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January 8, 2025 Andrew Garfield, Child Prodigies, and Egg Exploitation Ten Picks for Today, Curated by Our Editors 1   Must Read The Egg A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity. Bloomberg Magali Cazo Save 2   Crystal Ball The Incredible, World-Altering 'Black Swan' Events That Could Upend Life in 2025 15 futurists, foreign policy analysts and other prognosticators provide some explosive potential scenarios for the new year. POLITICO Staff Save 3   New Era AI Means the End of Internet Search As We've Known It Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways to summon all the world's knowledge. MIT Technology Review Mat Honan Save 4   In Profile Andrew Garfield Is Cracked Open You'll have noticed that Andrew Garfield is talking a lot about grief lately. Now, he's reckoning with the cost of regularly opening the door to tremendous pain. British GQ Ben Allen Save 5   Debate 75 Hard: Is the TikTok Fitness Challenge Really Worth It? The challenge involves forgoing alcohol and unhealthy food for 75 days and doing multiple daily workouts. BBC Annabel Rackham Save 6   Rabbit Hole The Brilliant, Unique World of Child Prodigies Experts explain what characterizes children who excel at science, music, chess or abstract art as prodigies. CBS News Susan Spencer Save 7   Perspectives Gigantic SUVs Are a Public Health Threat. Why Don't We Treat Them Like One? The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars. Vox David Zipper Save 8   Essay Threads of Resistance Knitting and embroidery are laden with stereotypes of domestic femininity – and the subversive potential for protest. Aeon Gemma McKenzie Save 9   Pro-Tip How to Make a Cleaning Checklist That You'll Actually Use All Year Long The best to-do lists are ones that are realistic and spelled out, so that even the smallest wins are recognized. Apartment Therapy Stephanie Nguyen Save 10   Wanderlust A Journey to Earth's Most Remote Flower Tagimoucia is so rare that it only grows on one of Fiji's 330 islands, it's found high atop a steep mountain ridge and it blooms for less than three months a year. BBC Travel Ben McKechnie Save   Yesterday's Most-Read Story When We Lose Weight, Where Does It Go? Don't worry, 98 percent of health professionals surveyed didn't know either. The Conversation Ruben Meerman and Andrew Brown 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