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Peter Rubin retweeted
We’ve curated nearly 14,000 stories in the past 16 years and published hundreds of original pieces. Today, we’re kicking off a member drive to keep the stories coming.
Won’t you join us?
longreads.com/2025/10/15/202…
Calling all feature editors!
Editing job alert! Longreads seeks a feature-focused senior editor to join the team. Please note that this is a 6-month, P/T contract for now (though that may change down the road). Pay commensurate w/exp, but range is $4-5K USD/month. Full listing at longreads.com/jobs/
Peter Rubin retweeted
sending huge, huge love to my former colleagues at WIRED. world-class people who do world-class work.
Peter Rubin retweeted
"The spies ... are patriots without countries, cursed forever to play out the violent gestures of war without any of the context that distracts from (or justifies) the carnage." @gyasihall's critical essay about the iconic comic strip is a must-read. longreads.com/2023/09/12/ret…
Peter Rubin retweeted
With the novelist's death at age 89, American literature has lost another giant. Enjoy a few of the pieces *about* Cormac McCarthy we've enjoyed over the years.
longreads.com/2023/06/13/out…
Agree—once it's sub-$1500. Right now it's a statement of intent and a proof of future development, not the last best chance.
Reminder that virtually (!) everything about the Vision Pro has been in the works for *years*. In 2019, I put the puzzle pieces together about Apple's AR dreams. wired.com/story/apple-ar-gla…
Peter Rubin retweeted
With the series finale roaring toward us on Sunday, @chlopinions looks back at some of the very best commentary and reporting about the beloved HBO show "Succession." longreads.com/2023/05/25/suc…
Peter Rubin retweeted
As a journo with 20+ years experience, I respectfully pay for newspapers, mags, podcasts and newsletters but I am not paying to be verified. #byebluecheck
The formatting is completely borked, but going back to @mat's great 2014 story about Buzzfeed (and Circa and First Look) shows you what an eerie-ass time capsule tech optimisim can be. wired.com/2014/12/new-media-…
[whispers] if you use old Tweetdeck, you can set it so Twitter Blue accounts show a clown emoji instead of a checkmark and it makes Twitter a truly joyous experience
Damn, I was just listening to his trio on Friday. What a an artist, what a legacy.
nytimes.com/2023/04/16/obitu…
