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Bich Nguyen :verified:<p>"...a joint investigation by KFF Health News and NBC News found that Sono Bello and other cosmetic surgery chains have been the target of scores of medical malpractice and negligence lawsuits alleging disfiguring injuries — including 12 wrongful death cases filed over the past seven years."</p><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/cosmetic-surgery-patients-allege-disfiguring-injuries-sono-bello-patients-allege/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kffhealthnews.org/news/article</span><span class="invisible">/cosmetic-surgery-patients-allege-disfiguring-injuries-sono-bello-patients-allege/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CosmeticSurgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CosmeticSurgery</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PlasticSurgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticSurgery</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PatientSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatientSafety</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/malpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malpractice</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/negligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>negligence</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/investigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investigation</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Longreads<p>Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?</p><p>Many of his supporters hoped the prime minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law.</p><p>Yet Labour’s record over the past year has been curiously mixed</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250729-starmer-v-starmer-why-is-the-former-human-rights-lawyer-so-cautious-about-defending-human-rights?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250729</span><span class="invisible">-starmer-v-starmer-why-is-the-former-human-rights-lawyer-so-cautious-about-defending-human-rights?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Longreads<p>When did the Nazis lose? What was the most important battle? The unanswered questions about World War II.</p><p>French researcher Olivier Wieviorka has published ‘The Total History of the Second World War’ on the 80th anniversary of the end of the conflict</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250728-when-did-the-nazis-lose-what-was-the-most-important-battle-the-unanswered-questions-about-world-war-ii?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250728</span><span class="invisible">-when-did-the-nazis-lose-what-was-the-most-important-battle-the-unanswered-questions-about-world-war-ii?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/WorldWar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWar2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/OlivierWieviorka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlivierWieviorka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Magazine<p>When did the Nazis lose? What was the most important battle? The unanswered questions about World War II.</p><p>French researcher Olivier Wieviorka has published ‘The Total History of the Second World War’ on the 80th anniversary of the end of the conflict</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250728-when-did-the-nazis-lose-what-was-the-most-important-battle-the-unanswered-questions-about-world-war-ii?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250728</span><span class="invisible">-when-did-the-nazis-lose-what-was-the-most-important-battle-the-unanswered-questions-about-world-war-ii?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/WorldWar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWar2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/OlivierWieviorka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlivierWieviorka</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
nak<p>The Supreme Court, eyes wide shut from Lawrence Lessig <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LongRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongRead</span></a></p><p><a href="https://substack.com/inbox/post/169305487" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/inbox/post/169305</span><span class="invisible">487</span></a></p>
Karsten Schmidt<p>Weekend list of critical reading links about the state[1] of Tech, AI[2] hype/finance/politics, mostly long form:</p><p>Ed Zitron's The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble<br><a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>How to use computing power faster: on the weird economics of semiconductors and GenAI (by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.design/@gauthier" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gauthier</span></a></span>)<br><a href="https://gauthierroussilhe.com/en/articles/how-to-use-computing-power-faster" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gauthierroussilhe.com/en/artic</span><span class="invisible">les/how-to-use-computing-power-faster</span></a></p><p>Predictive Capital: Roads to Terminal Alienation: Soil to Server Farm, Reason to Vibe (by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@atomless" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>atomless</span></a></span>)<br><a href="https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">creativeapplications.net/theor</span><span class="invisible">y/predictive-capital/</span></a></p><p>Honey, AI Capex is Eating the Economy<br><a href="https://paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-capex-ate-the-economy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-cape</span><span class="invisible">x-ate-the-economy/</span></a></p><p>Decomputing as Resistance (by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@danmcquillan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>danmcquillan</span></a></span>)<br><a href="https://danmcquillan.org/decomputing_as_resistance.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">danmcquillan.org/decomputing_a</span><span class="invisible">s_resistance.html</span></a></p><p>How big tech is force-feeding us AI<br><a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-big-tech-is-force-feeding-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-bi</span><span class="invisible">g-tech-is-force-feeding-us</span></a></p><p>Also, in addition to the above, a little more <a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a> if you're interested in these topics, their implications and peripheries (in A-Z order):</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@asrg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>asrg</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@festal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>festal</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gerrymcgovern</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Kurtis_Clark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Kurtis_Clark</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tante</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@w0bb1t" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w0bb1t</span></a></span> </p><p>Academia:</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@bildoperationen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bildoperationen</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@databasecultures" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>databasecultures</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>emilymbender</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@Iris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Iris</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>timnitGebru</span></a></span></p><p>[1] As in: "Just look at the state of this..."