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Gourevitch and Langwiesche on GermanWings crash; play war and real war; Mad Men’s dark bright side.

Posted on March 27, 2015 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

A Bewildering Crash. Philip Gourevitch at The New Yorker. Just as the brevity of the flight, and the apparent spontaneity of the captain’s decision to leave the cockpit—to stretch a leg? or take a piss? or have a chat? We do not know—tells us that Lubitz could not have planned before he flew that day […]

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Fly on the backs of peregrine & goshawks

Posted on September 20, 2010 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

Some researchers strapped little cameras onto the backs of peregrines and goshawks. The peregrine’s dive is amazing enough. But the goshawk in the trees: Holy smoke. Wish I could ski the trees like that. Via the BBC and Colin_S, who tweeted out a link to a story at Media Caffeine.

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I write features, reviews, and essays for The New York Times, National Geographic, Aeon, Mosaic, Slate, and other publications. I am also the author of three books, as well as the Atavist hit My Mother’s Lover, which tells the long-hidden story of my mother's secret WWII affair with a flight surgeon. MML became a # 1 best-selling Kindle Single and was chosen in 2014 by readers as their favorite Atavist publication. You can keep track of me at Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Facebook. For occasional reading recommendations in my occasional newsletter, Read Two of These and Call Me in the Morning., sign up either here or in the form below.

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