Sitemap - 2021 - Ory's Sunday Reads
Hardcore Honey: bell hooks Goes on the Down Low with Lil’ Kim - PAPER
The Design Legacy of Covid? It’s All Around You. - The New York Times
A Whale in the Desert – Tristan McConnell
The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá - The New York Times
Ten Questions for Khadija Abdalla Bajaber | Poets & Writers
Ranked: The 35 Vehicles With the Longest Production Runs
The Odor of Things, by Scott Sayare
Rick Rubin Does Nothing and Everything at Once - The Ringer
African Griot | Kamba Proverbs from Eastern Kenya - Boydell and Brewer
Freediving’s Alenka Artnik: Record Depths on Just One Breath
In Senegal, a Return to Homegrown Rice - The New York Times
Andy Jassy, Amazon’s New CEO, Enters the Ring | Vanity Fair
The Black Widow Bank Robber’s Web of Secrets
The Incredible Link Between Nature and Your Emotions - Outside Online
Renaissance Science – XXII | The Renaissance Mathematicus
The Craziest Sports Story of 2021 Is FC Sheriff - by Grant Wahl - Fútbol with Grant Wahl
Daril Cinquanta helped the FBI track fugitive Lawrence Pusateri - Deseret News
Litquidity Capital Is the Meme King of Wall Street
12 Predictions for the Future of Music - by Ted Gioia - The Honest Broker
Why Scientists Have Spent Years Mapping This Creature’s Brain - The New York Times
Remembering history with Kudzanai Chiurai’s library : New Frame
A story of Marsabit; a study of home
Facebook Groups for Sperm Donation Amid Shortage Benefit Ari Nagel, the Sperminator
How Billie the Dolphin Taught Her Flippered Friends to Bust a Move
Jim Casey: The Unknown Entrepreneur Who Built The Great UPS
Bush Baby — Illino: Truthful African Stories
Thank You for Algebra: Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
India’s met department – beyond the life and times of Anna Mani
Disney’s Snow White: The Risk That Changed Filmmaking Forever - Den of Geek
Most of the World’s Bread Clips Are Made by a Single Company - Gastro Obscura
Why the University of Florida gets a ~1% cut of Gatorade profits
Searching for Mr. X - The Atavist Magazine
The Secrets of The World’s Greatest Freediver
The African origins of the name of a black samurai
The Chinese Takeout Box is As American As Baseball and Apple Pie
The Freak Accident That Challenged Rehab Engineering
The little-known story of Serena Williams’ first endorsement deal
The Gradual Discovery of Glasses
From Lagos to Winchester: how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following
A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part I
From homeless to head of a sneaker empire, Jaysse Lopez is the ‘Sole Survivor’
The Data of Long-lived Institutions — Blog of the Long Now
The One-Eyed African Queen Who Defeated the Roman Empire
Supernatural - by Ian Leslie - The Ruffian
Glimpses of ‘Lost Tribe’ Jewish Communities in India and Myanmar
Biz Markie Wake: ‘Just a Friend’ Video Story, Ice-T, Bootsy
The indignity of being observed - Austin Kleon
Rain Boots, Turning Tides, and the Search for a Missing Boy | WIRED
Signature Moves With Sean Bankhead - The New York Times
Press Secretary Jen Psaki is Good At Mending Fences. Just Don't Call Her Nice. | Vogue
Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’
The Semiconductor Heist Of The Century
Last Resort, Part 1: A Nas Concert Goes Awry in Angola
Kali Letter #10: A Kitchen Of One's Own [Kenya]
Humble Waiter or Son of a King? A Royal Mystery Piques Spain.
Souvenir | Roseline Mgbodichinma – Isele Magazine
How the True Crime Junkies of Facebook Unmasked Tatiana Badra's Many Lives
Roger Federer’s Biggest Legacy? It Might Be His Billion-Dollar Brand.
The Dark Side of Chess: When Is a Grandmaster Not So Grand?
