Wish You Were Here

Formula 1 is celebrating Fernando Alonso reaching his 440th Grand Prix appearance, with the sport's official account sending congratulations to the two-time world champion and wishing him well for the races ahead. The Aston Martin driver, the most experienced starter in the championship's history, is once again the subject of fan tributes and messages marking the milestone.

A researcher has written a blog post naming four papers from the CHI 2026 conference on human-computer interaction that they wish they had authored themselves. The piece is drawing attention among technology and academic readers, who are discussing which research directions in HCI are currently the most exciting and which ideas are shaping the field this year.

Fitness coach Michaela Bentley, 60, is sharing eight lessons she says she wishes she had known sooner about staying fit in midlife. The piece, published by Women's Health, draws on her decades of coaching experience to offer practical guidance for people navigating exercise, recovery and body changes after 50. Her age and long coaching background give the advice added weight with readers seeking realistic, experience-based fitness tips rather than quick fixes.

A social media user is sharing heavily emoji-decorated messages addressed to 'dear beloved friends', offering prayers, wishes and encouragement, and describing the posts as feeding her spirit with good and loving things so that readers gain knowledge and are lifted up. The messages carry a warm religious tone and have drawn little engagement, with individual posts receiving only a single like.

A religious devotional greeting wishing 'beloved friends around the world' a good Tuesday morning, framed around themes of endurance, peace and faith in God and Jesus Christ, is being shared widely on social media. The message pairs its religious themes with a long string of emojis depicting nature, animals, food and travel, in the style of a morning blessing common among faith communities.