If Proust Ate Pringles — On Memory, Loss, and the Persistence of Heineken

“That was the definitive goodbye, but when a loved one dies of a terminal illness they don’t die just once. They are, instead, dying over and over again, as grim milestones accumulate with you powerless to arrest the dawning inevitability of the final, conclusive death.”

Published: Dec 8, 2020
Length: 19 minutes (4,800 words)

How eBird Changed Birding Forever

“Over the past two decades, eBird has become the go-to online platform for scientists and hobbyists alike to upload and share bird observations. But it has also transformed the process and etiquette of birding.”

Source: Outside
Published: Dec 4, 2020
Length: 11 minutes (2,859 words)

Wonder Women

The fight for female superheroes in Hollywood.”

Source: Hazlitt
Published: Nov 27, 2020
Length: 25 minutes (6,291 words)

Molly

“Love someone back,” she wrote in a poem that I read the first day I realized I already loved her and always would. “You just begin.” So I began.

Source: The Volta
Published: Dec 1, 2020
Length: 29 minutes (7,486 words)

Quarantine Brain

“Nothing made sense this year — unless you were on the internet.”

Source: Vulture
Published: Dec 7, 2020
Length: 8 minutes (2,050 words)

Female Founders Under Fire

“Are women in the startup world being unfairly targeted?”

Source: Fortune
Published: Dec 3, 2020
Length: 14 minutes (3,536 words)

What A Time To Be In Decline

“Why, a decade ago, did my father give me the heavy gift of a controversial 100-year-old Oswald Spengler tome? It took a pandemic for me to find out.”

Author: Ethan Lou
Source: Hazlitt
Published: Nov 30, 2020
Length: 12 minutes (3,063 words)

The Social Life of Forests

Trees appear to communicate and cooperate through subterranean networks of fungi. What are they sharing with one another?”

Published: Dec 2, 2020
Length: 23 minutes (5,916 words)

The Code That Controls Your Money

COBOL, an old coding language that not many people know about, controls the world’s financial systems.

Source: Wealthsimple
Published: Nov 10, 2020
Length: 21 minutes (5,399 words)

Motherhood on the Line

Three women seeking asylum navigate motherhood, coronavirus, and climate change at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 2, 2020
Length: 13 minutes (3,442 words)