A 75km hike through 'the Graveyard of the Pacific' (www.bbc.com)
How Google perfected the web (www.theverge.com)
We often hear about the latest engagement hacks on other platforms like Instagram, TikTok, or X, formerly known as Twitter. But Google is consequential above all of these, acting essentially as the referee of the web. Yet deep knowledge of how its systems work is largely limited to industry publications and marketing firms —...
Can a Big Village Full of Tiny Homes Ease Homelessness in Austin? (www.nytimes.com)
What Is the History of Fascism in the United States? (www.thenation.com)
Invisible Ink: At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group - The Paris Review (www.theparisreview.org)
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. (www.motherjones.com)
China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No. (www.wsj.com)
How an Academic Uncovered One of the Biggest Museum Heists of All Time (www.wsj.com)
The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a Texas County (www.newyorker.com)
Why is English so weirdly different from other languages? | Aeon Essays (aeon.co)
Blessed are the (tiny) cheesemakers (knowablemagazine.org)
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Old Picture of the Day: The Worst Day of My Life (web.archive.org)
Click Here to Kill, by Brian Merchant (harpers.org)
A fascinating investigation into hitman websites on the dark web, and what would lead someone to pour thousands of dollars into such shady websites hoping to kill an ex.
Lost Highway, by Emily Gogolak (harpers.org)
Links to every article included in the book 'The Best American Magazine Writing 2023'
The Best American Magazine Writing 2023...
7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp (www.nytimes.com)
A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times.
How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger (www.npr.org)
What Really Happened to JFK? (nymag.com)
Ghosts on the Glacier (www.nytimes.com)
The curious case of Captain Tom: how did the feelgood story of lockdown turn sour? (www.theguardian.com)
'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health (johnsnowproject.org)
The origins of the steam engine (rootsofprogress.org)
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The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People (www.monbiot.com)
Not One Tree: Stopping Cop City (www.nplusonemag.com)
Private equity is devouring the U.S. economy (www.theatlantic.com)
