Kiki or Bouba? (www.nytimes.com)
Nearly a century after a landmark psychology study was conducted, we revisit its findings — with your help!
Wandering Kindred: The Ultimate 2023 Guide to Nomadic People — Ultra Unlimited (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
Explore the ultimate 2023 guide to nomadic people to reveal what unites our world's moving populations. Learn about their customs, cultures and the unique challenges they face in an evolving world.
The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in America for $15 | 404Media (www.404media.co)
Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power | Aeon Essays (aeon.co)
Calypso and the birth of British black music (www.bl.uk)
Can ActivityPub save the internet? (www.theverge.com)
Imagine a world without platform lock-in, where no ban or billionaire could take down your social network. That’s what ActivityPub has planned.
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies (www.bloomberg.com)
The Fake Poor Bride: Confessions of a Luxury-Wedding Planner (www.theatlantic.com)
The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors (www.nytimes.com)
The corporatization of health care has changed the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work.
Hey Dad, Can You Help Me Return the Picasso I Stole? (www.nytimes.com)
A painting that went missing in 1969 turned up at a museum’s doorstep before the F.B.I. could hunt it down. No one knew how or why — until now.
The Instant Pot Failed Because It Was a Good Product (www.theatlantic.com)
A one-hit wonder is never enough.
Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds (www.vanityfair.com)
As Greece’s debt threatens the rest of Europe and Wall Street, Michael Lewis wonders if the Greeks have wrecked their own ancient civilization.
The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest (www.newyorker.com)
When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history.
The Untold Story of Larry Page’s Incredible Comeback (www.slate.com)
This post originally appeared in Business Insider. One day in July 2001, Larry Page decided to fire Google’s project managers. All of them. It was just ...
This Plane Accidentally Flew Around the World (medium.com)
‘We’re the Only Plane in the Sky’ (www.politico.com)
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
Inside Facebook's Two Years of Hell (www.wired.com)
How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all.