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The White Flight of Derick Black

He was white nationalisms heir apparent. Then he went to college.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-white-flight-of-derek-black/2016/10/15/ed5f906a-8f3b-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html

A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof

I decided that if he would not tell us his story, then I would.

https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist/

The Prisoner

Late one night in 1991, a twelve-year-old boy pulled out a gun and killed a cab driver on the East Side of San Antonio. Twenty-five years later, Edwin Debrow remains in prison for that murder, with fifteen more years left on his sentence. Is that justice? And is there room for mercy?

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-prisoner/

Japans Lost Generation is Still Jobless and Living With Their Parents

Shut out of the employment market in their 20s, they continue to search for direction in middle age.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-japan-lost-generation/

Tuesdays with Saddam

Specialist Sean OShea guarded the most high-profile prisoner in U.S. history.

https://www.gq.com/story/sean-o-shea-prisoner-guarded?printable=true

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kongs battle for democracy.

https://magazine.atavist.com/do-you-hear-the-people-sing-hong-kong-democracy-protests-china

A Family Matter

Each year, Californias child protective services agencies remove thousands of kids from their homes. The story of how some parents decided to fight back.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-family-matter

Double Blind

The untold story of how British intelligence infiltrated and undermined the IRA.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/04/double-blind/304710/

The Impossible Refugee Boat Lift to Christmas Island

Along for the ride with a boatload of refugees risking their lives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/the-impossible-refugee-boat-lift-to-christmas-island.html

Lost in the Meritocracy

How I traded an education for a ticket to the ruling class.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/

The Adults in the Room

On leaving Deadspin and digital media in 2019.

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-1837487584

The Innocent Man

On August 13, 1986, Michael Morton came home from work to discover that his wife had been brutally murdered in their bed. His nightmare had only begun.

Part 1:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-innocent-man-part-one/

Part 2:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-innocent-man-part-two/

A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite

In August, 1980, an enigmatic box covered in a bewildering array of switches appeared in an upstairs office of Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino, near Lake Tahoe.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-thousand-pounds-of-dynamite

The Day Treva Thorneberry Disappeared

In the mid-eighties the cheerful high school student vanished. After more than a decade had passed, her friends and family in her tiny North Texas hometown of Electra had no idea where she wasor if she was dead or alive. They certainly didnt know that almost two thousand miles away her fate was kept secret by a teenage girl named Brianna Stewart.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-day-treva-throneberry-disappeared/

Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi

North Korea is a mythically strange land, an Absurdistan, where almost nothing is known about the people or, more important, their missile-launching leaders. There is, however, one man, a humble sushi chef from Japan, who infiltrated the inner sanctum, becoming the Dear Leader's cook, confidant, and court jester. What is life like serving Kim Jong-il and his heir? A strange and dangerous gig where the food and drink never stop, the girls are all virgins, and you're never really safe. We sent Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson to meet the man who survived all the craziness.

https://www.gq.com/story/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson

A Theory of Relativity (Japans Rent-a-Family Industry)

People who are short on relatives can hire a husband, a mother, a grandson. The resulting relationships can be more real than youd expect.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/japans-rent-a-family-industry

The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit

For nearly thirty years, a phantom haunted the woods of Central Maine. Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. To the spooked locals, he became a legendor maybe a myth. They wondered how he could possibly be real. Until one day last year, the hermit came out of the forest.

https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit

The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob

He wore a Western hat, never spoke a word, and robbed bank after bank. When the feds finally arrested him, they discovered that their suspect was actually a soft-spoken woman. They thought theyd never hear from her again but she had other plans.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-last-ride-of-cowboy-bob/

A Home at the End of Google Earth

Separated from his older brother at a train station, five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan found himself lost in the slums of Calcutta. Nearly 20 years later, living in Australia, he began a painstaking search for his birth home, using ingenuity, hazy memories, and Google Earth.

