May often brings not only flowers, but also a highly anticipatedand in some cases, dreadedevent for college seniors: graduation. On their final day as students, they will walk across the stage to applause from peers, receive their diplomas, and start their lives as adults. Some of them will already have jobs lined up, while others may still be looking.
A recently updated report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York suggests that how employable those graduating seniors are could well be influenced by which college majors they chose in their freshman and sophomore years. What do those choices say about a student’s future job prospects? The report offers a number of insightssome more surprising than others.
Here’s a rundown of the highlights.
College majors with the best early-career salaries
Chemical Engineering, $80,000
Computer Engineering, $80,000
Computer Science, $80,000
Early career, defined as those in the workforce that fall between the ages of 22 and 27, doesnt get much better than this, according to the report. These three majors, with the exact same median early-career salaries, will hopefully get you somewhere close to 80K.
Something to note, though: Pay attention to the unemployment rates that we talk about in a few paragraphs.
College majors with the best mid-career salaries
Chemical Engineering, $120,000
Electrical Engineering, $120,000
Computer Engineering, $122,000
Aerospace Engineering, $125,000
These degrees will all help you get a six-figure salary mid-career, defined as those working who are between the ages of 35 and 45.
Aerospace engineering does not rank in the top three for starting salaries, but this major has the highest median salary of all of the majors in this report.
Best college majors for finding a job (based on unemployment rates)
Special education, 1% unemployment rate
Civil engineering, 1% unemployment rate
Animal and plant sciences, 1% unemployment rate
Construction services, 0.7% unemployment rate
Nutrition services, 0.4% unemployment rate
The top five college majors for finding a job are those with the lowest unemployment rates, all sitting at 1% or less.
Construction services, in particular, boasts a mid-career median salary of six figures, at $100,000. Overall, these fields might be the best for finding a job in an uncertain market, though things can always change.
College majors with the highest unemployment rate
Computer Engineering, 7.5% unemployment rate
Physics, 7.8% unemployment rate
Anthropology, 9.4% unemployment rate
Yes, you read that correctly. A high early-career salary does not necessarily mean a low unemployment rate. Even though computer engineering ranks in our top three for both early- and mid-career salaries, it has one of the highest unemployment rates of all of the majors within this report.
Physics is also notable, considering that a majority of graduates with this major also have graduate degrees. But according to the report, physics is one of the majors struggling the most in the job market.
College majors with the highest underemployment rate
Medical technicians, 57.9% underemployment rate
Performing arts, 62.3% underemployment rate
Criminal justice, 67.2% underemployment rate
The underemployment rate is a term used to describe the share of college graduates working in jobs that typically do not require a college degree (the share of staff without a college degree is over 50%). These majors include fields that do not always require college educations before starting a job.
Novo Nordisk announced Friday that it would part ways with its longtime CEO, who steered the company into an unprecedented boom time for weight-loss drugs.
The Ozempic makers chief executive, Lars Fruergaard Jrgensen, first joined the company as an economist in 1991. Jrgensen has served as Novo Nordisks CEO since 2017, leading the company before the current gold rush in weight-loss drug development was imaginable.
Novo Nordisk cited market challenges and its declining share price in a press release announcing the leadership shake-up. Jrgensen will stay on as CEO temporarily for an undetermined period of time to support a smooth transition as the company looks for his replacement.
Novo Nordisks value more than quintupled between 2017 and 2024, but the companys shares have fallen sharply since late last year, weighed down by Big Pharma rivals catching up and the proliferation of compounding pharmacies handing out affordable knockoffs of its signature drugs amid supply shortages.
First out of the gate but struggling to stay ahead
As a 100-year old company focused on treating diabetes since day one, Novo Nordisk initially enjoyed a first-mover advantagebut that edge has faded.
Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide drug is in a class of drugs known as GLP-1 agonists, which simulate a hormone that would naturally be released during digestion. Its drug, marketed as Ozempic, was originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes. In 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy, a version of Novo Nordisks medication designed for weight loss and the first drug in that category to be approved since 2014.
Novo Nordisks American competitor Eli Lilly made up ground quickly, securing FDA approval for its diabetes drug Mounjaro and its weight-management counterpart Zepbound in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Eli Lilly shares have soared since those drugs started hitting the market, showing no sign of flagging.
