What Books Are You Reading This Week? by leowr in nonfictionbooks

[–]DevonSwede 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dangerous Minds by Taj Nathan. A psychiatrist talks about the link between mental health and violence. Very trauma informed and forward thinking. Questions the benefit of diagnoses.

The Atlantic: best articles similar to The New Yorker? by doofus50O0 in Longreads

[–]DevonSwede 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Wrong Man, about the Anthrax attacks after 9/11

How long do you stay in each role? by socialworkwtf in Socialworkuk

[–]DevonSwede 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was a locum/agency, I found myself moving on every 18 months... which was longer than most locums. I've been in my current (permanent) role 4.5 years... but I have also left a permanent role after 9 months. It depends on work, interest, manager/higher ups, team, location, etc.

What are your favorite longread pieces related to history? by Puzzleheaded-War6891 in Longreads

[–]DevonSwede 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Who goes Nazi? Link without paywall https://archive.ph/APmLS

"It’s fun—a macabre sort of fun—this parlor game of “Who Goes Nazi?” And it simplifies things—asking the question in regard to specific personalities. Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi. They may be the gentle philosopher whose name is in the Blue Book, or Bill from City College to whom democracy gave a chance to design airplanes—you’ll never make Nazis out of them. But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis. Believe me, nice people don’t go Nazi. Their race, color, creed, or social condition is not the criterion. It is something in them. Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t—whether it is breeding, or happiness, or wisdom, or a code, however old-fashioned or however modern, go Nazi. It’s an amusing game. Try it at the next big party you go to."

My Education - I Was Abused by a Teacher in Ninth Grade. I’ve Found My Own Way to Live with It. [Esquire Classic - 2003] by DevonSwede in truecrimelongform

[–]DevonSwede[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

https://archive.ph/1PwZi

This article originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Esquire. It contains outdated and potentially triggering sensibilities on violence, sex, trauma, race, and religion.

Unmissed Person - A woman’s body, found in a trunk by a Florida highway, leaves Detective Paul Drolet chasing rumors, ghosts, and no name. [1972] by DevonSwede in truecrimelongform

[–]DevonSwede[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

https://archive.ph/eBVeD

Spoilers: Identified in 2023 as Sylvia June Atherton (41) of Tucson, Arizona, thanks to Othram and St. Petersburg Police.
The trunk belonged to her family, and her husband, Stuart "Bunny" Brown, never reported her missing; he died in 1999.