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Confessions Of A News Addict
Hello. My name is Jack… [Group: Hello, Jack] …and I’m a news addict. In the earliest seconds of my waking day, as my brain begins to comprehend the external world and puts away the psychedelic nonsense of my dreams, I reach for the news. Around 9.30 every morning, or earlier if I’m awoken by whatever song I’ve decided to try and numb the pain of a 9am seminar with, I unplug my phone and open up the news. Being a news junkie of the caliber that I have reached means that I’ve spent years trimming, optimising, and maximising the flow...
The Sinking of the USS Fitzgerald
For some reason I feel really compelled by accounts of the crash involving the USS Fitzgerald that killed sseven crew members. It's a really interesting case of how the build up of lots of little decisions, shortcuts, putting crew under pressure, can lead to something dreadful. I first heard about it in detail from this amazing This American Life segment by Stephanie Foo. More recently though, ProPublica published this incredibly detailed and moving account of the incident. I love things that dig into awful events so meticulously. Another example is The Death of A President by William Manchester, Secret Service...
Jacob Rees-Mogg Profile
James Meek (author of Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs To Someone Else) did a great profile of new Leader of the Commons, Jacob Rees-Mog. It sums up the argument incredibly well that the stuffy all-English persona he affects in Parliament is at odds with his source of income in a transnational investment firm. Meek goes deep on the problematic network of offshore financial instruments used to shroud Mogg's investment firm in secrecy, which makes sense given his work on Private Island. Meek goes beyond that oft-bandied about analysis, though. He argues that these "two Jacobs" are two sides of...
How Iran Covered Up the Downing of an Airliner
— How Iran Covered Up the Downing of an Airliner, Farnaz Fassihi in The New York Times
Stuck in Central China on Coronavirus Lockdown
— Stuck in Central China on Coronavirus Lockdown, Lavender Au in The New York Review of Books
The Only Safe Election Is a Low-Tech Election
— The Only Safe Election Is a Low-Tech Election, Kevin Roose in The New York Times
Inside the Public Hospitals Trying to Save New York
— Inside the Public Hospitals Trying to Save New York, Jonathan Mahler and Philip Montgomery in The New York Times Magazine
Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?
— Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?, Ben Smith in The New York Times
Espionage or Journalism? After the Snowden NSA Leaks
— Espionage or Journalism? After the Snowden NSA Leaks - The Atlantic, Barton Gellman in The Atlantic
American Police Departments
— 7 People Shot at Louisville Protest Over the Death of Breonna Taylor - The New York Times, Mike Baker in The New York Times — National Guard Called As Minneapolis Erupts in Solidarity for George Floyd, Matt Furber, John Eligon, and Audra D. S. Burch in The New York Times
Minneapolis Will Dismantle Its Police Force
— Minneapolis Will Dismantle Its Police Force, Council Members Pledge, Dionne Searcey and John Eligon in The New York Times
A man's losses in the Oregon wildfires
— The desperate fight to save his family ends in tragedy, Capi Lynn in Statesman Journal