<br>[2] As in "generative AI"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thi.ng/tags/LongRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongRead</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Longreads<p>The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight.</p><p>Philippa Barnes was a child when her family joined the Jesus Fellowship.</p><p>As an adult, she helped expose the shocking scale of abuse it had perpetrated</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250724-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-british-cult-that-hid-in-plain-sight?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250724</span><span class="invisible">-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-british-cult-that-hid-in-plain-sight?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cults</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/JesusArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JesusArmy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/JesusFellowship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JesusFellowship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
David D. Levine<p>A former IDF soldier and historian of genocide sees appalling parallels between Israel today and Nazi Germany. Devastating <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/13/israel-gaza-historian-omer-bartov" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/aug/13/israel-gaza-historian-omer-bartov</span></a></p>
Karl Urban<p>Was machen Universitäten im Fediverse, wie zufrieden sind sie und wer fehlt? Das habe ich recherchiert und die 42 (sic!) größten deutschen Universitäten befragt.</p><p>Das Ergebnis als <a href="https://reporter.social/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a>:<br>➡️ <a href="https://www.riffreporter.de/de/technik/hochschulen-fediverse-mastodon-wissenschaftskommunikation-social-media" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">riffreporter.de/de/technik/hoc</span><span class="invisible">hschulen-fediverse-mastodon-wissenschaftskommunikation-social-media</span></a></p><p>Kurzform zum Hören im DLF:<br>➡️ <a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/x-frei-wie-hochschulen-ihre-social-media-praesenz-neu-organisieren-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deutschlandfunk.de/x-frei-wie-</span><span class="invisible">hochschulen-ihre-social-media-praesenz-neu-organisieren-100.html</span></a></p><p>Das wichtigste hier im 🧵1/13.</p><p><a href="https://reporter.social/tags/WissKomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WissKomm</span></a> <a href="https://reporter.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://reporter.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a></p>
Bich Nguyen :verified:<p>“When women are in sport, it’s almost like you’re not meant to have boobs,” says Bright, who remembers girls in her school bullied for the size of their breasts. “It’s like, ‘Oh, you play sports, so you’re athletic, you’re strong, you shouldn’t have boobs.’ That’s not the way it works.” </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6214668/2025/03/27/history-sports-bra/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/athletic/6214668/2</span><span class="invisible">025/03/27/history-sports-bra/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sports</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/athletics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>athletics</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/athletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>athletes</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/clothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clothing</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/underwear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>underwear</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bras</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/SportsBras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SportsBras</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/invention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invention</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/WomensSports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensSports</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a></p>
qbi<p>Das <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@bsi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bsi</span></a></span> erinnert an <a href="https://freie-re.de/tags/Crowdstrike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crowdstrike</span></a>. Vor einem Jahr legte die Software Millionen Rechner lahm. </p><p>Es ist nun schon vier Jahre her, dass es den Hack bei <a href="https://freie-re.de/tags/Solarwinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solarwinds</span></a> gab. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@kimzetter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kimzetter</span></a></span> von <a href="https://freie-re.de/tags/Wired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wired</span></a> schrieb dazu einen sehr lesenswerten <a href="https://freie-re.de/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-untold-story-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/the-untold-sto</span><span class="invisible">ry-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/</span></a></p>
HorizonMass<p>An outstanding new <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a> by Jacob Schles ... </p><p>An often forgotten chapter in women’s labor history, the fight against marriage bans in Massachusetts eventually found success with activism and passionate union efforts ... </p><p><a href="https://horizonmass.news/2025/07/17/when-married-women-couldnt-teach-massachusetts-unions-led-the-fight/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">horizonmass.news/2025/07/17/wh</span><span class="invisible">en-married-women-couldnt-teach-massachusetts-unions-led-the-fight/</span></a></p>
David Dayen<p>Just as democracy was badly hollowed out even before Trump, so too was the public sector. In today's <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23longread" target="_blank">#longread</a>, Bob Kuttner argues that Democrats must revitalize this, with public options in health care, energy, education and more. <a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-15-reclaiming-the-public-realm/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">prospect.org/politics/202...</a><br><br><a href="https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-15-reclaiming-the-public-realm/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Reclaiming the Public Realm</a></p>
