The Complicated Legacy of Nutrition Facts Labels

America's Best States for Quality of Life in 2024. How to Handle the Dreaded Political Shop Talk at Work.

July 18, 2024 Energy Drinks, Elliott Smith, and Walking Pads Ten picks for today, curated by our editors. Plus, your feelings of disgust, explained. 1   Backstory Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the Memoir and Movie That Made Trump's VP Pick, J.D. Vance, the Hero Just as Donald Trump was sold to the masses with 'The Apprentice,' his newly minted running mate was once given his own Hollywood vehicle. Vanity Fair Savannah Walsh Save 2   Conversation Starter What Happened When I Changed My Race to White on Hinge Is the algorithm the problem, or the men? The Cut Jamilah Lemieux Save 3   Explainer Energy Drinks Are Everywhere. How Dangerous Are They? Originally marketed squarely at young men, they're now coming for women's wallets. Vox Keren Landman Save 4   In Memoriam The Martyring of Elliott Smith The indie-rock artist's posthumous status as a "torment saint" is an ill-fitting reputation. The New Statesman Yo Zushi Save 5   Essay I Gave Myself a Month to Make One New Friend. How Hard Could That Be? Americans have become terrible at forming and keeping friendships. But there must be somebody out there who wants to grab a burrito with me. Esquire Kelly Stout Save 6   How Our Brains Work Living In A Lucid Dream Recent research on lucid dreams suggests that consciousness exists along a spectrum between sleep and waking, between hallucination and revelation, between dreamworlds and reality. Noema Magazine Claire L. Evans Save 7   Where Do You Rank? These Are America's Best States for Quality of Life in 2024 These 10 American states offer residents the best quality of life in the nation, from low crime to a clean environment, and access to health and child care. CNBC Scott Cohn Save 8   Rabbit Hole The Complicated Legacy of Nutrition Facts Labels Policy advocates across industries invoke 'Nutrition Facts' as a model for empowering consumers and enabling socially responsible markets. Fast Company The Conversation Save 9   Good To Know Does Using a Walking Pad Really…Do Anything? They're not exactly mini-treadmills, but they can still offer some benefits. SELF Jennifer Heimlich Save 10   Pro Tip How to Handle the Dreaded Political Shop Talk at Work In a presidential election year, it's hard to know how to separate the personal and political. Bloomberg Businessweek Anna Holmes Save Further Reading   Collection of the Day That's So Cringe: Your Feelings of Disgust, Explained. The science behind 'The Ick,' why certain sounds make you shudder, and what's behind our obsession with cringe comedy. Pocket Collections Pocket Editors Save   Yesterday's Most Read Story Amazon Sold a Used Diaper. It Tanked a Mom-and-Pop Business. The company put the returned diaper back into circulation, prompting a scathing review that haunts the sellers to this day. Bloomberg Spencer Soper Save Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this newsletter, please share it with a friend. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe now to get Pocket in your inbox every day. Take Pocket everywhere You're receiving this email because you subscribed to Pocket. Unsubscribe • Manage Preferences • Privacy Policy • Help Center • Advertise © 2024 Mozilla Corporation, 149 New Montgomery St, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105