Happy pub day to Arizona O'Neill, whose graphic memoir, published by Drawn & Quarterly, is out today.
O'Neill's debut, "Opioids & Organs," scrutinizes a “silver lining” of an ongoing addiction crisis: a rise in organ donations.
Read an excerpt on Longreads: https://longreads.com/2026/05/19/fentanyl-opioids-organ-donation-arizona-oneill/
#Longreads #Fentanyl #Overdose #Addiction #OrganDonation #Opioid #Health #Memoir #Illustration #Artists #Writers
"As mahjong's popularity grows, we can celebrate feeling intensely empowered and seen by our community while also grieving that a part of it is being taken away. Everything everywhere all at once."
Nicole Wong for COYOTE: https://www.coyotemedia.org/traversing-the-mahjong-multiverse
#Longreads #Majhong #Chinese #Asian #Games #Culture #Appropriation
I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/normie-vibe-code/
The Feed Is Fake
"Joe Lim estimates that 90 percent of what you see on the internet is advertising in disguise [...]For three years, Lim ran a company called Floodify, which at its peak operated 65,000 [...] On a typical day, he says, Floodify posted 50,000 videos across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and X, all of them designed to pass for the unscripted output of ordinary users."
Archive link for NYMag/Vulture article
https://archive.md/OreAF
#socialmedia #longreads #deadinternet
In this week's edition of the #longreads #Top5:
• Ahoy Story (n+1)
• Sister Act (The Small Bow)
• Moving (Re:PUBLIC)
• Money Train (NYRB)
• The Girlfriend Experience (Esquire)
https://longreads.com/2026/05/15/longreads-top-5-610/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
"What gives a personality dimension is time, the gathering of experiences. Replika instead repeats. What it’s capable of learning from its experiences is how to retain users."
Thea Lim for The Walrus: https://thewalrus.ca/i-spent-months-with-an-ai-companion-it-was-worse-than-being-alone
"Princess Diana famously said there were three people in her marriage. For the sad wives of AI, the third is a chatbot."
Alessandra Ram for WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-sad-wives-of-ai/
Gen Z Is Pioneering a New Understanding of Truth
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-the-future-of-truth-steven-rosenbaum/
A Field Manual for Three Years on Deutsche Bahn
After years of regular business travel by Deutsche Bahn, here is the small library of habits, app picks, routing folklore, and survival gear that actually helps. Not a complaint piece.
Great list of apps, tips, and websites to make the experience of using DB suck less
Longreads
WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial]
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