saving for later: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/30/us/children-heart-surgery-cardiac.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

5/30/2019 6:42:08 PM

The Unsolved Mystery of the Malibu Creek Murder
When a man was killed in Malibu Creek State Park last summer while camping with his two young daughters, it sent the placid Southern California community into hysterics—spawning amateur sleuths, conspiracy theories, and public paranoia. Was it related to a rash of unsolved incidents in the area? But while the tragedy’s aftermath publicly played out like a new season of Serial, there was also a family left picking up the pieces after a seemingly random act of violence. This is a story about what happens when lightning strikes in the most chilling manner imaginable.

BY ZACH BARON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRENDAN PATTENGALE
June 20, 2019
https://www.gq.com/story/unsolved-mystery-of-malibu-creek-murder

6/20/2019 10:54:03 AM

message_topic.aspx?topic=650803&page=1#16538733

7/12/2019 6:27:16 PM

The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge A Harvard Law professor who teaches a class on judgment wouldn’t seem like an obvious mark, would he?
https://www.thecut.com/2019/07/bruce-hay-paternity-trap-maria-pia-shuman-mischa-haider.html#_ga=2.107456322.114630731.1563883409-858200484.1553528685

7/23/2019 2:32:36 PM

that was fascinating

7/24/2019 4:33:36 PM

https://gizmodo.com/the-fake-sex-doctor-who-conned-the-media-into-publicizi-1832711205

8/4/2019 3:51:32 PM

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/20000-feet-under-the-sea/603040/

12/18/2019 12:35:17 PM

The Tale of the Tape
It was the video that ushered in the UFO renaissance: a grainy clip showing the Navy’s encounter with a mysterious aircraft in 2004. The Pentagon says the public was never supposed to see it. So who leaked it? How’d they do it? And what does the footage actually show?
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a30538203/navy-ufo-video-investigation

[Edited on January 17, 2020 at 2:21 PM. Reason : .]

1/17/2020 2:15:00 PM

Not a happy read, not too long, but one that needs to be read.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-is-still-unfolding/560726/

Quote :

"Chouhan, who gave us a tour of the site, pointed out the drops of mercury sparkling in the soil. He gestured at the brush all around and said: “If you cut down this grass, you’ll find a pond of mercury.”"

[Edited on January 29, 2020 at 9:46 AM. Reason : Disgusting]

1/29/2020 9:40:25 AM

not as interesting or long as some others here, but a good read
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a30709877/elon-musk-space-x-boca-chica-residents/?utm_source=digg

2/27/2020 12:53:10 PM

Really great essay on how capital-driven agribusiness practices, namely industrialized farming and ecological destruction, are causing pandemics.

http://chuangcn.org/2020/02/social-contagion/

3/25/2020 8:22:12 PM

Thanks for adding to the discussion. We all need to learn more during these times.

3/25/2020 11:37:42 PM

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/

3/26/2020 3:09:12 PM

Neofeudalism: The end of capitalism?

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/neofeudalism-the-end-of-capitalism/

1/4/2021 4:43:27 PM

https://www.vice.com/en/article/4adkkb/edm-dj-bassnectar-alleged-sexual-abuse-manipulation-fans-lawsuit

4/9/2021 11:54:17 AM

A Cautionary Tale for Nearly Everyone https://nyti.ms/3gbCrDd

4/17/2021 7:54:30 PM

That was good but not that long, and I am a pretty slow reader

4/17/2021 9:44:56 PM

^cool!

4/17/2021 9:53:22 PM

https://www.theringer.com/platform/amp/music/2021/7/30/22596687/sublime-self-titled-anniversary-bradley-nowell-death

7/31/2021 11:55:36 AM

Trump's Next Coup Has Already Begun

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/january-6-insurrection-trump-coup-2024-election/620843/

12/7/2021 5:56:48 PM

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/04/inside-el-faro-the-worst-us-maritime-disaster-in-decades/amp

I found this very interesting. There’s no great ending to the story, no mystery that gets solved. It’s kinda sad and very eerie reading the dialogue of the final moments of these people’s lives.

5/23/2022 7:42:50 PM

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/05/why-this-computer-scientist-says-all-cryptocurrency-should-die-in-a-fire/

Posted this a week ago in tech talk

5/23/2022 11:47:00 PM

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/

[Edited on October 27, 2022 at 8:12 AM. Reason : Bbju]

10/27/2022 8:10:28 AM

^ I enjoyed that

10/28/2022 6:16:26 AM

https://www.amazon.com/Machiavellians-Defenders-Freedom-Burnham-1987-09-03/dp/B01FIXOF6S?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=2ebe269f-07c8-4678-bfe4-6cee62d4ba7f

"The Machiavellians"

Quote :

"We believe we are disputing the merits of a balanced budget and a sound currency when the real conflict is deciding what group shall regulate the distribution of the currency. We imagine we are arguing over the moral and legal status of the principle of the freedom of the seas when the real question is who is to control the seas."

[Edited on November 5, 2022 at 3:35 PM. Reason : -]

11/5/2022 3:33:42 PM

https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream

2/17/2023 8:28:10 AM

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/08/glass-steagall/496856/

glass steagall revival

2/18/2023 5:41:22 AM

August 2016.

Not that it can't still be a good long read. I started it, and it was taking about ideas by candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Wut? Clearly he didn't do shit about it.

2/18/2023 4:19:39 PM

It is interesting to read stuff from back then now
makes you think

^I think at some point he publicly expressed that he wanted to, but then again he did that for a lot of things
https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/what-would-be-wrong-with-trump-restoring-glass-steagall
https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/09/investing/donald-trump-glass-steagall/index.html

[Edited on February 18, 2023 at 6:40 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on February 18, 2023 at 6:40 PM. Reason : .]

2/18/2023 6:34:21 PM

A Smarter Way to Reduce Gun Deaths https://nyti.ms/400zQQN

4/10/2023 4:21:22 PM

^

Quote :

"Another harm reduction approach is graphic warning labels for guns and ammunition. “Health warning labels on tobacco products constitute the most cost-effective tool for educating smokers and nonsmokers alike about the health risks of tobacco use,” the World Health Organization said, so let’s apply the lessons to firearms. One proposed ammunition label has a photo of a bloody face and states that a gun increases the risk of someone in a home being killed."

the only thing this is gonna do is make people buy more ammo as a "fk you"



[Edited on April 10, 2023 at 5:22 PM. Reason : -]

4/10/2023 5:20:50 PM

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/

A bit of explanation of Don Lemon's firing, among other things.

6/2/2023 2:35:28 PM

Thanks for posting that. Took forever

6/2/2023 4:46:25 PM