In our Weekly Top 5:
* Dying to seek asylum in Canada (The Local)
* The rise of UFC @rollingstone.com
* Hoarding at the British Museum @theguardian.com
* A mystery at Lake Tahoe @baynatureinstitute.bsky.social
* Dog dialogue (NYT Mag)
https://longreads.com/2025/01/24/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-547/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
* Dying to seek asylum in Canada (The Local)
* The rise of UFC @rollingstone.com
* Hoarding at the British Museum @theguardian.com
* A mystery at Lake Tahoe @baynatureinstitute.bsky.social
* Dog dialogue (NYT Mag)
https://longreads.com/2025/01/24/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-547/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
Comments
"Delphina arrived in Canada hoping to declare asylum and find a bed at a shelter in Mississauga—only to die waiting for one, on just her fourth day in the country."
https://thelocal.to/refugee-shelter-crisis-peel-delphina-ngigi/?src=longreads
"It looks as though we’ll all watch the chaos unfold together, whether we want it to or not."
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/dana-white-ufc-conquered-america-mma-1235231420/?src=longreads
"It's little wonder that a senior curator allegedly stole or damaged some 2,000 items: It is easy to steal from someone who does not know what they own."
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/16/the-ghosts-are-everywhere-can-the-british-museum-survive-its-omni-crisis?src=longreads
"I can never get enough of nature and climate change reporting—especially work as strong and clever as this."
https://baynature.org/article/what-lies-beneath/?src=longreads
"Bromley’s fascinating feature can’t render a definitive judgment on dogs’ linguistic facility, since science can’t either, but it still plumbs the question with rigor and verve."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/magazine/dog-buttons-animal-communication.html?src=longreads
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/20/lorne-michaels-profile?src=longreads