Culture Who's Checking In? How Gene Hackman's Death Exposes The Growing Crisis of Isolation. If someone as famous as Gene Hackman could go unnoticed, what does that mean for the rest of us? FOR TWO WEEKS their absence went unnoticed. Perhaps the mail piled up in the mailbox. Maybe unanswered calls went to voicemail. Small signs that something was wrong. But no one checked. By Devin Almonte • 4 min read
Oddities They Flooded Their Own Restaurant On Purpose Why fighting water with water might be smarter than it sounds There’s a restaurant just outside of Louisville, Kentucky called Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille. It sits right on the Ohio River, which sounds peaceful. Until that river starts to rise. As floodwaters rushed in, most of us would By Devin Almonte • 2 min read
