Our Top 5:
- Reclaiming soil—and one's story @bittersouth.bsky.social
- Country collectors @outsidemag.bsky.social
- The rise of Big Headlight @the-ringer.bsky.social
- How saints are made @theguardian.com
- An alphabetical ode to cats @vqr.bsky.social
https://longreads.com/2024/12/06/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-542/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
- Reclaiming soil—and one's story @bittersouth.bsky.social
- Country collectors @outsidemag.bsky.social
- The rise of Big Headlight @the-ringer.bsky.social
- How saints are made @theguardian.com
- An alphabetical ode to cats @vqr.bsky.social
https://longreads.com/2024/12/06/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-542/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Comments
"This story is rooted in toxic aggression and environmental racism. But Patrick Chandler Brown has turned the soil."
https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024/black-earth-north-carolina-farmer
"This thoughtful piece carefully weaves between an adventure story and a contemplation on why we need to do the pointless."
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/most-traveled-people/
"Rogers pulls off some admirable reporting in this piece, from car engineers to the doublespeaking world of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration."
https://www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/tech/headlight-brightness-cars-accidents
"Faith, as this piece shows, always finds a way."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/dec/03/miracle-vatican-dicastery-secret-saint-carlo-acutis-pope
"While you don’t need to be a cat person to appreciate Beasley’s piece, I’ll bet one of my cats’ lives that you’ll enjoy it more if you are."
https://www.vqronline.org/fall-2024/becoming-columns/i-am-cat-lady
"Tangled Justice," John J. Lennon, @nybooks.com
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/12/19/tangled-justice-seventy-times-seven-alex-mar/?src=longreads