Did we used to have a long reads section?

Cuts

Food for thought.http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich

g1grash

Ha ha, thick bastards!

"Most said they’ll fire up their planes and take their families to Western ranches or homes in other countries.” One of the guests was skeptical, Dugger said. “He leaned forward and asked, ‘Are you taking your pilot’s family, too? And what about the maintenance guys? If revolutionaries are kicking in doors, how many of the people in your life will you have to take with you?’ The questioning continued. In the end, most agreed they couldn’t run.”

uppercut

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/big-data-cambridge-analytica-brexit-trump?trk_source=homepage-lede

onandoff

uppercut wrotehttp://motherboard.vice.com/read/big-data-cambridge-analytica-brexit-trump?trk_source=homepage-lede

Thanks for that - great article.Essential reading on why a mass manipulation consultancy is very pleased with itself after its role in the Brexit and Trump campaigns. It mainly picks apart and explains this 10-min presentation on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Dd5aVXLCc

space

Surely the mass manipulation is the Guardian et al trying to link Brexit with Trump. They are two different subjects. The recent idea that it's Trump supporting Britains voting for Brexit is farcical. Sorry to start up all that shit again, but there you go.

It's politics by inuendo.

onandoff

space wroteSurely the mass manipulation is the Guardian et al trying to link Brexit with Trump. They are two different subjects.

Nowt to do with Gruaniad on this occasion. This was just about the article on Cambridge Analytics (worked on both campaigns) - fascinating insight into the way micro-segments of the electorate are being targeted in ways they will find most persuasive. It's a massive story but I bet it doesn't get much airtime....

Cuts

http://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermitPrompted by reading a review of a forthcoming book based on interviews with him.

fulmine

In five parts (up to four, so far), story in the Chicago Sun Times.

[quote] Amid violence, a hope basketball leads to better things
by Rick Telander
Life for Orr's kids is part-Kafkaesque absurdity, part, ‘‘The Hurt Locker’’ foreboding. So basketball is a protector. [/quote]

[url]http://chicago.suntimes.com/feature/telander-at-orr-basketball-and-the-bleeding-of-a-u-s-city/[/url]

Cuts

Same story seems to play out over and over again in inner cities. I have no idea how you break that cycle.

CBIT

[quote=fulmine]In five parts (up to four, so far), story in the Chicago Sun Times.

[quote] Amid violence, a hope basketball leads to better things
by Rick Telander
Life for Orr's kids is part-Kafkaesque absurdity, part, ‘‘The Hurt Locker’’ foreboding. So basketball is a protector. [/quote]

[url]http://chicago.suntimes.com/feature/telander-at-orr-basketball-and-the-bleeding-of-a-u-s-city/[/url][/quote]

thought you'd been kidnapped by the Roma Ultras!

fulmine

[quote=CBIT][quote=fulmine]In five parts (up to four, so far), story in the Chicago Sun Times.

[quote] Amid violence, a hope basketball leads to better things
by Rick Telander
Life for Orr's kids is part-Kafkaesque absurdity, part, ‘‘The Hurt Locker’’ foreboding. So basketball is a protector. [/quote]

[url]http://chicago.suntimes.com/feature/telander-at-orr-basketball-and-the-bleeding-of-a-u-s-city/[/url][/quote]

thought you'd been kidnapped by the Roma Ultras![/quote]

Yeah I know, sorry! Got a thousand posts to read through now...

Harvest

Rate them all in order.

fulmine

Harvest wroteRate them all in order.

The ones about Michael Head I've just sort of put in a separate pile. Which leaves me with about 30-odd, I reckon.

Harvest

Cuts wrotehttp://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermitPrompted by reading a review of a forthcoming book based on interviews with him.

I remember reading that when it came out. Some of it seems very appealing.

Cuts

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/09/19/the-lost-city-of-zJust read the book again excellent stuff. Film out soon

Cuts

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/brace-belden-pisspiggranddad-syria-isis.html

Cuts

http://nymag.com/thejob/2017/04/the-emt-who-sees-the-opioid-crisis-firsthand.html?mid=twitter_nymag

Ray_Hankin's_shorts

Cuts wrotehttp://nymag.com/thejob/2017/04/the-emt-who-sees-the-opioid-crisis-firsthand.html?mid=twitter_nymag

Moving story that CutsMakes you sick though to hear people have to do this sort of thing almost as a vocation rather than it be properly funded and and appropriately recognised. Mind you, those hedge fund workers are worth their millions so f*ck those saving lives on a daily basis

Kevin_Stapleton

Not so much a long read but a number of short reads. http://ramjfkclub.com/From the people who brought you Ruth and Martins album club, but about JFK.

Harvest

I follow them, some great reads on there.