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. Daily Edition • August 10, 2026 SUPPORTED BY You may have heard of Couch to 5K — the beginner running program that promises to get you from 0 to 100 (100 being 3.1 miles) at whatever pace works for you. But could a similar scheme be used to kickstart to other habits, like reading? Author Naomi Alderman was pondering that question as she lamented how the allure of screens has made it more difficult for her to keep up a reading practice. So she created it: An eight-week back-to-reading...

Sunday Edition • August 9, 2026 SUPPORTED BY The first-known instance of “garbanzo bean” showing up in print was in 1944; the word “upcycle” made its inaugural appearance in 1994; and in 2004, “chonky” debuted. We learned this thanks to Merriam-Webster’s free Time Traveler feature, which allows users to select a year and see which words had their first recorded usage during that time. The creator of a popular meme account recently used the tool to share five words from their birth year that...

. Daily Edition • August 8, 2026 SUPPORTED BY If you’ve ever hemmed and hawed over decorating a new place or giving an old room a refresh (who hasn’t?), here’s some practical advice: It doesn’t have to be that deep. “Decorating your home is not that serious, and it’s nothing to lose sleep over,” interior designer Drew Michael Scott told The Guardian. “Your house is probably never going to look like it belongs in a magazine, and that’s OK. The goal should be to create a space you love, and...

Popular Picks • August 7, 2026 Need a positivity boost? You’re in luck: We’ve rounded up some of Nice News’ most popular articles for you to dig into today. Happy reading! — the Nice News team Today’s Pick Mr Saryanto/iStock From Ikigai to Wabi-Sabi: 8 Japanese Philosophies for Purposeful Living Every culture has its own unique array of ideologies, and learning about those outside our own can help us form a more vivid and nuanced worldview. It’s similar to the idea that expanding our...

. Daily Edition • August 7, 2026 SUPPORTED BY When was the last time you told your favorite person why you love them? A new social media trend has users describing their favorite people (though sometimes pets are included as well) and watching the recipients’ heartwarming reactions to hearing their positive attributes said out loud. Watch some of the sweet videos, and take this as your reminder to call up your favorite person or people today. Must Reads Thoughts on wearing shorts to work?...

. Daily Edition • August 6, 2026 SUPPORTED BY What paint color matches your personality? According to Sherwin-Williams, the answer to that question will define home decor in 2027. The paint brand unveiled a collection of 48 colors as part of its trend forecast for next year, noting that the hues are meant to be mixed and matched to create something that’s individual to each homeowner. Color marketing manager Emily Kantz explained that it’s an antidote to the “sameness” that defined previous...

Editors’ Picks • August 5, 2026 I have to admit that, despite all its spooky scariness, watching the recent Apple TV hit Widow’s Bay had me fantasizing about moving to a small seaside town, complete with a lighthouse, of course. So when I read today’s featured article — about one of Virginia’s oldest lighthouses going up for sale after being tended to by the same families for two decades — I may or may not have checked my bank account to see what was possible. Thankfully, this lighthouse...