“A broken phone or corrupted drive can mean the loss of work, evidence, art, or the last traces of the dead. But sometimes data-recovery experts can summon lost files from the void.”
Julian Lucas
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Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It
“In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.”
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A Year in Reading: The Wounds That Bind
On the hard-hitting, unforgettable stories of 2024.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories by Willa Köerner, Robyn Ross, Ariel Sabar, Julian Lucas, and Dan Moore.
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Cole Escola’s Great Day on Broadway
“With their deranged portrayal of Mary Todd Lincoln, the actor and writer emerges from the ‘gay shadows’ in a hysterical farce.”