The Big Cow Con

Citrus thieves. Honey embezzlers. Raisin scammers. Fertilizer fraud. Detective Rocky Pipkin thought he had seen it all — until he discovered Arno Smit.


-The California Sunday Magazine

Faith, Family, and the American Farmer

For the past year, Elliot Ross has been photographing the world of farmer Jim Mertens. Inspired by the empathetic imagery of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration, Ross created an essay that examines the relationship between the farmer and the land, giving both characters equal focus in “The Reckoning Days.” The grains of wheat and the cracked palms of laborers are given the same attention, depicted in a mesmerizing palette of blues and yellows. “Society is generally removed from the processes in which bread and hundreds of other products reach our baskets,” Ross said. "We must protect, nurture, and celebrate the salt of the earth.”

-The Atlantic

24 Unusual Beaches You’ve Never Heard Of Before

Do you think that beaches are blasé tourist destinations with nothing unique or interesting to offer? Well, you’re only partly correct. Many of them are over crowded and boring, but none of the beaches we feature here will disappoint. A singing beach, a glowing beach, a beach with rainbow-colored sand — here are the most offbeat seaside destinations you’ll find on Earth.

-When on Earth

The Original Natural Born Killers

In the 1920s, two murderers were defended by science. The infamous case still echoes.

-Nautilus

Mort d’une incarnation du mal

Populaire dans les fictions des années 1980 et 1990, la figure du tueur en série est devenue obsolète.

-Le Devoir

Terry Border Makes Everyday Objects Come Alive

Artist Terry Border is one of those people who has a secret gift. He can take boring, everyday objects and make them come alive! In fact, his art can be appreciated for the clever thought behind it.

-My Modern Met

Against the cult of the pussy eaters

As a thoroughly modern straight woman, I understand the political allure of demanding that a man go down on me. To insist on sexual pleasure—empowering! To tell a man to put his face in my ostensibly shameful genitals—transgressive! The vision of a woman, at long last, being the one to authoritatively order a man to get on his knees? Yeah, I see how that might look like sweet, sweet sexual parity. But after many years and a wide variety of partners, I feel more and more a part of the sorority of women who are ambivalent on receiving oral sex.

-Fusion

New Jersey’s Deserted Mid-Century Motels, by Night

As the sun sets over southern New Jersey, the neon signs adorning the Wildwoods motels flicker into light. The motels, in all their over-the-top, brightly colored glory, have accommodated travelers since the 1950s. In their gleaming automobiles, tourists sped off the newly built Garden State Parkway to be welcomed by pools lined with plastic palm trees and car parks shaded with asymmetrical roofs.

-Atlas Obscura

Exploring Norway’s Stunning Terrain Like an Astronaut

Ole Marius Joergensen’s free time is pretty much nonexistent since the birth of his daughter. But last summer his girlfriend offered him three days off from his fatherly duties to do something for himself. He wanted to take a road trip but didn’t want to waste precious time so he traveled from his hometown just outside Oslo through the Fjords of western Norway. He brought along a friend—and a spacesuit.

-Slate

Interesting Psychological Facts You Probably Didnt Know

What goes on inside the human mind is some really tricky business. A lot of who we are, a lot of what goes on in our lives is because of how we’re wired as people. For all those times you’ve sat wondering why things are the way they are, here are 7 very interesting facts by ‘Interesting Psychological Facts’ that will get you thinking for a while.

-Mens XP

The secret lives of the Mafia hunters

The Mafia has been part of Sicilian life for generations, and so has the battle by police to arrest its leaders. The elite unit that goes after them is called the Catturandi - from the word meaning "to catch" - one of its officers told Max Paradiso about the shadowy world in which he works, and how he kept his job hidden from his girlfriend until she recognised his bottom on TV.

-BBC