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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 13, 2023January 26, 2023

Today we’re featuring stories about YouTube pranksters, marathon cheats, cephalopods, sleep and a massive collection of restaurant menus. 1. Vigilantes for Views: The YouTube Pranksters Harassing Suspected Scam Callers in India Andrew Deck and Raksha Kumar | Rest of World | January 10, 2023 | 5,737 words Justice can mean equality, and it can also mean retribution. In the case of Artsiom […]

Trying to Stay Awake

by Krista Stevens January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

“Inexpert though I am in all other fields, I am a connoisseur of sleep.”

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 4, 2022November 9, 2022

This week we’re sharing stories from Stacy Perman, Azadeh Moaveni, Jake Kring-Schreifels, Kris Newby, and Nikita Arora.

Two Weeks in Tehran

by Krista Stevens November 1, 2022November 1, 2022

Mass protest is often provoked by a specific humiliation, but the underlying oppression explains why unrest races through society.

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 17, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Jane Mayer, Patricia Lockwood, Rachel E. Gross, and Theresa Okokon.

He, She, One, They, Ho, Hus, Hum, Ita

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 29, 2020October 19, 2022

Amia Srinivasan on language and pronouns: “Language is a public system of meaning. No individual can unilaterally decide what a word means, or whether any given word, according to standard usage, truly describes them. And yet the definitions of words – as any lexicographer will tell you – depend on patterns of actual human usage, […]