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- Who buys the most number of sex toys in India? Punjabi women : M-Leisure, News http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sex-toys-survey-thatspeople-punjabi-women-condoms-lubricants-lifest/1/1022828.html 14 comments india
- "The theme of most right-wing stories on Sasha, Malia and Michelle Obama’s leisure-time activities seems to be that they’re entitled princesses, when they do exactly the same kinds of things other presidents’ families have done throughout history. There’s only one difference I can see." http://www.salon.com/2013/03/26/how_not_to_seem_like_a_racist/ 37 comments politics
- Saudi Arabia announces plans for a futuristic city named The Line- The future of architecture could forever be changed by the design of this new vertical city. Details about the project pose it as an epicentre of sustainability, productivity, seamless living, and leisure. Images are mind-blowing. https://thred.com/culture/saudi-arabia-announces-plans-for-a-futuristic-city-named-the-line/ 10 comments futurology
- Germany: 1 in 10 people are 'addicted' to work, study finds. From juggling multiple tasks at once, to working long hours and feeling guilty during their leisure time — excessive and "compulsive" work behavior is found throughout Germany's workforce, a new study has found https://www.dw.com/en/germany-1-in-10-people-are-addicted-to-work-study-finds/a-61928363 128 comments europe
- Britain set to resume international leisure travel with 12 destinations https://pathik.co/news/britain-set-to-resume-international-leisure-travel-with-12-destinations 16 comments europe
- Grizzly bears prefer walking on gentle slopes at a leisurely pace like humans, study says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/grizzlies-walking-gentle-slopes-1.5983327 22 comments nottheonion
- Buddhist Economics: How to Start Prioritizing People Over Products and Creativity Over Consumption: Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss of leisure. https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/07/07/buddhist-economics-schumacher/ 149 comments philosophy
- Coronavirus takes aim at the US$1.7 trillion global tourism industry as leisure and business travellers stay home https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3065027/coronavirus-takes-aim-us17-trillion-global-tourism-industry-leisure-and 94 comments business
- Ozil off. Says a lot. An audible smattering of boos that grows a lot louder as he makes his way off at a leisurely pace. Ozil kicks turf as he makes the way to the bench, brushes by hands proffered by Mertesacker and Ljungberg. Man City fans: "You're just a s*** David Silva" https://twitter.com/jamesbenge/status/1206269581377097728?s=21 136 comments soccer
- 5 yr old detained at border made to sign away her rights, color patriotic USA pictures, "granted an hour of leisure time a day" while separated from family for months. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-five-year-old-who-was-detained-at-the-border-and-convinced-to-sign-away-her-rights 70 comments politics
- Sitting Time Linked to Higher Risk of Death from All Causes - In a new study, prolonged leisure time sitting, defined as 6 or more hours a day, was associated with a 19% higher rate of death from all causes combined compared to sitting less than 3 hours per day (n=127,554). https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/sitting-time-linked-to-higher-risk-of-death-from-all-causes.html 171 comments science
- Barcelona have announced plans to open a number of club-themed leisure parks around the world, with the first expected to open in the United States and Asia in 2020.The 3,000- to 10,000-square metre indoor parks will be found in city centres and will be dedicated exclusively to Barca https://es.pn/2l50h1w 15 comments soccer
- Russia Kemerovo fire: Putin cites 'criminal negligence'. The fire which killed 64 people, 41 of them children, at a leisure complex was caused by "criminal negligence", President Vladimir Putin has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43552165 67 comments europe
- U.K. police respond to reports of gunman in leisure complex - World - CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/u-k-police-respond-to-reports-of-gunman-in-leisure-complex-1.4366395 5 comments worldnews
- Major incident at Nuneaton bowling alley after 'gunman with sawn-off shotgun takes hostages at leisure park' http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/major-incident-nuneaton-bowling-alley-11388721#icid=android_tmnewsapp_appshare 3 comments worldnews
- [RANDOM QUESTION] Do Nba Players actually wear their nba jerseys for leisure pick up games, shoot-arounds, etc. off court? https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/6sadsc/random_question_do_nba_players_actually_wear/ 25 comments nba
- By End of August, Trump Will Have Spent Three Times as Many Days at Leisure as Obama https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/03/by-end-of-august-trump-will-have-spent-three-times-as-many-days-at-leisure-as-obama/?utm_term=.ef21e7d082bf&tid=sm_tw 8 comments politics
