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Washington, D.C. had its own godfather: Jimmy Lafontaine. But his notoriety didn't come from murder or the illicit selling of drugs and alcohol. Lafontaine was the "gentleman gambler,” best remembered for his charity. #DCHistory https://t.co/TaU9BdrJ67 Washington, D.C. had i…


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In 1979, thousands of farmers from across the country made their way into D.C. to lobby Congress for an increase in crop prices and greater influence over agricultural policy. ...and they brought their tractors with them. #DCHistory https://t.co/axdUfRJvgc In 1979, thousands…


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It's not everyday that a congressman commits cold-blooded murder in Lafayette Square. #DCHistory #LafayetteSquare https://t.co/x8hedeDZ8W It's not everyday that a congressman commits cold-blooded murder in Lafayette Square. #DCHistory #LafayetteSquare …


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Friday, February 04, 2022

There was once a time when D.C. residents desired turtles. Not for companionship, but for consumption, in one of D.C.'s long lost delicacies: terrapin soup. #DCHistory https://t.co/dqow2zvJZX There was once a time when D.C. residents desired turtles. Not for companionship, b…


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Soon after he made the first trans-Atlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh's first stop back to America was in the nation's capital, where he was met with a rousing welcome. #DCHistory https://t.co/Zb4rpo0hko Soon after he made the first trans-Atlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh's…


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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Here are five stories that moved us this week, and the reasons why.

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1. The Betrayal

George Packer | The Atlantic | January 31st 2022 | 20,818 words

When the United States prepared to withdraw from Afghanistan last August — 20 years into its failed war — they fully expected Kabul to fall to the Taliban; they just didn’t expect it to happen so soon. At The Atlantic, George Packer reports on the hopelessly bureaucratic Special Immigrant Visa program and the Afghan allies that attempted to use it to flee their country, crushed in a sea of chaos and abject human suffering amid crowds desperate to flee Kabul at Hamid Karzai International Airport. This is a harrowing read; much is told through the eyes of those who fled and readers should be warned that some scenes will not be forgotten. The greatest tragedy, in addition to the many lives lost unnecessarily, is that it didn’t have to be this way: “No law required the U.S. government to save a single one—only a moral debt did,” writes Packer. Had the U.S. acted earlier and with much greater will and focus, they could have saved far far more than the 124 thousand they estimate to have evacuated: “Administration officials told me that no one could have anticipated how quickly Kabul would fall. This is true, and it goes for both Afghans and Americans. But the failure to plan for a worst-case scenario while there was time, during the spring and early summer, as Afghanistan began to collapse, led directly to the fatal chaos in August.” —KS

2. 10 Years Since Trayvon

Lindsay Peoples-Wagner, Morgan Jerkins | New York Magazine | January 31st, 2022 | 12,400 words

It’s been a decade since George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a brutal incident that incited a social movement. Black Lives Matter has since transformed from a hashtag into, as editors Lindsay Peoples-Wagner and Morgan Jerkins put it, “a cultural force that has reshaped American politics, society, and daily life.” In a special issue of New York Magazine, Peoples-Wagner, Jerkins, and a collection of outstanding contributors tell the story of BLM’s first 10 years. The project is a literal timeline, pegged to specific events: the killing of Eric Garner, the mass murder of Black parishioners at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, the release of Get Out, and much more. At various points, contributors branch off into essays, telling deeper stories about the controversies, symbols, and individual lives that have molded BLM’s legacy. This is an essential historical document and a creative triumph. —SD