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/11/a-home-at-the-end-of-google-earth

Catan is always a hit.

Vicious_Dios posted...

Laughed so hard at this.

Akagami_Shanks posted...

holy fuck

wait does this mean Grogu is killed by Kylo Ren?

The show strongly suggests theyll meet again so I very much doubt it

Lokison posted...

England vs Monster Island?

Dont worry - its just a name.

Just yelp like it really hurt and walk away from the kitty. That usually teaches it.

Bad_Mojo posted...

No way. Doesnt heal enough for me. Unless you mean that in a bad way. I honestly dont know anymore, lol

Booty stank = bad.

I'll just come right out and say it. The Aspect of Guan Yu is booty stank.

My least favourite thing in the game probably.

Hooray!

Bump n

Previous Articles

A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof

I decided that if he would not tell us his story, then I would.

https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist/

The Prisoner
Late one night in 1991, a twelve-year-old boy pulled out a gun and killed a cab driver on the East Side of San Antonio. Twenty-five years later, Edwin Debrow remains in prison for that murder, with fifteen more years left on his sentence. Is that justice? And is there room for mercy?

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-prisoner/

Japans Lost Generation is Still Jobless and Living With Their Parents

Shut out of the employment market in their 20s, they continue to search for direction in middle age.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-japan-lost-generation/

Tuesdays with Saddam

Specialist Sean OShea guarded the most high-profile prisoner in U.S. history.

https://www.gq.com/story/sean-o-shea-prisoner-guarded?printable=true

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kongs battle for democracy.

https://magazine.atavist.com/do-you-hear-the-people-sing-hong-kong-democracy-protests-china

A Family Matter

Each year, Californias child protective services agencies remove thousands of kids from their homes. The story of how some parents decided to fight back.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-family-matter

Double Blind

The untold story of how British intelligence infiltrated and undermined the IRA.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/04/double-blind/304710/

The Impossible Refugee Boat Lift to Christmas Island

Along for the ride with a boatload of refugees risking their lives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/the-impossible-refugee-boat-lift-to-christmas-island.html

Lost in the Meritocracy

How I traded an education for a ticket to the ruling class.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/

The Adults in the Room

On leaving Deadspin and digital media in 2019.

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-1837487584

The Innocent Man

On August 13, 1986, Michael Morton came home from work to discover that his wife had been brutally murdered in their bed. His nightmare had only begun.

Part 1:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-innocent-man-part-one/

Part 2:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-innocent-man-part-two/

A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite

In August, 1980, an enigmatic box covered in a bewildering array of switches appeared in an upstairs office of Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino, near Lake Tahoe.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-thousand-pounds-of-dynamite

The Day Treva Thorneberry Disappeared

In the mid-eighties the cheerful high school student vanished. After more than a decade had passed, her friends and family in her tiny North Texas hometown of Electra had no idea where she wasor if she was dead or alive. They certainly didnt know that almost two thousand miles away her fate was kept secret by a teenage girl named Brianna Stewart.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-day-treva-throneberry-disappeared/

Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi

North Korea is a mythically strange land, an Absurdistan, where almost nothing is known about the people or, more important, their missile-launching leaders. There is, however, one man, a humble sushi chef from Japan, who infiltrated the inner sanctum, becoming the Dear Leader's cook, confidant, and court jester. What is life like serving Kim Jong-il and his heir? A strange and dangerous gig where the food and drink never stop, the girls are all virgins, and you're never really safe. We sent Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson to meet the man who survived all the craziness.

https://www.gq.com/story/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson

A Theory of Relativity (Japans Rent-a-Family Industry)

People who are short on relatives can hire a husband, a mother, a grandson. The resulting relationships can be more real than youd expect.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/japans-rent-a-family-industry

The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit

For nearly thirty years, a phantom haunted the woods of Central Maine. Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. To the spooked locals, he became a legendor maybe a myth. They wondered how he could possibly be real. Until one day last year, the hermit came out of the forest.

https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit

The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob

He wore a Western hat, never spoke a word, and robbed bank after bank. When the feds finally arrested him, they discovered that their suspect was actually a soft-spoken woman. They thought theyd never hear from her again but she had other plans.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-last-ride-of-cowboy-bob/

A Home at the End of Google Earth

Separated from his older brother at a train station, five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan found himself lost in the slums of Calcutta. Nearly 20 years later, living in Australia, he began a painstaking search for his birth home, using ingenuity, hazy memories, and Google Earth.

