This week, we’re sharing stories from C.J. Chivers, Sheelah Kolhatkar, Libby Copeland, Amanda Petrusich, and Bryan Menegus.
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Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Putting Creativity on Your Tab
Dropping acid at the office? Everybody’s doing it.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Unapologetic Women
Another Tech Casualty: Dating
“I’ve lived in Seattle for seven years, single most of them. The only thing that has changed is the increase in men I’d never want to go out on a date with.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
Can You Return To a Place That Was Never Your Home?
Grace Linden considers repatriation to Austria — a place she has never lived.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Sports
A Crisis in Sports: Attention Spans
Will shorter attention spans change the way play and watch sports?
Posted inEditor's Pick
How to Make a Bot That Isn’t Racist
In the wake of Microsoft’s disastrous chatbot, Motherboard‘s Jeong discusses ethical botmaking with veterans of the trade.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A History of the Windows Start Menu
The twenty-year transformation of Microsoft’s most identifiable product.
Posted inBooks, Fiction
Excerpt: ‘The Red Car’ by Marcy Dermansky
“The car had upset me. Judy had found a parking space right in front of the restaurant and I could see the red car from our table. Taunting me.”
Posted inNonfiction
Truther Love
Uncovering the dating habits of conspiracy theorists and the challenges they face.
Posted inUncategorized
‘Let’s Suck This Week Less Than We Did Last Week’: An Oral History of The Stranger
Twenty-five years after its debut, here is the story of an independent newspaper in Seattle that spawned Dan Savage and won a Pulitzer Prize.
