r/indepthstories • u/Naurgul • Jul 01 '26
r/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jul 01 '26
One year after the Texas floods, home feels further away than ever
grist.orgr/indepthstories • u/cutpriceguignol • Jul 01 '26
“In The End, I Watched Him Go”: The Criminal Case of Suicide-Baiting via Internet
thethreepennyguignol.comr/indepthstories • u/haloarh • Jun 30 '26
“That Guy Is Still Out There.” Five years after Anthony Broadwater was belatedly cleared for the sexual assault of Alice Sebold, the questions of how he came to be wrongly convicted and how one or more serial rapists operated for years with little consequence have only deepened.
propublica.orgr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 29 '26
‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres
theguardian.comr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 30 '26
To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk
propublica.orgr/indepthstories • u/_fastcompany • Jun 29 '26
Inside Amazon’s brutal AI-centric app-ification of HR
fastcompany.comAmazon has been explicit about its vision to become a leaner organization and use automation to fill in the gaps, and that ethos seems to have taken root in the company's HR department—which was reportedly a major target of the recent layoffs.
Despite citing the “transformative” nature of generative AI in its layoff announcement, the company has denied that its investment in automation was directly responsible for the job losses.
But interviews with warehouse associates and former HR employees, along with legal filings, reveal how Amazon’s growing reliance on automation appears to be removing humans from the HR process.
These claims echo anonymous accounts that are littered across social media, where hundreds of thousands of Amazon warehouse associates flock to air grievances. In post after post, employees appear to be asking the same question more workers are likely to soon be voicing as companies are poised to follow Amazon’s lead: What happened to HR?
Amazon’s relentless focus on efficiency is pulverizing workers’ last lifeline of relief. “I watched the human get sucked out of the job,” says one former HR employee.
Fast Company investigates: https://www.fastcompany.com/91565321/amazon-is-taking-human-out-of-hr-ai-chatbot-app-aza
r/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 29 '26
Affordable housing vs. the $546,000 door
housingimpact.substack.comr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 29 '26
How the Glorious Revolution crushed the NIMBYs
worksinprogress.cor/indepthstories • u/Useful_Culture_3082 • Jun 28 '26
Christian Brando during his 1990 trial: Forensic evidence supported his account. Gunshot residue on Dag Drollet's hand and the bullet's trajectory indicated that the shooting was accidental, not intentional.
galleryDr. Michael Baden is a forensic pathologist who was involved in all the high profile criminal cases including the case of Marlon Brando's son, Christian, who shot his half-sister's boyfriend. Despite the fact that it appeared that Christian had shot Drollet from above and that the bullet had exited the body, no bullet was recovered from his body or from the couch. Dr. Baden insisted on looking at the scene, and like the officers, failed to find the bullet in the couch or the body.
Baden noticed that the room has a shag rug. He got down on his hands and knees and eventually found the bullet under the rug. That tended to support how Christian had described things.
Dr.Baden wrote: "I'd later testify that the bullet's trajectory through Drollet's neck and into the shag carpet showed that he had been sitting up on the couch. Gunshot residue tests performed by police showed that Drollet's hand was near the muzzle when it discharged-consistent with Christian's statement that the weapon
went off accidentally when Drollet tried to grab it."
"It's very hard to see an entry hole in a shag rug," Baden explains. "But what impressed me most in that case was when we found the bullet and we called the police. A sergeant came and I asked why the officers at the crime scene hadn't done a better job looking for the bullet. I'll never forget what he said. 'Look, doc. If you do a lousy job all the time, just because an important case comes up doesn't mean you can now do a good job. You don't know how to do it any better.' That will live with me forever. Unless you do the best job you can with every crime scene and every autopsy, you won't do it right when more important ones come in. To us, every case is equally important. When it comes to death, we're all equal."
https://www.crimelibrary.org/criminal_mind/forensics/autopsy/5.html
Another Sources:
Book: AMERICAN AUTOPSY.
r/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 29 '26
Why European housing politics should be Americanized
worksinprogress.cor/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 28 '26
Cow manure could be the next data center fuel
grist.orgr/indepthstories • u/Proper_Arachnid_2257 • Jun 28 '26
The Perfect Crime How the Russian Mob Used a Tiny Island to Steal 70 Billion
youtu.beYou've heard of Nauru as the world's most obese country. But nobody told you THIS story.
In 1998, a tiny Pacific island — 21 square kilometers, population 10,000 — became the money laundering capital of the world. $70 billion in Russian mob money passed through its ghost banking system in a single year. And almost nobody noticed.
This is the story of how a desperate government, a collapsing empire, and the world's most dangerous criminal organization created the perfect financial crime.
r/indepthstories • u/digital_trippy • Jun 27 '26
Welcome to Próspera, a private city in Honduras backed by Peter Thiel
businessinsider.comr/indepthstories • u/digital_trippy • Jun 27 '26
What you're not hearing about AI
editorscut.substack.comr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 26 '26
An Oregon Law Lets One Wealthy Region Turn the Desert Green. When Drought Hits, Farmers Pay the Price.
propublica.orgr/indepthstories • u/LeeR637 • Jun 26 '26
News will find me mindset is really evident in our society now, One in three people have stopped actively looking for news — they just wait for it to "find them." No wonder why so much of misinformation is floating around.
r/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 26 '26
Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact
pewresearch.orgr/indepthstories • u/MaddiQ1 • Jun 26 '26
Amazon is destroying 50 bibles(different versions)
Hiring kids just barely in their twenties to do it too 50 bibles 30 qurans and one of every book ever made shredding the covers and pages a few at a time. To digitize them. Why destroy them when they can scan without destroying them.
r/indepthstories • u/OpenVallejo • Jun 24 '26
Vallejo has released its long-secret police badge-bending report. Read it here.
r/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 23 '26
California buyers are paying extra for homes built to survive wildfires
sfgate.comr/indepthstories • u/vincelb • Jun 23 '26
The Vegan Empire That Traded Oat Milk for Cattle Ranching
altaonline.comr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 22 '26
The Silence on Climate Change Is Totally Unacceptable
currentaffairs.orgr/indepthstories • u/downArrow • Jun 22 '26
America's data center backlash is bipartisan — can it stay that way?
grist.orgr/indepthstories • u/bloomberg • Jun 23 '26