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/11/a-home-at-the-end-of-google-earth

The White Flight of Derick Black

He was white nationalisms heir apparent. Then he went to college.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-white-flight-of-derek-black/2016/10/15/ed5f906a-8f3b-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html

This is part of a series of topics Im making that shares my love of long form journalism. See below for previous stories.

Lisbon.

Neat.

Evil or Obstacle 1.

CalypsoDoom posted...

Posting for later. I thought the Tuesdays with Saddam article was very interesting

Weirdly the detail from that article I remember the most is him using watermelons as currency haha.

Bump.

Previous Articles:

The Prisoner

Late one night in 1991, a twelve-year-old boy pulled out a gun and killed a cab driver on the East Side of San Antonio. Twenty-five years later, Edwin Debrow remains in prison for that murder, with fifteen more years left on his sentence. Is that justice? And is there room for mercy?

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-prisoner/

Japans Lost Generation is Still Jobless and Living With Their Parents

Shut out of the employment market in their 20s, they continue to search for direction in middle age.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-japan-lost-generation/

Tuesdays with Saddam

Specialist Sean OShea guarded the most high-profile prisoner in U.S. history.

https://www.gq.com/story/sean-o-shea-prisoner-guarded?printable=true

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kongs battle for democracy.

https://magazine.atavist.com/do-you-hear-the-people-sing-hong-kong-democracy-protests-china

A Family Matter

Each year, Californias child protective services agencies remove thousands of kids from their homes. The story of how some parents decided to fight back.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-family-matter

Double Blind

The untold story of how British intelligence infiltrated and undermined the IRA.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/04/double-blind/304710/

The Impossible Refugee Boat Lift to Christmas Island

Along for the ride with a boatload of refugees risking their lives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/the-impossible-refugee-boat-lift-to-christmas-island.html

Lost in the Meritocracy

How I traded an education for a ticket to the ruling class.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/

The Adults in the Room

On leaving Deadspin and digital media in 2019.

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-1837487584

The Innocent Man

On August 13, 1986, Michael Morton came home from work to discover that his wife had been brutally murdered in their bed. His nightmare had only begun.

Part 1:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-innocent-man-part-one/

Part 2:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-innocent-man-part-two/

A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite

In August, 1980, an enigmatic box covered in a bewildering array of switches appeared in an upstairs office of Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino, near Lake Tahoe.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-thousand-pounds-of-dynamite

The Day Treva Thorneberry Disappeared

In the mid-eighties the cheerful high school student vanished. After more than a decade had passed, her friends and family in her tiny North Texas hometown of Electra had no idea where she wasor if she was dead or alive. They certainly didnt know that almost two thousand miles away her fate was kept secret by a teenage girl named Brianna Stewart.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-day-treva-throneberry-disappeared/

Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi

North Korea is a mythically strange land, an Absurdistan, where almost nothing is known about the people or, more important, their missile-launching leaders. There is, however, one man, a humble sushi chef from Japan, who infiltrated the inner sanctum, becoming the Dear Leader's cook, confidant, and court jester. What is life like serving Kim Jong-il and his heir? A strange and dangerous gig where the food and drink never stop, the girls are all virgins, and you're never really safe. We sent Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson to meet the man who survived all the craziness.

https://www.gq.com/story/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson

A Theory of Relativity (Japans Rent-a-Family Industry)

