Sunday, December 22, 2024

They Missed Their Cruise Ship. That Was Only The Beginning.

Is It Rude to Regift? The Best and Worst Times to Be on the Road This Holiday Period.

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December 22, 2024
Cruise Capers, Regifting Rules, and Terrible Television
Ten Picks for Today, Curated by Our Editors
 
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Some Good News
U.S. Life Expectancy Rose Significantly Last Year, Hitting Highest Level Since Pandemic
Covid dropped from the fourth-leading cause of death to the 10th, according to a CDC report.
NBC News
Randi Richardson
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Solutions Journalism
There Are Many Programs Trying to Reduce Recidivism. This One Works.
"When I first heard these numbers, I wondered: Why isn't this program nationally known and replicated? What do they do that makes it so effective? So I asked if I could sit in and see just how it worked."
Mother Jones
Adam Hochschild
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Misadventures
They Missed Their Cruise Ship. That Was Only The Beginning.
Nine stranded passengers made a mad dash across Africa to meet back up with their boat.
Curbed
Bridget Read
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Medical Mystery
A Devastating Nerve Disease Stalks a Mountain Village
Neurologists have grappled with a cluster of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases in France, where a fondness for a toxic wild mushroom may hold the answer.
Knowable Magazine
Terence Monmaney
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Asking for a Friend
Is It Rude to Regift? Here's the Answer.
During this season of giving, is it OK to give someone a gift you don't want or can't use? Or is it in bad taste to regift a gift?
USA TODAY
Betty Lin-Fisher
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Nostalgia
A Series of Mysterious Bleeps and Bloops Defined the Early Days of the Internet
Modem sounds are a dying language.
Quartz
Whet Moser
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Plan Ahead
These Are the Best and Worst Times to Be on the Road This Holiday Period
AAA says it expects the 2024 holiday season to be the busiest travel period on record, when taking into account all modes of transport.
Fast Company
Michael Grothaus
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Pizza Wars
The Failure of the Domino's 30-Minute Delivery Guarantee
A spate of deaths and lawsuits ended the famous pizza marketing ploy. Is delivery any safer now?
The Hustle
Mark Dent
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Low Tech
Why You Still Need a Filing Cabinet (Even in the Digital Age)
Your digital drives are not enough. You need a filing cabinet and I'll tell you why.
Lifehacker
Lindsey Ellefson
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Cringe-watching
The Worst TV Shows of 2024
Variety critics pick the worst TV Shows of 2024, from 'Universal Basic Guys' to 'Sausage Party: Foodtopia.'
Variety
Aramide Tinubu
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In Case You Missed It
Pocket's Top-Saved Stories of the Week: December 21, 2024
Confessions of a telemarketer, how to keep rejection from ruining your life, and more on those black plastic utensils.
Pocket Collections
Pocket Editors
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