It’s a first for surveillance at the event, joining other security measures like bomb-sniffing dogs and metal detectors.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/nyregion/new-years-eve-nyc.htmlFireworks, Long a German New Year’s Eve Tradition, Are Losing Their Luster
Faced with the concerns about safety, pollution and potential damage to historic buildings, Germany is rethinking private fireworks.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/world/europe/germany-fireworks-ban.htmlAmid Balmy Winter, Moscow Trucked in Heaps of Fake Snow. A Blizzard Ensued.
Lacking snow to complete the holiday atmosphere, Moscow bought fake snow from skating rinks. “It will all create a festive mood, I am sure,” one Muscovite said.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/world/europe/moscow-snow-warm.html15 deals on home security cameras that can help keep you safe
Home security cameras don’t only exist to record your late-night drunken shenanigans or alert you when your Amazon package is finally waiting for you at the door. While those are unintended perks of having a camera, don’t ever forget their core function: Keeping an eye on what’s happening in and out of your home.
To ring in the new year — and the brand new decade — invest in security cameras to keep your home safe and sound. Below are 15 worthwhile options, all of which are on sale for an extra 20 percent off for a limited time with the code 20SAVE20.
RemoBell S: Fast-Responding Smart Video Doorbell Camera ($99 Value) Read more…More about Smart Home, Security Cameras, Home Security, Mashable Shopping, and Tech
Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks display to go ahead amid bushfire threat
Australian officials are pushing ahead with Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display despite more than a quarter of a million people signing a petition calling for the event to be scrapped.
CNN World http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/3axBTYLBbEk/index.htmlI Can’t Even Trust Myself Anymore
I buy padded headbands I don’t need. I cancel plans I want to go to. I act like a better person than I am. The algorithms have broken my brain.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/27/opinion/sunday/internet-trust-2010s.htmlGet a free $50 Amazon gift card when you buy any of these Dyson hair tools
TL;DR: For a limited time, you’ll receive a $50 gift card when you order select Dyson hair tools through Amazon.
With this year’s holiday shopping season finally mercifully over, chances are there’s little room in your budget for a pre-New Year’s trip to your stylist. It’s not that your tresses don’t deserve a little TLC after the frenzy of all of your holiday festivities — or that you shouldn’t ring in 2020 looking fresh as all get-out — it’s just that you probably can’t justify dropping hundreds of dollars on some fancy-ass blowout, mask, or gloss after putting your wallet through the wringer for the past month or so. Read more…More about Beauty, Dyson, Dyson Supersonic, Mashable Shopping, and Beauty Tech
Mashable http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/jDcU17j8Nu8/ Haley HenschelYour resolution for 2020 should be to leave your f*ckboi behind
Here’s a New Year’s resolution for you: Leave your fuckboi behind in 2019.
This may seem like quite a departure from the most popular New Years’ resolutions: save money, learn a new skill, and the old mainstay — lose weight.
But actually leaving your fuckboi to rot in 2019 aligns quite well with the most popular resolutions:
Saving money — don’t need to pay for lame dates!
Learn a new skill — learn your worth and how to protect it!
Lose weight — lose 100+ pounds with a simple text!
In all seriousness, I propose that we all make the decision to move on from whomever made our (dating) lives hell in 2019. It’s a viable, healthy resolution to make. Leaving behind the toxic person — both physically and mentally — isn’t a sexy resolution, but it’s the self-care you may actually need for the new year. This is the kind of self-care that often gets lost among all the talk of face masks and yoga classes. Read more…More about New Years Resolution, End Of Year 2019, Culture, and Sex Relationships
Mashable http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/5XJLc93cY_c/ Anna IovineIn Japanese New Year Dishes, a Family Connects With Its Past
The Sasakis have gathered in Washington State to make osechi for more than a century. Their history, including internment, is the story of many Japanese in America.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/dining/osechi-japanese-new-year.htmlWhat We Got Wrong in 2019
And resolutions for the coming election year.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/opinion/the-argument-joe-biden-resolutions-2020.html