People who are short on relatives can hire a husband, a mother, a grandson. The resulting relationships can be more real than youd expect.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/japans-rent-a-family-industry

The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit

For nearly thirty years, a phantom haunted the woods of Central Maine. Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. To the spooked locals, he became a legendor maybe a myth. They wondered how he could possibly be real. Until one day last year, the hermit came out of the forest.

https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit

The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob

He wore a Western hat, never spoke a word, and robbed bank after bank. When the feds finally arrested him, they discovered that their suspect was actually a soft-spoken woman. They thought theyd never hear from her again but she had other plans.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-last-ride-of-cowboy-bob/

A Home at the End of Google Earth

Separated from his older brother at a train station, five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan found himself lost in the slums of Calcutta. Nearly 20 years later, living in Australia, he began a painstaking search for his birth home, using ingenuity, hazy memories, and Google Earth.

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/11/a-home-at-the-end-of-google-earth

A Most American Terrorist: The Making of Dylann Roof

I decided that if he would not tell us his story, then I would.

https://www.gq.com/story/dylann-roof-making-of-an-american-terrorist/

The previous topics story was behind a paywall, which wasnt there when I first read the article a year ago I think. So Ive removed that one.

MrToothHasYou posted...

There was a big HBO docu-series about this

Noice - I didnt know that.

Previous Articles:

The Prisoner
Late one night in 1991, a twelve-year-old boy pulled out a gun and killed a cab driver on the East Side of San Antonio. Twenty-five years later, Edwin Debrow remains in prison for that murder, with fifteen more years left on his sentence. Is that justice? And is there room for mercy?

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-prisoner/

Japans Lost Generation is Still Jobless and Living With Their Parents

Shut out of the employment market in their 20s, they continue to search for direction in middle age.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-japan-lost-generation/

Tuesdays with Saddam

Specialist Sean OShea guarded the most high-profile prisoner in U.S. history.

https://www.gq.com/story/sean-o-shea-prisoner-guarded?printable=true

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kongs battle for democracy.

https://magazine.atavist.com/do-you-hear-the-people-sing-hong-kong-democracy-protests-china

A Family Matter

Each year, Californias child protective services agencies remove thousands of kids from their homes. The story of how some parents decided to fight back.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-family-matter

Double Blind

The untold story of how British intelligence infiltrated and undermined the IRA.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/04/double-blind/304710/

The Impossible Refugee Boat Lift to Christmas Island

Along for the ride with a boatload of refugees risking their lives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/the-impossible-refugee-boat-lift-to-christmas-island.html

Lost in the Meritocracy

How I traded an education for a ticket to the ruling class.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/

The Adults in the Room

On leaving Deadspin and digital media in 2019.

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-1837487584

The Innocent Man

On August 13, 1986, Michael Morton came home from work to discover that his wife had been brutally murdered in their bed. His nightmare had only begun.

Part 1:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-innocent-man-part-one/

Part 2:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-innocent-man-part-two/

A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite

In August, 1980, an enigmatic box covered in a bewildering array of switches appeared in an upstairs office of Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino, near Lake Tahoe.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-thousand-pounds-of-dynamite

The Day Treva Thorneberry Disappeared

In the mid-eighties the cheerful high school student vanished. After more than a decade had passed, her friends and family in her tiny North Texas hometown of Electra had no idea where she wasor if she was dead or alive. They certainly didnt know that almost two thousand miles away her fate was kept secret by a teenage girl named Brianna Stewart.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-day-treva-throneberry-disappeared/

Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi

North Korea is a mythically strange land, an Absurdistan, where almost nothing is known about the people or, more important, their missile-launching leaders. There is, however, one man, a humble sushi chef from Japan, who infiltrated the inner sanctum, becoming the Dear Leader's cook, confidant, and court jester. What is life like serving Kim Jong-il and his heir? A strange and dangerous gig where the food and drink never stop, the girls are all virgins, and you're never really safe. We sent Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson to meet the man who survived all the craziness.

