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October 15, 2024 Couch Friends, Free Lunch, and 'Pulp Fiction' Ten Picks for Today, Curated by Our Editors 1   Must Read A Shark Attack and a Terrorist Bombing: This Is a Love Story The attack at the Boston Marathon nearly killed her. Two years later and five thousand miles away, a violent encounter with a shark took his leg. Had either event not occurred, they wouldn't be married today. When our deepest trauma leads to our most profound joy, what do we call that feeling? Esquire Paul Kix Save 2   Explainer How Did a Killing at a Sikh Temple Lead to Canada and India Expelling Each Other's Diplomats? What to know as India rejects Canada's claim of its agents being involved in a Sikh activist's killing. The Associated Press Sheikh Saaliq Save 3   By the Numbers The Economics of Free Lunch American schools spend ~$900B a year on education. Should the federal government pay more for meals? The Hustle Mark Dent Save 4   Hot Take It's the Most Hated Airline in America. You'll Miss It When It's Gone. You might never get on its planes—but it's already done more for you than you know. Slate Scott Nover Save 5   Good Advice 5 Things Not to Say to a Grieving Friend It's almost impossible to know what to say to someone in the throes of grief. We all want to say something comforting. Very few of us know what that is. CNN Alisyn Camerota Save 6   Listen Closely How Scientists Started to Decode Birdsong Language is said to make us human. What if birds talk, too? The New Yorker Rivka Galchen Save 7   Better Living The Importance of Having a "Couch Friend" According to a psychotherapist, here's what a couch friend is and why it's so important to have a couch friend in your life. PS Taylor Andrews Save 8   First Person I Traded My Smartphone for a Flip Phone for 100 Days. It Changed My Life. "I wandered into a Verizon store. When I asked the salesperson which of the two in-store flip phones he'd recommend, he laughed and said, 'Um, neither?'" HuffPost Lindsey DeLoach Jones Save 9   Looking Back 'Pulp Fiction' at 30: Quentin Tarantino's Masterwork Remains Electric The 1994 follow-up to 'Reservoir Dogs' is a remarkable act of alchemy, winning over both arthouse and multiplex audiences like nothing else before it. The Guardian Scott Tobias Save 10   Pro Tips 4 Tidying Dos and Don'ts, Straight From a Professional Organizer Are you maximizing your doors? Domino Mary Cornetta Save   Yesterday's Most-Read Story The Commas That Cost Companies Millions For most people, a stray comma isn't the end of the world. But in some cases, the exact placement of a punctuation mark can cost huge sums of money. BBC Worklife Chris Stokel-Walker 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