Michael Waters
Slate
Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands
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Why Would Anyone Bother Collecting Digital Baseball Cards?
It’s a heady blend of nostalgia, the thrill of opening a new pack, and a cryptocurrency investment opportunity. → Read More
If You Think Quarantine Life Is Weird Today, Try Living It in 1918
From atomizer crazes to stranded actor troupes to school by phone, daily life during the flu pandemic was a trip. → Read More
Asexuality Is Often Dismissed as an “Internet Identity.” But in Reality, “Aces” Existed Well Before They Could Log On.
We just have to know where in the archives of queer history to look. → Read More
The Terrifying Reasons We're Confronting The Chernobyl Disaster Right Now
Thirty-three years after the nuclear catastrophe that defined its name, Chernobyl has surged back into the popular consciousness. HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries, which dramatised the disaster and the Soviet government’s attempt to cover-up key details, is part of a string of major works that have revisited the... → Read More
The Terrifying Reasons We're Confronting the Chernobyl Disaster Right Now
Thirty-three years after the nuclear catastrophe that defined its name, Chernobyl has surged back into the popular consciousness. HBO’s Chernobyl miniseries, which dramatized the disaster and the Soviet government’s attempt to cover-up key details, is part of a string of major works that have revisited the Chernobyl catastrophe this year. In February, Adam Higginbotham reconstructed the… → Read More
The Funeral Directors Deployed To America's Deadliest Disasters
Last November, as wildfires ravaged the town of Paradise, California, Robert Vigil received an urgent call from the Department of Health and Human services (HHS). Local officials were racing to identify the remains of fire victims, and Vigil, who has spent 26 years as a funeral director in Yuma County, Arizona, was... → Read More
The Funeral Directors Deployed to America's Deadliest Disasters
Last November, as wildfires ravaged the town of Paradise, California, Robert Vigil received an urgent call from the Department of Health and Human services (HHS). Local officials were racing to identify the remains of fire victims, and Vigil, who has spent 26 years as a funeral director in Yuma County, Arizona, was needed on the scene. → Read More
How Hurricane Michael Revealed The Forgotten Victims Of Climate Change
Jose Herrada, an inmate at Florida’s Gulf Correctional Institution, first heard news about Hurricane Michael on the radio. Initially, Herrada thought little of it. Although the state of Florida had issued a mandatory evacuation order for nearby Panama City and surrounding areas, officials at Gulf CI hadn’t brought... → Read More
How Hurricane Michael Revealed the Forgotten Victims of Climate Change
Jose Herrada, an inmate at Florida’s Gulf Correctional Institution, first heard news about Hurricane Michael on the radio. Initially, Herrada thought little of it. Although the state of Florida had issued a mandatory evacuation order for nearby Panama City and surrounding areas, officials at Gulf CI hadn’t brought up the possibility of evacuating the prison’s 1,500 inmates. Herrada assumed that… → Read More
Anti-Wind Farm Activism Is Sweeping Europe And The U.S. Could Be Next
In September, the Netherlands counterterrorism unit the NCTV identified a new group threatening public safety: anti-wind farm activists.... → Read More
Anti-Wind Farm Activism Is Sweeping Europe—and the U.S. Could Be Next
In September, the Netherlands counterterrorism unit the NCTV identified a new group threatening public safety: anti-wind farm activists. → Read More
Video Game Memorials to Players Who Died Help Online and Offline Communities Mourn
These shrines—found in World of Warcraft, EVE Online, Guild Wars 2, and dozens of other games—reach far beyond the digital plots of land they occupy. → Read More
The outrageous scam of “free” tablets for the incarcerated
The devices are little more than an exorbitant paywall for education and communication. → Read More
Here is why calling your senator might be futile
Extremely outdated technology and zero policy mean calling your reps is often not as effective as we’d like it to be. → Read More
The era of presidential assassination by drone has arrived
An attempt on the life of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is the first. → Read More
Military bans fitness trackers for revealing defense secrets
Jogging is a trap. → Read More
Indoor cycling is rebranding as a media industry
Welcome to our fit new overlords. → Read More
Donald Trump’s Russian Collusion: The cast of characters
Because keeping track of everyone seems impossible. → Read More
We finally have data about the number of LGBT people in the military
Over 6 percent self-identify as LGBT. → Read More
The booming business of luxury chicken diapers
It’s Instagram’s fault. → Read More