https://www.gq.com/story/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson

A Theory of Relativity (Japans Rent-a-Family Industry)

People who are short on relatives can hire a husband, a mother, a grandson. The resulting relationships can be more real than youd expect.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/japans-rent-a-family-industry

The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit

For nearly thirty years, a phantom haunted the woods of Central Maine. Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. To the spooked locals, he became a legendor maybe a myth. They wondered how he could possibly be real. Until one day last year, the hermit came out of the forest.

https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit

The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob

He wore a Western hat, never spoke a word, and robbed bank after bank. When the feds finally arrested him, they discovered that their suspect was actually a soft-spoken woman. They thought theyd never hear from her again but she had other plans.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-last-ride-of-cowboy-bob/

A Home at the End of Google Earth

Separated from his older brother at a train station, five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan found himself lost in the slums of Calcutta. Nearly 20 years later, living in Australia, he began a painstaking search for his birth home, using ingenuity, hazy memories, and Google Earth.

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/11/a-home-at-the-end-of-google-earth

Jerome Jacobson and his network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners, and drug traffickers won almost every prize for 12 years, until the FBI launched Operation Final Answer.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-and-stole-millions

@Broseph_Stalin I guess?

Im eating some smoked Gouda right now actually. Agreed.

3-8 gold
1, 2 and 9 silver

Proto_Spark posted...

I thought the joke was "Asian Reporter" as if there was a difference and then her being obviously Asian, as if you wouldn't be able to tell otherwise.

Not a good joke, mind you, but that's what I thought was supposed to be funny.

Its this. How do people not get this? Regardless of whether you think its funny.

The new satanic panic.

Lord_Wombat posted...

Or he could stand by his work instead of catering to people that will never be published...

No matter how terrible his work is (and it's pretty bad) it's his work. These days I respect anyone that doesn't bend to the whims of whining idiots that think they know better just because they're more vocal.

You know what? Totally valid point.

Crono99 posted...

I know this board is technically called Current Events, but...

Just trying something a little different.

Bump.

I read about 75% of the first one and never saw the movie. It was okay. Apparently the new book is not good, at least according to certain social media circles.

https://mobile.twitter.com/laura_hudson/status/1331271143421042688

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79132691

What fascinates me about it is how Cline could have easily taken a lot of the criticisms to heart and adapted, or like many artists do try to experiment a little or change the formula slightly. Instead he just seemed to double down. But then when you write a best seller (?) which gets made into a movie I can also kind of understand this mindset.

Previous Articles:

Japans Lost Generation is Still Jobless and Living With Their Parents

Shut out of the employment market in their 20s, they continue to search for direction in middle age.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-japan-lost-generation/

Tuesdays with Saddam

Specialist Sean OShea guarded the most high-profile prisoner in U.S. history.

https://www.gq.com/story/sean-o-shea-prisoner-guarded?printable=true

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kongs battle for democracy.

https://magazine.atavist.com/do-you-hear-the-people-sing-hong-kong-democracy-protests-china

A Family Matter

Each year, Californias child protective services agencies remove thousands of kids from their homes. The story of how some parents decided to fight back.
https://magazine.atavist.com/a-family-matter

Double Blind

The untold story of how British intelligence infiltrated and undermined the IRA.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/04/double-blind/304710/

The Impossible Refugee Boat Lift to Christmas Island

Along for the ride with a boatload of refugees risking their lives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/the-impossible-refugee-boat-lift-to-christmas-island.html

Lost in the Meritocracy

How I traded an education for a ticket to the ruling class.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/

The Adults in the Room

On leaving Deadspin and digital media in 2019.

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-1837487584

The Innocent Man

On August 13, 1986, Michael Morton came home from work to discover that his wife had been brutally murdered in their bed. His nightmare had only begun.

