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"Right now, we’re in the midst of an attention crisis, individually and collectively snared in an infinite scroll of disruption and distraction. Berger saw this crisis coming and foresaw its consequences." A.O. Scott for @nytimes/@nytmag nytimes.com/2026/10/18/magaz…
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"The story of Juan Méndez riding through the streets of Juárez, selling burritos to soldiers and civilians alike, is a story that a city told itself to build resilience."
Victoria Blanco for @Orion_Magazine: orionmagazine.org/article/fe…
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"Despite the claims of collectors, a skull can only belong to its own person, not a museum or any other buyer on the market."
A new essay by Daniel Barnum, co-published with @AGNIMagazine: longreads.com/2026/10/15/mot…
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"Modern food delivery promises to make any food into something you can eat at home. But not every dish, and not every restaurant, is built for this."
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In this week's Top 5:
* Losing human skills @aeonmag
* Devastating manipulation @dispatch__media
* Fire suppression failures @NewYorker
* Krillin’ it (Now Voyager)
* An epic eventyr @NYTmag
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In the early days of the United States, a surveyor walked more than a thousand miles in straight lines, transforming a forest into a massive grid. James Whorton Jr. traced his path to see whether parts of the forest remain today. longreads.com/2026/10/13/ame…
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"In a way, I haven’t stopped considering it, telling the story again and again, trying to understand something, to make it make sense. Even now, I find it tempting to dismiss the stranger as the uncomplicated villain of the narrative." Paul Rankin for Southlands southlandsmag.com/p/1d1d9380…
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"I think of those who came down these sea lanes before me with fortune and glory on their minds. I think of which excellent vegan breakfast I am going to have. But mostly I think: All this for fish oil?" Gordon Peake for @nowvoyagermag nowvoyagermag.com/travel/sup…
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"It would be easy to blame our deskilled bodies on the machines themselves. But, for centuries, modern human societies have been sold the lie that we are machines."
Melanie Challenger for @aeonmag: aeon.co/essays/the-more-we-r…
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"As with her ashes, putting the murder into her possession feels off to me. Did she own it? Was it part of her? It wasn’t something she could claim, like a package or a piece of luggage."
A new essay from Daniel Barnum, co-published with @AGNIMagazine: longreads.com/2026/10/15/mot…
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Daniel Barnum's essay appears as "The Mother Museum" in @AGNIMagazine's new fall issue.
Order it today: agnionline.bu.edu/about/the-…
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"For some teens, identifying with animals can serve as a coping mechanism during the middle school years, when peer rejection and self-awareness peak."
Kara Baskin for @BostonMagazine: bostonmagazine.com/news/ther…
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"In Arkansas, all it took was a few clicks on the Arkansas secretary of state website, $45 and an American flag to form a bona fide private school with the Arkansas Times."
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"Neither the new government nor the grid of lots for sale were to be discovered on the ground. They were ideas in people’s heads, notes on paper. In the 'womb of futurity,' maybe. The forest, however, was real." longreads.com/2026/10/13/ame…
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Centuries ago, a man named Hugh Maxwell took an unusual walk that transformed 2.6 million acres of wilderness into a grid for sale. A writer followed his trail to survey what remains. Read James Whorton Jr.'s new feature for @Longreads
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"I’m not aware of anyone who gets to write a sixty-thousand-word magazine piece these days." @justjokes247 for @thebafflermag on John McPhee, journalism, nature, and attention thebaffler.com/latest/up-a-c…
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