BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A study presented at the 2026 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting found that among nearly 147,000 adults with type 2 diabetes and obesity, GLP-1 use was associated with higher rates of osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and gout. The finding attracted a lot of attention, but the fine print matters…
As Toronto-based FinTech firm Questrade integrates more AI into its retail stock trading platform, the president of its growth portfolio says he’s surprised so few people are using the tech on their portfolios. “Robots are really good at synthesizing and aggregating, but really bad at decision making … and humans are really good at decision…
Life Changes The ego – the Self part of humanity – is what that keeps you chained to the Earth plane. It creates an illusion which stops the Higher Self from showing you the real truth, and so humanity very rarely moves forward. The Self has access, just like the Higher Self, to the soul…
from the brilliant Scottish philosopher-cartoonist Tom Gauld in New Scientist I am haunted by this cartoon. Not only because Tom has captured so perfectly our propensity to anthropomorphize everything from pets to stuffies to cars to AI. But also because Tom’s delivery bot seems the perfect metaphor for all of us tragically caught in an…
Sometimes conversations start light and take an unexpected turn—and that’s exactly what happened when Funny Marco and B. Simone linked up for a recent episode of the ‘Let’s Try This Again’ podcast. The two shared laughs and personal stories, but one moment in particular had listeners leaning in, replaying clips, and reflecting on their dating choices….
Decades of economic decline have brought this country to a breaking point. The vast majority of the population is barely scraping by from month to month as prices continue to rise, thousands of stores and restaurants close, foreclosures spike to alarming levels and the middle class continues to shrink. Now the crisis in the Strait…
Fans have been dying to know where ‘Love Island USA’ stars Ace Greene and Chelley Bissainthe really stand. Chelley previously spilled tea about their split in a Page Six Radio interview at the end of 2025, but shortly after, folks started thinking they might’ve spun the block. Now, Ace is finally speaking up and setting…
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Foldable phones have been around for a while, but I still regularly get people asking me whether they’re going to break in half. On Sunday, YouTuber JerryRigEverything tried to do just that to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8…and couldn’t. SEE ALSO: Review: The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 makes phones interesting again JerryRigEverything put Samsung’s…
Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, a world-leading expert on chimpanzees, has died aged 91. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio said that she “inspired millions to care, to act, and to hope”, and called her a “a true hero for the planet”. Biologist Stephen Jay Gould said her discoveries “revolutionised science” and Roger Fouts, a psychologist who studies the…
