{"id":39760,"date":"2022-02-20T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=39760"},"modified":"2022-02-15T15:58:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T22:58:30","slug":"science-fiction-watchableselectjet-apollo-ultrathe-mental-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/science-fiction-watchableselectjet-apollo-ultrathe-mental-health-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Science fiction watchables\/Electjet Apollo Ultra\/The Mental Health Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/recomendo.com\/\">Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to get Recomendo a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Science fiction I am watching<\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019ve been watching a lot of new streaming science fiction recently. My favorite shows, ranked in order of my enjoyment. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<ul class=\"revue-ul\">\n<li>Dune (HBO) \u2014 Part 1. Perfect in all dimensions. Best world-building since Star Wars.<\/li>\n<li>The Expanse (Amazon) \u2014 Six seasons of an epic saga, with well-done characters and worlds.<\/li>\n<li>For All Mankind (Apple+) \u2014 Super fantastic counterfactual history of what if the Russians won the race to the Moon.<\/li>\n<li>Westworld (HBO) \u2014 Excellent cautionary tale of our relations with human-like robots. Already a classic.<\/li>\n<li>Ascension (Amazon) \u2014 Plenty of unexpected plot twists in story of 100-year ship to the stars.<\/li>\n<li>Silent Sea (Netflix) \u2014 Korean drama on Moon base.<\/li>\n<li>Station Eleven (HBO) \u2014 What if mostly actors survive a dystopia? Odd, perplexing, slow, but in a good way.<\/li>\n<li>Book of Boba Fett (Disney+) \u2014 Continuation of the Mandalorian space western, with shoot outs.<\/li>\n<li>Altered Carbon (Netflix) \u2014 Unlikely scenario, but rich, fun exploration of downloading personalities.<\/li>\n<li>Wandavision (Disney+) \u2014 Part of the Marvel universe. Amusing premise and very creative meta levels and format.<\/li>\n<li>Foundation (Apple+) \u2014 Based on classic book. Liked the beginning but I couldn\u2019t finish it because it became too implausible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast portable power bank<\/strong><br \/>\nThe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/elecjet-world-s-fastest-charging-power-bank--2\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter#\/\" target=\"_blank\">Electjet Apollo Ultra<\/a>\u00a0USB portable charger is about the same size as my iPhone 12 Mini and twice as thick. It\u2019s 10,000 mAh is pretty typical of power banks of its size. What sets it apart is how insanely fast it recharges. When I plug in the included AC charger, it goes from 0 to 100% charge in less than 25 minutes. (Other chargers I\u2019ve had take 5 hours or more). It\u2019s $139 on Indiegogo. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mental health newsletter<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thementalhealthupdate.com\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">The Mental Health Update<\/a>\u00a0is one of my favorite weekly newsletters in my inbox. There\u2019s always a tool or article that widens my perspective. The most recent issue turned me on to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orai.com\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Orai<\/a>, an AI-powered app to help you improve your public speaking skills. Each issue has actionable strategies to improve your mental health. The newsletter was created by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpbrown5?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Brown<\/a>, a social worker who started blogging because he couldn\u2019t find the kind of mental health content online that he wanted to read. I\u2019m always surprised by his articles and what he covers, so I am grateful. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 minutes of advice<\/strong><br \/>\nThroughout his career Dan Pink has been a master of distilling actionable advice about all parts of life. He is at peak wisdom in this series of videos that encapsulate an entire book\u2019s-worth of advice into 3 minutes or less. Plus one dad-joke. He calls them\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.danpink.com\/pinkcast\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">Pinkcasts<\/a>. They are totally worth your 3 minutes. \u2014 KK<\/p>\n<p><strong>My favorite VPN<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen I travel internationally, some of the websites I use for work and entertainment block connections outside the United States. For the last year, I\u2019ve been using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/protonvpn.com\/?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">ProtonVPN<\/a>, which is based in Switzerland and has strict privacy policies (it doesn\u2019t keep logs of the websites you visit). I use ProtonVPN to route my internet service through one of Proton\u2019s U.S. hosts, so all the websites I visit think I\u2019m in Los Angeles no matter where I happen to be. They offer a free version, but I pay $100 a year for higher speed and additional options. \u2014 MF<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joy on demand<\/strong><br \/>\nHere is a very simple and effective three-second brain exercise for finding joy \u2014 recognize \u201cthin slices of joy\u201d throughout the day.<br \/>\n<em>\u201cNotice the joyful moments in your day, however small, however fleeting. Notice how good it feels to have that first sip of your drink. Or how tasty that first bite of food is. The pleasurable feeling of your skin in warm water when you wash your hands or take a shower. The moment of delight and comfort when you see your friend. These thin slices of joy only last a few seconds but they add up! The more you notice joy, the more you will experience joy in your life.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nThat\u2019s advice by an ex-Google engineer who wrote the book Joy on Demand. He shares\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/tapestry\/happy-happy-joy-joy-1.3804787\/joy-on-demand-the-three-second-fix-1.3804789?utm_campaign=Recomendo&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">more short and simple \u201cjoy\u201d exercises here<\/a>. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recomendo: issue no. 292<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2323],"tags":[2324],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39762,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39760\/revisions\/39762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}