How to Clean Your Home in 15-Minute Chunks (and Why You Should)

The Quiet Power of Car-Free Neighborhoods. Watching 73 Minutes of Cat Videos.

August 8, 2024 Fake Meat, Car-Free Neighborhoods, and Cat Videos Ten picks for today, curated by our editors. Plus, how to get through your day on no sleep. 1   In the News Why Are People Rioting Across England and How Many Are Involved? More than 400 people have been arrested since far-right disturbances broke out, with unrest also in Belfast. The Guardian Emine Sinmaz Save   SPONSORED A message from Nike Shop Back to School Styles at Nike.com Nike's Back to School Sale features unbeatable discounts on footwear, apparel, and accessories, plus an Extra 25% off select merchandise. Shop Now 2   Letter from Hawaii A Year After the Worst Wildfire in Modern US History, the People of Maui Try to Heal This week marks the first anniversary of the worst wildfire in US modern history, including a possible settlement of $4 billion. Grist Anita Hofschneider Save 3   Lagging Indicators America's Hiring Boom Is Officially Over The job market is tumbling. How did everyone miss the warning signs? Business Insider Emily Stewart Save 4   Reality Check Fake Meat's False Promise: Why Silicon Valley Can't Hack the Future of Food Can alternative protein deliver on its promise of being better for the environment? Fast Company Julie Guthman Save 5   Gender Gap The Sports Where Women Outperform Men From ultrarunning to shooting sports, in some competitions women have the edge. BBC Christine Ro Save 6   Solutions Journalism The Quiet Power of Car-Free Neighborhoods Restricting or banning vehicles in congested city centers pays off with cleaner air and safer streets. We need to talk more about the other big benefit — less noise. CityLab David Zipper Save 7   Personal Finance How to Invest During a High Interest Rate Era More people are in the market, but it's a confusing world for finance. Bloomberg Businessweek Suzanne Woolley Save 8   Pro Tip How to Clean Your Home in 15-Minute Chunks (and Why You Should) If your home is a mess but you don't really know where to start, it's time to set a daily cleaning schedule, but don't feel the need to do everything all at once. Lifehacker Lindsey Ellefson Save 9   Side Hustles The Self-Proclaimed GOAT of Cybersquatting Sold HarrisWalz.com for $15k Jeremy Green Eche of Brooklyn buys and saves websites for hypothetical presidential tickets. On Tuesday, he sold HarrisWalz.com to a person seemingly unconnected to either campaign. NPR Rachel Treisman Save 10   Just Because I Went to a Movie Theater to Watch 73 Minutes of Cat Videos Welcome to Cat Video Fest, which is less a festival than a film and screened in more than a hundred movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada, to be exact. Variety Ethan Shanfeld Save Further Reading   Collection of the Day How to Get Through Your Day on No Sleep So you had a terrible night's sleep. Here's a comprehensive guide to handling everything you can't move and how to wriggle out of what you just can't handle. Pocket Collections Amy Maoz Save   Yesterday's Most Read Story Dairy Queen's Soft Serve Isn't What You Think It Is Everybody loves Dairy Queen's soft serve ice cream. But this sugary treat isn't quite what you think it is, thanks to some surprising ingredients. The Takeout Cara J Suppa 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