“The Internet Is Inside Us”: Patricia Lockwood on the Portal, Twitter, and Her New Novel By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight In an interview at GQ, Patricia Lockwood talks about the perils of being extremely online.
The Powerful Decide By Longreads Feature What makes good or bad design happen anywhere depends on who has the most power.
This Week in Books: Farewell Longreads! I’m Taking This Rodeo to Substack. By Dana Snitzky Commentary
‘No Single Machine Should Be Able to Control So Many People’ By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight Can we survive the social web?
The Alarmist: Is One of the Pandemic’s Loudest Scientific Voices Helping or Hurting Public Health? By Seyward Darby Highlight
The Silencing of #MeToo Reporting in Germany By Seyward Darby Highlight How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.
“People are dying waiting” By Krista Stevens Highlight “Miguel Jr. and Jeannette are troubled that Miguel’s doctors didn’t present ECMO as an option, and then resisted the idea when the family suggested it.”
What Happened to Cruise Ship Workers Once the Passengers Were Gone? By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight
When Death Came to Mauritius By Krista Stevens Highlight “Black waves bring animals to the town’s shore. Sticky corpses float on the oil.”
‘Plant-Based Eating Is Probably One of the Blackest Things I Could Do’ By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight
This Visionary Chef Has Unlocked the Secrets of the Sea Floor. Can He Change the Way We Eat? By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight Harvesting rice from the sea? This Spanish chef dreams big.
“Can I Get You a Nice Chianti?” By Carolyn Wells Highlight Jodie Foster and Sir Anthony Hopkins talk about “The Silence of the Lambs” for the movie’s 30th anniversary.
“The Internet Is Inside Us”: Patricia Lockwood on the Portal, Twitter, and Her New Novel By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight
When Death Came to Mauritius By Krista Stevens Highlight “Black waves bring animals to the town’s shore. Sticky corpses float on the oil.”
Getting Up When You Fall From the Sky By Carolyn Wells Highlight “Fear coursed through my veins. A horrible metallic taste, worse than bile, rose in my throat. The taste of terror.”
Let the Unexpected Expand the Landscape of the Possible By Michelle Weber Highlight “In general, I try to expect nothing and hope that everything is possible. I want the courage to need very little and demand a lot.”
