"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

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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

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"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/

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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

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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

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"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

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