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Oct 26, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Marina Hyde |Emine Saner |Zoe Williams |Laura Shavin |Elizabeth Chan | +1 more
Why does Rivals’ high-camp, warts-and-all frolic through the 80s make Zoe Williams feel so nostalgic? Is it wrong for Elon Musk to offer voters $1m to get Trump elected? ‘I was blown away by how meaningful and interesting it is: one woman’s ‘love story’ to the caring profession. And Philippa Perry advises a reader to be more forgiving to a friend who is a perpetual liar How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Xiaolu Guo |Elizabeth Chan
Support The Guardian The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work. Support The Guardian
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Savannah Ayoade-Greaves |Emma Brockes |Laura Snapes |Oliver Burkeman |Elizabeth Chan
Actor Gillian Anderson on prudes, powerful women, and collecting secret fantasies; How singer-songwriter Chappell Roan slow-burned her way to stardom; and Oliver Burkeman tells you how to stop being such a people-pleaser. How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
nature.com | Elizabeth Chan
My initial interest in subjective well-being stemmed from learning about how meditation, access to green space, and gratitude improve perceptions and feelings about quality of life measured at the level of an individual. But it was not until I read Diener and colleagues’ paper describing the state and significance of subjective well-being research for policymaking that I understood the need to extend this research to the population level.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
medium.com | Elizabeth Chan
We all know those books dominating #booktok. In fact, some of us know them so well that we just roll our eyes once someone mentions ‘Fourth Wing’. Well, news flash, this isn’t one of those articles recommending The Empyrean series, ACOTAR, or ‘It Ends with Us’ a.k.a. “the only books worth reading”. No disrespect to those who loved their books, but it’s time to let other authors step into the spotlight while letting others re-enter it.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
medium.com | Elizabeth Chan
AI, as we know it, has succeeded in creating artwork, putting several artists out of jobs. In fact, it has already displaced myriads of jobs from the F & B sector, such as cashiers, waiting and other hospitality roles. Even my nearby Japanese restaurant has robots for waiters!Of course, that remains as 2023 news. In other words, it’s last year’s story. Or so I thought…Picture this: human authors becoming an artefact of the past while AI authors become a norm ten years from now.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
themessenger.com | Elizabeth Chan |Julia Gray
Every day is Christmas for Elizabeth Chan, a full-time holiday-themed songwriter who has penned 1,500 Christmas songs. So when she learned that Mariah Carey had attempted to trademark the title "Queen of Christmas," a move that would bar any other entertainer from using it going forward, she knew she had to take action. In 2021, Chan filed a legal motion to block Carey's efforts, and last year, she won the battle.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
massivemagazine.org.nz | Elizabeth Chan
Drivers License’ by Olivia Rodrigo played in my head as I stared at the screen with bloodshot eyes. Earlier that day, I failed my learner’s licence test for the second time. The song made it seem so easy to get a driver’s licence, to the point a breakup was more important than actually passing. People bustled about behind me, oblivious to my exhaustion as I pulled away from the cubicle. Later, a Chinese woman slightly older than me exclaimed in triumph that she passed her theory test.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
massivemagazine.org.nz | Elizabeth Chan
There are multiple ways to be sustainable. You can be sustainable by using paper or metal straws, riding a bike to work, planting more trees… you get the gist. Whenever we think of being sustainable, reducing our carbon footprint instantly comes to mind. But has anyone ever thought of social sustainability? Social sustainability focuses on improving people’s quality of life by making sure that everyone in their community feels like they belong.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Douglas Clark |Elizabeth Chan
In an important recent decision, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance upheld a jurisdictional challenge to an arbitral award in R v A, B and C [2023] HKCFI 2034. The jurisdictional issues concerned a third party (“Ma”) who sought to replace the claimant (“Rise”) in the arbitration for a surprising purpose: so that she could drop the claimant’s claims and end the arbitration altogether.
