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Best Article

Here Be Monsters

Three teenage boys decide to set sail after a night of drinking. They go missing for 51 days.

Michael Finkel GQ May 2011 35min Permalink

Best Article Crime World

The Harrowing Hours and Defiant Aftermath of the New Zealand Mosque Shootings

After the Christchurch mosque shootings, New Zealand was stunned to silence. But only momentarily.

Sean Flynn GQ Oct 2019 30min Permalink

Best Article Science

The Squid Hunter

An obsessive marine biologist gambles his savings, family, and sanity on a quest to be the first to capture a live giant squid.

David Grann New Yorker May 2004 45min Permalink

Tech World

Why Silicon Valley Billionaires are Prepping for the Apocalypse in New Zealand

How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific

Mark O'Connell The Guardian Feb 2018 25min Permalink

Crime Tech

Kim Dotcom: From Playboy Entrepreneur to Political Firebrand

A profile of the Megaupload founder, who has started a political party in New Zealand as the U.S. continues to fight for his extradition.

Carole Cadwalladr The Observer Aug 2014 20min Permalink