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"Every day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news?" 📖 New article Duncan Fyfe · Wired @wired.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #Technology

readponder.comThe Tragedy of Having a Wikipedia Page, and Then Losing ItEvery day, Wikipedia biographies of living people are flagged for deletion because the subjects are not “notable” enough. How do these poor souls take the news?
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"Since taking up his post in Paris, Kushner has become known for lobbing provocations onto France’s domestic scene at sensitive moments. As he put it, “Nobody has the courage to say…" 📖 New article Lauren Collins · The New Yorker @newyorker.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #Internationa

readponder.comCharles Kushner and the MAGA Ambassador’s PlaybookSince taking up his post in Paris, Kushner has become known for lobbing provocations onto France’s domestic scene at sensitive moments. As he put it, “Nobody has the courage to say what I say.”
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"Dan Bilzerian, an early Instagram superstar, got into the vape business with help from his father, a Wall Street legend and convicted felon. Then things got weirder." 📖 New article Brendan Borrell · Bloomberg.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #Business

readponder.comDan Bilzerian Family Drama Pits Influencer Against Corporate Raider DadDan Bilzerian, an early Instagram superstar, got into the vape business with help from his father, a Wall Street legend and convicted felon. Then things got weirder.
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"In Switzerland, Thomas Rau offers treatments that many conventional doctors would question. Now, D. T. Max reports, he’s accused of lethally negligent care." 📖 New article D. T. Max · The New Yorker @newyorker.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #Health

readponder.comDid an Alternative-Medicine Guru Accidentally Kill Patients?In Switzerland, Thomas Rau offers treatments that many conventional doctors would question. Now, D. T. Max reports, he’s accused of lethally negligent care.
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📚 Popular reading list The Best American Essays 2026 20 essays · by colin Masha Gessen, a Russian American journalist, author, and translator who has written extensively on LGBTQ rights and authoritarian regimes,… #articles #essays #longform #longreads #readinglist

readponder.comThe Best American Essays 2026Masha Gessen, a Russian American journalist, author, and translator who has written extensively on LGBTQ rights and authoritarian regimes, is the guest editor for [The Best American Essays 2026](https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-best-american-essays-2026-kim-dana-kupperman/4f421777450947ce?ean=9780063454446&affiliate=128702), which collects the years best essays into an anthology.
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"By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher…" 🏆 Best article of October M.R. O'Connor · The New Yorker @newyorker.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #History #Science #Nature

readponder.comHow Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American WildernessBy studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived.
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"Donald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide. Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is among the chief election officers standing in his way." 📖 New article Barton Gellman · The New Yorker @newyorker.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #Politics

readponder.comThe State Officials Defending the Midterms from the PresidentDonald Trump has tried to purge voter rolls nationwide. Deidre Henderson, the Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, is among the chief election officers standing in his way.
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"Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year,…" 📖 New article Francesca D’Annunzio & McKenzie Funk & Kirsten Luce · ProPublica @propublica.org #articles #essays #longform #longreads #Film

readponder.comA Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart.Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town.
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"The Kerrs were devoted to one another and to their faith. But when one of their own rejected modern medicine in the name of God, they faced a dire question: What if…" 🔥 Trending article Alex Ronan · The Atavist Magazine @atavist.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #Crime #Religion #Health

readponder.comThe Extremist in the FamilyThe Kerrs were devoted to one another and to their faith. But when one of their own rejected modern medicine in the name of God, they faced a dire question: What if her children ever needed a doctor to save their lives?
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"The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the…" 📖 New article Eric Lipton, Maxine Joselow and Mira Rojanasakul · The New York Times @nytimes.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #Politics

readponder.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free PassThe president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.
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"Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine." 📖 New article Eric Lipton · The New York Times @nytimes.com #articles #essays #longform #longreads #International

readponder.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.