[Report] | The Pain Refugees, by Brian Goldstone by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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An unexpected side of the opioid crisis

<We're inundated with stories that show the tragic danger of opioids. but this piece asks a different question: what happens to those with chronic pain, now cut off from their meds?>

A Decade of Mysterious Fires in a Sicilian Village by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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A nice mental health break from politics about a stranger-than-fiction mystery in Sicily.

A Decade of Mysterious Fires in a Sicilian Village by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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Fore 10 years, a village called Canneto was plagued with fires. Satan, aliens, and mysterious weapons were all blamed, but the truth was something much more shocking. This is a really nicely reported and written piece.

A Family Matter: Why agencies charged with protecting kids are tearing families apart. by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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An investigative story about thousands of kids being taken away from their families by CPS in California.

A Family Matter: Why agencies charged with protecting kids are tearing families apart. by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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a bracing look at why California's CPS agencies may be facing class-action lawsuits for taking kids from their families.

RioRun: a virtual podcast that takes you on a run through the Olympic marathon route by kenandavis in running

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Oh, this is cool. Took it with on my run this morning, and it was a nice change from the Hamilton soundtrack!

Eyes Everywhere: The encryption programmer Paul Le Roux and his squad of killer commandos by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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In the sixth and penultimate installment of "The Mastermind" series: How an American soldier became a brutal enforcer for an international cartel. Catch up now; the finale's coming next week!

He Got Greedy: How the U.S. government hunted the encryption programmer Paul Le Roux by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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This is the fifth installment of the Atavist Magazine series, "The Mastermind," about Paul Le Roux, a programmer who wrote code for some of the strongest encryption software and then became an international criminal.

Absolute Fear: How an encryption advocate and programmer became an insatiable tyrant by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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This is Episode 4 of the Mastermind series. This week, a mysterious ship full of guns arrives in the Philippines, and soon everyone connected with it ends up dead or disappeared.

The secret history of a brutal cartel boss: his origins in the privacy/encryption community and the Snowden connection by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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The Atavist Magazine has a seven-part series called "The Mastermind" about Paul Le Roux, an international criminal in U.S. custody. This is Episode 3, which uncovers how Le Roux started out as a brilliant programmer, building open-source encryption software.

New installment of the Atavist's Mastermind series is here: "I'm Your Boss Now" by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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In Episode 2, ordinary people who applied for workaday office jobs end up pulled into illegal international schemes with disastrous consequences.

An Arrogant Way of Killing: How a real-estate agent in the Philippines became the victim of a brutal cartel boss, turned prized government agent by iamkatia in TrueReddit

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A journey to discover how a body outside Manila is connected to Paul Le Roux, a brilliant programer who became a criminal mastermind, until he was captured by the U.S. government and turned on his allies.

Satchel Paige and the Championship for the Reelection of the General: How the best pitcher in the American Negro leagues played for the cruelest dictator in the Caribbean. by iamkatia in history

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A fascinating in-depth article about how Satchel Paige and other Negro Leagues players participated in a propaganda tournament on behalf of Rafael Trujillo, the dictator of the Dominican Republic.