​Interview: PENCIL 4 GOVERNOR​

Seabirder Mort sits down with the candidate calling attention to Oregon's education failures, who happens to be a pencil with a lot to say.

Mortlandia | Brendan Mortimer

​The human body's hidden pathways​

A look at the interstitium, a third circulatory system that scientists are beginning to map, with implications for health and medicine.

The New York Times Magazine | Avraham Z. Cooper

​Consider the sister​

On David Foster Wallace through the eyes of his older sister, Amy, a writer with her own literary aspirations who became a public defender.

The Small Bow | Lindsey Adler

​A hundred years of David Attenborough​

A delightful read on David Attenborough, leading an amazing life and still working at 100.

The New Yorker | Anthony Lane

​White-collar sweatshops​

On the transformation of New York law firms in the 1980s: more meritocratic, but also more exploitative of associates.

Aeon | Dylan Gottlieb

​The need for Speedo​

Something to ponder for summer: why are American guys so shy about wearing form-fitting swim briefs?

Slate | David Mack

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​The age of no innocence​

On what it's like for young people growing up in an America in which the only politics they've ever known is dominated by MAGA.

Western Edge | Leah Sottile

​The assassin's delusion​

"... the Trump administration’s greatest failures have been connected to its obsession with violence, and its opponents’ most dramatic victories have resulted from the organized and courageous use of nonviolence."

The Atlantic | Adam Serwer

​The desert safety net​

How public lands in the American desert provide low-cost shelter for people priced out of housing, at least for part of the year.

Re:Public | Joshua Jackson

​Childcare in the US and Nordic countries​

A comparison of mostly private childcare in the US and the public systems of the Nordics, with suggestions for what it would take to change the former.

People's Policy Project | Brian Dew

​Inside Israel’s AI targeting system​

On the chilling new reality of ending up on a kill chain guided by AI and executed by drone.

Los Angeles Times | Nabih Bulos

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​Matt Mitchell on “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”​

As part of a song-by-song symposium on the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds at 60, an essay on the opening track that "bypasses intellect and ends up holy or alien, even in mono."

Paste | Matt Mitchell

​The surprisingly strong case for feeling great about your coffee habit​

For a long time, the co-popularity of coffee and cigarettes misled researchers about the potential health effects of the former. But now? A strong case for strong coffee.

Vox | Bryan Walsh

​A paradise for food lovers in the Swedish countryside​

If you're in search of the next Portland, perhaps you'll find it in Skane.

The New York Times | Lisa Abend

​Fine dining goes to the dogs​

Or bring your best friend to Lyon for quite possibly the world's fanciest restaurant for dogs.

The Times | David Chazan

​Nesting seagull becomes star of Venice Biennale​

Finally, in seabird news... How an uninvited seagull became a top attraction at this year's art exhibition.

Hyperallergic | Avedis Hadjian

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