Name the thing you want to understand
“Read more” is difficult to put on a calendar. “Learn how to keep family photos safe for ten years” gives you somewhere to start. A specific question helps you decide which articles matter and which are merely interesting detours. It also makes disagreements between sources easier to spot.
Protect a little uninterrupted time
Feeds are good at revealing leads, but poor at helping us finish a complicated thought. Save a promising article and return to the original page during a quiet half hour. When a claim depends on an important number or recommendation, follow its source. A few careful reads often teach more than a larger pile of headlines.
Let the list expire
An unread list is not a debt. If an item no longer answers a question you care about, remove it. For the pieces you keep, add a short note explaining why they mattered and where you might use them. The point of reading is not to complete a queue. It is to make better judgments after the page is closed.