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From @RollingStone: Inside the CIA’s Secret Afghan Army by @ScribblerSix The Zero Units served alongside Americans, helping them fight, then evacuate. Now, they face uncertainty as they begin their new lives in the United States. #Longreads #Longform rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
From @TexasMonthly: At 40, She Discovered She Was One of America’s Best Free Divers by @lrnlrsn Sara Burnett went from an introductory course to a world championship in just over a year. #Longreads #Longform texasmonthly.com/arts-entertain…
From @WSJ: Nobody Suspected Police Shielded a Killer Until the Dead Man’s Sister Dug In by @vbauerlein "How can you chase a guy 9 miles, shoot him in the back and call it self-defense?" #Longreads #Longform wsj.com/us-news/scott-…
From @techreview: Inside the most dangerous asteroid hunt ever by @SquigglyVolcano As it became more likely to hit Earth than anything of its size had ever been before, scientists all over the world mobilized to protect the planet. #Longreads #Longform technologyreview.com/2025/07/08/111…
From @thewalrus: We Should Really Just Steal Finland’s Baby Box Idea by @ByMarinaLopes The case for treating parenting as a public investment, not a private burden #Longreads #Longform thewalrus.ca/finland-baby-b… 🎧 narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-wal…
From @torontolife: The $4-Million Girlfriend Experience by @sarahtreleaven It was a perfect match: he had the money she needed, and she gave him the affection he craved—until she realized every penny he sent her was stolen. #Longreads #Longform torontolife.com/deep-dives/the…
From @nytimes: How a Single Overdose Unraveled an Empire of Heroin by @BenWeiserNYT A man’s death after using “Flow” in Vermont exposed a drug operation that spanned continents and sent a NY prosecutor on a heartbreaking journey. #Longreads #Longform nytimes.com/2025/07/09/nyr… 🎧…
From @MarshallProj: Dozens of Teens Who Spent Time at Abusive Florida Reform School Ended Up on Death Row by @WriterLeonora At least 34 boys from the Dozier School were later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent? #Longreads #Longform themarshallproject.org/2025/07/14/flo…
From @SmithsonianMag: Can a Medical Device Restore Your Balance? by Sushma Subramanian Researchers have developed an experimental medical implant that promises to restore the sensory machinery responsible for balance #Longreads #Longform smithsonianmag.com/innovation/can…
From @TheAssemblyNC: I’ve Seen How the Neo-Nazi Movement Is Escalating. You Should Worry. by @jordangreennc After unmasking extremist groups, he got a first-hand look at how a movement known as ‘militant accelerationism’ operates. #Longreads #Longform theassemblync.com/media/neo-nazi……
From @TheAtlantic: The Expatriate by @AndrewAoyama When America entered World War I, Joseph Kurihara became a soldier. When it entered World War II, he became a prisoner, a dissident, and ultimately an exile. #Longreads #Longform theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
From @esquire: I Was Diagnosed with Incurable Cancer. This Futuristic Treatment Could Save Me. by @Jon_Gluck I’ve endured numerous rounds of radiation & taken 1000s of pills—but CAR-T is the most effective therapy I’ve completed yet #Longreads #Longform esquire.com/lifestyle/heal…
From @propublica: Did Idaho’s Coroner System Let a Man Get Away with Killing His Wife? by @audreydutton After Clayton Strong drove his wife’s body to a hospital in Idaho, the coroner took his word that it was a natural death. #Longreads #Longform propublica.org/article/idaho-… 🎧…
From @gdnlongread: Inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon by @SophieElmhirst How did the daughter of an aristocrat end up at the Old Bailey with her partner, charged with killing their two-week-old baby? #Longreads #Longform theguardian.com/news/2025/jul/…
From @RollingStone: Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine by @DavidPeisner Armed with phone cameras and training, these groups stand between immigrants and ICE #Longreads #Longform rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
From @NYMag @intelligencer: How Did a Pair of Football Buddies From Utah Join a Coup in the Congo? by @GregJDonahue The creation of two unlikely soldiers of fortune. #Longreads #Longform nymag.com/intelligencer/…
From @verge: Iranian Dissident Hunters by @faribanawa The Iranian regime attempts to track down defectors using a vast surveillance dragnet and local muscle — the results are a mess. #Longreads #Longform theverge.com/cs/features/70…
From @atavist: Conversations with a Hit Man by @davehoward99 A former FBI agent traveled to Louisiana to ask a hired killer about a murder that haunted him. Then they started talking about a different case altogether. #Longreads #Longform magazine.atavist.com/2025/confessio… 🎧…
From @WIRED: The Enshittification of American Power by @ANewman_forward First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech. #Longreads #Longform wired.com/story/enshitti…
