Stories on the color orange, the data center rush, a local hero, the AI labor takeover, and a boy dinner subreddit.
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Orange Era
“First it was a fire, then it was a color, and before too long it became a regime unto itself.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: the cuckoo’s nest, fruitful work, keys and locks, commander in fief; perfect sound forever, and more.
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Heaven’s Melodic Strains
“From a certain height, the problem becomes one of knowledge itself: Do you believe what you hear, or do you hear what you believe?”
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Semiquincentennial Blues
“I am yearning to reject something that is not even being sold to me.”
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The Clip Stage
“The clip is something like the primary episteme of the World Cup, for the simple reason that there is too much soccer.”
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories about celebrity look-alikes, siblings, desert living, philanthrocapitalism, and life inside a legal brothel.
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Finding the Cattle Queen
“Steakhouse royalty, feminist icon, fungible tourism graphic—she deserves a proper title.”