The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist
A profile of the climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, dubbed Spider-Man by the French press, who describes robbery as an act of imagination.
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A profile of the climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, dubbed Spider-Man by the French press, who describes robbery as an act of imagination.
Jake Halpern New Yorker Jan 2019 30min Permalink
How a retired Swiss banker ended up behind bars in Thailand for uncovering a scheme that included the Malaysian prime minister and billions of in laundered money that was spent on everything from parties with Paris Hilton to backing for The Wolf of Wall Street.
Randeep Ramesh The Guardian Jul 2016 25min Permalink
Próspera was supposed to be a privatized, Silicon Valley-funded paradise—but it’s a hard sell for the neighbors.
Ian MacDougall, Isabelle Simpson Rest of World Oct 2021 30min Permalink
A Denver businessman’s revolutionary green energy company turned out to be nothing but a Ponzi scheme built to fund a lifestyle of booze-soaked hotel orgies with flown-in prostitutes.
James Carlson 5280 Jul 2011 25min Permalink
An investigation into the Dr. Anthony Bosch and his “East Coast version of BALCO,” which allegedly supplied baseball stars Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera and others with performance-enhancing drugs.
Tim Elfrink The Miami New Times Jan 2013 20min Permalink
The singer is more uncompromising than ever.
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jun 2018 20min Permalink
The only question is which Republican will benefit from his largesse.
Jason Zengerle New York Sep 2015 25min Permalink
The CEO is 32. The CFO is 28. Their startup is the second-largest burger chain in the country.
Devin Leonard Businessweek Jul 2014 15min Permalink
The polar icecaps are melting. Is it OK to have a child? Australia is on fire. Is it OK to have a child? My house is flooded, my crops have failed, my community is fleeing. Is it OK to have a child? It is, in a sense, an impossible question.
Meehan Crist London Review of Books Mar 2020 35min Permalink
How the world’s biggest casino ran out of luck.
Michael Sokolove New York Times Magazine Mar 2012 25min Permalink
All violence is not like all other violence. Every Jewish death is not like every other Jewish death. To believe otherwise is to revive the old typological thinking about Jewish history, according to which every enemy of the Jews is the same enemy, and there is only one war, and it is a war against extinction, and it is a timeless war.
Leon Wieseltier The New Republic May 2002 15min Permalink
Baba Ramdev renounced the material world twenty-three years ago to become a Hindu ascetic. Now he’s on TV selling toothpaste, instant noodles, and toilet cleaners and the company he is believed to control is poised to become the biggest consumer goods seller in India.
Ben Crair Bloomberg Business Mar 2018 15min Permalink
A story of gambling addiction, in seven parts.
Jay Caspian Kang The Morning News Oct 2010 Permalink
On the star who is re-writing the rules for the next generation.
Jacqueline Woodson Vanity Fair Mar 2018 15min Permalink
The newsletter service is a software company that, by mimicking some of the functions of newsrooms, has made itself difficult to categorize.
Anna Wiener New Yorker Dec 2020 20min Permalink
The true believers won’t stop until they’ve remade the world.
Paul Ford Businessweek Mar 2018 10min Permalink
“The FBI man knocked on Kerri Rawson’s door 10 years ago Feb. 25.”
Roy Wenzl The Wichita Eagle Feb 2015 20min
Too much has been lost already. The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone.
Jonathan Zittrain The Atlantic Jun 2021 25min Permalink
The story of the Norway massacre, as told by the survivors.
Sean Flynn GQ Aug 2012 40min Permalink
Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
Ross Andersen The Atlantic Jul 2020 30min Permalink
A profile of the diva who is proving that drag is entertainment for everyone.
Caity Weaver GQ Nov 2017 15min Permalink
America’s poet laureate of the dick joke is taking it all in stride.
Sam Schube GQ Jul 2020 20min Permalink
A report from ringside in Spain.
Ernest Hemingway The Toronto Star Oct 1923 15min Permalink
Inside the National Quarantine Center, there Is no fear of Coronavirus.
Tom Chiarella Esquire Mar 2020 30min Permalink
How COVID-19 is changing the American restaurant industry.
Jordan Ritter Conn The Ringer Apr 2020 25min Permalink