“The alchemy between rescuer and rescued is strange: like a romantic relationship, only faster moving. The euphoria of starting simply at hello, I’m here to help before moving on and culminating at what feels like deep attachment.” We may be happy that this is the final newsletter of January (come on, spring!), but we’re thrilled that it’s […]
As the last Holocaust survivors approach the end of their lives, an AI scholar grapples with technology that promises to freeze them in time.
“The day I turned 18, the Astro Lounge called and asked me to come strip for them. I have no idea how they knew I’d turned 18.”
This week, we’re sharing stories from Gus Garcia-Roberts and David Heath, Melissa Gira Grant, David Owen, Geoffrey Himes, and Traci Brimhall.
An essay on death, a bone church, and learning to live again.
Doubt, idiocracy, baseball, meals, and fish. Find out why these five stories stood out.
Who’s to say what counts as obsession, anyway?
“Uncovering the brutal career of a crucial American ally. And the hidden truths of the war in Afghanistan.”
Doubt, idiocracy, baseball, meals, and fish. Find out why these five stories stood out.
A bone chapel promised to teach me about mortality. It took a life-threatening illness for me to learn.
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