#longreads — Public Fediverse posts
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"Doctors took Mei for a full-body CT scan and then rushed her to the intensive care unit. Her brave face had begun to crack. 'Mom, I want to go home,' she told her mother, before vanishing into the ward."
Brendan Borrell for Science and Retraction Watch: https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-death-girl-chinese-gene-editing-trial-was-never-made-public
#Longreads #GeneEditing #GeneTherapy #Science #Medicine #China #Research
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"Doctors took Mei for a full-body CT scan and then rushed her to the intensive care unit. Her brave face had begun to crack. 'Mom, I want to go home,' she told her mother, before vanishing into the ward."
Brendan Borrell for Science and Retraction Watch: https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-death-girl-chinese-gene-editing-trial-was-never-made-public
#Longreads #GeneEditing #GeneTherapy #Science #Medicine #China #Research
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"Dubiously sourced accounts followed of Australians who died after drinking toad tea and a man supposedly being imprisoned in South America on toad-licking charges."
Read our excerpt of Kimon de Greef's THE EGO TRIP: https://longreads.com/2026/08/04/psychedelic-toads-ego-trip-kimon-de-greef/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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"Dubiously sourced accounts followed of Australians who died after drinking toad tea and a man supposedly being imprisoned in South America on toad-licking charges."
Read our excerpt of Kimon de Greef's THE EGO TRIP: https://longreads.com/2026/08/04/psychedelic-toads-ego-trip-kimon-de-greef/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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How Data Centers Broke American Politics
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/how-data-centers-broke-american-politics/
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How Data Centers Broke American Politics
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/how-data-centers-broke-american-politics/
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The Real Story Behind the 2018 Google Walkout
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/2018-google-walkout-dont-be-evil-claire-stapleton/
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The Real Story Behind the 2018 Google Walkout
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/2018-google-walkout-dont-be-evil-claire-stapleton/
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Thucydides the perspicacious
"Far from thinking that ‘might makes right’, the great historian’s analysis of war identifies a vice common to all states"
🔗 https://aeon.co/essays/thucydides-account-of-war-is-as-timely-as-it-is-misunderstood
#History #Histodons #War #Military #Empire #Politics #Philosophy #Thucydides #Essay #LongReads
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Thucydides the perspicacious
"Far from thinking that ‘might makes right’, the great historian’s analysis of war identifies a vice common to all states"
🔗 https://aeon.co/essays/thucydides-account-of-war-is-as-timely-as-it-is-misunderstood
#History #Histodons #War #Military #Empire #Politics #Philosophy #Thucydides #Essay #LongReads
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"He had searched her car hundreds of times over a span of about 13 months, sometimes dozens of times a week, the audit records showed. Many of his searches were made between midnight and 4 a.m." Drew Harwell, Douglas MacMillan, and @AaronJSchaffer for The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/?src=longreads #surveillance #technology #investigation #journalism #longreads
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"He had searched her car hundreds of times over a span of about 13 months, sometimes dozens of times a week, the audit records showed. Many of his searches were made between midnight and 4 a.m." Drew Harwell, Douglas MacMillan, and @AaronJSchaffer for The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/?src=longreads #surveillance #technology #investigation #journalism #longreads
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This week's #longreads Top 5 includes:
• In a pickle (New York)
• Gut feeling (Taste)
• King of pain (The New Yorker)
• Life (or something like it) (Harper's Magazine)
• For those about to rock (The Atlantic)
https://longreads.com/2026/07/31/longreads-top-5-619/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social -
This week's #longreads Top 5 includes:
• In a pickle (New York)
• Gut feeling (Taste)
• King of pain (The New Yorker)
• Life (or something like it) (Harper's Magazine)
• For those about to rock (The Atlantic)
https://longreads.com/2026/07/31/longreads-top-5-619/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social -
"The real world is both tiring and tiresome for him, Lewis went on to explain: too many unwritten rules, too many norms that don’t quite make sense." —Eve Livingston for Dispatch
https://dispatch-media.com/meet-britains-hikikomori/?src=longreads
#longreads #introvert #autism #anxiety #reading #writing #family
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"The real world is both tiring and tiresome for him, Lewis went on to explain: too many unwritten rules, too many norms that don’t quite make sense." —Eve Livingston for Dispatch
https://dispatch-media.com/meet-britains-hikikomori/?src=longreads
#longreads #introvert #autism #anxiety #reading #writing #family
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"Whatever the reason, it’s now de rigueur to be regular."—Linni Kral for Taste
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"Whatever the reason, it’s now de rigueur to be regular."—Linni Kral for Taste
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"Ghost Town has stepped in to address a decades-old problem with an unconventional approach."
