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This is very true.

Ricemills posted...

should've post a single article than dumping all of these. then if people interested you follow up with next article in a new topic.

Thats what Ive been doing though.

Bump.

Back when I was a lad I had to drive 2 hours and pay 110 bucks for GameCube games.

This is part of a series of topics I'm making which shares my love of longform journalism, with a focus on storytelling. Enjoy!

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

Previous Articles:

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

Is this satire

MedeaLysistrata posted...

Like I said, police reform isnt one viewpoint that will give the same answer every time. People have different ideas of what it should look like. I dont know how this can be a hard concept to grasp, so do get it right.

You tell me, what does a bouncer do in that situation with no police around?

... call them? Or to my earlier scenario, crime happens, police find evidence, need to arrest person, person wants to shoot or stab people who want to arrest them.

But I take your point - fair enough. Do you know of any articles or books I should read on this?

MedeaLysistrata posted...

Bouncers dont need guns, lol. And bouncers cant make you stay in a drunk tank. They just make you go somewhere else.

I think FORCE, which seems to be your concern with this topic, should not be outright abolished. A guy with a gun needs to be taken out after all.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

Force shouldnt be privatised either.

But this is just my point, I'm literally not aware of what the actual viewpoint entails in terms of specifics. What does a bouncer do in this situation if someone has a knife or gun?

MedeaLysistrata posted...

There are two separate campss, prison abolition/police abolition and you can have either without the other. So it would depend on who you ask. "Police reform" isn't monolithic

Either way I'm in the destroy everything and rebuild camp, so yeah it makes sense to me in some ways

I see.

It still looks kinda photoshopped. Are you sure it isn't a picture of you? lmao

MedeaLysistrata posted...

I don't see how police prevent violent crime unless they are on scene as it happens. They show up after the fact.

What about outside nightclubs where a lot of alcohol fueled violence happens? In other scenarios, what happens with apprehending suspects down the line who don't go quietly?

MedeaLysistrata posted...

I wonder if abolish the police means abolish jails

I dunno, does it?

EzeDoesIt posted...

Off-topic but what would you do if that happened now? Do you think the murderer is going to wait for you to call the police and then for them to subsequently arrive, if you ask him nicely or something?

He could be locked out but trying to get in. Or if it's not a murderer, a local resident who has been stalking/harassing and wants to do harm. Just for the sake of a more extreme example.

Help me out here. What do you do if a murderer knocks on your door and says I want to do a murder on you now? I know I have a case of Dumb Brain here but I've been doing a lot of reading on defunding the police, and I'm down to clown, but all I can get out of abolish the police people is that they do in fact mean literally abolish the police. Under what circumstances? How? What about random violent crime? Readings??

I... should have waited just one extra day. Oh well.

One last bump.

Bump. Also theres a typo up there. Whoops.

This is part of a series of topics that shares my live of long form journalism, with a focus on storytelling. The next article is one at the top of my hall of fame, and was one of the articles that inspired me to do this series.

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

Previous Articles:

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

One of those Scandinavian ones.

African American women putting the team on their back as usual.

This is part of a series of topics I'm making that shares my love of longform journalism, usually with a focus on storytelling.

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

Previous Articles:

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

As I understand it though this is just one persons account and hasnt been verified? Is that not correct?

One last bump, if anyone is looking for Election Day distraction.

I think that if you choose normal its actually lower than the standard difficulty in the previous base game. If that made sense. You can change to hard maybe?

I thought it was a word.

Im with tc. Just working on improving yourself first and foremost and itll fall into place.

Bump.

Whats with the lead pipe? Were you gonna give my noggin a floggin?

Damn.

Those special effects were insane. I know it's a popular show so the budget must have increased a lot, but damn, I couldn't believe how good the dragon thingy looked.

This is part of a series of topics I'm making that share my love of longform journalism, with a particular focus on storytelling. This time around it's a cracker of a story, filled with spies, cloak and dagger, and betrayal. It was written about 15 years ago.

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/

Previous Articles:

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

vigorm0rtis posted...

Go outside.

In Philly?

My good friends Tom, Isabelle, Jack, Marcel, Bertha, Octavian, Lolly, Wart Jr, Timbra, Sprocket, Merengue and Muffy.

I have a love hate relationship with The Ancient Gods. Good luck.

Bump.

This is part of a series of topics I'm making that shares my love of longform journalism, with a particular focus on storytelling.

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

Previous Articles:

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

I cant even choose. Almost anything from seasons 3-9.

Come to think of it I havent seen her in a picture or video in years but I think she lives in the UK and has a baby now.

No problem!

g0ldie posted...

I remember that I saw the movie that this was based on, and I really enjoyed it.

Do you remember the name of it? I remember thinking it would make a good movie when I read it.

Doctor_Dementia posted...

Thanks a lot for this, TC.

No thank YOU for the support.

This is part of a series of topics I'm making that shares my love of longform journalism, with a particular focus on storytelling. This time, the topic is higher education.

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/

Previous Articles:

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

I dont know what to do with this information.

Theres a great Youre Wrong About episode on Ebonics.

Okay Im actually salty now - this sucks.

Just crazy. On one hand Im glad theyre giving you a challenge, but the cynical part of me wonders if its just padding. Also - wasnt this supposed to be set before the main story originally or something? I would have liked that better. The Makyr storyline did nothing for me.

ThePieReborn posted...

This one hurt. I had to go outside for a half hour in the rain when I finished the first part to calm down enough to come back and finish it. Fucking hell.

Oh yeah. I had a very strong reaction as well.

What sticks with me even now is his willingness to forgive the juror outside the court house. That blows my mind. Maybe he was super swept up in the moment but I cant say I would have done the same. Also, the reactions and stubbornness of his family even now is very sad, but interesting to see.