Readup: Social Reading

The Boy Who Saved Batman
Pocket
How a teenage comic book enthusiast grew up to make one of the most iconic and successful movies to star his favorite super hero.
4 reads
11 min
2 comments
10
The Boy Who Saved Batman
Pocket11 min
How a teenage comic book enthusiast grew up to make one of the most iconic and successful movies to star his favorite super hero.
4 reads2 comments
10
Pocket
11 min
How a teenage comic book enthusiast grew up to make one of the most iconic and successful movies to star his favorite super hero.
4 reads
2 comments
10
Contenders
- # 1Upvote articles by reading them to completion.
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  1000 pts - Scout: TripleG
  Antibiotics and 6 other medications linked to disrupted gut microbiome
  ScienceAlertKatharine Lang11/1/256 min
  1 read0 comments
  10
  ScienceAlert
  Katharine Lang11/1/256 min
  1 read
  0 comments
  10
- # 312
  63 pts - Scout: monstertuck
  Child covid deaths leave devastated families as US reaches 500,000 deaths mark
  washingtonpostMarc Fisher, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Annie Gowen, Arelis Hernández, Lori Rozsa2/21/2118 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  washingtonpost
  Marc Fisher, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Annie Gowen, Arelis Hernández, Lori Rozsa2/21/2118 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 408
  62 pts - Scout: jeff
  The Man Who Reads 1,000 Articles a Day
  superorganizers.substack.comDan Shipper10 min
  7 reads6 comments
  9.7
  superorganizers.substack.com
  Dan Shipper10 min
  7 reads
  6 comments
  9.7
- # 58
  60 pts - Scout: TripleG
  Is coffee good for your memory? A Harvard brain expert shares how she gets the most out of its health benefits
  CNBCDr. Uma Naidoo2/15/223 min
  4 reads2 comments
  10
  CNBC
  Dr. Uma Naidoo2/15/223 min
  4 reads
  2 comments
  10
- # 408
  60 pts - Scout: Shemp
  Latest woes for Boeing's grounded 737 Max: Predatory falcons and pigeon corpses
  latimes.comRichard Read2/19/206 min
  3 reads1 comment
  9.5
  latimes.com
  Richard Read2/19/206 min
  3 reads
  1 comment
  9.5
- # 48
  60 pts - Scout: bartadamley
  Deliberate Ignorance
  Perspective AgentsChris Perry2/22/229 min
  3 reads0 comments
  10
  Perspective Agents
  Chris Perry2/22/229 min
  3 reads
  0 comments
  10
- # 344
  60 pts - Scout: marius
  Are Isochronic Tones Safe, Do They Work or Are They a Scam?
  Mind Amend6/9/1625 min
  1 read1 comment
  7.0
  Mind Amend
  6/9/1625 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  7.0
- # 323
  60 pts - Scout: deephdave
  When in doubt, pass the blame
  Shaktian SpaceShakti Shetty2/22/219 min
  2 reads1 comment
  10
  Shaktian Space
  Shakti Shetty2/22/219 min
  2 reads
  1 comment
  10
- # 413
  59 pts - Scout: Alexa
  Is Patriarchy Too Big to Fail? | Laurie Penny
  The Baffler2/11/2011 min
  7 reads6 comments
  8.6
  The Baffler
  2/11/2011 min
  7 reads
  6 comments
  8.6
- # 270
  58 pts - Scout: bill
  The Great Gay-Jewish Poetry Brawl of 1829
  The New YorkerAlex Ross2/5/2110 min
  2 reads1 comment
  9.0
  The New Yorker
  Alex Ross2/5/2110 min
  2 reads
  1 comment
  9.0
- # 267
  57 pts - Scout: bartadamley
  Eric McLuhan: Media Revolution Points to a Renaissance
  Radical Extramentality4/5/0916 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  Radical Extramentality
  4/5/0916 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 273
  57 pts - Scout: deephdave
  Claude Shannon
  www1.ece.neu.edu15 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  www1.ece.neu.edu
