple: empathy. The leaders I typically work with have, in some capacity, experienced a lack of trust. Through a series of exclusionary experiences, they or their employees have been left feeling … [Read more...] about 3 science-backed strategies to help you communicate with more empathy
What is VPN and why you should use it in India
It’s known that with higher penetration of the internet in India, cyberattacks have gone up multifold. Especially in the present times. Attackers have become more innovative and more indiscriminate than ever before. Targets are often those with the most vulnerable security systems. Lt. Gen. (retd.) Rajesh Pant, who took over as India’s cybersecurity chief last year, has said that every day, 4 lakh malware is found and 375 cyber-attacks are witnessed. Yes, every day. Apart from falling prey to voice call-based frauds and click-baits, people are becoming victims to malicious software including spyware, ransomware, viruses & worms, which are all deployed to extract information from internet users. Have you ever thought about the risk you put yourself through every time you use public wifi? Without a VPN, everything from your credit card info, private text messages, intimate photos to office projects are exposed and running a risk of being stolen within seconds, should you become … [Read more...] about What is VPN and why you should use it in India
How tech companies are ignoring the pandemic’s mental health crisis
There is plenty that scientists don’t understand about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on society. But a year in, at least one thing seems clear: the pandemic has been terrible for our collective mental health — and a surprising number of tech platforms seem to have given the issue very little thought. First, the numbers. Nature reported that the number of adults in the United Kingdom showing symptoms of depression had nearly doubled from March to June of last year, to 19 percent. In the United States, 11 percent of adults reported feeling depressed between January and June 2019; by December 2020, that number had nearly quadrupled, to 42 percent . If you or anyone you know is considering suicide or is anxious, depressed, upset, or needs to talk, there are people who want to help: In the US: Crisis Text Line : Text START to 741741 from anywhere in the USA, at any time, about any type of crisis The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline : 1-800-273-8255 The … [Read more...] about How tech companies are ignoring the pandemic’s mental health crisis