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Outdoor Life
Camping Hacks: 51 Tips and Tricks for Your Next Camping Trip
These hacks and tips will make for an even more successful season outside.
Pocket-Worthy Reads
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The Guardian
17 Micro-Workouts That Will Change Your Life – Even if You’re Stuck in the Office
No time for a run or a trip to the gym? Exercise ‘snacks’ are the answer. All you need is some stairs, a wall and 120 seconds away from your desk or sofa.
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MIT Press Reader
Did HAL Commit Murder?
The HAL 9000 computer and the ethics of murder by and of machines.
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Architectural Digest
12 Boutique Hotels Outside Major U.S. Cities That Make the Case for a Road Trip
There’s something restorative about spending a weekend at a historical mansion in a small town.
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Mental Floss
7 Prehistoric Creatures That Aren’t Dinosaurs
These prehistoric beasts deserve just as much recognition as their dinosaur peers.
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Harvard Business Review
What the Best Mentors Do
Mentorship comes in many flavors. It doesn’t always work unless leaders bear in mind a few common principles.
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Greater Good Magazine
How to Become a Friend to Yourself
Kristin Neff and Chris Germer explain how self-compassion can transform the way you handle suffering.
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The War Zone
The One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy Warships
In 1972, the Vietnamese People’s Air Force launched a one-of-its-kind air raid against U.S. Navy warships in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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The Washington Post
How to Make Sure Your White Sneakers Stay White
You probably don’t need a fancy kit to keep your kicks looking their best.
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Afar
The Packing Hack That Will Solve All Your Suitcase Woes
There’s even a formula you can use to combat overpacking.
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The Atlantic
The Case for Sleepovers
They are a chance for children to be silly and a touch subversive, and to get a glimpse of how other families live their lives.
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Quartz
We’re Treating Friendships Like Transactions, and It’s Ruining Relationships
Friends should be more than people who we use to improve ourselves.
Popular Collections
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Pocket Collections
The Art of Navigating Thorny Office Politics
From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
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NPR
Why the Origin of the Word ‘Dog’ Remains a Mystery
They’re known as man’s best friends, fur babies, pooches. But the most widely used word for these beloved animals — “dog” — is also a great linguistic mystery.
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The Guardian
Why Do I Feel So Much Worse After a Nap – and How Can I Avoid It?
Waking up from a nap feeling groggy, tired or ill? Experts say it’s common. Here’s what could be going wrong.
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BBC
Why ‘Best Time to Visit’ No Longer Applies
Climate change is rewriting the rulebook for trip planning – and travellers need to adapt.
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The Guardian
‘The Forest Had Gone’: The Storm That Moved a Mountain
On a small ledge in the Swiss mountains, 200 people were enjoying a summer football tournament. As night fell, they had no idea what was coming.
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ESPN
The Predatory Web of Sextortion Increasingly Ensnares Young Athletes
A Michigan teen was goaded into sharing an intimate photo that scammers threatened to expose unless he paid up.
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The Conversation
Can Air Conditioning Really Make You Sick? A Microbiologist Explains.
If an air conditioning system malfunctions or isn’t properly maintained, it can become contaminated with infectious microbes.
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BBC
A Dating App, a Niqab and a 9mm Gun: How a US Woman Was Hired to End a UK Family Feud
The investigation into the Wisconsin native revealed her to be “fairly unexceptional” with virtually no “criminal footprint”. And it remains unclear why she became a would-be contract killer.
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NPR
Recommendation: New Books Published This Week
A portrait of the lucrative drug-treatment industry; a memoir of a female firefighter; debut fiction from an Emmy-winning TV writer; and a brand new Karin Slaughter thriller.
Recommended Reads
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MakeUseOf
I Turned My Phone’s Back Tap Into Productivity Gold and Now I Get More Done
This simple feature makes everyday iPhone tasks twice as fast.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The 44 Most Powerful Players in Podcasting in 2025
Whether they’re behind the mic or behind the scenes, these trailblazers are steering the maturing medium through an increasingly crowded landscape and critical transitions to video and AI.
