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"Southwest was branded 'the love airline.' Tickets were issued from 'love machines.' In-flight snacks were 'love bites.' The drinks were 'love potions.'” @joefreelance @TexasMonthlyhttps://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/southwest-airlines-50-anniversary/ …

"In 2011...Bezos filed a tax return reporting he lost money — his income that year was more than offset by investment losses...because, according to the tax law, he made so little, he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children."https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax …

"When he plays, his long fingers look like the legs of a tarantula dancing on the accordion’s keys. 'I really like how the music pumps in your heart.'” @R_AndradeFranco @TexasMonthlyhttps://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/young-accordionists-carry-on-conjunto-legacy/ …

"There’s a damaging disconnect between the lionized figure of the firefighter and the reality of the men and women who fight more fire than anyone." Zora Thomas, @grist https://grist.org/climate/federal-wildland-firefighters-fight-california-wildfires/ … #longreads

"Brayden Bushby’s trial was the latest in a series of high-profile homicide cases featuring an Indigenous victim and a white defendant. The results—acquittal after acquittal—were devastating to many onlookers." @evaholland @thewalrushttps://thewalrus.ca/looking-for-justice-finding-betrayal/ …

"After 15 months of tumult, not everyone is ready or willing to return to a job that underpays, offers no paid sick leave, and treats them as expendable." @clarissajanlim @BuzzFeedNews https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/hospitality-industry-workers-covid-layoffs … #longreads

"So Muse strong-armed the Seattle plane maker, offering unprecedented terms while he was standing on their competitor’s turf. Boeing caved. It sold Southwest the three 737s for $4 million each, with no money down." @joefreelance @TexasMonthlyhttps://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/southwest-airlines-50-anniversary/ …

"I’d come to learn that John and Sandy lived in apartment 4C for fifty years. They were among the building’s longest tenants—and a gay couple who spent their lives together in a world that would have rather kept them apart." @wuermann @maisonneuvemaghttps://maisonneuve.org/article/2021/05/11/men-apartment-4c/ …

"What interests me more is what the facts cohere into, what webbing and connections they create: the emotional and psychological underlayers." An interview with @dwyercait on the writing process, slowness, and her essay on love and immigration:https://longreads.com/2021/06/03/migration-immigration-family-separation-storytelling-author-interview-caitlin-dwyer …

A new excerpt from our sister publication! "It takes a thief to catch a thief, as Schlaff likes to say—that’s the logic behind using jailhouse snitches. In the United States, the practice has a history as troubling as it is long." @WriterJMS @atavisthttps://longreads.com/2021/06/08/the-snitch-fbi-informant-scott-kimball/ …

"There’s a vague mythology of the Hotshot as a rugged and daring outdoorsman. Along with that comes another piece of fantasy: that all firefighters are well-paid, comfortably employed, and well-cared for." Zora Thomas, @grist https://grist.org/climate/federal-wildland-firefighters-fight-california-wildfires/ … #longreads

"As they peeled back the layers built up over time, the house gave up its memories. Faded wallpaper and fragments of yellow newspaper bore witness to shifts in fashion and politics." @David_Farrier @emergence_zinehttps://emergencemagazine.org/essay/were-gonna-carry-that-weight-a-long-time/ …

"The trial would not turn on eyewitness testimony or incriminating documents. Instead, it would hinge on the story told by Barbara Kentner’s body." @evaholland @thewalrushttps://thewalrus.ca/looking-for-justice-finding-betrayal/ …

"Built in Winnipeg in 1912, the Pasadena Apartments loom over the corner of Hugo Street North and McMillan Avenue...the kind of heritage building that transports you to another era." @wuermann @maisonneuvemaghttps://maisonneuve.org/article/2021/05/11/men-apartment-4c/ …

“Get ready,” Muse said to his smiling hostesses, each of whom was clad in her in-flight uniform of tangerine knit top, slouchy white belt, white side-laced go-go boots, and fire-orange hot pants. “Now, everyone flip Mr. Lawrence the finger.” @joefreelancehttps://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/southwest-airlines-50-anniversary/ …

"It was and remains the Indian Act that created this divide, stripping First Nations of their land, their governance structures, their very children, while forcing a pseudodemocracy down their throats." @arno_kopecky @hakaimagazinehttps://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/three-days-in-the-theater-of-old-growth-logging-and-protest/ …

"If there’s no hope, well, you start to look for other options, because you can’t just sit still forever and hope the nations of the world align with your personal family plans." @dwyercait on the emotional underlayers of family separation: https://longreads.com/2021/06/03/migration-immigration-family-separation-storytelling-author-interview-caitlin-dwyer … #longreads

"It’s a German-style potato salad flavored with onion, celery, sugar, cider vinegar, sweet pickle juice, and…mayonnaise. Next to that last ingredient my mom has written in parentheses, '(as much as you prefer).'” @GuernicaMaghttps://www.guernicamag.com/cooking-backwards/ …