Recent editors’ picks
Jeff Mills Loves to Forget
“How techno’s most vaunted architect is still building sonic futures.”
The Afterlife of a Stolen Bike
“22 bikes a day are stolen in Melbourne. I decided to buy one to return it to its rightful owner.”
Beneath the Long White Cloud
“The search for the eighth wonder of the world.”
What 100 Million Volts Do to the Body and Mind
“The odds of being struck by lightning in America in a given year are one in 1.2 million. How does the experience reorient a person’s sense of chance, of fate?”
Transference in the Afternoon
“I felt I was looking at something remarkable: a real-time record of the encounter between a patient and a therapist. It was an encounter that started off well before veering profoundly off course.”
The Devil’s Crown
“The first time I try to visit the devil, I bring my son.”
You Could Be Next
“Laid-off lawyers, history PhDs, and scientists are now part of a miserable gig economy in which they’re teaching AI how to do their old jobs.”
How My Mother’s Dying Wish Took My Family to Antarctica
“What I thought was a burden was a tether across death’s divide.”
Competitive Scrabble Is A Lexical Shitshow
“JAKER entered the pantheon of Scrabble Words You’ll Never Forget Because Something Weird Happened.”
