“He knew there were a lot of people just like him, irregularly employed, regulars in pubs, the owners of passports and phones and all the right charger leads, only with nowhere stable to live.”
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“Follow Along,” or How to Learn Flamenco Guitar with a Tocaora
“Before he died a few years later, my father told me there were almost no tocaoras — female flamenco guitarists — in the world. If I kept practicing, he said, I could be one of the first.”
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In Hot Pursuit of STS-50, High Seas Scofflaw
What’s in the hold, captain? Oh nothing, just tonnes upon tonnes of illegal Chilean bass — nothing to see here!
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Detective Fitbit
Can Fitbit data help to convict the alleged perpetrator of a brutal murder?
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How a Mom Penetrated the Pen to Hack the Warden’s Computer
Rita Strand, age 58, posed as a health inspector and got unrestricted access to South Dakota prison.
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The Hate Is Coming From Inside the House
The claws of diet culture dig in early, and they dig in deep.
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Margery Kempe: Patron Saint of Writing Moms
“Having children has simultaneously fried my brain and made it sharper and more focused.”
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How Do You Live In a Body That Doesn’t Feel Like Yours? If You Have No Choice, You Just Do.
Paraic O’Donnell chronicles the progression of his MS with clarity, beauty, wit, and no small amount of sadness. Picking the most striking paragraph in this essay full of them is a fool’s errand.
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How a Hurricane’s Trailing Winds Retold Willie Earle’s 1947 Mass Lynching
“Even with a preponderance of evidence and testimonies, every man on trial got away with murder. This fact was not front-page news but tucked beneath odd stories called ‘Flashes of Life.'”
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This Story About Coronavirus Is Both Deeply Alarming and Deeply Calming
Just read it. And go wash your hands.