Friday Links!
It's a long read special this week.
Leading off, with wonderful writing it's Schlitterbahn’s Tragic Slide: Jeff Henry often said that his goal in life was to make customers of his family’s legendary water parks happy—“to put a smile on their faces, to give them a thrill or two.” It was a beautiful vision. Until it went horribly wrong.
A wonderful piece of journalism (about journalism, among other things): Reporting from Inside the Amazon A new generation of journalists emerges from the rainforest, just in time for COP30.
This is outstanding: Monstrification: For centuries we’ve used the declaration of ‘monster’ to eject individuals and groups from being respected as fully human.
A fascinating article: New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics.
A terrific read: ‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages.
Also from The Guardian: ‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose.
Gee, what a surprise: FDA described as “clown show” amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out.
A tremendous essay: My private mountain: Through her paintings, Georgia O’Keeffe laid claim to New Mexico’s desert landscape. But it was never hers for the taking.
This is a pleasure to read (I'm running out of superlatives): The Art of the Steal: “The Social Register was a who’s who of America’s rich and powerful—the heirs of robber barons, scions of political dynasties, and descendants of Mayflower passengers. It was also the perfect hit list for the country’s hardest-working art thief.”s.
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