Longreads
149 articles in the TruthFoundry index. Each links out to the original.
- Mathematician Terence Tao discusses AI impact on mathematical practice · Terence Tao describes AI eroding the human insight core of mathematics work.
- Adult children curate elderly parents social media to reduce harm · Concerned adult children actively manage elderly parents' social media accounts.
- Women now represent 75% of recent mortuary program graduates · Female enrollment in mortuary programs rose from 5% to 75% over four decades.
- Longreads releases weekly curated top 5 longform article list · Longreads published its weekly top 5 longreads roundup for October 30 2026.
- Historic Route 66 land being converted into AI data centers · Writer Jesse Wright reflects on Route 66's transformation amid data center construction.
- Estranged father recovering from cancer proposes border road trip in China · An estranged daughter joins her post-cancer father on a road trip along the China-North Korea border.
- Dark Nutrition movement rejects mainstream diet guidance for self testing · Dark nutrition followers use personal self-experimentation instead of broad nutrition research.
- Jim Morrison completed first Everest north face ski descent after personal tragedy · Climber Jim Morrison achieved first Everest north face ski descent following multiple family deaths.
- Monica Seles stabbing essay examines modern athlete dehumanization · Author reflects on Terrence Doyle's essay about the 1993 Monica Seles tennis stabbing
- Maggie Shipstead describes her non-monogamous reading approach · Author Maggie Shipstead explains reading multiple books simultaneously.
- Wikipedia pages are deleted when editors judge subjects not notable · Wired reports on individuals having their Wikipedia pages removed over notability rulings.
- Journalist Snigdha Poonam targeted by literary author scam · Fraud reporter Snigdha Poonam was targeted by a scam targeting published authors.
- James Bridle Critiques AI Limitations Using Chair Design Analogy · James Bridle argues current extractive AI lacks embodied real world experience.
- Eurovision Political Double Standards Examined Amid Gaza Conflict · Author contrasts Eurovision's differing treatment of Russia and Israel during active conflicts.
- Investigation exposes predatory Dominican MLB recruitment linked to David Ortiz · Reporter details exploitation of young Dominican baseball prospect Belfi Rivera.
- Arundhati Roy publishes critical essay on artificial intelligence risks · Arundhati Roy released a critical essay examining cultural risks of artificial intelligence.
- Trans author Lane Michael Stanley reflects on male social norms post transition · Lane Michael Stanley examines changed interactions with straight men after gender transition.
- 6000-year-old palmero date harvesting tradition faces extinction as US sales rise · Skilled palmero workers maintain an ancient endangered hand date harvesting tradition.
- Stafford Virginia McDonald's ranked sixth worst in the United States · Author explores the sixth worst ranked McDonald's location in Stafford, Virginia.
- John Berger's work on attention guides modern digital distraction crisis · John Berger's writing on observation offers context for the modern attention crisis.
- Obsolete US dams block fish migrations, removal movement expands · Ben Goldfarb examines dam removal efforts to restore US fish migration routes
- Longreads Questionnaire Profiles Journalist Jasper Craven · Freelance reporter Jasper Craven discusses military masculinity and his life in this interview.
- Jane Doe receives violent death threats after Cornell Seven case doxing · Accuser Jane Doe faced lethal threats after her personal details were leaked online.
- Southern gothic account of unsettling father-son camping trip encounter · Paul Rankin recounts a tense strange encounter during a father-son camping trip.
- Survivors navigate mixed emotions after abusive partners die by suicide · Article explores conflicting grief for survivors whose abusers committed suicide.
- Vegan Activists Board Ship to Expose Antarctic Krill Trade · Author Gordon Peake joins vegan activists on a ship to investigate the billion-dollar Antarctic krill supplement industry.
- Melanie Challenger argues modern technology is deskilling the human body · Author Melanie Challenger claims modern technologies erode human embodied physical skills.
- Tree ring research refutes myth of untouched pre-colonial North American wilderness · Dendrochronology confirms Indigenous peoples shaped North America before European colonization.
- Essay Explores Mütter Museum Exhibits And Personal Grief Context · Daniel Barnum reflects on the Mütter Museum alongside personal life and job search.
- Reporters Launch Private Schools in Arkansas, West Virginia, and North Carolina · ProPublica reporters successfully opened private schools in three states with minimal oversight requirements.