Esther Perel Is Fighting the “Tyranny of Positivity”
Deal Of The Century: How Michael Dell Turned His Declining PC Business Into A $40 Billion Windfall
Shipwrecked: A Shocking Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in the Deep Blue Sea
Grief and Conspiracy 20 Years After 9/11 - The Atlantic
How Big Beverage poured empty promises down our throats - Vox
Why Pakistani Mangoes Are Near-Impossible to Find in the U.S. - Eater
The Tao of Snoop Dogg - The New York Times
Sour milk by any other name would taste like home
Vettel's fuel sample failure: Why it happened and what comes next
Why It's Hard to Innovate in Construction - by Brian Potter - Construction Physics
Japanese Marathoner Was a Hero and a Cautionary Tale - The New York Times
A Bronx Tale: One Sperm Donor, 19 Siblings, and Six Decades of Secrets – Mother Jones
Where do African currencies get their names from?
Why People Feel Like Victims - Issue 99: Universality - Nautilus
Neckties Will Never Recover From the Pandemic - The Atlantic
How the President of the I.O.C. Made the Tokyo Games Happen - The New York Times
Review: “The World Is Not Enough” Explores the Failures That Made Ian Fleming | The New Republic
Why ‘care’ and the ‘scare’ are inseparable when you love someone | Aeon Essays
Condoms: global market value 2017-2023 | Statista
The Changing Face of London’s Indian Food Shops — GOYA
On Guard: Curtis McDowald Is Fighting His Way to the Top of the Fencing World | GQ
For Love or Money | History Today
This Little Light Of Mine – Doek!
Africa’s ancient scripts counter European ideas of literacy | Aeon Essays
How A Medieval City Dealing With The Black Death Invented Quarantine : NPR
Jam & Lewis Shaped Pop History. They’re Working on Its Future, Too. - The New York Times
Opinion | The Jeff Bezos Paradox
The ancient word linking Oman, Thailand and aboriginal Australia
It’s Dinner Time on the Space Station. Lobster or Beef Bourguignon?
Simone Biles Finds Her Balance
The Masters Review | “This Is For My Auntie Penzi Who—” by Idza Luhumyo
How teenager Joshua Mullins almost fooled Riot Games, Liquid, and TDK in a $42 million ruse
‘The Silicon Valley of turf’: How the UK’s pursuit of the perfect pitch changed football
She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away
Rochester, New York: The City Kodak Built
Smokin’ Cy DeVry Was the Original Tiger King
Life and Death on Stromboli Volcano, Lighthouse of the Mediterranean
Accidental Billionaires: How Seven Academics Who Didn’t Want To Make A Cent Are Now Worth Billions
The hero from the hill country. On Mahendra Singh Dhoni
What it Means to be Free | Bono Sigudu – Isele Magazine
The Han Twins. An identical twin lives in the shadow
There Is So Much You Don’t Know About Being a Fly - The New York Times
Issa Rae on Ending ‘Insecure,’ Rebooting ‘Project Greenlight,’ and More | Vanity Fair
A speed walker's Olympic obsession cost him his life - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com
My Bizarre Reign as New York’s King of “Virgin Russian Hair”
Early modern coffee culture and history in the Islamic world
Nairobi Nights – Hadithi Hadithi
Planet Airbnb: Brian Chesky's plan to conquer a reopened world
How the Harp Got Hip - The New York Times
'If the camel is fine, our life is fine.' But Somali camel herding is in jeopardy.
Fort Bragg Murders: String of Violent Deaths at U.S. Military Base - Rolling Stone
Fashion And Power: 'The African Lookbook' : Goats and Soda : NPR
Incubated Futures: What is a resilient chicken?
Inside the Knicks' secret attempt to lure Michael Jordan from the Bulls
The Woman Who Made Vincent van Gogh - The New York Times
Colonial Scholarship Application – rémythequill
The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food Is “Disgusting” | The New Yorker
The crazy, mysterious history of sports' most enduring gesture -- the high five
The Secrets of the World's Greatest Jailbreak Artist | GQ
Except for the Miracles | Olúfémi Táíwò
Trapped Aboard an Abandoned Cargo Ship: One Sailor’s Four-Year Ordeal - WSJ
The whitest paint is here – and it’s the coolest. Literally. - Purdue University News
The family with no fingerprints - BBC News
Sócrates – More Than A Footballer – Beyond The Last Man
A Grudge Match in Japan: One Corner, Two 7-Elevens - The New York Times
The Fasinatng... Fascinating History of Autocorrect | WIRED
“Sunrise, Sunset” | The New Yorker
Ali-Liston 50th anniversary: The true story behind Neil Leifer’s perfect photo.
