Tuesday Reads from Around the Web

Stories from The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and Narratively

Today, we’re celebrating pub day for Watchlist, our collection of surveillance-themed stories. On Catapult, we asked contributors to this anthology to perform—and write about—real-life acts of surveillance. First up: Bryan Hurt and Carmen Maria Machado.  We’ve  also gathered a few of our  favorite recent writings about privacy, surveillance, harassment, and what it feels like to be watched.

1. In “On Homecomings,”   Ta-Nehisi Coates admits his anxiety over his newfound celebrity and the Brooklyn home that he can never live in:

2. Adrian Chen on the search for the real Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin:

3.  How is TMZ able to break news quicker than traditional publications?  The New Yorker gets an inside look:

4. Over at Narratively, E.D. Adams  experiences harassment after posting nude photos online: