Category: End Of Year 2018

Books End Of Year 2018 Entertainment Women

18 of the best books written by women in 2018

sudshr47 December 26, 2018

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So, it’s almost the end of the year. Time to put your feet up, grab a mince pie, and curl up with a good book. 

Some truly brilliant books have been published by women in 2018 — so many, in fact, that it was nigh-on impossible to whittle down the list to just 18 books. 

But, here are 18 books that really stood out this year, grabbed our attention and didn’t let go until we’d reached the very last page. 

Here are 18 of the best books by women in 2018. 

1. 

Normal People

By Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney’s second novel Normal People is just so damn readable. It tells the story of two young people, both from very different backgrounds, who embark on a secret relationship. The writing feels so strikingly intimate that you start to feel deeply invested in Connell and Marianne’s lives as they leave the town they grew up in to start their studies at Trinity College Dublin. Not for some time has book captured so the complexity of millennials and their relationships in such a sensitive and relatable fashion.  Read more…

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Culture End Of Year 2018 Viral Videos Watercooler

The best viral videos of 2018

sudshr47 December 21, 2018

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Y’all whine and complain about the internet, but when it comes down to it, you watch those five second viral videos every damn time.

I’m not passing judgement. I’m just reporting the facts: viral videos remain the best thing to come out of this poisoned well. How can you not laugh at a toddler brandishing a knife? Is there anything more emotionally satisfying than watching Maxine Waters reclaim her time from this petty Ivy League pariah — and then have the moment transformed into gospel?

2018 blessed us with a bountiful viral video harvest. It is time for us to relish the fruits. Read more…

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Bird E Scooter End Of Year 2018 lime Tech

E-scooters get a lot of hate, but they’re sticking around

sudshr47 December 20, 2018

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It seems like decades ago that scooters first roamed free and wild all over. 

It’s really been about a year — it was just in the beginning of 2018 that e-scooters really started to drop into cities around the U.S. Even though some cities have cracked down on its scooter policies (hello, San Francisco and Santa Monica), the motorized vehicles are still here. In some places, you might even say they’re thriving.

A look back on the past year in scooters gives us a hint of where we’re going: more scooters in more places.

Lime’s end-of-the-year report from this week tells a pretty universal scooter story. People are downloading the apps to rent the devices and then taking a lot of rides. Since Lime launched 18 months ago, it’s reached 9 million app downloads.  Read more…

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End Of Year 2018 Social Media Twitter Web Culture

Just 50 really great tweets from 2018

sudshr47 December 20, 2018

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Twitter can sometimes feel like a time-sucking black hole, but there’s no denying the social platform is full of delightful, hilarious, and heartwarming messages.

This year has blessed us with an abundance of phenomenal tweets — tweets so good they’ll help you forget everything bad online, if only for a minute.

From clever tweets by brands and celebrities, to content about cute animals, children, and more, we’ve complied a selection of the year’s best tweets to help you kick 2019 off on the right foot.

In the paraphrased words of the angsty Dashboard Confessional song, “Stolen,” here are 50 best ones of the best ones. Enjoy! Read more…

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Autonomous Vehicles End Of Year 2018 Self Driving Cars Tech Transportation

2018 was the year self-driving cars hit a roadblock

sudshr47 December 18, 2018

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It’s been a long day. As you ride home from the office, you start to nod off. You close your eyes as the self-driving car merges onto the highway. When you’re zonked out 15 minutes later, the car changes your route because of traffic, and eventually you wake up at your destination. 

That’s the dream of autonomous cars — and some very smart people, including Google’s Sergey Brin, thought they’d already be driving people around public streets by now. That hasn’t happened. In fact, in 2018, progress stalled, sometimes with deadly consequences. 

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