Three Apps That Made Me More Productive This Year

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August 25, 2024 RFK Jr., Exploring Greenland, and Pokémon Masters Ten picks for today, curated by our editors. Plus, home cooking mysteries. 1   Weekend Read How to Make Millions As a Professional Whistleblower A little-known provision in US law permits anyone to blow the whistle on financial fraud — and potentially take home a percentage of the funds collected. One undercover sleuth has made a wild career out of it. GQ Gordy Megroz Save 2   Investigation Why I Left The Network Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable. ProPublica Annie Waldman, Maya Miller, Duaa Eldeib, Max Blau Save 3   Stranger than Fiction The Cult Leader of Staten Island When he was 19, Jeff Gross fell under the sway of Mildred Gordon and spent more than half his life in an "intentional community" they built together. It turned out to be much more than that. Esquire David Gauvey Herbert Save 4   Counterintuitive The Massive Social Security Number Breach Is Actually a Good Thing The social security data breach highlights the risk of identity theft. Vox Adam Clark Estes Save 5   Election 2024 How Much Momentum Will RFK Jr.'s Endorsement Give Trump? Polls show Kennedy's supporters only slightly favor the former president. FiveThirtyEight G. Elliott Morris Save 6   Brave New World No One's Ready for This The photograph is now meaningless as evidence. We are not prepared. The Verge Sarah Jeong Save 7   Home Economics 9 Smart Ways to Slash Your Grocery Bill Food prices are still high, but your grocery bill doesn't have to be. Beth Moncel, founder of Budget Bytes, shares smart tips how to save money at the supermarket. NPR Life Kit Save 8   Getting Things Done Three Apps That Made Me More Productive This Year Lessons on taking smarter notes, reducing context switching, and building a better personal archive Platformer Casey Newton Save 9   Wanderlust Photographing One of the Most Remote Places on Earth Frozen in for nine months every year and located 800km from the next town, Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland, offers a fascinating glimpse at life at the edge of the world. BBC Kevin Hall Save 10   The Very Best How Ash Ketchum Finally Became a Pokémon Master A competitive Pokémon expert's serious critique of Ash Ketchum's career as a Pokémon trainer. SB Nation Jason Krell Save Further Reading   Collection of the Day Home Cooking Mysteries, Solved How to fix mushy rice, what to do with green potatoes, and how gluten actually works. Pocket x Epicurious Anna Hezel Save   Yesterday's Most-Read Story How to Finally Organize Your Kitchen Cabinets—For Good This Time No more precarious stacks of plates. Domino Elly Leavitt 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