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Twitter has launched a tip-jar feature to let people send money to creators online. <br>Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post

Penny for your tweets: Twitter now has a tip jar that lets you collect money for posts

Ah, Twitter, the place where you can slam out 280-character rants and raves for thousands of readers. And now get paid for them.

Caleb Gilbert, 9, wanted to play basketball last fall, but his parents weren’t comfortable with the COVID risk. Skateboarding felt safer, said dad Michael Gilbert: “It’s outdoors, in a nice big skate park, and there’s a natural distance that people want to keep.”<br>Michael Gilbert Caleb Gilbert, 9, wanted to play basketball last fall, but his parents weren’t comfortable with the COVID risk. Skateboarding felt safer, said dad Michael Gilbert: “It’s outdoors, in a nice big skate park, and there’s a natural distance that people want to keep.”<br>Michael Gilbert
Parents are reassessing X Games sports as a pandemic-friendly alternative to team sports
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A different kind of court: Grisham talks basketball and books
The pandemic has given Steven Ropes bonus time with his daughter, Sydney, who will graduate from high school this year.<br>Jennifer Ropes
The pandemic has given Steven Ropes bonus time with his daughter, Sydney, who will graduate from high school this year.<br>Jennifer Ropes

Teens in quarantine: Some parents found surprising closeness during the pandemic

When his kids were little, Steven Ropes used to watch with bemusement as his neighbors' garage door opened and closed all evening long. The family seemed to be constantly coming and going, shuttling teenagers to untold destinations. Then Ropes' six kids got older and his own garage door started getting a nightly workout. "We were in full swing," says Ropes, a 53-year-old engineer in Duxbury, Mass. "Come in, go out, come back. It was nonstop." But the beehive of activity ground to a halt with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Carol Causieestko is transformed by make-up artists on “Fast-Forward: Look Into Your Future.”<br>PBS
Carol Causieestko is transformed by make-up artists on “Fast-Forward: Look Into Your Future.”<br>PBS

Seeing yourself, decades in the future

Imagine your body 30 years in the future. What will stop working? What will hurt? Will you still be able to throw a ball or lift a child or salsa dance? Will you still look like yourself? Will you feel like yourself?

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The World Happiness Report is out, with a surprising picture of global resilience

In a conclusion that even surprised its editors, the 2021 World Happiness Report found that, amid global hardship, self-reported life satisfaction across 95 countries on average remained steady in 2020 from the previous year. The United States saw the same trend - despite societal tumult that yielded a national drop in positive emotions and a rise in negative ones.

Colette Komm celebrates her second pandemic birthday in Central Park on March 13 with friends and a coronavirus piñata. She calls her last birthday, when she turned 38, “the birthday that was lost to history.”<br>Colette Komm
Colette Komm celebrates her second pandemic birthday in Central Park on March 13 with friends and a coronavirus piñata. She calls her last birthday, when she turned 38, “the birthday that was lost to history.”<br>Colette Komm

Despite COVID, birthdays still worth celebrating

Remember those birthdays last March, when COVID-19 still felt new? Zoom was still a novelty. Friends drove by and honked their horns. They were decent enough substitutes. Maybe even charming ones. Some didn’t get to have celebrations at all. Plans were ruined, trips canceled. Even still, it all had the feeling of a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing — a story to tell. But now these unfortunate Pisces and Aries have to do it all again.

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Fearsome 9-foot vampire Lady Dimitrescu is just one of the exotic horrors that await players in Resident Evil VIII: Village.<br>CAPCOM
Fearsome 9-foot vampire Lady Dimitrescu is just one of the exotic horrors that await players in Resident Evil VIII: Village.<br>CAPCOM

Resident Evil VIII rekindles the illogical, weird magic of the series

Resident Evil is about the balance of fear and power. It’s a staple of the series. At the beginning of each game, the player is meant to feel overwhelmed and confused. By the end, they can fight back against these emotions -- usually with a rocket launcher. Resident Evil VIII: Village continues this tradition.

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A variety of items from Kokoro including salmon sashimi, pirikara, California, momo and midori rolls.<br>Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes
A variety of items from Kokoro including salmon sashimi, pirikara, California, momo and midori rolls.<br>Immanuel Johnson/Stars and Stripes

Mind, body and soul, Kokoro in Nuremberg will fill you up

Kokoro is a difficult word to translate, but it incorporates the concepts of mind, heart and spirit.

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Okonomiyaki Columbus in Yokohama, Japan, provides the ingredients, but diners cook the meal. <br>Jonathan Snyder/Stars and Stripes
Okonomiyaki Columbus in Yokohama, Japan, provides the ingredients, but diners cook the meal. <br>Jonathan Snyder/Stars and Stripes

At Okonomiyaki Columbus in Yokohama, diners do the cooking

If you find yourself wandering around the Yokohama area near Chinatown and have never tried Japanese savory pancakes, check out Okonomiyaki Columbus.

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Confessions of a TV junkie

Believe it or not, there was a time when I didn't know what binge watching was. While our Navy family was stationed in Germany, we felt lucky that American Forces Network aired day-old episodes of “Survivor” and “American Idol.” The rest of the time, we entertained ourselves with middle-of-the-night football broadcasts, quirky BBC shows and strange AFN public service announcements.