Saturdays are all about longform links on Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s linkfest including a look at the relationship between the French and bread.
- Facebook ($FB) reportedly collects from unaffiliated apps often without your knowledge. (wsj.com)
- Instagram is inundated with politicians. Ugh. (ft.com)
Companies
- Just when you thought it couldn't get any more bizarre: the last days of Theranos. (vanityfair.com)
- McKinsey & Company manages a hedge fund alongside its consulting business. (nytimes.com)
Companies
- An examination of the growing movement to bring apparel manufacturing back to the US. (ft.com)
- Laundry detergent (Tide) pods are still harming kids. (fortune.com)
Longreads
- The story of how New York City became a tech hotbed. (nytimes.com)
- Kevin Durant is thinking a lot about his (non-basketball) future. (espn.com)
- Why teaching is such a powerful career accelerant. (radreads.co)
- Health insurance brokers play a big role in the system. That is why this story may be disturbing. (npr.org)
- Researchers are once again looking into the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. (thewalrus.ca)
- What do the Oscars mean in an age of entertainment overload? (wsj.com)
- An oral history of "Office Space." (theringer.com)
