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Longreads

@Longreads

Sharing/publishing the best longform stories (#longreads) since 2009. Sister site of @Atavist. Mastodon: @[email protected]. Bluesky: @longreads.com

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Joined April 2009

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"The time-course of Stand by Me is both 48 hours and 40 years. Its physical scale is that of 12-year-old feet and the 50-odd miles they walk. Its intellectual scale is that of 12-year-old brains, which is to say, bigger than you think." Alec Joyner for @BWDR
40 Notes on Rob Reiner & Stand by Me
From brightwalldarkroom.com
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"Obituaries are a reminder that when you die, someone else gets the last word on your legacy—or, at least, the first of the last words." Read an excerpt from Sam Roberts's "Are They Dead Yet?," out today via @BloomsburyPub
Speaking for the Dead - Longreads
From longreads.com
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Aug 10
"It occurred to me that perhaps I was misdirecting my anger, that perhaps I was really angry about how buying a home is inaccessible to most of my generation, and that my senior neighbors aren’t to blame for that." Amy Brown for @oakreviewbooks:
How I became the villain of El Cerrito’s Nextdoor
From oaklandreviewofbooks.org
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Aug 7
"Perhaps the most curious question, though, was whether the company had cloned red wolves at all." @BoyceUpholt for @techreview
Colossal Biosciences said it cloned red wolves. Is it for real?
From technologyreview.com
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Aug 7
This week's #longreads Top 5 includes: -Behind the blockade (@AP) -Splendid scribbles (@Eater) -Greenest green (@NewYorker) -New nuptials norm (@@newlinesmag) -Tasteless tomatoes (@OffrangeAg)
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads
From longreads.com