longreads, 19 days ago to LongReads

Here's what we've got for you in our Weekly Top 5:

• Student protesters in their own words.
• Dance as freedom from disability.
• Wealth disparity in Big Sky, Montana.
• The Anthropocene as earth’s final epoch.
• Birthing a Cabbage Patch Doll.

Learn why our editors have recommended these pieces and find out which story our audience loved most.

https://longreads.com/2024/05/03/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-514/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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longreads, 1 month ago to LongReads

The Weekly Top 5 is here! In this week's edition:

• How Israel uses AI for assassination in the Gaza War
• A father reflects on his son’s development
• The rise of the term, “gaslighting”
• Toni Morrison’s expansive rejection letters
• The history of PostSecret

Learn why our editors have recommended these pieces and find out which story our audience loved most.

https://longreads.com/2024/04/05/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-510/

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longreads, 4 months ago to LongReads

In this week's Top 5 we're highlighting stories about:

• Interracial persecution in 1960s Michigan
• The cruelty bred into the chickens we eat
• How Photo Shuffle helped one man through loss
• Navigating life not knowing you’re neurodivergent
• The deep craft in forging a handmade knife

All this and the piece our audience loved most!

https://longreads.com/2024/01/12/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-498/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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longreads, 5 months ago to LongReads

In this week's Top 5 we're highlighting stories about:

• Restorative justice.
• Donated bodies allegedly sold at Harvard.
• An ER doctor who recognized her own catastrophic symptoms.
• A fascinating career pivot.
• Seven chimpanzees on the lam.

All this and the piece our audience loved the most in our weekly top 5.

https://longreads.com/2023/12/08/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-494/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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longreads, 6 months ago to LongReads

This week we're highlighting stories about:

• What it’s like to be a child of war.
• A school-shooting support group for principals.
• Being a rodeo queen in 1981.
• Becoming a woman in NYC in 1978.
• The San Francisco donut shop that hasn’t closed in over 50 years.

All this and the piece our audience loved the most in our weekly top 5.

https://longreads.com/2023/11/03/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-490/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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longreads, 7 months ago to LongReads

In this week's edition of the Top 5, we're recommending stories about:

• Catching nonagenarian Nazis at GQ.
• Trying to live forever at Time Magazine.
• The overpowering need to return home at The Sydney Review of Books.
• Forgiving your dad at The Sun Magazine.
• Finding humor in getting scammed repeatedly at Business Insider.

All this and the piece our audience loved the most in our weekly top 5.

https://longreads.com/2023/10/06/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-486/

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longreads, 9 months ago to LongReads

Poetry as a salve. What grief can teach. Dinner and theatrics in Branson, Missouri. The pleasures of learning a musical instrument and a behind-the-scenes look at The Fugitive.

All this and the piece our audience couldn't resist in this week's Top 5.

https://longreads.com/2023/08/04/top-5-longreads-of-the-week-477/

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longreads, 10 months ago to LongReads

In this week's Top 5, here's what you'll find:

-A close look into a Texas murder.
-A feature on the annotators who train language models.
-A profile of the man who rode this year’s biggest wave.
-A deep dive into the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
-An ode to U.S. Army’s new tactical bra.

All this, plus our weekly Audience Award!

https://longreads.com/2023/06/23/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-471/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_content=5-2023-06-23

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