Tag: longform

Sofia Coppola’s Path to Filming Gilded Adolescence | The New Yorker

Jan 22, 2024

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Sofia Coppola’s Path to Filming Gilded Adolescence There are few Hollywood families in which one famous director has spawned another. Coppola says, “It’s not easy for anyone in this business, even though it looks easy for me.” via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/29/sofia-coppola-profile When Coppola showed her father an early cut of the film, he advised…
How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity | WIRED

Jan 17, 2024

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How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable. Then a grad student named Sarah Meiklejohn proved them all wrong—and set the stage for a decade-long crackdown. via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/27-year-old-codebreaker-busted-myth-bitcoins-anonymity/ Meiklejohn’s hundreds of purchases, bets, and seemingly meaningless movements of money were not,…
The Ghost of January 6th Haunts 2024 | The New Yorker

Jan 5, 2024

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The Ghost of January 6th Haunts 2024 The impending Biden-vs.-Trump rematch already has one dominant theme. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-ghost-of-january-6th-haunts-2024 To his original Big Lie about the “rigged election” in 2020, Trump has added ever more lies. He now calls January 6th “a beautiful day” and the nearly thirteen hundred defendants arrested in connection…
Gaza Is Starving | The New Yorker

Jan 3, 2024

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Gaza Is Starving The chief economist of the World Food Program explains how the scarcity of food may tip the territory into famine. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/gaza-is-starving I’ve been doing this for the past two decades, and I’ve been to all kinds of conflicts and all kinds of crises. And, for me, this is…
The Overlooked Crisis in Congo: ‘We Live in War’ – The New York Times

Dec 29, 2023

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The Overlooked Crisis in Congo: ‘We Live in War’ Six million have died, and more than six million are displaced after decades of fighting and the ensuing humanitarian crisis in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, drawing in neighbors, mercenaries and militias. An upcoming election is inflaming tempers. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/17/world/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo-elections.html They joined…
The Year We Stopped Being Able to Pretend About Trump | The New Yorker

Dec 29, 2023

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The Year We Stopped Being Able to Pretend About Trump The story of 2023 wasn’t the search for another Republican leader—but the Party’s embrace of the one it already has. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/the-year-we-stopped-being-able-to-pretend-about-trump In a Christmas Day social-media post, his message to his opponents was “MAY THEY ROT IN HELL,” followed by the…
How a Script Doctor Found His Own Voice | The New Yorker

Dec 25, 2023

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How a Script Doctor Found His Own Voice For decades, Scott Frank earned up to three hundred thousand dollars a week rewriting other people’s screenplays—from “Saving Private Ryan” to “The Ring.” Finally, he decided to stop playing ventriloquist. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/01/how-a-script-doctor-found-his-own-voice “Part of the exercise was getting all these other voices out of…
Inside the Troll Army Waging Trump’s Online Campaign – The New York Times

Dec 13, 2023

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Inside the Troll Army Waging Trump’s Online Campaign A team of meme-makers has been flooding social media with pro-Trump posts riddled with sexist and racist tropes. Donald Trump is cheering them on. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/politics/trump-meme-trolls-2024.html Their most vulgar invectives are often aimed at women, particularly those seen as enemies of Mr. Trump. In one video, the…
The Global Ambitions of Invader’s Street Art | The New Yorker

Dec 11, 2023

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The Global Ambitions of Invader’s Street Art At any given moment, millions of people are attending his expositions, knowingly or not. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/18/invader-artist-profile For twenty-seven years, Invader has been decorating the walls, bridges, monuments, tunnels, sidewalks, staircases, railings, gates, curbs, benches, bollards, posts, poles, pipes, columns, fountains, pools, docks, seawalls, roofs, chimneys,…
Michael Stipe Is Writing His Next Act. Slowly. – The New York Times

Dec 4, 2023

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Michael Stipe Is Writing His Next Act. Slowly. How do you reinvent yourself after being a global superstar? The former R.E.M. frontman is still figuring that out. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/magazine/michael-stipe-solo-album.html When he wasn’t racing in circles, he was daydreaming. All his life, thoughts, feelings and sensory information have coursed through him at gale force. His attention…
Death of a (Really Good) Salesman

