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.

December 22, 2024 Cruise Capers, Regifting Rules, and Terrible Television Ten Picks for Today, Curated by Our Editors 1   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 Save 2   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 Save 3   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 Save 4   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 Save 5   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 Save 6   Nostalgia A Series of Mysterious Bleeps and Bloops Defined the Early Days of the Internet Modem sounds are a dying language. Quartz Whet Moser Save 7   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 Save 8   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 Save 9   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 Save 10   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 Save   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 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