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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Eschatolgy, Texas style; dancing like nobody’s watching; the men, they myths, the legends; monumental responses; and notes fit for a King.
Finding Jordan Neely
“He had places he belonged and people looking out for him. How did he end up dying, alone, at the hands of a stranger?”
The Memory Maker
OpenAI’s Sora allowed you to deepfake yourself. Users started to remember things that never happened.
We Volunteered at a Gaza Hospital. What We Saw Was Unspeakable.
“American surgeons who witnessed the civilian carnage of the Israel-Hamas war.”
How Do You Make a Movie About the Holocaust?
“With ‘The Zone of Interest,’ Jonathan Glazer is just the latest director to confront the problem.”
Trump’s Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could
“Before 2020, there had been three federal executions in 60 years. Then Trump put 13 people to death in six months.”
Long Live the Rom-Com
Love, Actually, Never Died: A reading list on the evolution of the romantic comedy.
The Heart of a Hunter and the Week’s Top 5
“Most of the time, I’m not as awake as I once was; danger, and hunger, no longer demand it. I’m grateful to feel safe, to have secure access to good food, and yet I also occasionally wonder: where has the hunter gone?” Happy Friday! We’ve got a compelling, thought-provoking feature for you this week. In […]
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this week’s Top 5 we have lessons from apartheid, clever Claude, feeling bodies anew, the power of wax, and free mining.