3. He Spent 25 Years Infiltrating Nazis, the Klan, and Biker Gangs*

Paul Solotaroff | Rolling Stone | January 30th, 2022 | 7,976 words

Of the tens of thousands of words you’ve read about white supremacist hate groups over the years, the vast majority have been written from the perspective of people on the outside of those groups: journalists, researchers, the unlucky souls the groups terrorized. That’s what makes this profile so breathtaking. Scott B. (his real name, if not his full one) spent years as an FBI undercover agent bringing down various violent organizations from the inside, and gave Solotaroff access to his field notes and transcripts — which, in conjunction with a raft of corroborating interviews, paint a heart-pounding, devastating picture of just some of what this country is up against. Is there some self-mythologizing going on here? It’s impossible to say no. But reading how Scott managed to gain entry to venal outfits like the Atomwaffen and The Base, and what he saw once he’d done so, you realize that sometimes an anecdote isn’t memorable because of the teller. Sometimes it’s because even the barest facts show you how many monsters are lurking under the bed. —PR

*The vast majority of the pieces we recommend are free to read online. Occasionally, we will share a piece that requires a subscription when we strongly believe that piece is worth your time.

4. When Turtles Fly

Lauren Owens Lambert | bioGraphic | January 25th, 2022 | 2,984 words

It was a joy to read this story about far-reaching efforts to help the humble sea turtle. It’s depressingly obvious that their plight is our fault in the first place — Lauren Owens Lambert writes of dwindling numbers due to “habitat loss, coastal development, ship strikes, plastic waste, and climate change” — but hundreds of people are doing their best to rectify at least some of the damage. At Cape Cod, volunteers search the beach twice a day from November through December, for stranded turtles who didn’t migrate as the water temperature plummets. The animals must then be transported to rehab facilities and flying is the least stressful way to get them there. Enter Turtles Fly Too and its team of volunteer pilots. One such pilot is a dentist from New York, and I loved that Lambert details that he “doesn’t hesitate to cancel dental appointments, because, he says, ‘the turtles can’t wait’ and the clients understand.” Saving a plane full of turtles involves around five vans, a thousand miles, and four organizations. So read this story to restore some faith in humanity — and to picture hundreds of turtles hitching a plane ride down the coast. —CW

5. What Was the TED Talk?

Oscar Schwartz | The Drift | January 31st, 2022 | 4,757 words

Even at the height of the TED era, I’d never bought into the idea of a TED Talk — I could never get past the ridiculousness of it all: the thought leader du jour under a spotlight, pacing back and forth on stage, taking each step, serving up each line, even delivering each pause with emotion and passion. Their aim? To disseminate knowledge about the future of our world with other hungry minds, but also to share their bold ideas for how to be better, superior humans. (“The TED philosophy encouraged boldness of vision, but also denial of reality,” writes Schwartz. “As such, it was a magnet for narcissistic, recognition-seeking characters and their Theranos-like projects.”) I enjoyed Schwartz’s exploration of TED’s history and approach, and the rise and fall of the TED Talk, which had a very distinct format fusing interestingness with storytelling to create “inspiresting” content. —CLR



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The 2013 movie "American Hustle" dramatized the FBI's "Abscam" sting operation. But the real-life operation took place in a six-bedroom house on W Street. #DCHistory https://t.co/gxcM6yweNF The 2013 movie "American Hustle" dramatized the FBI's "Abscam" sting operation. But t…


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An antique (1918) streetcar on a fan trip passes by the McClellan Memorial as it heads south on to Connecticut Avenue from Columbia Road NW, circa 1961. This car is now in the National Capital Trolley Museum. https://t.co/gl5uTyWOaW An antique (1918) streetcar on a fan trip pa…


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In 1994, the Lincoln Theatre reopened for the first time in over 25 years. Its reopening, one local resident said, was the "key to the renaissance of U Street.” #DCHistory https://t.co/5ZbeYc5Or0 In 1994, the Lincoln Theatre reopened for the first time in over 25 years. Its …


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Thursday, February 03, 2022

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“Aint he the buttin-est sheep you ever saw?” In the 1910's, two herds of sheep were brought in to Washington, D.C. and grazed amongst the nation's most treasured monuments. #DCHistory https://t.co/f4L3R03DwY “Aint he the buttin-est sheep you ever saw?” In the 1910's, two her…


