“What could possibly motivate someone, what could sustain them, and what could they really get out of running around a small track for an entire day?”
Krista Stevens
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A Preservation of Summer Pulled into Winter
“The gin, now, is wrapped up in those memories: wild and unruly in both ways, full of the tang of the uncultivated tree, the illicit uses of these spaces otherwise unused by people.”
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Mother Sauce
“It proves Johnson’s point that following a recipe is not just an iterative act, but a creative one.”
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The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke
“Altogether, 17,517,490 personnel records—the only comprehensive proof of service for all these Americans—had been wiped out of existence.”
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Bloodied Macbooks and Stacks of Cash: Inside the Increasingly Violent Discord Servers Where Kids Flaunt Their Crimes
“The Discord servers themselves are a constant stream of chatter, jokes, racist and homophobic insults, memes, flexing of wealth, and calling other users out for real or perceived slights.”
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The Coronavirus Pandemic’s Ongoing Legacy: COVID Orphans
“Five months. Four caskets. Three funerals.”
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The Day the Lake Took the Edmund Fitzgerald
“The bed of Lake Superior is part museum, part graveyard.”
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AI Is a Lot of Work
“When AI comes for your job, you may not lose it, but it might become more alien, more isolating, more tedious.”
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The Hidden Cost of Gasoline
“The whole financial underpinnings of gas stations are starting to crumble.”
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My Father, the Artist
“I developed a new appreciation for my dad, who always treated me like a fellow artist, creating myself.”