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.”

Source: Financial Post
Published: Jun 12, 2020
Length: 19 minutes (4,971 words)

The End of Tourism?

“Covid-19 has exposed the flaw in the model of elite tourism with a conscience. There is no plan B.”

Source: The Guardian
Published: Jun 18, 2020
Length: 23 minutes (5,837 words)

How the World’s Most Venomous Fish Convinced Me to Stop Working Myself to Death

“”I…Googled pictures of stonefish. I thought about the insidious nature of those gnarled, prehistoric-looking venom traps: how freaky it is to think that they’re always there, perfectly still, camouflaged in the coral. Waiting for you to hit rock bottom. How sometimes the most unavoidable pain comes from the things that are hardest to see.”

Source: Narratively
Published: Jun 22, 2020
Length: 11 minutes (2,841 words)

30 Years Ago, Romania Deprived Thousands of Babies of Human Contact

Estimates say that 30 years ago under Nicolae Ceaușescu’s regime in Romania, 170,000 babies, children, and teens lived in “child gulags” often in filthy, horrific conditions. Deprived of loving care of any kind, those that lived were often under-developed physically and mentally, finding it hard or impossible to form attachments with other people. This is the story of one man who survived and was adopted by a family in America.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Jun 22, 2020
Length: 34 minutes (8,748 words)

Can White Portland’s Fragility Handle a Megaquake?

“Acknowledge it away—your white privilege—but it will always be a tool you can employ at will as a weapon against Black people or a tool to shield your own transgressions. Defund the police? Yes and defund and disinvest in yourselves. Liberal, conservative—whatever. You are superspreaders of a sickening power none of us can wholly break free from.”

Published: Jun 16, 2020
Length: 9 minutes (2,345 words)

We Shall Not Be Moved

“The land is owned by a trust, which keeps it out of speculators’ hands, but residences and other structures can be privately owned and inherited, allowing community members to build wealth.” Modern Community Land Trusts started as civil-rights-era experiment in Georgia, and are key to a progressive housing and economic platform.

Author: Audrea Lim
Published: Jun 20, 2020
Length: 12 minutes (3,130 words)

The Power of Black Lives Matter

“How the movement that’s changing America was built and where it goes next.” Do you know the names Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi? You do now.

Source: Rolling Stone
Published: Jun 16, 2020
Length: 15 minutes (3,809 words)

Inside WNBA Legend Maya Moore’s Extraordinary Quest for Justice

Why did one of the greatest basketball players in the world leave the game in her prime? The answer sits in a Missouri courtroom.

Source: ESPN
Published: Jun 18, 2020
Length: 25 minutes (6,252 words)

The Way of John Lewis

“As federal troops and militarized police descended on protesters, John Lewis pleaded for nonviolence. Cynthia Tucker shares her hope that a new generation of activists can learn from his courageous and peaceful fight for ‘beloved community.'”

Published: Jun 16, 2020
Length: 11 minutes (2,817 words)

‘It’s Bullshit’: Inside the Weird, Get-Rich-Quick World of Dropshipping

” $750,000 of sales, and around $100,000 of profit for Despin, in just 11 months. To this day, he has never seen or touched the product.”

Author: Sirin Kale
Source: Wired UK
Published: May 1, 2020
Length: 16 minutes (4,035 words)