Jrgensen was well aware that Novo Nordisk would need to push an aggressive pace of drug development to stay ahead. In late 2023, the company announced that it would buy a startup developing weight management drugs for $1.07 billion, just one massive deal in a flurry of acquisitions meant to shore up its defenses.
A drug for everything
To stay ahead, Novo Nordisk is pushing its semaglutide treatments into other areas of medicine. Cardiologists started being interested in GLP-1s, Jrgensen told Fast Company in 2023. The whole medical understanding of the link between obesity and diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and all of these cardiometabolic diseases is being understood now.
Last year, the FDA approved Wegovy to reduce the risk of heart disease, and in January Ozempic got the green light for treating kidney disease. For semaglutide drugsand their counterparts from rival companiesosteoarthritis, Alzheimers disease, liver disease, and even addiction are all in play in the race for the next big thing. This week, the company announced a $2.2 billion partnership with Bay Area biotech startup Septerna to develop a pill form of its weight-loss and diabetes drugs.
Novo Nordisk characterized Jrgensens departure as a mutual agreement but noted that the change was the wish of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, an independent nonprofit that controls the companyan ownership structure that is common among large Danish businesses. The foundation is designed to steer leadership from a long-term perspective and also doles out large scientific grants on topics ranging from endocrinology to climate-adapted soil.
Lars Rebien Srensen, who chairs the Novo Nordisk Foundation, will join its board as an observer while the company seeks a new CEO. Srensen, Novo Nordisk’s CEO from 2000 to 2016, is expected to be nominated for a seat on the board during an annual meeting in 2026.
We think, of course, in delivering here and now, but equally we think in decades forward, Jrgensen told Fast Company in 2023, describing the foundations role.
In February, the newly appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission opened a probe into Verizon just as the company was awaiting approval for a sizable acquisition. The telecom giant had announced plans last fall to purchase internet provider Frontier in a $20 billion deal, which was under review by the FCC.
Verizon has now made the decision to cut its DEI programs, seemingly in response to FCC chair Brendan Carr’s investigation into its diversity practices. In a letter to the agency obtained by Reuters, Verizon disclosed that the company would scrub employee trainings of any references to DEI, along with changing its practices around hiring, supplier diversity, and corporate sponsorships. This afternoon, barely a day after receiving the letter from Verizon, the FCC announced that the acquisition of Frontier had been approved.
According to Reuters, Verizon is eliminating workforce representation goals and will no longer tie compensation for managers to progress on hiring women and underrepresented employees. The company is also taking down its public page on “diversity and inclusion” and will no longer use the term DEI in its external messaging. (Verizon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
Verizon conceded in its letter that “some DEI policies and practices could be associated with discrimination.” In a statement, Carr applauded Verizon’s decision, calling it a “good and important step forwardone that promotes equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and the public interest.”
Verizon is hardly the first company to divest from its DEI commitments or make significant changes to those programs. Since January, President Trump has issued a wide range of executive orders targeting DEI programs across the federal government and private sector. Many major employers have pulled back on DEI to shield against potential litigation, accelerating a shift that had already been underway since the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in 2023.
Like Verizon, a number of companies have stopped tying executive compensation to diversity metrics, while tech giants like Meta and Google have also eliminated representation goals. It’s not yet clear which corporate sponsorships will be impacted by the changes at Verizon, but other companies have stopped sponsoring Pride events.
Still, Verizon’s decision stands out as an example of how the private sector is responding to explicit pressure from the Trump administration to stamp out DEI programs. In an interview with CNBC, Carr was direct about what companies would need to do if they were seeking FCC approval. We’ve told everybody that’s trying to do deals before the FCC that they need to end their own promotion of invidious forms of DEI,” he said. Carr also specifically noted that the agency would be willing to block Verizon’s deal with Frontier over the company’s DEI practices.
The FCC has already launched similar probes into Comcast and Disney to investigate their DEI practices. Paramount’s negotiations with the FCC over its proposed merger with Skydance reportedly involved a commitment to steer clear of DEI programs, according to the Wall Street Journalin line with changes the company already made earlier this year.