MediaFaro Longreads<p>How new narratives are breaking the mafia’s code of silence.</p><p>The release of a video game that revisits the origins of the phenomenon in Sicily has reignited the debate about how the arts have portrayed the notorious criminal organisations — with varying degrees of success.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250713-how-new-narratives-are-breaking-the-mafias-code-of-silence?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250713</span><span class="invisible">-how-new-narratives-are-breaking-the-mafias-code-of-silence?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Mafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mafia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Sicily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sicily</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/CosaNostra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CosaNostra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Camorra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Camorra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ndrangheta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ndrangheta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Omerta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Omerta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/VideoGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VideoGame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cinema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Movie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Longreads<p>‘You are living with a difficult person who is waiting to die’: my harrowing time as Patricia Highsmith’s assistant.</p><p>I worked for the author of The Talented Mr Ripley in her final months.</p><p>She was so mean and secretive, I imagined she wanted to kill me</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250710-you-are-living-with-a-difficult-person-who-is-waiting-to-die-my-harrowing-time-as-patricia-highsmiths-assistant?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250710</span><span class="invisible">-you-are-living-with-a-difficult-person-who-is-waiting-to-die-my-harrowing-time-as-patricia-highsmiths-assistant?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/PatriciaHighsmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatriciaHighsmith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Longreads<p>The life swap dream – or a marketing gimmick? The Italian towns selling houses for €1</p><p>Frustrated with my life back in the US, I was captivated by the idea of a new home – and new life – for less than the price of an espresso.</p><p>So I travelled to Italy to find out whether it was too good to be true</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250708-the-life-swap-dream-or-a-marketing-gimmick-the-italian-towns-selling-houses-for-1?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250708</span><span class="invisible">-the-life-swap-dream-or-a-marketing-gimmick-the-italian-towns-selling-houses-for-1?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/MovingOverseas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MovingOverseas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/MovingAbroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MovingAbroad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Longreads<p>In the jaws of the Jackal: How an informant orchestrated a policewoman's fall.</p><p>Sonia C. was still a law enforcement officer when, in April 2024, she was sentenced to three years in prison for handing police files to an informant known as the Jackal.</p><p>Naivety still marks this former officer, who loved to party until dawn and used cocaine.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250706-in-the-jaws-of-the-jackal-how-an-informant-orchestrated-a-policewomans-fall?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250706</span><span class="invisible">-in-the-jaws-of-the-jackal-how-an-informant-orchestrated-a-policewomans-fall?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Marseille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marseille</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Longreads<p>The arms dealer, the general's daughter and the speed demon: An inheritance battle.</p><p>Akram Ojjeh built his fortune as a middleman for French arms sales to Saudi Arabia, until his death in 1991.</p><p>The legal battle that his third wife and his youngest son have waged against the rest of the family could have been just a run-of-the-mill inheritance dispute.</p><p>But its ramifications extend to matters of state.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250706-the-arms-dealer-the-generals-daughter-and-the-speed-demon-an-inheritance-battle?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250706</span><span class="invisible">-the-arms-dealer-the-generals-daughter-and-the-speed-demon-an-inheritance-battle?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/ArmsSales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmsSales</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Inheritance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inheritance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ojjeh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ojjeh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Longread</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>Don't worry about what, just do something —<br>Nobel Prize winner in Medicine for codiscovering Hepatitis C virus:</p><p>“I was undecided as to what I was going to do with my life,” he recalls. He worked odd jobs to earn a bit of money: tomato inspector at a ketchup factory, belt guard at a peach canning plant, janitor at a club where he cleaned filthy toilets after parties. “I’m pretty good at it, I’m relatively quick, and I leave a lingering shine,” he jokes.<br><a href="https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-07-04/charles-rice-nobel-prize-winner-in-medicine-its-a-crime-that-a-drug-exists-that-could-cure-everyone-yet-not-everybody-has-access-to-it.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.elpais.com/science-tec</span><span class="invisible">h/2025-07-04/charles-rice-nobel-prize-winner-in-medicine-its-a-crime-that-a-drug-exists-that-could-cure-everyone-yet-not-everybody-has-access-to-it.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LongRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongRead</span></a></p>
Russia-Ukraine Daily News<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a> </p><p>🇷🇺 ISW Special Report 'A Primer on Russian Cognitive Warfare'</p><p>'This primer is the first report from ISW’s new Cognitive Warfare Task Force, which studies, visualizes, and contextualizes how adversaries use cognitive warfare to influence the US perceptions and decision-making in pursuit of their strategic goals.'</p><p><a href="https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/primer-russian-cognitive-warfare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">understandingwar.org/backgroun</span><span class="invisible">der/primer-russian-cognitive-warfare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>