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“You should help us and let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.”

This Samira Shackle newsletter is the best thing I've read on the Letby/New Yorker/contempt of court story because it actually explains the kinds of practical obstacles British reporters face in doing this work samirashackle.substack.com/p/they-spent-h…

What a read - funny, vivid, and a little sad. theguardian.com/world/article/…

“Ooh, I’ll be an African name. What was Lake Victoria before it was Victoria? That will be my name. Victoria, but not colonial.”

This piece by Carey Baraka, about Kenyan Ivy League graduates returning home for an EDM festival, is incredible

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Wrote about the New Yorker's Lucy Letby story, and what the limits on reporting it reveal about how archaic UK contempt law is. (Tbf the internet was invented last year and I'm sure they'll be onto it asap now they can see it's having an impact) theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Clearly not the main point here, but there's something so thunderingly literal about OpenAI wanting to replicate Scarlett Johansson's voice in the first place. Even aside from the fact that Her was a sad film about sad people, they just have no original ideas of their own.

Searing, terrifying, brilliantly reported and written. Read this
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🚨 OK, I need your help. Andy Burnham's advisor Sacha Lord is threatening to sue The Mill.

So we're publishing the document at the heart of the story - and asking for your help with a 'community fact-check'.

My editor's note. Pls share.

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'For Modi, he is what Dick Cheney and Karl Rove were for George W Bush – the muscle as well as the brain – rolled into one.'

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Atul Dev is an electrifying profile of India's second-most powerful man, Amit Shah

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As a teenager, John was jailed for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released?

Today's harrowing The Guardian Long Read by sophie atkinson on the ongoing scandal of IPP sentences theguardian.com/news/article/2…

Talked w/ Drake Motel about ... Marlen Haushofer, TRACKS ON TRACKS, how little kids make it hard to read, and how I'm trying to write detective fiction next.

This is a spectacular piece of reporting by Carey Baraka on one of the most awful cult massacres in recent times

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If you're curious about what made Steve Albini a special person and not just a brilliant and influential musician and recording engineer, read this.

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+ Electrelane, Joanna Newsom, Breeders, a million others. An insane rollcall

'Throughout his career Albini, perhaps more than anyone else, attempted to embody the righteous ideological tenets that once made punk rock feel like a true alternative to the tired mainstream.' theguardian.com/music/2023/aug…

Irreplaceable

“I was like: ‘I was there – we smashed the geezer up and disarmed him. I’m just letting you know now, because obviously it’s going to be on the TV.’' theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

'One fan's voice wavered when he told me what would be lost should the club go under. It was as if the death of Southend United might leave an actual, physical hole in his heart.'

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Tim Burrows theguardian.com/football/2024/…

The man who turned his home into a homeless shelter

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Samira Shackle theguardian.com/society/2024/a…