"Our lovable yet unruly boxer Dusty forced me to wonder: if a dog has no morals, how do you teach it to be ‘good’?"
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• Carolyn Wells
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• Brendan Fitzgerald
Tunnel 13
"A botched train robbery in Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains left four men dead, led to an international manhunt, and helped usher forensic science into the modern age."
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• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Route 66 Is Turning 100 This Year. It Still Has Stories to Tell About America.
"The country’s legendary main street celebrates its centennial against the backdrop of the nation’s 250th birthday. Could there be a better time for a road trip?"
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• A pair of aces
• Room for growth
• Still a-maze-ing
• Wheel of misfortune
• The road less traveled
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• Peter Rubin
Middle of Somewhere
"One remote highway in Nevada links far-flung communities that attracted settlers for generations. Why are some still drawn there today?"
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• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
The Mars Delusion
"Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?"
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• Brendan Fitzgerald
Secrets of the Magus
"Ricky Jay does closeup magic that flouts reality."
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Curiosity as Compassion: A Conversation with Susan Orlean
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• Krista Stevens
Return to the River
"Nearly a year after the devastating July 4 floods, Hill Country communities are still grieving and rebuilding, while hoping to welcome visitors back to the Guadalupe."
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• Peter Rubin
Nobody Here Wants the Data Center: An Oral History
"We’ve gathered stories from all across the country detailing what happens when Big Tech’s latest monstrosities come to town."
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• Seyward Darby
A Winding Road, a Bottle of Wine, and a Crash That Keeps Punishing Oak Grove
"Ananya Rao was not driving when she was badly injured and a friend from Lakeside High was killed. But her parents might go to prison."
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• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
The Mom Who Runs a Household With a Staff of AI Agents
"Jesse Genet’s time was scarce. So she hired Claire, Sylvie, Clark, Dan, and Chloe."
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• Krista Stevens
How the Crossword Conquered America
"Even in a boom time for games, the decidedly old-fashioned puzzles are more popular than ever. I went to the best place on Earth to understand why."
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• Lisa Bubert
Brave New World: A Reading List About the Dark Future
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• Brendan Fitzgerald
A Diehard Drinker Accidentally Quits
"The cultural discourse around avoiding alcohol never convinced me—and why sober up when the world is burning? Then life intervened."
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• Krista Stevens
On Japan’s Post Office For Letters to the Dead
"Sally Hayden explores the ways we cope with loss in times of crisis."
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• Carolyn Wells
‘David Bowie Was a Crazy Workaholic’: Labyrinth at 40 – an Oral History
"Today, Jim Henson’s dark fairytale is seen as a classic of 80s high camp. But on release, it bombed."
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In this edition:
• Showing our age
• Special delivery
• Unfriendly wagers
• A shore thing
• Sale therapy
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• Peter Rubin
Happy Fucking Birthday
"An exhausted America turns two hundred and fifty."
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• Krista Stevens
The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales
"For $100, I bought bric-a-brac that explains a nation."
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• Carolyn Wells
The Brexit Catch
"Britain's fishermen became the folk heroes of Brexit. In Brixham, they were promised a brighter future. Did it ever arrive?"
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• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Weed Habit
"What would these weeds say of the city if they could talk?"
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• Dr. Dinesh Kumar Jangra
The People Who Know Too Much: A Reading List on Amateur Experts
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• Krista Stevens
What Remains
"We may know that nothing lasts forever, but this knowledge doesn’t alleviate the loneliness of grief."
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• Cheri Lucas Rowlands
How to Hack a Superyacht
"GPS is critical to everything from shipping to warfare. Tricking it is ridiculously easy."
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• Peter Rubin
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Prison Experiment
"His life behind bars and his desperate campaign to get free."
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• Brendan Fitzgerald
Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Anything. I Bet Against My Own Husband.
"You can wager on war, elections, awards shows, reality TV, scientific progress, and—in the case of writer Carrie Sun—your own spouse. If you want to play, you have to wonder: Are you smarter than an inside trader?"
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The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Cory Doctorow
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• Peter Rubin
The Troubling Disappearance of ‘El Gallito’
"A Rio Grande Valley murder case was botched and evidence lost by local police and by Texas Rangers. Will anyone ever be held responsible?"
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• Brendan Fitzgerald
Name of the Father
"A wiseguy's son steps out of his father's shadow—and into the boxing ring. But the legacy of organized crime isn't so easy to leave behind."