Hard Seltzer, Sea Snakes, & Spark-less Tinder

Lunch reads from around the web...since 2013! //   //   View this email in your browser Goodbye Summer It's the end of August, so you know what that means! It's officially commercially fall. You have no choice, sorry. Doesn't matter if it's still 98 degrees where you are, you ready for Halloween? So put on a pumpkin and eat a flannel shirt or something. Enjoy your lunch. - Today's Menu - Hard seltzer is here to stay They've got their claws in us. Appetizer (7 min) | Vox The real reasons why sharks attack humans Oh, looks like someone read the book version of "Jaws" and thinks they're better than us. Entrée (9 min) | BBC She Studies Sea Snakes by the Seafloor The seashell business never took off like she hoped. Starter (6 min) | The New York Times Got Pain? A Virtual Swim With Dolphins May Help Melt It Away "Though not the same as actually jumping into the waves, a virtual reality program like this one that let a headset-wearing patient "swim with dolphins" was enough of an immersive distraction to significantly reduce pain, a study found." Appetizer (5 min) | NPR Experts Love It. Intruders? Not so Much. SimpliSafe gets you help 3.5x faster than traditional security companies. Their proprietary video verification technology visually confirms break-ins resulting in lightning fast response times. That's VIP police service for just $15/month. Sponsored Snack | SimpliSafe The Twisty Physics Of Simone Biles' Historic Triple-Double Eat your heart out theater kids who sing about defying gravity. Simone is doing it, nerds. Dessert (6 min) | Wired Has Tinder lost its spark? Maybe everyone has found lov...haha just kidding...couldn't even finish that sentence. Dessert (4 min) | The Guardian We Tried to Do Vanlife Right. It Broke Us Down. "What happened when one writer looked beyond the open road, the staged snapshots, and the hashtag" Dessert (7 min) | Outside Thank you to our sponsor SimpliSafe! Barnes and Noble Added a New Genre of Books: Books That You'll Read the Beginning of on a Three Hour Flight and Then Never Touch Again @steph_mcca: late 2000s teen culture was bringing a digital camera to school to take pics of your friends sitting next to lockers and then uploading them to a facebook album called "school" later that day Hey all you fellow humans who can identify traffic lights and crosswalks, here's a video on why you have to do that! Songs That My Friend John Says Are Cool When I'm Gone by Gary Clark Jr. -- Pressure To Party by Julia Jacklin -- Not by Big Thief -- STMFJSAC Spotify Playlist Thank you for reading!! Keep your head up today, champ. Share Tweet Forward Send The Lunch Read to a Friend! Written and curated by Tommy, Alexis, John, Kristin, Melissa, Colleen, and Adam Copyright © 2019, All Rights Reserved.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list