@readponder.bsky.social@readponder.bsky.social"The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is not your typical raptor. The Incas revered this massive bird of prey, believing it carried the sun into the sky each morning and served as a messenger to…"
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Cathy Brown · Natural Habitat Adventures
@readponder.bsky.social"The long read: Every decade, the BBC’s continued existence must be secured through an elaborate multi-year negotiation with the government. But what does charter renewal actually…"
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Barbara Speed · The Guardian @theguardian.com
@readponder.bsky.social"Gordon Peake boards the Allenkay, a vessel operated by the marine conservation nonprofit Sea Shepherd, to monitor the krill fleet in the Antarctic, the source of a…"
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Gordon PEAKE · Now Voyager Magazine
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@readponder.bsky.social@readponder.bsky.social"A wave of suicides, layoffs, and automation is pushing India’s IT sector to the brink, raising questions about the future of global tech work."
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Parth MN · Rest of World
@readponder.bsky.social"Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it’s expanding into the US and across Latin America"
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José Olivares · Rest of World
@readponder.bsky.social"Chinese AI researchers and founders have become central to Silicon Valley’s AI boom, joining Meta and OpenAI and building a new tech elite from Mark Zuckerberg’s old house."
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Viola Zhou · Rest of World
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@readponder.bsky.social"As the U.S. races to bypass China, the global hunger for critical minerals is financing warlords and poisoning Myanmar’s borderlands."
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Emily Fishbein & Jauman Naw · Rest of World
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@readponder.bsky.social"Previously unpublished government data reveals the scale of Taiwan’s crackdown on Chinese companies accused of hiding their ties while recruiting chip talent and pursuing sensitive…"
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Kinling Lo · Rest of World
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@readponder.bsky.social"How on earth did The New York Times, a seemingly ossified institution in a dying industry, survive the most destabilizing period in its history, and emerge stronger?"
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A.G. Sulzberger · The New York Times @nytimes.com
@readponder.bsky.social"Joe Bryan has spent the past three decades in prison for the murder of his wife, a crime he claims he didn’t commit. His conviction rested largely on “bloodstain-pattern…"
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Pamela Colloff · ProPublica @propublica.org
@readponder.bsky.social"A teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened."
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Sarah Zhang · The Atlantic @theatlantic.com
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@readponder.bsky.social"For $100, I bought bric-a-brac that explains a nation."
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Caity Weaver · The Atlantic @theatlantic.com
@markarms.bsky.socialThanks to @wudan.bsky.social for such a great conversation: niemanstoryboard.org/2026/10/16/j...
@readponder.bsky.social"A new book examines how narratives about psychological harm have come to dominate public life."
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Foreign Policy · Foreign Policy
@readponder.bsky.social"People with ADHD are unusually sensitive to hormone shifts. Psychiatrists have started to pay attention, creating strategies to address the intense emotions and cognitive challenges caused by these…"
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New Scientist · New Scientist
@readponder.bsky.social"The question isn’t whether other creatures share our concept of mortality; it’s whether any living being truly grasps what it means to die."
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Kathryn Schulz · The New Yorker @newyorker.com
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@readponder.bsky.social"The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So…"
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Nicole FoyRuth Talbot & Cengiz Yar & Ruth Talbot & Liliana Michelena & Bianca Fortis & Mariam Elba · ProPublica @propublica.org
@readponder.bsky.social"Heidi Blake reports on how the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women."
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Heidi Blake · The New Yorker @newyorker.com