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r/indepthstories • u/grebfar • Dec 01 '18
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r/indepthstories • u/ReadyFondant2 • 1d ago
The Truth About Bill Gates, Microsoft, and Jeffrey Epstein | Strong evidence pointing to their relationship beginning decades prior to 2011 continues to be covered up by the media—not necessarily to protect Bill but to protect Microsoft
unlimitedhangout.comA lot more then he told us about hanging out with Jeff terrific Guy Epstein
The Bill & Melinda GatesFoundation has covered up the fact that Epstein met with Gates Foundation and Founder Bill terrific guy Gates more then 30 times yes on the island 🏝️ on trips to Africa it goes deep💯🤔💨🔥🖕
r/indepthstories • u/jk_arundel • 3h ago
Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
notus.orgr/indepthstories • u/TheObserverUK • 10h ago
Beautiful lies: the AI influencers promising to make middle-aged women young again – at a price
observer.co.ukr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 1d ago
A homeless man was charged with a felony for camping
npr.orgr/indepthstories • u/propublica_ • 2d ago
Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults.
propublica.orgr/indepthstories • u/conuly • 5d ago
In Texas Schools, a Crisis of Arrests of Kids as Young as 10
texasobserver.orgr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 5d ago
People in Many Countries Now View China More Positively Than the U.S.
pewresearch.orgr/indepthstories • u/_fastcompany • 5d ago
With environmental regulation in retreat, startup brands are finding they can profit by selling clean water, clean air, and more to the rich
Clara Sieg found inspiration in birds. A venture capitalist with a history of backing consumer-facing brands, Sieg had been increasingly concerned with the consequences of drinking polluted water. So last year she founded a “perfectly pure” bottled water brand—one that draws water from a spring; purifies it to filter out microplastics, forever chemicals, lead, pesticides, and other contaminants; and sells it in slim glass bottles that are entirely polymer-free but for the thin lining inside their aluminum twist tops. She named her company Loonen because, she likes to explain, the presence of a loon serves as a signal that a lake ecosystem is healthy.
In looking to avian welfare as a bellwether for human wellness, Sieg is following in the great tradition of Rachel Carson, whose landmark 1962 book Silent Spring raised the alarm about petrochemical-based pesticides by highlighting their role in the decline of robins, warblers, swallows, and, pointedly, bald eagles, an emblem of American freedom and ferocity. “Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of birds, and the early mornings, once filled with the beauty of bird song, are strangely silent,” Carson wrote in an oft-quoted passage.
But that’s where the similarities end. Carson’s poetic lament had such great emotional resonance that it led to the banning of the pesticide DDT and newfound public awareness about the importance of environmental protection. Sieg, though she speaks confidently about regulation of forever chemicals on wellness podcasts, is focused on moving cases of her prestige water brand. On Amazon, a pack of six 750 mL Loonen bottles—each equivalent to three 8-ounce glasses—sells for $35.
“We believe Loonen is part of the solution, not the whole solution,” Sieg tells Fast Company. “Water regulation and infrastructure is a big, hard problem, and changing it requires slow, structural work. We are a tiny team, and we are not under any illusion that we will fix the underlying system on our own.” Loonen, she says, is a way to deliver on the need for “practical solutions now.”
Microplastics, forever chemicals, lead: We live in a toxic world, Loonen suggests, and the only timely fix is to buy your way out. The company exemplifies a playbook befitting the current moment, in which consumer anxiety about wellness is at a fever pitch and government oversight of the water we drink and the air we breathe is at a new low. What better way to meet the moment than repackaging what should be a human right into a virtue-signaling luxury brand?
This new consumer model is relatively simple:
Identify an underregulated part of consumers’ lives, where invisible contaminants lurk. Create a “clean” product that reduces consumer exposure to said contaminants. Wrap the product in an aspirational brand. And lastly, disparage your competition as backward and unsafe. If you follow the playbook correctly, you’ll cash in. But often, nothing systemic will change. The dirty truth is that “adding to cart” is far easier, for consumers and for brands, than policy transformation of the kind that Carson’s allies once pursued.
r/indepthstories • u/Sad-Understanding460 • 6d ago
Investigation into the politically connected Afghan money-laundering group behind London gift shops
the-fence.comr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 6d ago
How often do laws do what they’re designed to do?
construction-physics.comr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 8d ago
Paths carved into boreal peatlands for oil and gas exploration could be speeding up climate change
cbc.car/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 8d ago
We’re Thinking About Darkness All Wrong
harvardmagazine.comr/indepthstories • u/RawStoryNews • 9d ago
Teacher targeted by vicious right-wing hate now hailed for 'saving lives'
rawstory.comr/indepthstories • u/Effective-Dish-1334 • 8d ago
The Great Library of Alexandria: What Really Happened to the World's Greatest Collection of Knowledge?
thehistoricalinsights.pager/indepthstories • u/thexylom • 8d ago
Climate-Impacted Communities Across Asia Are Taking Their Fight To Court
thexylom.comr/indepthstories • u/bloomberg • 8d ago
1,000 Days of War and Upheaval That Reshaped the Middle East
bloomberg.comFrom the ashes of October 7 to air strikes on Iran, 1,000 days of chaos are shattering the Middle East.
r/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 9d ago
My Pet Rabbit Lost Her Companion. Then She Went Speed Dating.
harvardmagazine.comr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 10d ago
Lake Powell is on life support as the West vies for what water remains
azcentral.comr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 10d ago
What a Monopoly importer learned when it tried to make things in the U.S.A.
npr.orgr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • 10d ago
What the wounds are telling us
europeanpressprize.comr/indepthstories • u/bloomberg • 10d ago
The Shattering of the Middle East’s Most Unlikely Friendship
bloomberg.comIsraeli tech titan Eyal Waldman and Palestinian tycoon Bashar Masri were best pals. The Hamas attack and Israel’s response made them bitter enemies.