Part 1:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-innocent-man-part-one/

Part 2:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-innocent-man-part-two/

A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite

In August, 1980, an enigmatic box covered in a bewildering array of switches appeared in an upstairs office of Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino, near Lake Tahoe.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-thousand-pounds-of-dynamite

The Day Treva Thorneberry Disappeared

In the mid-eighties the cheerful high school student vanished. After more than a decade had passed, her friends and family in her tiny North Texas hometown of Electra had no idea where she wasor if she was dead or alive. They certainly didnt know that almost two thousand miles away her fate was kept secret by a teenage girl named Brianna Stewart.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-day-treva-throneberry-disappeared/

Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi

North Korea is a mythically strange land, an Absurdistan, where almost nothing is known about the people or, more important, their missile-launching leaders. There is, however, one man, a humble sushi chef from Japan, who infiltrated the inner sanctum, becoming the Dear Leader's cook, confidant, and court jester. What is life like serving Kim Jong-il and his heir? A strange and dangerous gig where the food and drink never stop, the girls are all virgins, and you're never really safe. We sent Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson to meet the man who survived all the craziness.

https://www.gq.com/story/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson

A Theory of Relativity (Japans Rent-a-Family Industry)

People who are short on relatives can hire a husband, a mother, a grandson. The resulting relationships can be more real than youd expect.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/japans-rent-a-family-industry

The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit

For nearly thirty years, a phantom haunted the woods of Central Maine. Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. To the spooked locals, he became a legendor maybe a myth. They wondered how he could possibly be real. Until one day last year, the hermit came out of the forest.

https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit

The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob

He wore a Western hat, never spoke a word, and robbed bank after bank. When the feds finally arrested him, they discovered that their suspect was actually a soft-spoken woman. They thought theyd never hear from her again but she had other plans.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-last-ride-of-cowboy-bob/

A Home at the End of Google Earth

Separated from his older brother at a train station, five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan found himself lost in the slums of Calcutta. Nearly 20 years later, living in Australia, he began a painstaking search for his birth home, using ingenuity, hazy memories, and Google Earth.

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/11/a-home-at-the-end-of-google-earth

The Prisoner

Late one night in 1991, a twelve-year-old boy pulled out a gun and killed a cab driver on the East Side of San Antonio. Twenty-five years later, Edwin Debrow remains in prison for that murder, with fifteen more years left on his sentence. Is that justice? And is there room for mercy?

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-prisoner/

This is part of a series of topics that shares my love of longform journalism. And I know I do post a lot of Skip Hollandsworth but he's great.

See below for previous articles.

The music is definitely weaker. Nothing tops that Gamecube soundtrack though. Also yeah - less furniture options, but then you can customise, and a lot of it is dynamic with lighting and wind (fans blowing plants) and many are interactive.

With all that said New Horizon isnt as good as New Leaf or GCN. And dont even get me started on villager dialogue and personality haha.

CProtectionSvce posted...

It was a reminder on how corrupt organizations can be

Oh I see. Nice username there haha.

CProtectionSvce posted...

ugh

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NeonOctopus posted...

That was a really good read about Japan's lost generation. Thanks!

No problem!

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Where are the pics

Squall28 posted...

Well that's depressing. Thanks for ruining my night before I go to bed =\

Ayy no problem.

Zikten posted...

I remember that last article about Google earth. That was a good one

Agreed! Its why I picked it first haha.

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Tuesdays with Saddam

Specialist Sean OShea guarded the most high-profile prisoner in U.S. history.

https://www.gq.com/story/sean-o-shea-prisoner-guarded?printable=true

Do You Hear the People Sing?