  15 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 412
  57 pts - Scout: chrissetiana
  Overcome Impostor Syndrome: What to Do When You Feel Like a Fraud
  lifehacker.comKyle Eschenroeder10/28/1416 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  lifehacker.com
  Kyle Eschenroeder10/28/1416 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 280
  57 pts - Scout: vunderkind
  Why I want to punch Baby Yoda
  The Science of FictionMaddie Stone12/19/204 min
  4 reads1 comment
  10
  The Science of Fiction
  Maddie Stone12/19/204 min
  4 reads
  1 comment
  10
- # 352
  57 pts - Scout: marius
  The Latino wealthy — a new breed
  latimes.comAL MARTINEZ8/26/2020 min
  1 read1 comment
  8.0
  latimes.com
  AL MARTINEZ8/26/2020 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  8.0
- # 381
  56 pts - Scout: bill
  An Unsettling New Theory: There Is No Swing Voter
  POLITICO24 min
  1 read1 comment
  7.0
  POLITICO
  24 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  7.0
- # 290
  56 pts - Scout: Alexa
  The battery invented 120 years before its time
  BBC NewsAllison Hirschlag8 min
  2 reads1 comment
  10
  BBC News
  Allison Hirschlag8 min
  2 reads
  1 comment
  10
- # 301
  56 pts - Scout: SEnkey
  How Private Equity Buried Payless
  The New York Times CompanyNeil Irwin1/31/2021 min
  2 reads1 comment
  8.0
  The New York Times Company
  Neil Irwin1/31/2021 min
  2 reads
  1 comment
  8.0
- # 397
  55 pts - Scout: Alexa
  What We Lose by Hiring Someone to Pick Up Our Avocados for Us
  The New York Times CompanyGINIA BELLAFANTE1/31/205 min
  3 reads2 comments
  8.5
  The New York Times Company
  GINIA BELLAFANTE1/31/205 min
  3 reads
  2 comments
  8.5
- # 326
  55 pts - Scout: bill
  Cool It, Krugman
  The AtlanticSebastian Mallaby12/19/1911 min
  2 reads1 comment
  8.0
  The Atlantic
  Sebastian Mallaby12/19/1911 min
  2 reads
  1 comment
  8.0
- # 287
  54 pts - Scout: Florian
  Inside WallStreetBets, the Reddit army that's rocking Wall Street - CNN
  edition.cnn.comStory by Jon Sarlin, CNN Business Illustrations by Max Pepper and Will Mullery, CNN1/29/2117 min
  1 read1 comment
  9.0
  edition.cnn.com
  Story by Jon Sarlin, CNN Business Illustrations by Max Pepper and Will Mullery, CNN1/29/2117 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  9.0
- # 272
  54 pts - Scout: deephdave
  ‘How to Live in this World’ | J. Krishnamurti
  jkrishnamurti.org17 min
  1 read1 comment
  9.0
  jkrishnamurti.org
  17 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  9.0
- # 322
  54 pts - Scout: joanne
  Here's What Happened When I Founded A Feminist Group In My Trump-Loving Town
  HuffPost HighlineAshley Jordan2/7/209 min
  2 reads1 comment
  9.0
  HuffPost Highline
  Ashley Jordan2/7/209 min
  2 reads
  1 comment
  9.0
- # 287
  54 pts - Scout: Ruchita_Ganurkar
  Build Your Resilience in the Face of a Crisis
  Harvard Business Review3/19/206 min
  2 reads2 comments
  9.5
  Harvard Business Review
  3/19/206 min
  2 reads
  2 comments
  9.5
- # 348
  54 pts - Scout: bartadamley
  How design factored into "the mother of all tech demos"
  QuartzAnne Quito12/12/183 min
  5 reads1 comment
  9.0
  Quartz
  Anne Quito12/12/183 min
  5 reads
  1 comment
  9.0
- # 280
  54 pts - Scout: SEnkey
  Mitt Romney’s checks plan: up to $350 per month, per kid for parents
  VoxDylan Matthews2/4/2115 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  Vox
  Dylan Matthews2/4/2115 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 62
  54 pts - Scout: KapteinB
  Russia Has Massed 500 Tanks For An Attack On Kupyansk. Thousands Of Ukrainian Drones Await Them.
