“Lurking in every space weather forecaster’s mind is the hypothetical big one, a solar storm so huge it could bring our networked, planetary civilization to its knees.”
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Bad Blood (Longreads’ Version): A Musical Feuds Reading List
Whether competition between artists or strife within a band, popular music features some of pop culture’s messiest rivalries.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Beginning with Seeds: Restoration in the Wake of Wildfires
“Environmental scientist Lauren E. Oakes considers how learning what seeds to plant—literal and metaphorical—can help us restore both life and Earth in the wake of profound loss.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Your Data’s Strange Undersea Voyage
“The internet is a series of tubes. In the ocean.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Secret Life of the 500+ Cables That Run the Internet
“Laced across the cold depths of the world’s oceans is a network of multimillion-dollar cables, which have become the vital connections of our online lives.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Peter Beinart, Ko Bragg, Mathew Charles, Russell Worth Parker and Rachel Lance, and Egill Bjarnason.
Posted inArts & Culture
Which Way to Westeros?
With a plethora of fantasy appearing on streaming services, we take a look back at Adrian Daub’s essay on world-building maps.
Posted inFeature
Letter from Manhattan 2
On trying to be a “world citizen”—and how expat life rarely delivers on its promises.
