Saturday, July 16, 2016

A Fancy Cult, Amazon's World Domination, And More Weekend Reads

Inside The World's Chicest Cult
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WEEKEND LONG READS
Inside The World's Chicest Cult
harpersbazaar.com
"Everyone has a threshold for New Age spirituality. At Spirit Weavers, a highly Instagrammable, sold-out women's retreat, I hit mine."
HELP PLS
Your Therapist Is Typing...
digg.com
Between guided mindfulness and text-based therapy, the world of mental health apps ranges from benevolently innocuous to a big, unregulated question mark.
PRIME MOVER
Jeff Bezos Is Hurtling Toward World Domination
newsweek.com
Today, the question is not whether Amazon can survive but whether we can survive without Amazon.
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS AN OLD MAN
The Mysterious Metamorphosis Of Chuck Close
nytimes.com
The legendary artist has radically upended his distinctive style of portraiture — and his entire life. Why?
STUNTING THEIR WILD OATS
Why Isn't There A Male Pill Yet?
digg.com
​Despite decades of promising research, the many men who want their own contraceptive pill still have nothing. But why?
IN THE NEWS
Turkish Government Repels Military Coup Attempt, Hundreds Dead
Nearly 3,000 Turkish Military Members Detained
BOXES WE DIGG
Themed Boxes For Guys Who Give A Damn
bespokepost.com
"You can't put a price on the fun you'll have opening these boxes" - Esquire
FAN SERVICE
A LABOR OF TREKKIE LOVE
This Astounding Fan-Made, Stop Motion 'Star Trek' Film Took Eight Years To Make
digg.com
Forget "Star Trek: Beyond" — the next "Star Trek" you should watch is German Trekkie and filmmaker Jürgen Kaiser's 58-minute, almost entirely DIY "Star Trek Enterprise II: The Beginning Of The End."
DRAGONS ON A PLANE
WATCH: Samuel L Jackson Explaining 'Game Of Thrones' Is Even More Epic Than The Show
digg.com
This is probably the most effective advertisement for "Game of Thrones" we've ever seen. Whatever HBO paid Samuel L. Jackson to voice this recap definitely wasn't enough.
MORE 'STAR WARS' PLEASE
WATCH: The Behind-The-Scenes Reel Has Got Us Pumped For 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
digg.com
Obviously you can't read too much into a carefully staged behind-the-scenes video, but, well, we're going to read into this: "Rogue One" looks awesome.
ASKING THE SMALL QUESTIONS
LOOK INTO THEIR EYES
Nature's Hidden Order
quantamagazine.org
Scientists are exploring a mysterious pattern, found in birds' eyes, boxes of marbles and other surprising places, that is neither regular nor random.
THE MAN IN THE HARD DRIVE
A Quest To Crack The Mysteries Of Our DNA
statnews.com
A scientist recently pointed me out to his colleagues. "That is not Carl Zimmer," he declared. "Really," he said, pointing to a slim hard drive on the table, "this is Carl Zimmer."
HARD TIMES
SEARCHING FOR DOCTOR LANUSSE
Finding The Man Who Saved My Parents During WWII
theatlantic.com
What happened to the French doctor my parents had taken in during the Russian siege of Budapest?
'IT WAS DEMEANING AND DEGRADING'
Life As A Woman In The Trucking Industry
maryreview.com
Age 55 at the time, Cathy Sellars set out to find a new profession, one that would offer her an independent lifestyle. She wasn't intimidated by the idea of maneuvering a 40-ton truck, sitting virtually immobile for hours at a time in a hulking pilot seat. What she wasn't ready for was everything else that would come with it.
BEFORE YOU GO
HARDCORE
When You Buy An Apple, It's Already A Year Old
digg.com
Apple picking season is between August and November. Those apples are rapidly processed and put into cold storage where they lie in wait, all year round.
That's it, folks. Enjoy the sun this weekend.