Is trade in turmoil a change for justice? The global free trade system is being battered like never before. Can any good come of it? ~misc Link 7 votes
Over a million IP addresses geolocate to a house in Pretoria, South Africa, causing people (and police) to show up regularly in search of criminals, stolen phones, and more ~tech internet Article 5226 words 9 votes
How "At the Gates" took seven years of my life – and nearly the rest ~games Article 4930 words 10 votes
The egg thief - For decades, Jeffrey Lendrum has been snatching unhatched raptors and selling them, investigators believe, to wealthy Middle Eastern falconers ~life Article 7049 words 8 votes
The world’s oldest woman was 122 when she died. A researcher believes that her daughter assumed her identity in the 1930s to avoid inheritance taxes. ~science Article 1103 words 28 votes
The infiltrator: A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond ~enviro Article 7548 words, published Dec 30 2018 12 votes
Ten personal finance lessons for technology professionals ~finance Article 9329 words, published Dec 31 2018 8 votes
Elizabeth Wurtzel on discovering the truth about her parents ~life Article 4687 words, published Dec 26 2018 4 votes
Leo Tolstoy on finding meaning in a meaningless world ~books Article 3918 words, published Jun 3 2014 9 votes
YouTube breeds sociopaths and monsters. Not through audience’s demands but how the platform itself is designed. ~tech social media Article 6946 words, published Jan 22 2018 24 votes
As a US grocery chain is dismantled, investors recover their money. Worker pensions are short millions. ~finance business Article 3482 words 12 votes
The other side of paradise: How I left a Buddhist retreat in handcuffs ~health.mental Article 4102 words, published Dec 26 2018 9 votes
‘I feel invisible’: Native Americans languish in public schools ~life education Article 4250 words 9 votes
Take script, add snow - The psychology behind America’s obsession with Hallmark Christmas movies ~movies Article 3299 words 7 votes
Inside China's audacious global propaganda campaign ~news china journalism Article 6028 words, published Dec 7 2018 10 votes
What is glitter? A strange journey to the glitter factory. ~finance business Article 3073 words 15 votes
Two intricate calligraphy pages from the sixteenth-century manuscript “Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta” have been decoded for the first time ~humanities.history Article 3433 words 12 votes
The great NFL heist: How Fox paid for and changed football forever ~sports.american_football Article 16 616 words, published Dec 13 2018 5 votes
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its baby powder ~health Article 3038 words, published Dec 14 2018 11 votes
Prime and punishment: Dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace ~tech amazon Article 6640 words 10 votes
Scientists think Alabama's sewage problem has caused a tropical parasite. The state has done little about it. ~health Article 3757 words 6 votes
A Texas elementary school speech pathologist refused to sign a pro-Israel oath, so she lost her job ~life education work Article 3395 words 18 votes
Emerging consensus on LGBT issues: Findings from the 2017 American Values Atlas ~lgbt Article 4287 words 4 votes
Pornhub Insights - 2018 Year in Review (graphs and NSFW text; no explicit images) ~life nsfw.text Article 8018 words, published Dec 11 2018 22 votes
He helped build an artists’ utopia. Now he faces trial for thirty-six deaths there. ~arts Article 8586 words, published Dec 12 2018 10 votes
The tale of a fake hitman, a kill list, a darknet vigilante... and a murder ~life Article 6354 words 7 votes
The real roots of American rage - How anger became the dominant emotion in our politics and personal lives—and what we can do about it ~life Article 8169 words 22 votes
The KodakCoin ICO failed, and now everyone wants their money ~finance cryptocurrency Article 3001 words 14 votes
Paper promises: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at seventy ~misc Article 3271 words 9 votes