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Frank Kameny was D.C.'s most influential gay activist in the 1970s. And in 1971, he became the first openly gay congressional candidate from Washington D.C. #DCHistory https://t.co/hnPj4MQ27O Frank Kameny was D.C.'s most influential gay activist in the 1970s. And in 1971, he…


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Today marks the anniversary of a little known event during the Second World War: the heroic sacrifice of four military chaplains who led soldiers and civilians to safety after a German U-boat torpedoed the SS Dorchester. #DCHistory #FourChaplainsDay https://t.co/4EHPdbf49I T…


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Take a look at this beauty of a map! Bought by Millard Fillmore on his travels around Europe after his presidency, it is a postal and travel map of Germany and the neighboring countries made in 1855. Take a closer look here: https://t.co/mIHB3DGUTp https://t.co/rGZt9ARH0b Tak…


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In 1969, nine persons broke into the offices of Dow Chemical, doused the furniture with blood, and heaved company papers out of a broken window. The culprits? Roman Catholics, dressed in clerical collars and black button-ups. #DCHistory https://t.co/esQiv9A5Jm In 1969, nine …


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Today in History - February 3 https://t.co/1PP2Oemckd On February 3, 1880, Theodore Roosevelt wrote in his diary about his "sweet life," the young Alice Lee of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, who ten months later would become his wife. Continue reading. A group of American ar…


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Wednesday, February 02, 2022

On the morning of February 2, 1959, integration finally came to Virginia when four African American seventh graders began classes at Stratford Junior High School (today H-B Woodlawn). #VAHistory #ArlingtonVA https://t.co/zXPhhCiNrQ On the morning of February 2, 1959, integra…


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Despite being sold to Time Inc. for $20 million in 1978, the Washington Evening Star shut down for good in 1981, bringing the beloved afternoon paper's 128-year run to a close. #DCHistory https://t.co/GK9sQXMErQ Despite being sold to Time Inc. for $20 million in 1978, the Wa…


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The Unlikely Hero in George Saunders’ Short Story, ‘The Falls’

Short fiction? Yes! We’re trying an experiment. Read more stories.

Reading The Falls, a short story by George Saunders at The New Yorker, you’re privy to the self-centered thinking of two very different men on separate strolls around town. Morse is riddled with anxiety; a married father of two who second-guesses his parenting skills, his marriage, and every other thought. Cummings’ interior reel focuses on his as-yet-undiscovered greatness and the shock his family and local residents will feel when his greatness is finally revealed to all. But which of the two will rouse from their reverie to act when two young girls paddling in a canoe suddenly face danger? You’ll need to read the story to find out.

Morse was tall and thin and as gray and sepulchral as a church about to be condemned. His pants were too short, and his face periodically broke into a tense, involuntary grin that quickly receded, as if he had just suffered a sharp pain. At work he was known to punctuate his conversations with brief wild laughs and gusts of inchoate enthusiasm and subsequent embarrassment, expressed by a sudden plunging of his hands into his pockets, after which he would yank his hands out of his pockets, too ashamed of his own shame to stand there merely grimacing for even an instant longer.

…Morse, ha, Cummings thought, I’m glad I’m not Morse, a dullard in corporate pants trudging home to his threadbare brats in the gathering loam, born, like the rest of his ilk with their feet of clay thrust down the maw of conventionality, content to cheerfully work lemminglike in moribund cubicles while comparing their stocks and bonds between bouts of tedious lawnmowing, then chortling while holding their suckling brats to the Nintendo breast.