Other commissioners at the agency have been critical of Carr’s investigations into DEI practices. “Stoking partisan culture wars is not the FCCs job,” FCC commissioner Anna Gomez said following the probe into Comcast. In a statement, FCC commissioner Geoffrey Starks added that from what I know, this enforcement action is out of our lane and out of our reach.”
For NFL teams social media departments, May 14 is the Super Bowl.
NFL Schedule Release Day has become an unofficial holiday on the league calendar. All 32 teams unveil their season schedules in the most creative and entertaining ways possiblechasing quote tweets and marketing impressions before the internet crowns a winner.
This year, the Los Angeles Chargers dropped a Minecraft-inspired video, complete with a nod to a viral Starbucks altercation between NFL reporters Ian Rapoport and Jordan Schultz during the combine. Give the Chargers every award, Pro Football Talk posted on X.
The Commanders put their own spin on the classic game Rollercoaster Tycoon, while the Atlanta Falcons went with a Mario Kart theme.
The New York Giants reimagined their 2025 opponents as contestants on Love Island. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Eagles werent done flexing last seasons success.
This unofficial competition started nearly a decade ago with the Seattle Seahawks cupcake schedule video. What couldve been a simple email has since evolved into full-blown productionswhere the schedule itself can feel like an afterthought.
Brainstorming starts as early as December, months before the reveal. Teams usually dont receive their finalized schedules until the day before the official release, prompting a last-minute sprint to produce and post final edits within 24 hours.
Everything is kept under tight wraps until 8 p.m. ET, May 15. People will ask me, said Megan Julian, the Chargers senior director of digital and social media, in an interview with Sports Illustrated. I definitely have been on Hinge [the dating app] and people are like, What are yall doing [for this years schedule video]? This is Hinge, bro. We gotta calm down. We gotta chill out. Im not telling you.
And, as a truly unbiased Brit: this year, the Tennessee Titans won.
After a record-breaking 2024 and exciting offseason, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is primed to keep the ball dribbling in 2025.
The season kicks off tonight (Friday, May 16, 2025) with three exciting matchups. Here is everything you need to knowas well as some fun facts and historyin order to get up to speed about the new season, including how to stream the games live.
A brief history of the WNBA
The WNBA was not the first professional womens basketball league. That honor fell to the American Basketball League, which operated from 1996 to 1998. But it is the only one to have the support of the NBA.
The WNBA was founded in 1996 and began balling in 1997, following the popularity of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team at the Summer Olympic Games. Eight teams battled it out on the court, but the Houston Comets prevailed as the first-ever WNBA champions.
What happened during the 2025 WNBA offseason?
Fast-forward to 2024 and the league had 12 teams. This year, its expanding to 13, with the addition of the Golden State Valkyries, based out of San Francisco.
The new team on the block will be led by the first Asian American WNBA head coach, Natalie Nakase. Her impressive résumé includes being assistant coach for the NBAs Los Angeles Clippers and the WNBAs Las Vegas Aces.
Last season, the Dallas Wings were shut out of the playoffs for the first time since 2020. This year, the organization has made changes, such as adding No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers to the roster. She will be led by new general manager Curt Miller and new head coach Chris Koclanes, who both have high hopes for a comeback.
One cannot talk about the WNBA without mentioning last seasons rookie of the year, Caitlin Clark. Despite coming off a grueling college season, she helped the Indiana Fever reach the playoffs for the first time in eight years and set a new record of 337 assists. Imagine what she might do this year after getting a bit of a rest.
Weekend WNBA schedule and how to stream the games live
Be prepared, fans, as this weekend is going to be jam-packed with layups and three-pointers.
Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET national: The Minnesota Lynx will face the Dallas Wings.
Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET local: The Atlanta Dream take on the Washington Mystics.
Friday, 10 p.m. ET national: The final game of the night has a California theme, with the Golden State Valkyries hosting the Los Angeles Sparks.
All of these games can be viewed on the broadcast TV network Ion, whose full WNBA schedule is on its website.
The station is available in many areas with an over-the-air antenna, or as part of a cable bundle. You can also watch Ion on live-TV streaming services such as Fubo and YouTube TV.
The league also has a subscription-based service, WNBA League Pass.
Saturday brings another triple-header.
