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The Top 5 @Longreads of the Week, featuring work by @JeffErnsthausen, @eisingerj, and @paulkiel, @arno_kopecky, @wuermann, @Vanessid, and @lfspinneyhttps://longreads.com/2021/06/11/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-374/ …

"It has been more than 50 years since she felt enslaved inside the walls of the school, but the memories still haunt her. " #longreads @Songstress28https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/3/24/just-another-indian-surviving-canadas-residential-schools …

The Top 5 @Longreads of the Week, featuring thoughtful reads from @propublica, @hakaimagazine, @maisonneuvemag, @oxfordamerican, and @gdnlongreadhttps://longreads.com/2021/06/11/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-374/ …

"...as a gay man in Winnipeg...I learned to look for queerness...It wasn’t hard to spot...on top of our legislative building, stands a nude statue of a buff man with a firm bum, flowing locks and an angelic face. He’s our Golden Boy..." @wuermannhttps://maisonneuve.org/article/2021/05/11/men-apartment-4c/ …

"Wildland firefighters who work for one of these federal agencies share a common plight: the pay is low and the benefits are scarce. ... If you wonder why there might not be enough firefighters this summer, that’s one good reason why." Zora Thomas, @gristhttps://grist.org/climate/federal-wildland-firefighters-fight-california-wildfires/ …

"For Banks, who has long looked to hospitality work to bolster her income, she’s hesitant to return to an industry that has not done right by her." @clarissajanlim @BuzzFeedNews https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/clarissajanlim/hospitality-industry-workers-covid-layoffs … #longreads

"At one point, the Couvercle hut’s warden, Christophe Lelièvre, came out holding a huge crystal with spikes jutting out of a large base. It was bigger than a roast chicken." #longreads @outsidemagazinehttps://www.outsideonline.com/2424416/crystal-hunters-chamonix-mont-blanc-france …

"Míriam Martínez, the head of Faada’s wild animal division, was upset that the Kludskys had given them the slip. “We did not want that to happen,” she said, gravely. But she knew the elephant couldn’t stay hidden for long." #longreadshttps://wp.me/p4KhvY-CXD 

"Though inherently a capitalist endeavor, the brand’s broader goal of inspiring and educating young girls differentiated it from competitors." @SmithsonianMag #longreadshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/evolution-american-girl-dolls-180977822/ …

"A few kilometers farther up this road, where the RCMP wouldn’t allow me to go, loggers were felling giants. Eight of those giants were occupied by tree sitters, camped hundreds of feet up in the canopy." @arno_kopecky @hakaimagazinehttps://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/three-days-in-the-theater-of-old-growth-logging-and-protest/ …

"Kimball was soon reactivated as an informant, with Schlaff as his handler. Their goal was to foil the alleged murder plot, and charge Ennis for orchestrating it." @WriterJMS @atavisthttps://longreads.com/2021/06/08/the-snitch-fbi-informant-scott-kimball/ …

"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/ …