![A Marriott that’s an actual prison, United/Emirates partnering, a $900 credit card/bank bonus and more [Saturday Selection]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/N4FIHhLuXLNKWNqUDM_892AdVCnLLgzXk5RAd-2ZIgv2lhTU9c8FngGdGZHAtwv9RzuTJDk47NugBnOuoIJ9QA_qc_tPSLbcqiHnPd1s)
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A new Waldorf Astoria on a private island in the Indian Ocean? A Marriott that’s used as a literal prison (instead of the figurative Bonvoy one)?
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Nick usually publishes an Around The Web post on Saturday afternoons, but there have been all kinds of deals and news worth highlighting in recent
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From Reuters: “On at least four occasions since 2019, Elon Musk has predicted that his medical device company, Neuralink, would soon start human
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From The Washington Post: “When a fourth-grader in Florida was frustrated about having to sit out his afternoon recess, he penciled a word on an
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From CNN: “Three of the 10 people facing murder charges in the death last week of a 28-year-old Black man at a Virginia mental health facility
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From AP: “Video from a state mental hospital shows a Black Virginia man who was handcuffed and shackled being pinned to the ground by seven
![Missing the boat, Alaska sweet spots, Boxed nearly bankrupt and more [Saturday Selection]](https://frequentmiler.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Saturday-Selection-Featured.jpg)
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Ever wondered what happens if you miss the boat? Looking for a way to eke out value from your Alaska miles post-devaluation? Read about those things
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From NPR: “Judy Heumann was the first person I called when, in 1987, I reported my first story on disability rights. Judy, who contracted polio
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From Thomas Pynchon: “‘Diode’ explores a pivotal mental state I experienced nearly 30 years ago, the psychiatric response in its aftermath,
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From Krishnamurti Foundation Trust: “The nearest direct quote from Krishnamurti we have found, from Commentaries on Living Series 3 (1960),
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Whether you’re looking to get rewarded for walking around your hotel, you want a way to score flat-bed seats to Hawaii that you probably haven’t
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From The Stanford Daily: “In 2009, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, then a top executive at the biotechnology company Genentech, was the primary author of
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From Aeon: “When I was studying philosophy years ago, I had what felt like a nervous breakdown. I wasn’t able to think clearly or articulate my
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From the International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal (IIPDW): “This is an important moment as the journal is widely read by GPs, who
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From The New York Times: “A few months ago I started noticing that I couldn’t open Instagram or TikTok without getting an ad for ketamine. I