Monica Torres

Nancy Guthrie's Disappearance Highlights A Common Issue For People With Aging Parents — And We Don’t Talk About It Enough What happened to Guthrie is a deeply relatable fear for caregivers. Experts share what you can do to safeguard your loved one.

Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is an ongoing mystery to investigators ― and a relatable nightmare for anyone who lives apart from their aging parents. I wrote about her story highlights a common long-distance caregiver fear of how to protect parents remotely. www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-...

I Tried Bricking My Phone — And Was Honestly Shocked By The Changes In My Life It shocked me how much my screen time went down.

I Bricked my phone and even I was surprised by how much it has changed me. "The first week I used it, I was surprised and embarrassed by how often my fingers would automatically tap the social media apps my Brick blocked me from accessing." www.huffpost.com/entry/brick-...

Trump Had A Meltdown About Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Show, But Experts Point Out 1 Embarrassing Mistake The president’s attempt to mock Bad Bunny makes his unapologetic performance even better.

It was SO interesting to talk with the co-author of "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance" about the long history of Spanish backlash in sports, and how Bad Bunny's halftime choices were political. ¡Seguimos aquí! www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.

If You're A 'Desk Shrimp' At Work, We Have Bad News For You The good news? You can fix this damaging habit with a few simple changes.

"When I’m typing on my laptop, I transform from a human woman into a shrimp."

I love everything about this @monicatorrr.bsky.social story, especially the illustration lol. (Unfortunately, I am guilty of desk shrimp-ing, womp.)
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Aw thank you!

Why Friday’s 'ICE Out' Shutdown In Minnesota May Be A Turning Point Nationwide Experts on boycott tactics explain what sets Minnesota’s “ICE Out” movement apart — and practical steps to show support.

Going to an "ICE Out" protest today? It might make all the difference. Wrote about the value of national solidarity actions in support of Minnesota's statewide shutdown: www.huffpost.com/entry/minnes...

With ten days until our contract expires, our unit is not willing to settle for less. We're standing together until we reach a fair deal.

Trump's 2026 Fate Is Written In The Stars, Astrologers Say It's apparently going to be a hell of a year.

“This is a time when sometimes people die,” one astrologer told me. “You could go to the doctor on that exact day and find out you have some kind of health condition.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

The ICE Shooter's Face Was Everywhere Online Within Hours. There's Just 1 Problem. This kind of misinformation is all too easy to share.

Too many internet sleuths created and shared AI-altered photos of the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good this week. I wrote about the damage and confusion these AI tools can do: www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-sh...

Why Women Love The Horniness Of 'Heated Rivalry' If you can’t stop thinking about Shane and Ilya, experts say it could be because there are secret desires you might hold close.

Wrote about what makes "Heated Rivalry" such a popular show with women. "Watching men kiss, grind and fall in love with each other can be a refreshing escape from the garbage that comes with being a woman in a society that too often caters to the needs of men." www.huffpost.com/entry/heated...

“60 Minutes” Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi:

>“We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship.”

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School Shooting Survivors Reveal The Hidden Financial Cost Of Survival “At the moment, you don’t care what anything’s going to cost ... and then the bills start to roll in.”

There are lifelong unexpected costs to surviving a school shooting.

As one mom of a mass shooting survivor told me, “At the moment, you don’t care what anything’s going to cost, and then the bills start to roll in.” Her daughter's first hospital bill was $178,000. www.huffpost.com/entry/brown-...

This Malicious Scam Is On The Rise Ahead Of The Holidays — And Well-Intended Gift Givers Are The Perfect Target Here’s how to spot it so you can avoid getting scammed during the holidays.

Wrote about the sneakily effective fake toy scam that fools too many people. Be wary of any "flash deals" from unknown vendors! www.huffpost.com/entry/fake-t...

"In years past, lawmakers have seen young people fleeing horrific, dangerous conditions in their home countries and taken extra steps to protect unaccompanied immigrant youth — creating a paper trail...In a cruel irony, those same factors make unaccompanied immigrant children easier to control."

This Popular Delivery App Is Running A Price-Testing Experiment — And A Researcher Says It's ‘Deceptive,’ To Say The Least Some shoppers got prices that were up to 23% higher than prices available to other shoppers for the exact same items.

What Instacart is doing “is arguably more deceptive than dynamic pricing," one of the authors of the report told me. www.huffpost.com/entry/instac...

How People Use 'Weaponized Gifting' To Emotionally Manipulate You Sometimes the thought *doesn't* count.

Talked to therapists about the “See, I’m just not good at this, so don’t expect anything from me” manipulative gifters among us. Sometimes, the thought *doesn’t* count. www.huffpost.com/entry/weapon...

This Type Of Layoff Is Becoming The New Normal — And We Should All Be Worried This is a concerning trend for anyone who is an employee of a company right now.

In the era of the rolling smaller-scale layoffs, you could be spared from one layoff and axed in the next.

This solitary layoff is uniquely dreadful because you lose "coworkers to commiserate with, compare notes with, or even make sense of what happened”: www.huffpost.com/entry/foreve...

Behind the Business of Club Chalamet, Timothée’s Most Divisive Fan The fan account Simone Cromer started to support Chalamet’s Oscar dreams has made her infamous. Now on Substack, she has no plans of stopping.

The most devastating line: "A representative for Chalamet declined to comment." www.wsj.com/style/fashio...

Review | Olivia Nuzzi tries and fails to save her reputation in ‘American Canto’ The flashy reporter who lost her job at New York magazine over a relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. returns with a memoir light on gossip — and reckoning

"You shouldn’t write a memoir unless you are willing to make yourself look foolish and pathetic." www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

We received our first counterproposals from management today with disappointing language — including no guaranteed wage increases this year and rollbacks of hard-fought language on diversity and severance. We stand united and ready to fight for the contract we deserve.

Ready to work towards making our newsroom a more inclusive and fair place for all ✊!

How Can You Tell If A Video Is AI? Experts Say This Is The 1 Clear Indicator. Once you know how to spot this, you won't be able to unhear it.

If you want to suss out an AI video, listen to how it sounds. I talked with a linguist and AI experts about why AI videos are still so bad at voiced speech. Even OpenAI has admitted that a wired voice is the biggest tell of a Sora video.

www.huffpost.com/entry/ai-acc...

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.

I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

This Anti-Immigrant Ad Is Making People Really Mad — And It's Causing A Growing Movement This dehumanizing ad is everywhere, and it's causing people to take action.

I wrote about whether the "cancel ICE ads" movement can be the next "cancel Disney."

As one person boycotting Spotify, Peacock, and Hulu told me, "Their message to me is that they don’t have respect for me or my community, and I’m not going to give them a dollar.” www.huffpost.com/entry/cancel...

This Video Trend Is Everywhere On Social Media — And You Should Be Terrified Experts are sounding the alarm — and it’s regular people who should be most concerned.

Wrote about how Sora videos are flooding social media, and what kind of reality-bending consequences that's having on us: www.huffpost.com/entry/how-id...

Taking Photos And Videos At A Trump Protest Could Have Alarming Consequences Know the safety risks of documenting what you see if you go to a "No Kings" march.

If you're going to a No Kings rally this weekend, consider the safety risks of sharing photos and videos, not just for yourself, but for everyone around you. I talked to privacy experts about strategies for mitigating these risks:

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Can The National Guard Detain And Arrest You? Here Are Some Surprising Facts. Trump's push to federalize troops "has no precedent," one expert said.

Wrote about what the National Guard can ask or do to civilians and how the Insurrection Act could dramatically change that: www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...