Diversion

Collected articles from travels around the internet

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Netflix’s new true crime doco shows the depths of rape culture in small-town USA

Roll Red Roll is a brutal, painfully illuminating documentary on the Steubenville High School rape case, a shocking crime that made headline

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A Battle with My Blood

When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.

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The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?

The long read: A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist. Could they be right?

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Meet the Italian 'Fruit Detective' Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Ta

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growi

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https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2017/10/why-you-hate-contemporary-architecture

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Why Britain doesn’t build - Works in Progress

The history of attempts to reform planning in Britain is proof that political willpower is not enough: you need to be smart, not just brave.

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Lifers, Dayjobbers, and the Independently Wealthy: A Letter to a Former Student

Written by Max Alper Last year, a private student of mine had gotten in touch with me via email at around 3 AM. I had known this student fo

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How the loneliness crisis is fueling "stan culture"

Is our obsession with celebrities the consequence of our wilting friendships?

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https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-11-2021/in-a-captured-state

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https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/03-07-2022/no-miracle-baby-to-see-here

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Campaign | Film | NZ On Screen

Campaign - In 1996 Tony Sutorius got his hands on a new digital video camera, days before an election campaign began in Wellington Central.

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curious. anyway,

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Transforming Trees Into Skyscrapers

In Scandinavia, ecologically minded architects are building towers with pillars of pine and spruce.

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The people who have no voice inside their head

Inner speech, self-talk, internal monologue – we unpack the psychology of our thoughts

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Close your eyes and picture someone you love. Easy, right? For Kate McCarten, it's an impossibility.

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Jeff Bezos 1997 Interview

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From the Vault: Hugh McIlvanney on Johnny Owen’s last fight

Hugh McIlvanney, who wrote for the Observer for more than 30 years up to 1993, has retired aged 82. In September 1980 he reported from Los Angeles on the tragic end to Johnny Owen’s challenge for the world bantamweight title