Brutality and resistance on the front lines of Hong Kongs battle for democracy.

https://magazine.atavist.com/do-you-hear-the-people-sing-hong-kong-democracy-protests-china

A Family Matter

Each year, Californias child protective services agencies remove thousands of kids from their homes. The story of how some parents decided to fight back.
https://magazine.atavist.com/a-family-matter

Double Blind

The untold story of how British intelligence infiltrated and undermined the IRA.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2006/04/double-blind/304710/

The Impossible Refugee Boat Lift to Christmas Island

Along for the ride with a boatload of refugees risking their lives.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/magazine/the-impossible-refugee-boat-lift-to-christmas-island.html

Lost in the Meritocracy

How I traded an education for a ticket to the ruling class.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/01/lost-in-the-meritocracy/303672/

The Adults in the Room

On leaving Deadspin and digital media in 2019.

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-adults-in-the-room-1837487584

The Innocent Man

On August 13, 1986, Michael Morton came home from work to discover that his wife had been brutally murdered in their bed. His nightmare had only begun.

Part 1:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-innocent-man-part-one/

Part 2:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-innocent-man-part-two/

A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite

In August, 1980, an enigmatic box covered in a bewildering array of switches appeared in an upstairs office of Harvey's Wagon Wheel Casino, near Lake Tahoe.

https://magazine.atavist.com/a-thousand-pounds-of-dynamite

The Day Treva Thorneberry Disappeared

In the mid-eighties the cheerful high school student vanished. After more than a decade had passed, her friends and family in her tiny North Texas hometown of Electra had no idea where she wasor if she was dead or alive. They certainly didnt know that almost two thousand miles away her fate was kept secret by a teenage girl named Brianna Stewart.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-day-treva-throneberry-disappeared/

Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi

North Korea is a mythically strange land, an Absurdistan, where almost nothing is known about the people or, more important, their missile-launching leaders. There is, however, one man, a humble sushi chef from Japan, who infiltrated the inner sanctum, becoming the Dear Leader's cook, confidant, and court jester. What is life like serving Kim Jong-il and his heir? A strange and dangerous gig where the food and drink never stop, the girls are all virgins, and you're never really safe. We sent Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson to meet the man who survived all the craziness.

https://www.gq.com/story/kim-jong-il-sushi-chef-kenji-fujimoto-adam-johnson

A Theory of Relativity (Japans Rent-a-Family Industry)

People who are short on relatives can hire a husband, a mother, a grandson. The resulting relationships can be more real than youd expect.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/30/japans-rent-a-family-industry

The Strange and Curious Tale of the Last True Hermit

For nearly thirty years, a phantom haunted the woods of Central Maine. Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal. To the spooked locals, he became a legendor maybe a myth. They wondered how he could possibly be real. Until one day last year, the hermit came out of the forest.

https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit

The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob

He wore a Western hat, never spoke a word, and robbed bank after bank. When the feds finally arrested him, they discovered that their suspect was actually a soft-spoken woman. They thought theyd never hear from her again but she had other plans.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-last-ride-of-cowboy-bob/

A Home at the End of Google Earth

Separated from his older brother at a train station, five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan found himself lost in the slums of Calcutta. Nearly 20 years later, living in Australia, he began a painstaking search for his birth home, using ingenuity, hazy memories, and Google Earth.

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2012/11/a-home-at-the-end-of-google-earth

Japans Lost Generation is Still Jobless and Living With Their Parents

Shut out of the employment market in their 20s, they continue to search for direction in middle age.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-japan-lost-generation/

This is part of a series of topics Im making that shares my love of long form journalism. See below for more articles.

Since youre the expert - was Alf ever truly in Pog form?

The_MCX posted...

And not very well. Clear backtracking.

Is that how you say apologising in misogyny?

The gist of it is a valid criticism. But everybody makes mistakes, thats why they put erasers on pencils.

The_MCX posted...

https://twitter.com/saram_d/status/1136978218253201409?s=21

If you read the comments she has responded to this.

I have mixed feelings. On one had, more women writers in games is awesome, also she's a fellow Aussie, also awesome. But then she hasn't released any fiction at all and seems to be close to Cory Barlog so it seems she just kinda got the job based on connections. Although I guess that's not too far removed from most jobs really.