Who Am I Without My Baldness?

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September 13, 2024 Egg-Freezing, Famous Rejection Letters, and the Best Pumpkin Cookies Ten Picks for Today, Curated by Our Editors 1   Life at Sea The Viral Nine-Month Cruise Has Ended. Here's What It Was Really Like on Board. Royal Caribbean's nine-month cruise set social media alight earlier this year. Now the cruise is wrapping up and passengers are reflecting on the trip of a lifetime. CNN Francesca Street Save 2   Long Read What Abortion Bans Do to Doctors In Idaho and other states, draconian laws are forcing physicians to ignore their training and put patients' lives at risk. Kylie Cooper has seen all the ways a pregnancy can go terrifyingly, perilously wrong. The Atlantic Sarah Zhang Save 3   Deep Dive The Nazi of Oak Park It was a stunning revelation: A respected high school custodian had been a concentration camp guard. Chicago Magazine Michael Soffer Save 4   History How Air Conditioning Took Over the American Office Before AC, US office workers relied on building design features to adapt to high temperatures. But the promise of boosted productivity created a different kind of workplace. CityLab David Dudley Save 5   Fun Fact Cough or Sneeze? How the Brain Knows What to Unleash 'Sneeze neurons' activated by triggers such as pollen or a viral infection send an achoo signal, whereas cough neurons induce a hack. Nature Saima Sidik Save 6   Essay Everyone Said Freezing My Eggs Would Make Me Less Anxious but Actually I Can't Stop Crying Fertility, pregnancy, birth — they're medical, yes, but they're also something more. Romper Zan Romanoff Save 7   Good Advice Is It Okay to Skip Breakfast If You're Really Not Hungry in the Morning? Sometimes you're just not in the mood for an early meal. SELF Caroline Tien Save 8   Perspectives Who Am I Without My Baldness? I spent years learning to embrace my alopecia. Now, thanks to a new treatment, my hair is growing — but so is the feeling that I've lost something. The Cut Lindsey Sullivan Save 9   Yum The Very Best Pumpkin Cookies (We Tested 6 Famous Contenders) That's right — it's pumpkin spice season. The Kitchn Ann Taylor Pittman Save 10   Just Because "Perhaps We're Being Dense." Rejection Letters Sent to Famous Writers Some kind, some weird, some unbelievably harsh. Literary Hub Emily Temple Save   Yesterday's Most-Read Story The Core 'Friend Group' Is a Myth—And It's Making Us Feel Bad About Ourselves A tight crew that does everything together isn't that common, and it's unrealistic for many of us. SELF Gyan Yankovich 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