Week Five: Lost Children Archive
It's a new month and a new matchup. This week, we're discussing the first half of Valeria Luiselli's Lost Children Archive.
Archive
A collection of 14223 issues
Living in a dematerialized world. (Dematerial!)
Migrant arrests at the US-Mexico border fell 28% in June after reaching a 13-year high in May. 1/15 Mexico's finance minister quit abruptly, saying the current administration's policymaking was not "based on evidence." 2/15 The Affordable Care Act is being
A drone explodes in midair and becomes five microdrones
Inspired by the way seed pods fall from a maple tree, a drone splits apart in midair and becomes five microdrones, "heading off on their own missions."
Sand, meet hourglass.
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein has been charged with running a sex-trafficking operation involving underage girls as young as 14. 1/23 How Russian intelligence helped start and spread the Seth Rich conspiracy theory that eventually made its way to primetime Fox News. 2/23 Homeland Security plans to hold
The kid stays in the picture.
Another major earthquake rocks buildings and baseball stadiums across Southern California. 1/20 The 7.1 magnitude quake, the second big tremblor in two days, causes damage, rockslides, and power outages around Ridgecrest. 2/20 For our West Coast readers (looking at you, Seattle): how to plan, what to do,
Japanese pro wrestling is the best wrestling.
Japan not only has pro wrestling, it has the best wrestling, apparently. New Japan Pro Wrestling "is renowned for having the best wrestlers and the best matches in the sport year-round," and its massive tournament, the G1 Climax, begins tomorrow in Dallas. In the video, one star,
Let us plant trees.
One day following news that the 2020 US census was being printed without a citizenship question—adhering to the Supreme Court ruling against adding the question—Trump instructs the Justice Dept. to find a way to include it. 1/18 "The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence,
What it sounds like to lightly tap a giant gong.
A few light touches to an 80-inch symphonic gong and suddenly the room fills with a horror movie soundtrack. And if you were actually standing here like I am, you can feel all your internal organs being massaged by the vibrations from this. It’s really quite the experience.
Tanks for the memories.
Please note: The newsletter will be off tomorrow, July 4, and will return on Friday. The total taxpayer cost for Trump's Fourth of July extravaganza in DC tomorrow is unknown, but it's going to be expensive—and $2.5 million of the bill will be covered
How to read more books in the golden age of content.
This is fun: How to read more books in the golden age of content.