"Pocket" finds
Pocket is a service that works with the Firefox browser. It appears on the "new page" page, the + sign at the right edge of the open page tabs.
Here are some interesting sounding articles that the Pocket service just found.
Quartz•
2 mins
For millions of people, ideology is the lighthouse in a dark sea of politics. An uncompromising vision of how the world is supposed to work, and how to fix it, is just too alluring for partisans to ignore.
The Atlantic•
6 mins
When the psychologist Jessica Pryor lived near an internationally renowned university, she once saw a student walking into a library holding a sleeping bag and a coffee maker. She’s heard of grad students spending 12 to 18 hours at a time in the lab.
The New Yorker•
30 mins
In 2011, Hany Farid, a photo-forensics expert, received an e-mail from a bereaved father. Three years earlier, the man’s son had found himself on the side of the road with a car that wouldn’t start. When some strangers offered him a lift, he accepted.
Longreads•
12 mins
My dad pulled his car over — the Jeep Wrangler he’d bought after divorcing my stepmom — to tell me that he’d gotten secretly married a year ago. He’d come to New York for the day to see me.
Quartz•
7 mins
Everybody wants what feels good.
CNN•
4 mins
The demand for living small is getting bigger. More than half of Americans would consider living in a home that's less than 600 square feet, according to a survey done by the National Association of Home Builders. And among Millennials, interest increases to 63%.