- By end of August, Trump will have spent three times as many days at leisure as Obama https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/03/by-end-of-august-trump-will-have-spent-three-times-as-many-days-at-leisure-as-obama/ 182 comments politics
- Is driving for leisure killing my budget? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5js9yh/is_driving_for_leisure_killing_my_budget/ 16 comments personalfinance
- James Harden Made A Quiet, Leisurely Meal Out Of The Nets http://deadspin.com/james-harden-made-a-quiet-leisurely-meal-out-of-the-ne-1790056120 15 comments nba
- Gary Johnson, Who Climbed Everest, is Taking a Leisurely 70-Mile Bike Ride to Promote Fitness http://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2016-10-13/gary-johnson-to-take-70-mile-bike-ride-to-promote-health-and-fitness 59 comments politics
- Type of glove for leisure baseball and playing catch with son? https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/4wj9hk/type_of_glove_for_leisure_baseball_and_playing/ 9 comments baseball
- NYT trend piece on "Consulteering," a mix of consulting, volunteering, and leisure (semi-retirement) http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/your-money/work-a-little-play-a-little-a-new-retirement-strategy.html?_r=0&emc=edit_sb_20160525&nl=entrepreneurship&nlid=73737665 5 comments financialindependence
- German leisure centre becomes first to ban all migrants after attack http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3400842/german-leisure-centre-ban-migrants-schoolgirl-sexually-assaulted-public-swimming-pool-syrian-teenagers.html 4 comments worldnews
- German leisure centre becomes the first to ban all migrants after a schoolgirl was sexually assaulted in a public swimming pool by Syrian teenagers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3400842/german-leisure-centre-ban-migrants-schoolgirl-sexually-assaulted-public-swimming-pool-syrian-teenagers.html 7591 comments worldnews
- Rahul Gandhi’s embarrassment in Bengaluru is food for thought which he can consume at leisure http://m.firstpost.com/politics/rahul-gandhis-embarrassment-in-bengaluru-is-food-for-thought-which-he-can-consume-at-leisure-2521066.html 8 comments india
- Stephen Hawking says we should be more frightened of capitalism than robots."Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution." http://www.cnet.com/news/stephen-hawking-says-we-should-be-more-frightened-of-capitalism-than-robots/? 4571 comments worldnews
- 180 Trillion Leisure Hours Lost To Work Last Year http://www.theonion.com/article/180-trillion-leisure-hours-lost-to-work-last-year-1282 169 comments financialindependence
- Danes agree to keep public services open by making babies: Citizens in Thisted rise to challenge of procreating to help maintain under-populated schools, nurseries and leisure facilities http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/14/danes-facilities-babies-denmark-public-services?cmp=twt_gu 35 comments europe
- Israel confiscates monastery land for Kinneret leisure area http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.619721 23 comments worldnews
- Life of Leisure - 60-plussers playing Hockey in Saskatoon http://www.hometownhockey.com/news/life-of-leisure/ 4 comments hockey
- Leisure time physical activity linked to lower depression risk: Being physically active three times a week reduces the odds of being depressed by approximately 16%, according to new UCL research undertaken as part of the Public Health Research Consortium. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1014/151014-physical-activity-depression 27 comments science
- Rise of the machines to blame for the lacklustre US recovery. Society getting more productivity out of fewer people has not resulted in an increase in leisure time, but as an increase in output: the freshly unemployed are sent out to find more employment. http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/economics/2012/09/rise-machines-blame-us-lacklustre-recovery 20 comments politics
- Books in space! Working from a list of books aboard the International Space Station in 2008, we were able to create a LibraryThing catalog for the space station’s leisure library. http://www.librarything.com/blogs/librarything/2011/03/books-in-space/ 4 comments books
- "Turns out, people who spend more time sitting during their leisure time have an increased risk of death, regardless of daily exercise." Well, Reddit, we're screwed. http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/07/sitting-workout-cut-lifespan/ 7 comments reddit.com
- 180 Trillion Leisure Hours Lost To Work Last Year http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30866?utm_source=onion_rss_daily 8 comments reddit.com
- The Future of Leisure That Never Arrived http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/business/08scene.html?ex=1331010000&en=c55431310527a98a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss 40 comments reddit.com
- BBspot - Leisure Suit Larry to Exploit Wii Technology http://www.bbspot.com/news/2006/12/leisure-suit-larry-wii.html 9 comments reddit.com
- One Bag - leisure and business travel packing list - travel light! http://www.onebag.com/ 4 comments reddit.com