September 4, 20251 yr comment_961727 The Worst Air Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of Captain, that was a lilly dilly! https://magazine.atavist.com/2025/american-hindenberg-zeppelin-disaster?src=longreads Report
September 8, 2025Sep 8 comment_961867 Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. 'On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."' I don't know how the recent-ish three short, but very different, including author's backgrounds, Ta-Nehisi Coates', Peter Beinart's and now (in my reading order) Omar El Akkad's books are/will be taken, but this one hit hardest for me. Part of that may be being a parent/view towards the future. All certainly worth a read. May hit Finkelstein's next. Report
September 22, 2025Sep 22 comment_962334 Finding Peter Putnam: The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/ It’s easy to say why someone is wrong. The hard part is figuring out why they’re right. Report
October 6, 2025Oct 6 comment_962962 Guido Barbujani - The Invention of Races - Science Against Racism Well I'm already anti-racist and I think "race" is a looooong outdated concept but still it feels good when science agrees with your point of view. Really good book, has no pseudo-scientific bullshit in it, not easy to understand, going to take a bit longer to finish than my regular reading materials. But still a good read. Report
October 11, 2025Oct 11 comment_963158 In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/arts/edmund-fitzgerald-gordon-lightfoot.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk8.MyaM.8WtsXHa1Kr_6&smid=url-share (gift article) Report
December 14, 2025Dec 14 comment_966155 This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas Edited December 14, 2025Dec 14 by HiWire Report
February 13Feb 13 comment_967704 The Federalist Papers. https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text and the slightly more readable format. https://csac.history.wisc.edu/constitutional-debates/the-federalist-papers/ no particular reason.... This section starts to hit harder: The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union Report
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