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Our Top 5:

• Rediscovery without reckoning
• How an icon becomes a man
• The instant that takes its time
• Life lessons from the hive
• The wicked wit of Withnail

https://longreads.com/2025/04/11/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-558/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Reading #Writing #Journalism #Profiles #Interviews #Essay

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Recommending notable stories by Kori Suzuki, D. Watkins, Mike Scalise, Emily Polk, and Vassi Chamberlain.
Longreads
#journalism #writing #reading #interviews #essay #longreads #profiles

"Since the race’s inception, nine pilots had perished from mountainside crashes, unexpected plummets, or rogue lightning storms."

An excerpt from the new Atavist Magazine story, "The Balloon That Fell From the Sky," by Nick Davidson: https://longreads.com/2025/04/03/balloon-race-belarus-disaster/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Nonfiction #Journalism #TrueStory #Ballooning #Balloon #Race #Belarus

The Race That Turned to Ruin

"Fifteen teams lifted off from Switzerland in gas ballooning’s most audacious race. Three days later, two of them drifted into Belarusian airspace—but only one would survive."
Longreads
#journalism #nonfiction #balloon #truestory #race #belarus #longreads #ballooning

Our #Longreads Top 5:

- Harm and hope in West Virginia (The Delacorte Review)

- The fast-food fight Ali lost (Defector)

- The day doubt took over (Aeon)

- When fear slithers in (The Bitter Southerner)

- Kitzbühel’s wild side (Outside)

https://longreads.com/2025/03/07/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-553/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Essay #Reading #Nonfiction #Writing #Journalism #Storytelling

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Recommending notable stories by Adlai Coleman, Dan McQuade, Ronald W. Dworkin, Rebecca Burns, and Devon O’Neil.
Longreads
#journalism #writing #reading #storytelling #nonfiction #essay #longreads

"Students called and texted her with their grief, their panic attacks, their drug use, their suicidal thoughts. What their own parents could not fully understand — the worst moment of their lives — Ms. Schamis could."

Emily Baumgaertner Nunn for The New York Times: https://longreads.com/2025/02/26/the-teacher-in-room-1214/

#Longreads #Journalism #SchoolShooting #Teachers #Trauma #Students #Teens #Schools #GunViolence
Headline: The Teacher in Room 1214 Dek: When a gunman killed two of her students, Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers. Tagline: Emily Baumgaertner Nunn for The New York Times A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

The Teacher in Room 1214

"When a gunman killed two of her students, Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers."
Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)
#journalism #schools #students #teachers #teens #trauma #schoolshooting #longreads #GunViolence

“'The science isn’t there. We shouldn’t be doing it,' she said. At this juncture, she said, those sketches are about as scientific as 'my son drawing them.'”

Jordan Smith for The Intercept: https://longreads.com/2025/02/06/how-to-build-a-human/

#Longreads #Journalism #DNA #Forensics #Police #LawEnforcement #Crime #Technology
Headline: How to Build a Human Dek: A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias. Tagline: Jordan Smith for The Intercept A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

How to Build a Human

"A forensics company tells cops it can use DNA to predict a suspect’s face. Scientists worry the tool will deepen racial bias."
Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)
#journalism #police #crime #technology #forensics #dna #lawenforcement #longreads

"As Green and the rabbits awaited their syringes, I couldn’t help but wonder: Can we really hope to imitate this magical fluid—and what might it mean if we do?"

Nicola Twilley for The New Yorker: https://longreads.com/2025/02/05/the-long-quest-for-artificial-blood/

#Longreads #Journalism #Blood #Medicine #Research #Health
Headline: The Long Quest for Artificial Blood Dek: One of the most valuable substances in the world has never been replicated. Are we close? Tagline: Nicola Twilley for The New Yorker A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

The Long Quest for Artificial Blood

"One of the most valuable substances in the world has never been replicated. Are we close?"
Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)
#journalism #research #health #medicine #blood #longreads

"They have come together with a single mission statement: to make humans aquatic."

