Hobbies

Pickleball to woodcarving, ham radio to bread baking. Find a new thing to love and the people who do it too.

The Pickleball GuideRules in plain English, how to call the score, a first-game walkthrough, gear on a budget, drills and courts near you.Learn to play

← Newer articlesPage 70 of 201

What DEI Programs Actually Do Inside a Company, and What Works

Three decades of corporate data, a failed replication of McKinsey's headline claim, and a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling. Commentary.

GuideBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Toughness is trainable, so start with the thermostat

Comfort didn't attack you. It just quietly removed the friction that used to do the work. Put some back, in doses you can hold for a year.

Ask BRO

Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

Ask it

GuideFamilySam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Keep ideology out of the classroom without becoming that parent

Most of your leverage is a calendar, a paper trail, and being the parent the front office doesn't dread hearing from.

Dude.com — 16 AI advisers who listen, talk and are here with you

PartnerDude.com

News6 min read

Cancel Culture's Real Victims Never Had a Publicist

The famous people survived it. The utility worker, the data analyst and the bakery owner are the ones who got flattened.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

What Head of the House Looks Like at 6:40 on a Tuesday

Nobody's watching, nothing's on fire, and the dishwasher needs unloading. That's the night your leadership is actually decided.

BRO TakeLifeCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The Tuesday visit beats the Christmas visit every time

Living close to grandparents changes both ends of the family, and the ordinary weeknights do more of the work than the holidays ever will.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

PartnerShirts.com

BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Customers Keep Walking Away and Companies Keep Acting Surprised

Bud Light, Target, Tractor Supply, Walmart. The pattern is public, the filings are public, and the lesson costs nothing to learn.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your beans won't soften because the bag is too old

Beans, nuts and whole grains keep a house fed cheaply, but only if you buy them fresh, store them cold and cook them like you mean it.

BRO TakeBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Feminism kept some promises and quietly broke the big one

The wins were real and worth defending. So was the bill, and nobody itemized it. What to keep, what to refuse, and how to pick your own order.

Ask BRO

What should I wear to this?

Ask it

BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Sport, Prisons and Medicine Can't Run on a Feeling

Commentary. Sports federations, corrections departments and the FDA all worked this out on the record. The documents are public. Go read them.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

PartnerNames.com

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your beans are a side dish because you cooked them like one

The places where people live longest eat beans nearly every day, and they never boil them in plain water. Fat, aromatics, a bare simmer, acid at the end.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideFamilySam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Give each other whole jobs, not half of everything

A 50-50 split turns a marriage into a ledger. Whole ownership turns it into a team, and teams don't keep score.

BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Boys Are Falling Behind and the Numbers Aren't New

Commentary on the reading gap, the college gap, the discipline data and the one variable nobody in the district office wants to name.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

PartnerCancerDefying.com

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Live ten minutes away and give yourself a job

The places where people reach ninety aren't sentimental about family. They're organized, and you can copy the arrangement.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Be a Man6 min

Provide, protect, lead is a job description, not a crown

News5 min

What People Actually Mean by Woke and Why the Word Stuck

Ask BRO

Pressure-test my business idea

Ask it

GuideYoung MenSam OrtizSep 23, 20266 min

Nobody replaced the schedule school used to give you

Drift isn't a character flaw. It's what happens when every external structure disappears at once and nothing gets built to replace it.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

PartnerDelicious.com

Life5 min read

The Okinawan friend group that meets for fifty years

A moai started as a village money pool and became the most durable friendship structure anybody has built. The mechanics copy just fine.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

Older articles

Older Hobbies stories