Scroll Free September

Scroll Free September: Social media users urged to log off

Social media devotees are being encouraged to "take back control" and stop scrolling through their feeds for an entire month.

The Royal Public Health Society is behind Scroll Free September, which is targeting users of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat.

Carpathian hutsuls

WHO ARE THE HUTSULS?

Fotografia: desa.pl

The Hutsul region of Ukraine, or "Hutsulschyna," is located in the southeast Ukrainian Carpathians to the southwest of Ivano-Frankivsk and Kolomyia, the main access points. The largest towns in the region are Dilyatyn, Kosiv, Kuty, Vyzhnytsia, Vorokhta, Yabluniv, Rakhiv, and Yaremcha.

Wild Swans - a book by Jung Chang

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China is a family history that spans a century, recounting the lives of three female generations in China, by Chinese writer Jung Chang. First published in 1991, Wild Swans contains the biographies of her grandmother and her mother, then finally her own autobiography. The book won two awards: the 1992 NCR Book Award and the 1993 British Book of the Year. The book has been translated into 37 languages and sold over 20 million copies.

Dalmatia's fjaka state of mind

Slowly, over a dozen visits to Dalmatia, Croatia, writer Kristin Vuković grew to appreciate the sublime state of 'fjaka', in which a human aspires for nothing.

Pic: BBC.com

Best online shopping websites

For many Chinese netizens, frequenting online shopping sites, especially group-buying sites, has become a part of their daily routine. 

Kids spend less time outdoors than prisoners

Picture: https://returntonow.net

While inmates at maximum security prisons in the U.S. are guaranteed at least 2 hours of outdoor time a day, half of children worldwide spend less than an hour outside, reports TreeHugger.com.

Afghan shoppers go online to avoid bombs and harassment

KABUL — Shoppers in the Afghan capital are going online for everything from fashion to furniture to avoid bomb attacks and sexual harassment, with dozens of start-ups doing a brisk trade where there were few on the ground two years ago.