Realized we needed another one of these. This piece on Whitlock today was amazing http://deadspin.com/how-jason-whitlock-is-poisoning-espns-black-grantland-1698683962
Found this during the great crash of 2015. Forgot about it until now. http://www.lamag.com/longform/escape-from-cuba-yasiel-puigs-untold-journey-to-the-dodgers/
The silk road story, guy who started it, arrest, etc. have been around for awhile. I saved those links and will probably read over the long weekend anyway, but just wondering if something new happened recently. Here's a Jan 2014 NY Times longform on it that I read: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/business/eagle-scout-idealist-drug-trafficker.html
Probably nothing, the wired version seems to be to drum up interest for a book the author is writing. But I hadn't read much on it before so I enjoyed it immensely.
conversation between conan and nick offerman http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201506/nick-offerman-gumption-excerpt
If you enjoy a good military read.... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/world/asia/the-secret-history-of-seal-team-6.html
Here is a good one along the lines of "Into the Wild" http://www.outsideonline.com/1972806/incredible-french-adventurer-who-lost-his-way-alaska
i remember someone posting an article on the kid in nyc who got picked up on a bogus charge and spent 3 years in hellish conditions at rikkers before they dropped the charges well the guy killed himself this weekend after suffering with depression that is directly tied to his time there http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/08/kalief-browder-death_n_7535420.html here is the original article which is an amazing read but obviously pretty tough to stomach http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/06/before-the-law
A very long survivor's account on growing up in a fundamentalist christian group home http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/remember-christian-alamo?fullpage=1 Apparently these homes still operate today but under a different name :(
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/06/revenge-killing so sad. racially charged county convicts a black guy of killing his son despite questionable evidence. the prosecutor is a psycho christian who says we need to kill more people via the death penalty. worth the read
Dude (probably) killed his wife, embezzled millions from Pepsi and then chilled on the Appalachian trail for 6 years http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2015/7/1/8861183/james-hammes-appalachian-trail-bismarck
just reading now, but The Return of Marcus Lattimore http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2015/7/8/8900709/marcus-lattimore-profile-feature
http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-mob-technology-consultants-help-drug-traffickers/ enjoyed this one
got a little dusty a few times i love that guy. he really is a god in columbia. in my very, very limited interaction with him he just as nice and humble as these kind of articles make him out to be. wish nothing but the best for him
Well this is depressing http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2015/07/11/an-opportunity-gamed-away/
https://story.californiasunday.com/sovereign-citizens-vegas-plot http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/ben-schlappig-airlines-fly-free-20150720 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/world/stowaway-crime-scofflaw-ship.html?_r=0
Pretty good collection of stuff about the water shortages in the west and the Colorado River. https://www.propublica.org/series/killing-the-colorado
Amazon sounds like an awful place to work.... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/t...in-a-bruising-workplace.html?smid=tw-bna&_r=0 Mexican drug tunnels... http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/03/underworld-monte-reel
An archeological dig of a Buddhist complex in Afghanistan under threat from the Taliban and soon to become a huge mining operation http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/mes-aynak/bloch-text
Fill your pockets up with dough, and do your hair up, Chris Christie And meet me tonight in http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...life-of-atlantic-city?intcid=mod-most-popular
Anyone remember that good long-form piece on Anne Hathaway's conman boyfriend? It was in the previous thread.
This is a very powerful and extremely well-written essay on mercy, pediatric cancer, and death row: https://www.guernicamag.com/features/on-mercy/?Src=longreads
Guy who builds underground bunkers worth millions for the rich whackos.... http://www.vice.com/read/this-guy-is-building-doomsday-shelters-for-billionaires-111
A stripping weekend gone wrong. I'm not even sure what I just read: https://storify.com/yomike/a-wild-weekend-in-florida
Sooooo.... you knew this was going to come around the bend: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-the-epic-twitter-story-too-crazy-to-be-real/ It doesn't spoil much - no one got shot in the head reportedly - but more or less, shit was real. Best part is learning that Z's real name is Spoiler Akporode Uwedjojevwe
really liked this http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/09/blood-ties college lovers allegedly murder the girl's parents and now both blame the other. big movement for the guy to get sent back to his homeland of germany. even merkel and obama have discussed it