Author: Ricky

It has been a dozen days since the shocking death of the Los Angeles Lakers star. How do we talk about Kobe and his legacy on and off the court?

via “The Ugliness of Greatness”: A Kobe Bryant Reading List — Longreads

“Bangkok” Bangkok, Thailand. November 2019. (12 photos) This is Part 1 of my posts about Thailand, and Part 2 of my posts about my near month-long visit to Myanmar, Thailand and Singapore in November 2019.

via Bangkok, Oriental Setting — Etcetera Etcetera Etcetera

“Ten Navy sailors were killed and scores more were injured. It was the Navy’s worst accident at sea in 40 years.” And it was all avoidable.

via On Course for Certain Disaster — Longreads

Working the night shift on an intensive care unit, Suzanne Ohlmann brushes up against death, Jesus, and her biological father.

via An Addict, a Nurse, and a Christmas Resurrection — Longreads

Michael Shapiro returns to Israel after 35 years to visit a grave and find a country.

via Book of Lamentations — Longreads

Reporters Nina Martin and Renee Montagne go behind the scenes of their multi-part series on women who die in childbirth.

via How ProPublica and NPR Changed the Narrative About Maternity Care in America — Longreads

Michael Gillespie has automated a way to decrypt ransomeware, and he gives his code away for free just to help people in need.

via Meet Michael Gillespie, the Ransomeware Superhero of Normal, Illinois — Longreads