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The former Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Church, at 1st Street and Rhode Island Ave NW in Bloomingdale, is now the Mount Bethel Baptist Church, and it is on the market for $3.25 million. @BloomingdaleDC https://t.co/uJPYgoWyOi The former Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Church, a…


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Take a look at this set of 6 maps which depict the campaigns of the 45th Infantry Division in Europe during WWII. View all six maps here: https://t.co/rQqKRzc90x https://t.co/TdPaocC6tV Take a look at this set of 6 maps which depict the campaigns of the 45th Infantry Division…


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In 1918, the Tidal Basin Bathing Beach opened in Washington D.C. to great fanfare, providing relief from those humid summer days. There was one major problem though... the water was filled with sewage and wastewater. #DCHistory https://t.co/gsjzlyqNfv In 1918, the Tidal Basi…


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Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Today a spattering of stone ruins, Matildaville was once going to be a hub of commercial and trade activity. Few thought it would end up a ghost town, not least the man who conceived it: George Washington. #VAHistory #GreatFallsPark https://t.co/2zpnB8AcT8 Today a spattering…


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A PCC streetcar waits at the turn-around at Mount Pleasant and Lamont Streets NW, the end of the Route 40/42 line to Mount Pleasant. Early February 1959. https://t.co/w3Q96hgEh5 A PCC streetcar waits at the turn-around at Mount Pleasant and Lamont Streets NW, the end of the Ro…


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A Gunter's chain was a standard measuring tool used for surveying that was introduced in England in 1620. We have an example of the chain and a manuscript manual for its use in our collections! See full image here: https://t.co/SCvFZVII65 https://t.co/a2FR4JRX0u A Gunter's ch…


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In 1940, Arlington created its first professional police and fire departments. In those days, officers didn't have two-way radios, nor was there a dispatcher located in Arlington. And the sirens? They'd freeze in the wintertime. #ArlingtonVA #VAHistory https://t.co/EnOlNLR5cG …


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Today in History - February 1 https://t.co/FCpVRkjssu Poet and writer Langston Hughes, famous for his elucidations of black American life in his poems, stories, autobiographies, and histories, was born in Joplin, Missouri, on February 1, 1902. Continue reading. Victor Herbe…


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Lightness of Being: Remembering Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew via NASA https://t.co/ieMuixdmPO https://t.co/VGBdYzhCR9


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Today marks the beginning of Black History Month. On this day in 1960, the first sit-in demonstrations began in Greensboro, NC. Arlington, VA also had sit-in protesters—resulting in countless integrated stores in the region. #VAHistory #blackhistorymonth https://t.co/t5zLbTuLpv…


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Monday, January 31, 2022

Before he became a Dodger, Jackie Robinson used to play for the DC Senators. Even though his games included players who were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Robinson nevertheless remained the main attraction. #DCHistory #JackieRobinson https://t.co/vFZnlDsMfl Before…


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On this day, the Heurich Brewery closed in Washington, D.C., leading to a drought of homegrown breweries for decades. But after scoring historical records, one local brewer was able to recreate a DELICIOUS Heurich recipe. #DCHistory https://t.co/SQBtbU6lWs On this day, the H…


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Pete Seeger was one of America's most daring musicians. Interweaving social causes into his music and life's work, he frequently stirred up drama across the nation and even came close to imprisonment after being indicted by Congress. #DCHistory #PeteSeeger …


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Huddie William Ledbetter, a.k.a. "Lead Betty," was a folk and blues singer who cut a powerful 12-string guitar and sent his voice soaring through the air. But one Belly song cut straight through the heart of Washington D.C.'s rampant racism... #DCHistory https://t.co/XyOSZB9rqd…


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January 31 marks Jackie Robinson's birthday. Best known for breaking the colorline in baseball and his All-Star record, few are familiar with his run-in with the House Un-American Activities Committees #DCHistory https://t.co/mnDB5kvuzt January 31 marks Jackie Robinson's bir…


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The Ticking Clock of an Avalanche Rescue

Back in 2011, during an avalanche awareness course, I watched an avalanche filmed from a skier’s helmet GoPro. I remember it vividly: The skier whoops with joy as he swoops down a field of fresh snow before crying out in terror as that snow starts to crumble before him. He falls, white whirling round and round until it’s replaced with black, as he lies entombed under the snow. His cries become a whimper as he struggles to breathe, then, after an agonizing couple of minutes, a light appears, and his friend starts to dig him out.

