#sundayread for August 16, 2020

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My picks for #sundayread for August 16, 2020:
- I listened to Thomas Hardy’s “Jude the Obscure”: Other than the heartbreaking final twist, I couldn’t get into this Victorian-set melodrama
https://buff.ly/2FjpPcE - How the Pandemic Defeated America
By @EdYong209
#COVID19 #coronavirus - The Truth Is Paywalled, But the Lies Are Free
By @NathanJRobinson
(via @griner) - Ten years ago this week, what were our #sundayread recommendations?
https://bit.ly/39EJNtv - Profile of acclaimed photographer Burk Uzzle, youngest staff shooter for Life magazine
By Megan Dohm @thistleandsun - Boss of the Beach: The sordid underbelly of the New York lifeguard corps
By David @GauveyHerbert - Flashback: Y’all Connect – Bloggers share lessons from 2015 conference
https://itswa.de/1JdDdnD / https://itswa.de/1KJ5Ytf - The Girl from Plainville: Do words make her a murderer?
By @_JesseBarron - From 2018: Facebook’s Myanmar users attacked the Rohingya and other Muslims, but the platform did little to curb the hate speech.
By Steve @Stecklow
(h/t @Longreads) - Flashback: How I’m listening to improve my communication: An update
- The revealing and disturbing story of America, told through 20 years of reality dating shows
By @EmilyYahr - How @Goop’s Haters Made @GwynethPaltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million
By @TaffyAkner - The Stanford Prison Experiment was, is and always will be a lie.
By @BenZBlum
(h/t @Longreads) - From 2018: The Last Days of Blockbuster Video
By @JustinHeckert
(h/t @Longreads)
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