Hayes Davenport for LA Material: https://lamaterial.com/p/ghost-town-consultants-venice-homelessness
#Longreads #Homelessness #Unhoused #Venice #LosAngeles #Security
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"Ghost Town has stepped in to address a decades-old problem with an unconventional approach."
Hayes Davenport for LA Material: https://lamaterial.com/p/ghost-town-consultants-venice-homelessness
#Longreads #Homelessness #Unhoused #Venice #LosAngeles #Security
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"We are all living inside the world that QVC made, the commingling of identity and acquisition."
A decades-old shopping channel, a lifelong friendship, and the strange comfort of watching people sell things you'll never buy. New from Hannah Engler Harvey: https://longreads.com/2026/07/30/qvc-shopping-influencers-friendship/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #Culture #CulturalCriticism #Shopping #QVC #Influencers
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"We are all living inside the world that QVC made, the commingling of identity and acquisition."
A decades-old shopping channel, a lifelong friendship, and the strange comfort of watching people sell things you'll never buy. New from Hannah Engler Harvey: https://longreads.com/2026/07/30/qvc-shopping-influencers-friendship/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #Culture #CulturalCriticism #Shopping #QVC #Influencers
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A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
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A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame?
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Sometimes, Sharpie on scraps, done quickly and cheaply, says more than an AI-generated image ever could."
Bettina Makalintal for Eater: https://www.eater.com/trends/975087/restaurants-lean-into-bespoke-handmade-elements-during-ai-flyer-backlash
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Sometimes, Sharpie on scraps, done quickly and cheaply, says more than an AI-generated image ever could."
Bettina Makalintal for Eater: https://www.eater.com/trends/975087/restaurants-lean-into-bespoke-handmade-elements-during-ai-flyer-backlash
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If you care about #retrocomputing, and you use Google search, please add Break Into Chat as a "preferred source"!
Just click here:
https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=breakintochat.comDoing so will (hopefully) improve your search results, and help give BiC a much-needed signal boost!
You can add other news sites and blogs you trust, too.
#atari #atarist #vintagecomputing #retrocomputer #history #longreads #bbsing #textmode #computerhistory #gamedev #localnews #news
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If you care about #retrocomputing, and you use Google search, please add Break Into Chat as a "preferred source"!
Just click here:
https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=breakintochat.comDoing so will (hopefully) improve your search results, and help give BiC a much-needed signal boost!
You can add other news sites and blogs you trust, too.
#atari #atarist #vintagecomputing #retrocomputer #history #longreads #bbsing #textmode #computerhistory #gamedev #localnews #news
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"In what probably struck friends and family as an act of lunacy, I quit my day job as an editor at this magazine and became a part-time waller." Matt Seaton for The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/second-career-passion-life-meaning/687952/?src=longreads #art #craft #stone #walls #practice #rocks #longreads #essay
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"In what probably struck friends and family as an act of lunacy, I quit my day job as an editor at this magazine and became a part-time waller." Matt Seaton for The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/second-career-passion-life-meaning/687952/?src=longreads #art #craft #stone #walls #practice #rocks #longreads #essay
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Q: What words do you overuse?
A: “Marginal,” “entrenched,” “booming,” “illicit.” Since writing about psychedelics, “radically” and “profoundly.”
Kimon de Greef, author of THE EGO TRIP 📚, answers this week's Longreads Questionnaire: https://longreads.com/2026/07/28/questionnaire-kimon-de-greef/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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Q: What words do you overuse?
A: “Marginal,” “entrenched,” “booming,” “illicit.” Since writing about psychedelics, “radically” and “profoundly.”