In this article for GQ, Joshua Hammer explains that the increased popularity of backcountry skiing — combined with climate change causing more variable winters — has made avalanche rescue teams more valuable than ever. Hammer encapsulates the fear of an avalanche as he describes skier Joel Jaccar’s experience: the “immense weight of the wave as it plowed into his back, tearing off his skis, fracturing one of his vertebrae, and pummeling him down in the direction of the ground.” His rescue is one of several Hammer describes after witnessing the Air-Glaciers avalanche rescue team hone the skills that help them save lives with minutes to spare.

While the Air-Glaciers squads might train to face all manner of alpine calamity, it’s the threat of avalanche that haunts the high slopes of Valais with special significance. Every recreational skier and rescuer who has ever swooshed through Swiss backcountry lives in dread of them. “You hear that crack and the silence while nature holds its breath, waiting for the mountain to go,” one expert alpinist, who has lost several friends in avalanches and narrowly avoided being killed herself, told me. “Even the birds go quiet. You can feel your breath thundering in your ears.” 

Fluctuations in weather and wind influence how the fresh powder interacts with old snowpack. In 2019, the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research reported that approximately two to three times more snow than normal had fallen in the Swiss Alps that January. As the weather grows more erratic, and as the popularity of winter sports nudges skiers and snowboarders further from the crammed routes and into the backcountry, the risks are mounting. Over a four-day period in January 2021, off-piste skiers and snowboarders set off eight avalanches that left eight free-riders dead. “Valais is the center of it all,” Pierre Féraud told me.

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If it wasn't for Alan Lomax and the Archive of American Folk Song, there may not have been a Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie, or a Bruce Springsteen as we know them today. How did Washington, D.C. save folk music? #DCHistory https://t.co/IqDDkhrDMF If it wasn't for Alan Lomax and …


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Brewing has been part of D.C. culture since the 18th century, experiencing transformative changes in the production process and in D.C.'s drinking culture. But at one point D.C. also lost all homegrown breweries for decades. How? #DCHistory https://t.co/oZXGU9vZOS Brewing ha…


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Today in History - January 31 https://t.co/ezxaRNpkOB Major John C. Frémont, popularly admired for his mapmaking expeditions to the West, was court-martialed on grounds of mutiny and disobeying orders on January 31, 1848. Continue reading. Click here to search Today in Hist…


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Sunday, January 30, 2022

Over a century after the assassination of President Lincoln, production would return to Ford’s Theater, attracting many prominent political and social circles, along with a star-studded cast for its opening night. #DCHistory #OTD https://t.co/4qDZpqrlbp Over a century after …


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Alexander Shepherd helped to create the infrastructure of D.C., pushing the city forward for future builders. What happened to him? John Richardson’s book tells us about his legacy: #DCHistory https://t.co/xPmkRHOUv4 Alexander Shepherd helped to create the infrastructure of …


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The DC branch of the Ruby Foo’s chain opened in 1942 at 728 13th St NW. In 1950, cases of Ruby Foo’s matchbooks like this one caught fire in the rear of the restaurant, starting a blaze that resulted in injuries to 13 firemen. The club closed in the late 1950s. @chineseeater…


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#OTD in 1965, New York and D.C. went to war - on the basketball court. The rematch between two of the top high-school teams stirred attention to how high-school basketball impacts players' futures. #DCHistory #MDHistory https://t.co/9SZA2YP6Fa #OTD in 1965, New York and D.C.…


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Alexandria had been occupied during the Civil War by the Union; for George Alfred Townsend, their presence was less than welcomed. His work, "Campaigns of a Non-Combatant", tell us more on how he saw Alexandria: #VAHistory https://t.co/Mydan4oNzm Alexandria had been occupied…


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Edward and Hester Pickman’s D.C. wedding attracted many prominent figures; their honeymoon plans, however, were vastly different due to World War I happening in Europe. They still planned on going, just for a different purpose. #DCHistory https://t.co/vpJionVdFW Edward and H…


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