Letters from Inside Hong Kong

By Eunsong Kim
Read more: https://offshootjournal.org/lettersfromhk/?source=Snapzu

I'm a millennial who manages Gen Z workers. The hardest thing about it is dealing with all their 'feelings about work.'

I used to go into problem-solving mode when my reports complained to me. Now I ask, "Do you want to talk about solutions? Or do you need to vent?"
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-manage-boss-gen-z-workers-feelings-work-employees2023-2?source=Snapzu

Australia has taken out 'hive' of spies, security chief says

Mike Burgess did not identify any countries behind the network, but said the undercover operatives appeared to be "highly trained". The group would study and "potentially seduce" targets including judges, journalists and veterans, he claimed. It shows the threat posed by foreign spies is at an all-time high, he added.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64713697?source=Snapzu

A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in Britain

Efforts to increase productivity hold lessons for sceptics, too
Read more: https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/11/17/a-pilot-scheme-to-trail-the-four-day-workweek-in-britain?source=Snapzu

Russia is launching a mission to give stranded space station crew members a ride home

The Russian spacecraft that brought the three crew members to the ISS in the fall later experienced a leak in its radiator cooling loop. A replacement ship is set to be launched on Friday.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/21/1158409905/russia-space-station-crew-stranded-rescue-nasa-soyuz?source=Snapzu

Norfolk Southern reported rise in railway accident rates in recent years

Just days later, a 150-car freight train, which was pulling at least five tanker cars containing a colorless but hazardous and carcinogenic gas, derailed in Ohio.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2023/02/18/norfolk-southern-reported-rise-in-railway-accident-rates-ahead-of-ohio-train-derailment?source=Snapzu

His 11-year-old mystery novel was a flop, until his daughter turned it into a bestseller

It took Lloyd Devereux Richards 14 years to write his first novel. But it was his daughter's 12-second TikTok video that finally turned it into a hit. Richards, 74, wrote Stone Maidens on evenings and weekends, in between working a full-time job as a corporate attorney at a Vermont insurance company, and taking care of his children. When he finally published it in 2012, it only sold a few dozen copies here and there.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/tiktok-father-daughter-novel-1.6751101?source=Snapzu