Dec 4, 2023

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Link: It was like a punch to the gut. Janet walked into the study of their Chicago-area home to use the computer. Steve’s usual mess was sitting on the desk, and she started to sort through it. Soon she was staring at a court document incontrovertibly showing the unthinkable https://www.trulyadventure.us/death-of-a-really-good-salesman/?src=longreads
What Happens to a School Shooter’s Sister? | The New Yorker

Dec 2, 2023

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What Happens to a School Shooter’s Sister? Jennifer Gonnerman speaks to Kristin Kinkel, whose brother, Kip, killed their parents and opened fire at their high school. Today, Kristin is close with Kip—and still reckoning with his crimes. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/04/what-happens-to-a-school-shooters-sister I was surprised by her willingness to be so candid with a stranger.…
What a Bloody San Francisco Street Brawl Tells Us About the Age of Citizen Surveillance | WIRED

Nov 28, 2023

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What a Bloody San Francisco Street Brawl Tells Us About the Age of Citizen Surveillance When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Then came another video, and another—and the story turned inside out. via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/san-francisco-doom-loop-citizen-surveillance/ JUST WHEN THE people of San Francisco thought they’d…
Russia Arrests Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova in Absentia

Nov 22, 2023

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Russia Arrests Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova in Absentia The artist faces an immediate two-month detention if she returns to her home country. via Hyperallergic: http://hyperallergic.com/858071/russia-arrests-pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-in-absentia/ Russian artist Nadya Tolokonnikova, co-founder of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, was arrested in absentia in Moscow yesterday, November 21, on the charge of “insulting the religious feelings of…
A Hedge-Fund Founder’s Obsessive Storytelling | The New Yorker

Nov 17, 2023

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A Hedge-Fund Founder’s Obsessive Storytelling A new book about Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, paints an unflattering picture—but it’s hard to imagine a record more damning than the one Dalio has created himself. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/a-hedge-fund-founders-obsessive-storytelling Dalio’s inquisitions, in Copeland’s telling, could get overtly cruel. He once berated a top deputy—a…
From Pixels to Punches: Geolocating a neo-Nazi and White Nationalist Combat Event in Los Angeles – bellingcat

Nov 16, 2023

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From Pixels to Punches: Geolocating a neo-Nazi and White Nationalist Combat Event in Los Angeles – bellingcat Chapters of an emerging white nationalist network from across the United States participated in a joint combat sports event in the Los Angeles area this August, according to open source evidence geolocated by Bellingcat. via bellingcat: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/11/16/from-pixels-to-punches-geolocating-a-neo-nazi-and-white-nationalist-combat-event-in-los-angeles/ Several…
A Day in the Life of the Guy Who Harassed You on a Dating App | The New Yorker

Nov 15, 2023

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A Day in the Life of the Guy Who Harassed You on a Dating App At 12:10 P.M., I ate my meat-only Chipotle bowl alone. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-guy-who-harassed-you-on-a-dating-app I eat my meat-only Chipotle bowl alone.
No Human Being Can Exist | Online Only | n+1 | Saree Makdisi

Nov 9, 2023

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No Human Being Can Exist | Saree Makdisi What we are not allowed to say, as Palestinians speaking to the Western media, is that all life is equally valuable. That no event takes place in a vacuum. That history didn’t start on October 7, 2023, and if you place what’s happening in the wider historical…
Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech | The New Yorker

Nov 8, 2023

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Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech Since the October 7th attack, Palestinians and peace activists in Israel have increasingly been targeted by employers, universities, government authorities, and right-wing mobs. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-human-rights/inside-the-israeli-crackdown-on-speech When Frey tried to check if there was anyone outside his apartment door, he discovered that someone had blocked the viewfinder.…
The Kingpin Who Kidnapped Migrants for Ransom | The New Yorker

Nov 6, 2023

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The Kingpin Who Kidnapped Migrants for Ransom An Eritrean trafficker promised to help Africans desperate to reach Europe—then brutalized them inside a Libyan compound while extorting their families back home. With his fortune, he partied in Dubai. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/13/the-kingpin-who-kidnapped-migrants-for-ransom The boss warned his captives, “It’s going to cost me about ten dinars”—seven…