  forbes.comDavid Axe3 min
  4 reads2 comments
  9.0
  forbes.com
  David Axe3 min
  4 reads
  2 comments
  9.0
- # 374
  54 pts - Scout: jeff
  The New Kinship Engineering - The New Atlantis
  thenewatlantis.com17 min
  1 read1 comment
  9.0
  thenewatlantis.com
  17 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  9.0
- # 395
  54 pts - Scout: deephdave
  Seth’s Top 100
  Seth's Blog4/28/1814 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  Seth's Blog
  4/28/1814 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 65
  53 pts - Scout: thorgalle
  Pokémon Legends: Arceus Review
  IGN Nordic1/28/2218 min
  1 read1 comment
  8.0
  IGN Nordic
  1/28/2218 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  8.0
- # 319
  53 pts - Scout: Jessica
  Jennifer Rudolph Walsh on Breaking the Busy Stigma, Finding Essentialness, and Transcending Bullshit | Goop
  Goop7/7/1919 min
  1 read1 comment
  8.0
  Goop
  7/7/1919 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  8.0
- # 280
  53 pts - Scout: kellyalysia
  Why do we need to be right?
  Ness Labs1/28/215 min
  8 reads12 comments
  9.3
  Ness Labs
  1/28/215 min
  8 reads
  12 comments
  9.3
- # 404
  51 pts - Scout: deephdave
  An Astronaut's Guide to Mental Models
  fs.blog2/10/204 min
  2 reads2 comments
  10
  fs.blog
  2/10/204 min
  2 reads
  2 comments
  10
- # 283
  51 pts - Scout: DellwoodBarker
  Katy: a short story by Bryan Washington
  The GuardianBryan Washington12/20/2013 min
  2 reads2 comments
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  The Guardian
  Bryan Washington12/20/2013 min
  2 reads
  2 comments
  10
- # 334
  51 pts - Scout: DellwoodBarker
  ¡A´hooo!, el grito de resistencia de Los cogelones, desde Neza
  El EconomistaJ. Francisco de Anda Corral2/23/2113 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  El Economista
  J. Francisco de Anda Corral2/23/2113 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 279
  51 pts - Scout: DellwoodBarker
  The Translator’s Funeral, a new short story by Rónán Hession
  The Irish TimesRónán Hession8/13/2015 min
  1 read1 comment
  9.0
  The Irish Times
  Rónán Hession8/13/2015 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  9.0
- # 421
  51 pts - Scout: jbuchana
  American torture
  AeonWilliam Fitzhugh Brundage2/20/2016 min
  1 read1 comment
  9.0
  Aeon
  William Fitzhugh Brundage2/20/2016 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  9.0
- # 277
  51 pts - Scout: deephdave
  | J. Krishnamurti
  jkrishnamurti.org14 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  jkrishnamurti.org
  14 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 344
  51 pts - Scout: KapteinB
  The future of electric cars isn’t Tesla. It’s golf carts.
  restofworld.org2/22/2113 min
  1 read1 comment
  10
  restofworld.org
  2/22/2113 min
  1 read
  1 comment
  10
- # 303
  51 pts - Scout: SEnkey
  Forget the Iowa Fiasco. Trump Is the Democrats’ Real Problem.
  BloombergRamesh Ponnuru2/4/204 min
  4 reads2 comments
  8.5
  Bloomberg
  Ramesh Ponnuru2/4/204 min
  4 reads
  2 comments
  8.5
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