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Activists use bottles of ‘urine’ to protest Jeff Bezos’ involvement with Met Gala

Activists use bottles of ‘urine’ to protest Jeff Bezos’ involvement with Met Gala

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more An activist group placed hundreds of bottles of urine inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art to protest billionaire Jeff Bezo’s treatment of Amazon workers, as he and wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos prepare to serve as honorary co-chairs and lead donors of the 2026 Met Gala. Everyone Hates Elon — a British political activist group to protest Elon Musk — placed nearly 300 miniature bottles of fake urine throughout the Met on Friday in reference to multiple employees at the Jeff Bezos-owned company claiming they didn’t get bathroom breaks, just days before the fashion extravaganza on the first Monday of May. “Jeff Bezos’s company Amazon is literally being sued for forcing workers to urinate in bottles. Amazon avoids MILLIONS in tax and Bezos is one …

Urine luck: seven expert tips for peeing correctly | Well actually

Urine luck: seven expert tips for peeing correctly | Well actually

Published by Sam Flores

Urination is a vital human function and often occurs without much fanfare or thought – but age, sex, medications and a host of other factors can influence how you use the bathroom. Because there can be so much variation, patients must not ignore what seems out of the norm for their bodies, says Dr Vannita Simma-Chiang, a board-certified urologist and associate professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. “If something seems strange to you, one of the best things you can do is just go in and chat with a medical professional about it,” says Simma-Chiang. Issues may stem from different phases of the bladder, such as urine storage, excretion and what remains afterward, explains Dr Aqsa Khan, a board-certified urologist at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. “I often describe myself to patients as a kind of human plumber,” says Khan. “When the plumbing is good in our homes, we don’t think twice about it. But when something goes wrong, it can be terribly problematic.” Here are the …

Can you drink your own urine to survive in the wild? Here’s the truth

Can you drink your own urine to survive in the wild? Here’s the truth

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter TV adventurer Bear Grylls has built a global reputation through his often unconventional and sometimes extreme survival feats to stay hydrated. He has squeezed moisture from elephant dung, sipped the contents of camel intestines, downed yak eyeball juice and, perhaps most famously, drank his own urine. If you’ve seen Grylls gulp down a mouthful of his own urine on camera, you might conclude it’s a legitimate survival hack. After all, Grylls used to be in the SAS. In one episode, he tells viewers urinating on the ground would be wasting fluids, drinking your own urine is “safe”, and grimaces while taking a warm, salty mouthful. Let’s see if this is fact or fiction. Your urine is like a bin Fluids make up about 60 per cent of your body’s total weight. …