Digital convenience is beating out the store, but “What we keep losing are those social relationships that we built on food being so central. And, if we’re not building those connections, then we’re losing a part of being human.”
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A Tall Tree Reading List
Let’s go down to the woods today … with a reading list all about trees.
Posted inHighlight, investigations, Quote Posts, Quotes
A Box of Meat and $100 For Your Life
“Workers who worked Monday through Saturday without missing a day were given a bonus of $50, later raised to $100, which was accompanied by a box of meat valued at $200 to $300.”
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Highlight, History, Quote Posts, Quotes
All Hail the Inventor of the Crock Pot: Irving Nachumsohn
Irving Nachumsohn invented the crock pot so that his family didn’t have to use the stove to prepare dinner on hot summer evenings. You’re welcome.
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Sentenced to Life At 16
Adolfo Davis hoped a Supreme Court ruling would give him a chance at a new beginning. But nothing about freedom turned out as he expected.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Teju Cole, Barton Gellman, Dexter Filkins, Rebecca May Johnson, and Navneet Alang.
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The Big Bear Reading List
The elusive bear is a thing of fascination, and writers have a lot to say about them.
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Dreaming of Water with Tiger Salamanders
“There is no more urgent form of communication than going extinct.”
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‘This Wasn’t His First Time’
A kidnapping deemed a hoax, the newbie detective who cracked the case, and the Harvard-trained lawyer whose mental unraveling set the whole story in motion.