Lisa Bachelor for The Guardian: https://longreads.com/2025/02/04/a-flooded-quarry-a-mysterious-millionaire-and-the-dream-of-a-new-atlantis/

#Longreads #Journalism #Wales #Sea #DeepSea #Ocean #Underwater #Research #Future
Headline: A Flooded Quarry, a Mysterious Millionaire and the Dream of a New Atlantis Tagline: Lisa Bachelor for The Guardian A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

A Flooded Quarry, a Mysterious Millionaire and the Dream of a New Atlantis

"An innovative mission on the Welsh border, funded by an anonymous private investor, has begun work to create a ‘permanent human settlement’ under the sea."
Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)
#Wales #journalism #research #sea #Ocean #future #underwater #longreads #deepsea

"A woman who laid her coat on her sleeping son during cold winter nights on her return from work at an asbestos factory in Leeds did not know she was killing him."

Charlotte Bailey for Prospect #UK: https://longreads.com/2025/01/31/asbestos-a-corporate-coverup-a-public-health-catastrophe/

#Longreads #Journalism #Reporting #Asbestos #Industry #Health #Toxic #Work
Headline: Asbestos: a corporate coverup, a public health catastrophe Dek: In the UK, thousands of people are still dying every year from exposure to the asbestos fibres in our homes, schools and workplaces. My dad was one of them. Tagline: Charlotte Bailey for Prospect A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

Asbestos: A Corporate Coverup, a Public Health Catastrophe

"In the UK, thousands of people are still dying every year from exposure to the asbestos fibres in our homes, schools and workplaces. My dad was one of them."
Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)
#uk #journalism #health #industry #work #asbestos #reporting #toxic #longreads

"He had fought his entire life to be accepted, yet here he was, facing disgrace and years behind bars, not as Prince Paul of Romania, but as Paul Lambrino, crook."

Miles Johnson for FT Magazine: https://longreads.com/2025/01/22/the-fugitive-prince/

#Longreads #Prince #Romania #Royalty #Intrigue #Journalism
Headline: The Fugitive Prince Dek: A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine. Tagline: Miles Johnson for FT Magazine A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

The Fugitive Prince

"A man with an obscure claim to a royal fortune made a deal to help regain his crown. It cost him more than he could imagine."
Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)
#journalism #romania #royalty #prince #longreads #intrigue

"In the summer of 2023, for the first time in its 50-year history, Peel shelters turned people away."

Fatima Syed for @thelocal: https://longreads.com/2025/01/21/the-death-of-an-asylum-seeker-and-the-shelter-crisis-in-peel/

#Longreads #Journalism #Toronto #Canada #Immigration #AsylumSeekers #Refugees
Headline: The Death of an Asylum Seeker and the Shelter Crisis in Peel Tagline: Fatima Syed, The Local A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

The Death of an Asylum Seeker and the Shelter Crisis in Peel

"The number of asylum seekers and refugees needing shelter has surged in recent years, leaving officials in suburban municipalities like Peel scrambling to respond."
Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)
#journalism #canada #Refugees #toronto #immigration #asylumseekers #longreads

"When we moved to Carbon Canyon in 1969, central Malibu boasted not much more than a lone supermarket, a couple of gas stations and a lumberyard."

James Rainey for #LosAngelesTimes: https://longreads.com/2025/01/20/in-the-ruins-of-palisades-fire-confronting-my-elusive-malibu-life/

#Longreads #California #SouthernCalifornia #LosAngeles #Malibu #PalisadesFire #Fire #Wildfire #Essay
Headline: "In the ruins of Palisades fire, confronting my elusive Malibu life" Tagline: James Rainey, Los Angeles Times A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

In the Ruins of Palisades Fire, Confronting My Elusive Malibu Life

"Memories, nostalgia and regret mix on a trek to find the old family home."
Cheri Lucas Rowlands (Longreads)
#california #losangeles #wildfire #fire #losangelestimes #essay #longreads #southerncalifornia #malibu #palisadesfire

