What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of July 27, curated by Slate writers and editors.
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Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of July 27.
- Senior editor Dan Kois likes …
“Cruise’s Oscar Years: One Decade. Three Nominations. Myriad Lessons.” by Mark Harris, Grantland
“This great Cruise piece is also an argument that the Oscars remain a superb lens through which to view Hollywood.”
- Photo editor Juliana Jiménez Jaramillo likes …
“Underworld” by Monte Reel, New Yorker
“A thorough rundown of how El Chapo built a drug empire with the help of the Sinaloa Cartel’s master tunnel builder … who was incidentally housed in the same prison that El Chapo escaped from last month. Nope, nothing suspicious there at all.”
- Staff writer Lily Hay Newman likes …
“Goodbye, Android” by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, Motherboard
“Excellent piece about how Android delivers security updates (aka doesn't).”
- Staff writer Jamelle Bouie likes …
“Coding and Decoding Dinner” by Todd Kliman, Oxford American
“This story on restaurants and integration is absolutely fascinating.”
- Future Tense research associate Jacob Brogan likes …
“Why The End of the Tour Isn’t Really About My Friend David Foster Wallace” by Glenn Kenny, the Guardian
“A personal and thoughtful consideration of Jason Segel’s David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour.”
- Slate contributor Felix Salmon likes …
“How 7 News Organizations Are Using Slack to Work Better and Differently” by Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab
“Apparently emoji are now a productivity tool.”