“If Campi Flegrei were to blow at maximum capacity today, it would make the 79AD eruption of Mt Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii look like a puppy’s sneeze.”
Carolyn Wells
Posted inNonfiction
I Don’t Wear Pink
“I believe in reincarnation,” my 4-year-old announced, confidently. “And when I come back, I’m going to be a boy, and my name will be Shane.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
My Child Is Transgender: This Is How I Know
“I thought I had a daughter. Then I thought I had a tomboy. But now I know: I have a son.”
Posted inQuotes
Pretty and Dumb? Tell It to the Avocado
New arrivals didn’t hand Natives the keys to the modern world — but took the tools that built its foundations.
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What’s Wrong with WhatsApp
“WhatsApp, the unmoderated, self-governing, amoral collective – larger than a conversation, smaller than a public – has become a dominant and disruptive political force in our society, much as figures such as Bion and Lewin feared.”
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The Hungry People
“Non-Natives like to think that the Mayflower had Wi-Fi, that the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María brought with them consumer goods, Facebook, and nuclear medicine. In reality, they brought very little from Europe that Natives wanted beyond weapons and metalwork.”
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The Crime Victim Who’s Obsessed with True Crime Shows
“Before the shooting, watching true crime shows was a diversion. Afterward, it is no longer simply a genre to me.”
Posted inQuotes
Chasing Spies From the Couch
Discover a website that solves crimes without its members ever leaving home.
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‘A Chain of Stupidity’: the Skripal Case and the Decline of Russia’s Spy Agencies
“The new hero of journalism was no longer a grizzled investigator burning shoe leather, à la All the President’s Men, but a pasty-looking kid in front of a MacBook Air.”
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Double-Double Tracking: How Tim Hortons Knows Where You Sleep, Work and Vacation
“Even just the graph of events, I can see that you start heading out from work on Fridays at 2 p.m … Like, if I wanted to assassinate you, this would be absolutely perfect.”