This week's top 5 #longreads:

• Trader No’s? (Fast Company)
• Carnivorous curiosity (Alta Journal)
• A meditation on power (Switchyard)
• The overlooked sense of smell (Nautilus)
• Riding bulls in Manhattan (The Paris Review)

https://longreads.com/2025/01/17/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-546/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Reading #Nonfiction #Essay #Writing #Journalism

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Recommending excellent stories by Clint Rainey, Blythe Roberson, Mya Frazier, Katy Kelleher, and Jasper Nathaniel.
Longreads
#journalism #writing #reading #nonfiction #essay #longreads

"Before the end of the year, nitrous distributors had cleverly changed their packaging and introduced flavoring. Into smoke shops and onto Amazon came enormous tanks of nitrous."

Ezra Marcus, @nymag

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/galaxy-gas-flavored-nitrous-oxide-drug-epidemic.html

#Longreads #Journalism #Drugs #Health #Nitrous
#journalism #health #drugs #longreads #nitrous @nymag

We've enjoyed reading and sharing our favorite #longreads on the web this year!

In today's list, we've compiled our 10 most-read editors' picks of 2024, including stories about a warthog, cruise ships, an adult autism diagnosis, and more.

https://longreads.com/2024/12/17/the-most-popular-editors-picks-of-the-year/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Writing #Journalism #Nonfiction #Reporting

Best of 2024: The Most Popular Editors’ Picks of the Year

Our readership has spoken! This list compiles the most-viewed stories we recommended in 2024.
Longreads
#journalism #writing #nonfiction #reporting #longreads

"Reading these stories was never about inviting pain, frustration, or dismay for the sake of it. Nor, I suspect, was that the case for the writers who crafted them. As Aziza suggests, witnessing is about opening ourselves up to possibility."

Contributing editor Seyward Darby reflects on her year of reading in "The Wounds That Bind": https://longreads.com/2024/12/11/a-year-in-reading-the-wounds-that-bind/

#Longreads #Journalism #Essay #Reporting #Gaza

A Year in Reading: The Wounds That Bind

On the hard-hitting, unforgettable stories of 2024.
Seyward Darby (Longreads)
#journalism #gaza #reporting #essay #longreads

Our annual "Best of" package—now in its 13th year!—kicks off today. This week, we'll publish a Year in Reading reflection from each of the @longreads editors. Today, Krista Stevens shares stories that sparked awe and shifted her perspective in 2024.

https://longreads.com/2024/12/09/a-year-in-reading-a-shift-in-perspective/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Bestof2024 #Essays #Journalism #Writing #Reading

A Year in Reading: A Shift in Perspective

The stories that sparked awe and made me think differently in 2024.
Krista Stevens (Longreads)
#journalism #writing #reading #longreads #bestof2024 #essays @Longreads

Today's Longreads Top 5:

-Reclaiming soil—and one family’s story
-A club of country collectors
-The rise of Big Headlight
-How saints are made
-An alphabetical ode to felines

https://longreads.com/2024/12/06/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-542/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Essay #Journalism #Nonfiction #Reading

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Recommending stories by Christina Cooke, Tim Neville, Nate Rogers, Linda Kinstler, and Sandra Beasley.
Longreads
#journalism #reading #nonfiction #essay #longreads

"Fourteen months earlier, the 42-year-old editor had been charged with treason for publishing an article about the German Air Force’s rearmament efforts, which were in violation of the Treaty of Versailles." The Atavist's latest feature tells the story of Carl von Ossietzky, a journalist jailed by the Nazis. Read our excerpt:

https://longreads.com/2024/12/05/carl-von-ossietzky-journalism-nazi-germany/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #TheAtavist #NaziGermany #Journalism

The Journalist Who the Nazis Could not Silence

No one has ever received more nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize than Carl von Ossietzky. This is his story.
Longreads
#journalism #longreads #theatavist #NAziGermany

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