30 Condiments That Are Worth Making at Home

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August 31, 2024 Stretchy Seaweed, Claw Machines, and Capri Sun Ten picks for today, curated by our editors. Plus, how to level up your condiment game. 1   Weekend Watch Global Athletes to Follow at Paris Paralympics Competitors will take part in 22 sports across the 11 days of competition with 549 gold medals up for grabs. BBC Elizabeth Hudson Save   SPONSORED A message from Public Rec It's Public Rec's Annual Sale! Public Rec's celebrating their Anniversary Sale with discounts up to 30%. Known for creating versatile pants that look great, with over 40 sizing options. Shop the sale through 9/2. 2   Timely Advice What Do You Do If 'The Really Big One' Strikes on Your Vacation? From megaquakes in Japan to flooding in Vermont, or The Really Big One, natural disasters are becoming a bigger part of travel. Here's how to prepare. Vox Oshan Jarow Save 3   Election 2024 The Elephant in the Room on the "Swifties for Kamala" Call It's great that Taylor's fans are organizing, but they're forgetting to address one crucial thing. Slate Heather Schwedel Save 4   Who Knew? What 10 Major Retailers Initially Sold In some cases, these retailers have come a long way from their humble beginnings. Mental Floss Stacy Conradt Save 5   Angry Jabs Capri Sun Introducing Bottles Would Completely Miss the Point of Capri Sun How else will we challenge our children? Eater Emma Wartzman, Ivy Manning, Elena Valeriote Save 6   Green Economy The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It's Loony Stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines, QR-coded take-out boxes: They're how we can break society's absurd addiction to single-use plastics. WIRED Clive Thompson Save 7   Science These Monkeys Use Names to Communicate With Each Other, Study Finds The monkeys use specific calls, known as "phee-calls," to call each other, which scientists say is a "high cognitive" behavior pattern only previously observed in humans, dolphins and elephants. CNN Lianne Kolirin Save 8   Rabbit Hole Claw Machine Games Are Rio De Janeiro's New Public Enemy Rio de Janeiro — already notorious for street muggings, corrupt politicians, ruthless militias and Kalashnikov-toting drug traffickers — has a new public enemy: plushies. Or, more specifically, the joystick-controlled claw machines that dispense them. The Associated Press David Biller Save 9   Personal Finance How to Shop Less, According to People Who Love to Shop Common budgeting advice is to stop buying clothes. But what if you don't want to? The Cut Editors Save 10   "Completely Out of Control" The Cocaine Kingpin's Wildest Legacy: What Can Be Done With Pablo Escobar's Marauding Hippos? The Colombian drug lord's exotic menagerie fell apart after his death, and now wild hippos are breeding out of control. The Guardian Joshua Hammer Save Further Reading   Collection of the Day 30 Condiments That Are Worth Making at Home Dip, spread, slather, smear, repeat. Pocket Collections Pocket Editors Save   Yesterday's Most-Read Story The Bitter Feud at the Heart of the Paleontology World It took ten days for two researchers to turn on each other, each claiming to have found new evidence of when the asteroid hit Earth. New York Magazine Kerry Howley 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