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Pew Research Center
How Americans View the Trump Administration’s Approach to the Russia-Ukraine War
59% of Americans say they are not confident that Trump can make wise decisions about the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Defector
A Playlist of Pop That Sounds Like My Gamer Youth
When I listen to new music, one of the biggest influences I hear—both in the sound and the choices of samples—is video games. Specifically, the games and sounds I remember hearing constantly while I was growing up.
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MIT Press Reader
Flat Earthers on a Cruise
How evolution wired us to act against our own best interests.
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Defector
The Worst Songs We Love So Much
I’ve always struggled with the idea of a “guilty pleasure.”
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Canary Media
Forcing Dirty Power Plants to Stay Open Would Cost Americans Billions
The Trump admin’s scheme to keep old fossil-fuel plants running could saddle utility customers with nearly $6 billion a year in unnecessary costs, a report finds.
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The Associated Press
Attorney General Bondi Names DEA Head As DC’s ‘Emergency Police Commissioner’
The Washington, D.C., police chief has ordered more cooperation between officers and federal immigration officials.
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Smithsonian Magazine
What Is a Black Moon? The Unusual Sky Phenomenon Will Occur Later This Month, but Don’t Expect to See It
A seasonal black moon, to appear on August 22 or 23, is the third of four new moons within an astronomical season
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Nautilus
They Came for Climate Science. Then the Storms Came.
The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts.
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The Guardian
Premier League: 10 Things to Look Out for on the Opening Weekend
Another new era at Tottenham, De Cuyper can shine for Brighton and Aston Villa remind us this is a business.
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Delish
This Is the Only Burger Recipe You’ll Ever Need
Honestly, it should be everyone's last-meal pick.
Life Hacks
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The Hustle
How Private Equity May Affect Your 401(k)
A new executive order allows employer retirement funds to be invested in private equity. Here’s what that could mean for your investments.
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KFF Health News
AUDIO: A Wild Health Insurance Hustle
A couple in New York thought they bought insurance. Instead, they got fake “jobs.”
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The Cut
Are You Rude With Money?
Our readers share annoying financial scenarios to avoid when splitting the bill.
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Yahoo Finance
4 Ways to Increase Cash Flow and Pay Off Debt Faster
Improving cash flow is key to aggressively paying down debt.
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The Guardian
Ozempic Didn’t Work for Me. I Was Furious – and Ashamed
Everyone taking the ‘skinny shot’ was losing weight, but my scales didn’t change. My inner dialogue became toxic.
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CNN
Mortgage Rates Fall to Lowest Level in 10 Months
Would-be home buyers and homeowners looking to refinance their mortgages got a rare break this week after months of stubbornly high borrowing costs.
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The Marginalian
Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive
We build our lives around structures of certainty — houses to live in, marriages to love in, ideologies to think in — and yet some primal part of us knows that none abides, knows that we pay for these comforting illusions with our very aliveness.
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The Walrus
How to Trick Your Brain into Making Life Feel Longer and Richer
Forget anti-aging creams. The secret is living like you’re not in a hurry.
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GQ
Buying Stuff Online Is About to Get a Lot More Expensive. Here’s Why.
The answer has to do with tariffs, synthetic opioids, and something called the de minimis exemption.
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NPR
Counting Steps for Health? Here’s How Many You Really Need
Counting steps is easy using a phone, a wearable or fitness tracker. And scientists have lots of data to figure out how many daily steps you need to improve health. Here’s what they’ve found.
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The Atlantic
The Logic of the ‘9 to 5’ Is Creeping Into the Rest of the Day
How free time gets conscripted into the service of work.
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USA TODAY
‘The Tooth Fairy Sticks to a Budget:’ Kids Are Finding Less Under Their Pillows for Lost Teeth
Times are tough, even for kids.