Saturday, 1 p.m ET: The Las Vegas Aces will try to take a bite out of the Big Apple, playing the New York Liberty.
Saturday, 3 p.m. ET: Following that, things get hot and windy with the Chicago Sky challenging the Indiana Fever.
Saturday, 10 p.m. ET: To end the day, the Seattle Storm will face off against the Phoenix Mercury.
The first two Saturday games can be viewed on ABC, ESPN+, and Disney+, while the last one can only be watched on WNBA League Pass.
Sunday will bring two more chances to see nothing but net.
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET: In the afternoon, the Washington Mystics take on the Connecticut Sun.
Sunday, 6 p.m. ET: In the evening, the Minnesota Lynx face the L.A. Sparks.
Both games can be viewed on WNBA League Pass.
How can I stream the rest of the WNBA season?
This weekend is just the beginning of 175 regular-season games. These feats of athleticism will be available to watch across multiple networks and streaming services: ABC, ESPN, CBS, CBS Sports Network, Ion, NBA TV, Prime Video, and WNBA League Pass.
Theres so much basketball to look forward to. The All-Star Game comes around on July 19. The playoffs begin on September 14, with the finals following in October. To plan accordingly, you can see the full WNBA schedule here.
OpenAI launched a research preview on Friday of what its calling its most capable AI coding agent yet.
Codex, a cloud-based software engineering agent, can write features, answer questions about a codebase, fix bugs, and propose pull requests for review. Several tasks can run simultaneously, and users retain full access to their computers while the agent takes anywhere from one to 30 minutes to complete a task.
Since its still in research preview, the tool remains in early development. The company said in a blog post that it “currently lacks features like image inputs for front-end work, and the ability to course-correct the agent while it’s working. Additionally, delegating to a remote agent takes longer than interactive editing, which can take some getting used to.”
Over time, however, the company said using the service will feel more like asynchronous collaboration with colleagues.
Codex is available to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team subscribers. Users will have “generous access at no additional cost” for a few weeks, after which OpenAI plans to introduce pricing options and rate-limited access.
Friday’s launch comes as part of a broader rise of AI tools for software engineers that are meant to handle repetitive, boring tasks rather than take over the whole gamut.
“We imagine a future where developers drive the work they want to own and delegate the rest to agentsmoving faster and being more productive with AI,” OpenAI said.
Companies in the AI coding space are seeing massive revenues and high valuations. Anysphere, the startup behind coding platform Cursor, reportedly raised $900 million at a $9 billion valuation. Major tech companies are also racing to stake their claim. OpenAI competitor Anthropic released an agentic coding tool in February. In April, Google added new features to its AI coding agent, and Microsoft has been active in the space as well.
In addition to Codex, OpenAI is reportedly in talks to acquire Windsurf, a maker of AI coding tools, for around $3 billionpotentially its largest acquisition to date.
Investor confidence in OpenAI appears strong. In March, the company announced it had raised $40 billion at a $300 billion post-money valuation, making it one of the most valuable companies in the world.
Adults with grown children are often still helping support them financially. And sometimes, those contributions take away from the funds they would otherwise be saving for retirement.
According to a recent Savings.com survey of 1,000 U.S. adults with grown children, half regularly assist them financially. Those numbers are going up in recent years. On average, parents are shelling $1,474 monthly to help their adult children, which is about 6% more than they provided the previous year.
More than 80% said they helped pay for groceries; 65% said they foot their grown child’s cellphone bill; and nearly half (46%) even fund their adult children’s vacations.
Those monthly contributions add up, coming out to a contribution of around $17,688 per yeararound twice as much as theyre putting into their own retirement savings. Nearly half (47%) say they’ve sacrificed their own financial well-being and preparedness to help their grown kids find their footing.
While older generations are often quick to call Gen Zers lazy or entitled, young workers are at a financial disadvantage. Not only are unemployment rates rising for recent college graduates, but an increasing number are underemployed.
And, according to LinkedIn’s 2025 Grad Guide, college graduates are more frequently taking jobs that don’t typically require degrees. In fact, the fastest growing field for college graduates is construction. Real estate, utilities, wholesale, and administrative service jobs are up for the group, too, suggesting that four-year-degrees are not necessarily helping graduates land higher-paying jobs as often as they once did.
