From remote work to internet churches

⛪ Can a church exist exclusively on the internet?

Kenyan preachers are trading pulpits for pixels and running virtual churches that attract global congregations. Will they succeed in bringing the communal bonds and age-old practices of traditional worship online?

Vincent Owino for Rest of World

🦆 How to make friends with a bird

Every destination brings the offer of new cuisine, culture, landscapes, and wildlife – including birds. Did you know some of them can even recognize human faces? Here’s your guide to making a feathered friend.

Karuna Eberl for Atlas Obscura

Pop-up villages are reshaping how nomads build connection and community. This next one in Chiang Mai gathers people working at the frontiers of tech, science, and society (including SafetyWing and Plumia team members!) for a multi-week experience combining cutting-edge projects, holistic wellness, and multidisciplinary experimentation.

Janine Leger and Timour Kosters for Edge City

While some companies are still scrambling to find an effective policy for hybrid work, Yelp’s unabashedly remote-first approach is paying off—doubling retention and boosting engineer productivity. What will it take for other teams to follow suit? 

Chloe Callahan for WorkLife

From bras to blenders, products don’t last like they once did. As brands prioritize speed and cost-cutting, are we living in a reality where planned obsolescence dominates everything we buy?

Izzie Ramirez for Vox

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