Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025

Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025

On this day in 1536, Anne Boleyn was executed. There’s a phenomenon where someone writes an essay about this or that but someone else wants to discuss something that has not yet made it to the front page. This is unfair to everybody involved. It’s unfair to the guy who wrote the original essay because, presumably, he wants to talk about his original essay. It’s unfair to the guy who wants to talk about his link because it looks like he’s trying …

Fact of the Week – 5/19/2025

#Factoftheweek 1 out of 3 travelers … Are you planning a summer trip? How are you planning it? Would you consider using AI to help? The 2025 Travel Industry Outlook by Deloitte suggests more travelers confess say plan to raise their holiday travel budgets vs the prior year. And among those, 40% say they would do so because “travel has become more important to me since the pandemic.” Deloitte suggests there are four trends shifting travel to watc…