Graeme Wood
Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. Lecturer, @Yale. Once upon a time: @perryworldhouse, @CFR_org, @newrepublic, @DeutschePostDHL.
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Clashes at ultra-orthodox Eurovision protest
Ultra-orthodox Jews in Jerusalem are angry that the contest was scheduled on the Jewish Sabbath.
5-HTTLPR: A Pointed Review
In 1996, some researchers discovered that depressed people often had an unusual version of the serotonin transporter gene 5-HTTLPR. The study became a psychiatric sensation, getting thousands of ci…
Graeme Wood
"This isn’t a research paper. This is a massacre."
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Hannibal Lecter’s Creator Cooks Up Something New (No Fava Beans or Chianti)
The “Silence of the Lambs” author Thomas Harris, overshadowed by the cannibal he invented, has kept a low profile for over 40 years.
Graeme Wood
Thomas Harris explains why Hannibal Lecter ceased to be a compelling character: nyti.ms/2VwVlX9 (profile by @xanalter) pic.twitter.com/hfpEasWcAd
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How Gangs Took Over Prisons
Originally formed for self-protection, prison gangs have become the unlikely custodians of order behind bars—and of crime on the streets.
World Champion Peter Dowdeswell drinking pint of beer upside down
Such a odd day. I was in Oxford and he was in the beer garden and said he would show us what he can do. Such a nice guy, gave me and my mate chips he said "y...
Graeme Wood
Here is Peter Dowdeswell, age 71, drinking a pint of beer upside-down at a rate that puts Bob Hawke to shame
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OK, Cupid?
Julia Friedman on a famous Vermeer painting made new.
Graeme Wood
I wish the person who decided to paint over a Vermeer hundreds of years ago were still alive so I could shame him on social media
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Graeme Wood
I wish the person who decided to paint over a Vermeer hundreds of years ago were still alive so I could shame him on social media
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Harvard’s Feast of Grievance
The Ronald Sullivan affair is about everything—and nothing.
Harvard’s First Black Faculty Deans Let Go Amid Uproar Over Harvey Weinstein Defense
Students in Winthrop House, where Robert S. Sullivan Jr. and his wife served as residential deans, had called for his resignation. Harvard chose not to renew their contracts.
Graeme Wood
Why would Harvey Weinstein want a lawyer -- however qualified -- who also had a job that required him to be extremely hostile to the rights of Harvey Weinstein?
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Game Of Thrones - Yemeni Hadrami Style (cover ) - موسيقى مسلسل صراع العروش بالشرح الحضرمي
Graeme Wood
Yemeni (Hadrami) cover of the "Game of Thrones" theme: youtu.be/z8Ivh_8uqQk via @hahellyer
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Remembering a Man Who Had the Thing Itself
Richard Todd was an editor at The Atlantic in the 1970s and ’80s. He died in April.
Graeme Wood
Cullen Murphy on Richard Todd: theatlantic.com/entertainment/… pic.twitter.com/iri010o8ru
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The Way of the Strangers by Graeme Wood | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The definitive account of the strategy, psychology, and fundamentalism driving the Islamic State, from the author of the groundbreaking Atlantic story “What ISIS Really Wants.” “Fascinating,...
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Graeme Wood
Out today in paperback: THE WAY OF THE STRANGERS, my book about ISIS and its supporters: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/531346/t… pic.twitter.com/uhClWAxP9D
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ISIS Lost the War. Now It’s Dangerous.
A Q&A with ISIS expert Graeme Wood on how the terrorist group is going global and why its self-styled caliph has reappeared.
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Graeme Wood
I had a great conversation with @tobinharshaw of @bopinion about the current state of ISIS
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‘Charismatic’ Aussie terrorist jailed
The leader of the so-called “tinnie terrorists” has been jailed for seven years over a 2016 plot to sail a tiny boat to the Philippines and join a jihadist group.
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Graeme Wood
Seven years for Australian ISIS propagandist Musa Cerantonio. Judge says Musa “intended to use his considerable gifts for evil, not good”. “As the leader and as the one who inspired them to join the agreement, (you) bear a much greater responsibility.”
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Parents of Babies Too Young to Vaccinate Feel Trapped by Measles Outbreak
The measles vaccine is not usually given to children until they are a year old. So some new parents are avoiding public places and anti-vaccine friends.
Graeme Wood
With friends like these, who needs bioweapons
nyti.ms/2IVqn9o pic.twitter.com/iHCoFf3Zn9
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The Greatest Poet Alive
The feral genius of Australia’s Les Murray
Graeme Wood
RIP Les Murray (1938-2019). Here’s James Parker in @TheAtlantic on the then-"greatest poet alive"
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Medieval people were surprisingly clean (apart from the clergy) – Katherine Harvey | Aeon Essays
People in the Middle Ages took great care over cleanliness – except the clergy, who accepted filth as a sign of devotion
Graeme Wood
“[Thomas à Becket's] goat-hair underwear was swarming, inside and out, with fleas and lice, masses of them all over in large patches, so voraciously attacking his flesh that it was a miracle that he was able to tolerate such punishment.” aeon.co/essays/medieva… via @aeonmag
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Religious Objections to the Measles Vaccine? Get the Shots, Faith Leaders Say
Devout parents who are worried about vaccines often object to ingredients from pigs or fetuses. But the leaders of major faiths have examined these fears and still vigorously endorse vaccination.
Graeme Wood
Most remarkable to me is that some of the non-vaccinating religious communities are correct in their beliefs about substances in vaccines. The misinformation is about *religious prohibitions*. That makes the problem much more durable
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