Interview with Kenyan author - Nanjala Nyabola | The Republic
How Crying on TikTok Sells Books - The New York Times
How Amber Venz Box of RewardStyle Became an Influencer Whisperer
Clarion Magazine at Boston University
The John Patterson Kidnapping in Mexico - The Atlantic
Digital archives immortalize West African culinary and political history - sahelien.com | EN
BP created 'carbon footprint' as a devious, manipulative PR tactic
Jane Fonda on Love, Parenting, and Her Decades-Long Career in Hollywood and Political Activism
How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
The Lives of Others — The Atavist Magazine
Lewis Hamilton opens up about activism and life beyond F1 | WIRED UK
Touch is a language we cannot afford to forget | Aeon Essays
CVS Health CEO Karen Lynch has a big job: vaccinate America | Fortune
Is a Long-Dismissed Forgery Actually the Oldest Known Biblical Manuscript? - The New York Times
Inside the World’s Largest Free Kitchen
Excel Never Dies - Not Boring by Packy McCormick
Supply of Swab Tests for Covid-19 Rests on Embattled U.S. Company Puritan - Bloomberg
The daily grind - Works in Progress
Opinion | Why Grammy Winners Might Never Sound the Same Again - The New York Times
Why childhood and old age are key to our human capacities | Aeon Essays
How Daniel Kaluuya Makes His Characters Come Alive - The New York Times
Chess.com finds streaming success - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
The Last Cassette Player Standing | The American Conservative
'Suddenly, Liverpool was having a pint. Even more of a pint than normal'
Tomb of Joshua, Revered Prophet, Beckons Believers in Baghdad - The New York Times
The Most Amazing Bowling Story Ever - D Magazine
When Influencers Make Fools of Themselves - The New York Times
A biography of the penis in the animal kingdom | Aeon Essays
Harvesting My Father’s Mementos – Guernica
Sex Tapes, Hush Money, and Hollywood’s Economy of Secrets | WIRED
When Did Generic Grocery Brands Get So Good Looking? – Eye on Design
Lionel Messi, Barcelona and the Crippling Cost of Success - The New York Times
Origin Stories: D’Angelo | Red Bull Music Academy Daily
Amorphous D.J.'d His Way Through 2020 - The New York Times
The case for opsimaths. Maybe late bloomers aren't so late - The Common Reader
Chef Omar Tate’s Plans for Philly Go Well Beyond Food
The Extraordinary Trial of the Child Soldier Who Became a Brutal Rebel Commander
Nourin Mohamed Siddig: The African art of reciting the Koran - BBC News
Journey to the Center of the Earth | Outside Online
Cabin pressure: the turbulent history of flight attendants
How The Fugees Greatest Triumph, 'The Score', Became Their Swan Song
The Shocking Meltdown of Ample Hills, Brooklyn's Hottest Ice Cream Company | Marker
Glossary: Democracy | Lapham’s Quarterly
'Anumeric' people: What happens when a language has no words for numbers?
‘A managerial Mephistopheles’: inside the mind of Jeff Bezos | Technology | The Guardian
Every Man Gotta Right to Decide His Own Destiny
Marcus Rashford: the making of a food superhero | Marcus Rashford | The Guardian
How did the Elephant get its Trunk? | History Today
Dee Hock, the Father of Fintech - Net Interest
The Secret Formula — The Atavist Magazine
Food for Dissent, Resistance & Solidarity — GOYA
A Brief History of Peanut Butter | Innovation | Smithsonian Magazine
Nikki Giovanni, Finding the Song in the Darkest Days - The New York Times
Meet Virginia Apgar, the unlikely anesthesiologist who saved newborn babies
Asa Asika: The African Crossover Specialist - Afrobeats Intelligence
Curse of the Mummy | National Geographic
Bathroom Reading | Literary Review of Canada
Moxie Marlinspike Has a Plan to Reclaim Our Privacy | The New Yorker
Autopsy History | The Complete History of the Autopsy
To Miscarry A Country - Olongo Africa
Meet the Excel warriors saving the world from spreadsheet disaster
What If You Could Do It All Over?
Leading By Example: How Naomi Osaka Became the People’s Champion
The Art of Swahili Cooking - Hiistoriya
'Shattered': Inside the secret battle to save America's undercover spies in the digital age
The Ballad of Ron and Dorinda: A Prison-Break Love Story
The Appealing and Potentially Lethal Delicacy That Is Fugu
Super cubes: inside the (surprisingly) big business of packaged ice