Parents seem to know that their adult children are up against big challenges, which is likely why so many help pay their bills. Forty percent said they felt pressured to give to their grown children even when it negatively impacted their own stability, and 35% said they feel it’s their responsibility to provide that support.
Some say they’ve set deadlines for when they will stop funding their adult children’s lives. Eleven percent plan to cut the cord within a year; 26% within one to two years; and 28% three to four years down the line. However, for some, the commitment is for life. Around 18% say there is no deadline at all for their grown children to become financially independent.
An environment conference opened in Nepal on Friday to discuss global climate change, including the impact on the highest Himalayan peaks where snow and ice are melting.The three-day conference in Kathmandu titled, “Climate Change, Mountains and the Future of Humanity,” is expected to include discussions of critical climate issues.“From the lap of Sagarmatha (Everest), the world’s highest peak, we send this message loud and clear that to protect the mountains is to protect the planet. To protect the mountains is to protect our seas. To protect the mountains is to protect humanity itself,” Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli told participants at the opening meeting.Nepal is home to eight of the tallest mountains in the world including Mount Everest. A high level of glaciers melting in the Himalayan mountains because of global warming has raised signficant concerns. Melting snow and ice have exposed the mountains and increased the risk of rock slides, landslides and avalanches.Scientists have warned the Himalayan mountains could lose up to 80% of their glaciers if the Earth warms in coming decades or centuries. They say flash floods and avalanches also could become more likely in coming years, in part because of climate change.“The tragedy is that the Himalayas are facing an unprecedented stress test in real time today, exposing not only the fragile nature of our mountain ecosystems but also a glaring evidence of the lack of meaningful global climate action,” Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba said. “As a mountainous country with high disaster risk vulnerability, Nepal faces a stark predicament.”Nepal has experienced a series of severe weather events in the recent past with devastating impacts on people and their livelihoods, Deuba said.“Floods and glacial lake outbursts have caused large-scale destruction and damage, and droughts, water scarcity and forest fires have brought untold suffering to the people across the country,” she said.Ministers from neighboring India, Bhutan, and Maldives are attending the conference.Organizers have said they intend to publish a Kathmandu declaration after the discussions end Sunday.
Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press
On Friday, cable companies Charter Communications and Cox Communications announced that theyve agreed to merge. Charter will acquire Cox in a deal valued at $34.5 billion.
This is one of the biggest deals of the year. Charter, known more widely by its brand Spectrum, is one of the largest television communications operators in the country.
The proposed transaction will result in Charter acquiring Coxs commercial fiber and managed IT and cloud businesses, and Cox will contribute its residential cable business to Charter.
The joint press release noted that the merger will create an industry leader in mobile and broadband communications services, seamless video entertainment, and high-quality customer service delivering powerful benefits for American employees, customers, communities, and shareholders.
Charter CEO Chris Winfrey said, This combination will augment our ability to innovate and provide high-quality, competitively priced products, delivered with outstanding customer service, to millions of homes and businesses.
Cox will own around 23% of the combined entitys fully diluted shares, the companies said. As part of the deal, the combined entity will assume Coxs estimated $12 billion in outstanding debt.
Charter (NYSE: CHTR) stock was up around 2.58% in early trading on Friday. Cox is a privately held company.
Heres what to expect from the merger
The deal is expected to close at the same time as the previously announced Liberty Broadband merger. The combined company will change its name to Cox Communications within a year of the deal closing.
Spectrum will become the consumer-facing brand in the areas currently served by Cox.
Winfrey will continue to serve as CEO. The combined company will remain headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, and plans to maintain a significant presence at Coxs campus in Atlanta.
Cable companies struggle to retain pay-TV subscribers
Why is this strategic merger being announced? Cable companies have experienced dwindling pay-TV subscriber rates as customers cut the cord by canceling cable subscriptions and switching to streaming services. As a result, the industry has invested heavily in broadband and mobile.
According to the latest cord-cutting monitor report from analyst firm MoffettNathanson, Charter has continued to lose pay-TV customers along with the rest of the industry. In Q4 of 2024, the cable giant lost 123,000 cable subscribers.
