Something to tide you over

TLR runs into some tech issues đŸ˜©

March 31, 2025

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Hi 👋 

This won’t be our usual weekly list.

Beehiiv ran into some tech issues. I spent hours last Friday night working on the newsletter that was supposed to come out today. But when I checked Saturday morning, the draft was gone. It had reverted to a very early version, which virtually had nothing on it.

And because it was the weekend, the Beehiiv team took a while to respond to my ticket (understandably). But that also means that we’ve yet to fix the issue, and my near-final draft remains lost in the cyber-ether â˜č 

To tide you over, I’m sending some choice picks from the TLR archive—stories we’ve shared here before but which you might have missed. The newsletter has also grown quite a bit so I guess this is also a good time for our newer friends to catch up a bit!

So sorry for this and I promise to have our usual weekly sent over to you as soon as my draft is restored!

The Longform List

How the World’s Oldest Bank Brought a City to its Knees

Monte dei Paschi has been Siena’s benefactor since 1472. But, in recent years, a multibillion-euro scandal in pursuit of aggressive growth has dealt it a crushing blow

The Insulin Empire

Insulin transforms a sick body. It also has the potential to reconstitute our political economic realities.

Living With the Enduring Pain of Postcolonial Trauma

The lives of North Africans in France are shaped by a harrowing struggle to belong, marked by postcolonial trauma

The Bullet in My Mother’s Head

In 1987, she survived her own murder. Thirty-seven years later, a son investigates the mystery that defined his life before it even began.

Nazi Science Is Still Haunting Anatomy and Fueling Conservatives’ Worst Anti-Abortion Arguments

In 1941, Charlotte Pommer graduated from medical school at the University of Berlin and went to work for Hermann Stieve, head of the school’s Institute ...

American Ghosts

Newlyweds move into a house with a secret, violent past rooted in American trauma. The untold story of one of the only purported cases of a supernatural entity being responsible for murder.

Turn Your Ideas Into Profit with a Book

At Lulu, you’ll find affordable, high-quality print-on-demand solutions that make book publishing easy, allowing you to grow your brand and audience while keeping 100% of your profit.

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Until next Monday! 👋

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