Kimon de Greef, author of THE EGO TRIP 📚, answers this week's Longreads Questionnaire: https://longreads.com/2026/07/28/questionnaire-kimon-de-greef/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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"He wanted to see the night sky as Cleopatra might have seen it." Travis Diehl for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/arts/design/charles-ross-star-axis-land-art.html?src=longreads #art #artists #astronomy #stars #longreads
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"He wanted to see the night sky as Cleopatra might have seen it." Travis Diehl for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/arts/design/charles-ross-star-axis-land-art.html?src=longreads #art #artists #astronomy #stars #longreads
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Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
Forget cheating on homework and chatbot friends. Some kids are getting in on a new AI trend: thinking…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #children #Education #kids #kidsthesedays #learning #longreads #Parenting #SocialMedia #Technology #TikTok
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/782380/ -
Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
Forget cheating on homework and chatbot friends. Some kids are getting in on a new AI trend: thinking…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #children #Education #kids #kidsthesedays #learning #longreads #Parenting #SocialMedia #Technology #TikTok
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/782380/ -
Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
Forget cheating on homework and chatbot friends. Some kids are getting in on a new AI trend: thinking…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CA #Canada #Children #education #kids #kidsthesedays #learning #longreads #Parenting #SocialMedia #Technology #tiktok
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/823697/ -
Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
Forget cheating on homework and chatbot friends. Some kids are getting in on a new AI trend: thinking…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CA #Canada #Children #education #kids #kidsthesedays #learning #longreads #Parenting #SocialMedia #Technology #tiktok
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In this week's #longreads Top 5:
• Loving a killer (The Guardian)
• GRASE under fire (Men's Health)
• The marvelous mundane (The Bitter Southerner)
• Texas on two wheels (Texas Highways)
• The man who would be T. rex king (Bloomberg Businessweek)https://longreads.com/2026/07/24/longreads-top-5-618/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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In this week's #longreads Top 5:
• Loving a killer (The Guardian)
• GRASE under fire (Men's Health)
• The marvelous mundane (The Bitter Southerner)
• Texas on two wheels (Texas Highways)
• The man who would be T. rex king (Bloomberg Businessweek)https://longreads.com/2026/07/24/longreads-top-5-618/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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"Once everyone was back at school on Tuesday, the high schoolers lawyered up during their lunch hour." Ara Rosenthal for @WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-redwood-bark-school-newspaper/?src=longreads #journalism #reporting #epstein #longreads
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"Once everyone was back at school on Tuesday, the high schoolers lawyered up during their lunch hour." Ara Rosenthal for @WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-redwood-bark-school-newspaper/?src=longreads #journalism #reporting #epstein #longreads
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For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark
Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan has insisted that the face-recognition system and array of surveillance cameras deployed…
#NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #CA #cameras #Canada #longreads #privacy #security #surveillance #TaylorSwift
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/822729/ -
Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/some-kids-will-never-think-ai-is-cool/
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Some Kids Will Never Think AI Is Cool
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/some-kids-will-never-think-ai-is-cool/
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For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark https://www.allforgardening.com/1892502/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversial-cameras-briefly-went-dark/ #Cameras #garden #longreads #privacy #Security #surveillance #TaylorSwift
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For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark https://www.allforgardening.com/1892502/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversial-cameras-briefly-went-dark/ #Cameras #garden #longreads #privacy #Security #surveillance #TaylorSwift
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For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark
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For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark
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"What shall we say of today? Better yet, what shall I say of today? That I will try to do better, perhaps. But Beckett hasn’t much patience for such resolutions." Robert Zaretsky for The American Scholar https://theamericanscholar.org/beckett-the-prophet/?src=longreads #samuelbeckett #godot #theater #art #writing #longreads
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"What shall we say of today? Better yet, what shall I say of today? That I will try to do better, perhaps. But Beckett hasn’t much patience for such resolutions." Robert Zaretsky for The American Scholar https://theamericanscholar.org/beckett-the-prophet/?src=longreads #samuelbeckett #godot #theater #art #writing #longreads
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‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-child-is-terrified-measles-doctors-speak-out/
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‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-child-is-terrified-measles-doctors-speak-out/
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"This is surely the most exciting development in the field of ancient history in many years." —Carlos Noreña for Aeon
https://aeon.co/essays/uncovering-a-global-ancient-history-beyond-greece-and-rome?src=longreads
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"This is surely the most exciting development in the field of ancient history in many years." —Carlos Noreña for Aeon
https://aeon.co/essays/uncovering-a-global-ancient-history-beyond-greece-and-rome?src=longreads
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"Phillips goes on to whip up his own batch with shea butter, coconut oil, jojoba oil, beeswax, and zinc oxide powder."
Brian Underwood for Men's Health: https://www.menshealth.com/health/a71867310/anti-sunscreen-movement
#Longreads #Misinformation #Science #Health #Sunscreen #Skincare
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A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/epstein-files-redwood-bark-school-newspaper/