Collectively, the cable industry is expected to continue to shed pay-TV subscribers in the coming years, declining from 67.7 million subscribers at the end of last year to 51.5 million by 2028, according to MoffettNathansons projections. The firm says the growth of streaming services that replicate the cable bundle won’t be enough to offset the downward trend.
Charter will acquire Coxs existing six million subscribers if the deal closes as planned. The planned merger awaits approval from Charter shareholders and regulators.
The proposed deal will further test regulators’ appetite for large mergers in the Trump era. A decade ago, Comcast and Time Warner Cable (TWC) abandoned their proposed $45.2 billion combination amid concerns from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Midway while sailing across the Pacific with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followersmore than a million on TikTok and Instagramare drawn to his story of quitting his 9-to-5 job and embarking on a journey from Oregon to Hawaii.“The world kind of sucks and, like, I don’t think I’m alone in how I felt with my work,” Widger, 29, told The Associated Press on Wednesday via Zoom. “You can be making $150,000 a year and you still feel like you’re just making ends meet, you know what I mean? And I think people are just tired of that and working really hard for nothing and want a way out.”People are inspired by someone who found a way out, said Widger, who is among a growing number of people who have undertaken such voyages in recent years.Being diagnosed four years ago with a syndrome that carried a risk of paralysis made him realize he hated his job as a manager at a tire company, a job requiring him to be clean-shaven and wear pressed shirts. He heard about people who sailed from California to Hawaii and decided that was the life for him.He abruptly quit his job with “no money, no plan” and $10,000 of debt.“I knew one thing: I’m buying a sailboat,” he recalled. “I’m sailing around the world.”He liquidated his retirement savings, taught himself to sail mostly via YouTube and moved from Portland to the Oregon coast, where he spent months refitting the $50,000 boat he bought.Now, Widger is harnessing the power of social media to fund his round-the-world sailing dream.Since he set sail in April, followers have been tuning into his “Sailing with Phoenix” social media posts to view videos of him and his feline first mate battling the waves and bouts of seasickness, enjoying dazzling sunsets, recounting tricky boat repairs or just reflecting on life at sea.As he discussed his journey with the AP, a netted bag carrying bottled water and snacks swung wildly over his head as the boat rocked.He recalled highlights of the voyage so far, including marveling at the speed dolphins cut through the water and finding flying fish on the deck. There have been stretches when there were no birds in sight for days. It can be a struggle to sleep when the boat is creaking while being buffeted by waves or to steady a boiling pot for the MREs he has been subsisting on.There have been harrowing moments like when a rudder failed and the boat tilted sideways in the surf for three hours as he made repairs, and the time he locked himself in the engine compartment and pried his way out with a wrench.Widger acknowledged he is relatively inexperienced as a sailor, but he has implemented safety measures and communication backup plans, including a satellite phone and an emergency beacon.Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Harms of the U.S. Coast Guard in Hawaii hasn’t been following the journey closely, but said he is relieved to hear Widger has the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon, known as an EPIRB.It’s a critical tool for rescuers to locate a mariner’s position during an emergency, especially in the Pacific, the largest ocean, Harms said.Widger’s journey provides a good opportunity to educate the public about sailing safety, such as the importance of wearing a personal flotation device whenever topside on the boat, monitoring the weather closely and registering emergency tools like the EPIRB, Harms said.“That’s a really critical piece for anybody that’s getting motivated by his story to go set off on their own adventure,” Harms said.Until his arrival, likely in Honolulu, Widger is making sure everything is in place to avoid Phoenix having to undergo Hawaii’s animal quarantine. A mobile vet will sign off on Phoenix’s health when they arrive, he said.Widger wasn’t aware of the deadly danger of cat feces to the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, but he has been keeping all his trash, including kitty litter, on board. Even though he said he is legally allowed to throw it overboard, seeing so much plastic in the ocean motivates him not to.In addition to managing the practicalities of daily life on a boat, he is coping with going viral in the middle of the ocean by creating social media content and making decisions about merch his fans want to buy.He credits it all to his neck issue, which “shook up my world and it changed my perspective on everything.” He also hopes he can be an inspiration for anyone who’s in a rut.“Everything I’ve done I thought was impossible,” Widger said. “Sailing around the world is such a ridiculous dream. Whatever your dream is, just go, just do it.”
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press
