Jonathan van Halem

Oct 17, 2024 | mcsweeneys.net | Chandler Dean |Jonathan van Halem

With the 2024 presidential campaign entering the homestretch, an anxious nation has once again turned to historian Allan Lichtman and his Thirteen Keys to the White House. Every four years, Lichtman predicts who will win the presidency based on whether the incumbent party has met eight of his thirteen criteria for success. Critics, however, argue that Lichtman’s keys are subjective, opaque, and easy to retrofit for a predetermined outcome.

Oct 24, 2023 | lifehacker.com | Jonathan van Halem

Cash is king, even if the jury is still out on how much you should carry on you at any given moment. What’s not up for debate is how frustrating it is to walk up to an ATM and have to authorize a charge for $2 or $3 for the privilege of accessing your own money. Yes, you can go to one of your bank’s ATMs to avoid the fee, but that’s not always feasible. Instead, you can choose a bank that will cover those fees for you.

Oct 18, 2023 | lifehacker.com.au | Jonathan van Halem

So you’ve set out to do a load of laundry only to realise you already used the last of the detergent. Bummer — but there is hope for your socks and underwear yet. In a pinch, you can sub in some common household items for your laundry detergent; they may not have the same stain-busting power, but they will get rid of odours and bacteria. Depending on which one you have on hand, they might even leave your clothes smelling fresher. 7 things you can use when you’re out of laundry detergentBaking soda.

Aug 3, 2023 | lifehacker.com.au | Jonathan van Halem

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Jul 24, 2023 | lifehacker.com.au | Jonathan van Halem

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