"Perhaps the most curious question, though, was whether the company had cloned red wolves at all." @BoyceUpholt for @techreview
Sharing/publishing the best longform stories (#longreads) since 2009. Sister site of @Atavist. Mastodon: @[email protected]. Bluesky: @longreads.com
- This week's #longreads Top 5 includes: -Behind the blockade (@AP) -Splendid scribbles (@Eater) -Greenest green (@NewYorker) -New nuptials norm (@@newlinesmag) -Tasteless tomatoes (@OffrangeAg)
- "People left the site after their shifts without changing clothes or showering, likely conveying radioactive dust home to their families. Some workers even warmed their lunch on top of machines in hazardous areas." An excerpt from the new @atavist issue:
- "In my youth, I spent an afternoon wondering if I would have been able to imagine the fluorescent yellow of highlighter markers if I’d never seen it." Rivka Galchen for @NewYorker
- "I never asked Auntie Zou why all the books were torn, without title pages and back pages. In those days, asking too many questions could get you in trouble." Zhang Er for @chinabksreview:

