A collection of some of the best links from around the web, manually curated.
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«To grasp what is going on in the world right now, we need to reflect on two things. One is that we are in a phase of trial runs. The other is that what is being trialled is fascism – a word that should be used carefully but not shirked when it is so clearly on the horizon.»
This was long overdue: a comprehensive FAQ on what you should consider if you want to eat healthy (it’s funny, too: «Do I need to drink milk at all? – Only if you were born yesterday. Literally.»)
«Fikret Bačić, who takes my notebook and writes a list of the names of his extended family who went missing during the last week of July 1992. It takes him a long time; there are 29 of them, including his mother Sehriša, his wife Ninka, son Nermin, who was 12, daughter Nermina, who was six, four brothers including Zijad’s father, three sisters, several aunts, uncles and cousins. Of the 29, 19 are children; the youngest was two.»
Gut-wrenching. And a – I use this word sparingly – must-read.
Heartbreaking and beautiful. (also, do read the comments)
I tell you this is a great essay. Then I tell you that I just made up that appraisal, it’s completely random. You still believe me. And now you probably want to read it to understand why.
An exceptionally beautiful piece. It’s all about losing. How we will lose roughly 200’000 things over the course of our lives. How the meaning of «to lose» changed over time, from minds to hearts, to everything. And how this all is connected to losing a loved one.
They receive thousands of letters every day. They read them all. And they select ten for the President to read. This is a truly wonderful profile of the staff of the White House mailroom.
One of those rare stories that captivate you right from the start and never let you go. Last winter, two bodies washed ashore in Norway and the Netherlands. They were wearing identical wetsuits. The police never managed to identify them. This journalist did. A sad, true story, masterly reported and told.
Why societies become segregated when everyone wants to live in a diverse, but not too diverse neighbourhood. A playable explainer on how harmless choices can make a harmful world. Brilliant.
The thrilling story of the obscure online marketplace Silk Road, often referred to as the Ebay for drugs. Created by one man in 2011, it created more than 1 billion dollars in sales before it was shut down by the FBI (but not before Silk Road’s founder allegedly hired a hitman to kill one of his employees the FBI had tracked down). Great reporting, great storytelling. This is part one, part two will be released on May 14.
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