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We Need a Hashtag That Celebrates What Actually Goes on in LGBT Clubs

#LoveIsLove has united members and supporters of the LGBT community after Orlando. But what happens when the plurality of the rainbow gets collapsed into a single image of two men kissing?

Manuel Betancourt

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Predicting #Terrorism With Social Media

A new study of how pro-ISIS groups form and die on a Russian Facebook clone shows that the…

Pacific Standard Staff

You might not eat this fish if you knew how smart it is.

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Hook, Line, and Thinker

New research suggests that fish are smarter and more sentient than we ever knew — presenting a fascinating, and urgent, ethical conundrum.

James McWilliams

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Nostalgia and Resentment on the Inland Seas: The Last Days of Commercial Fishing on Lake Erie

What five summers on a trap net boat taught me about work, heritage, and the future of an…

Pacific Standard Staff

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Kayak Bass Fishing: Birth of a Sport

I went to the first National Championship of Kayak Bass Fishing and won money. I also discovered the…

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Can Native American Oyster Practices Rejuvenate the Chesapeake Bay?

Native American fishing practices kept oyster beds healthy and steadily replenished — an elegantly sustainable model that researchers say we…

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Who’s Afraid of Frankenfish?

The Food and Drug Administration has approved genetically modified salmon — but the public is still hopelessly confused about the…

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Dam Nation: The False Promise of America’s Artificial Fishing Economies

Fly fishing on the increasingly artificial waters of Arkansas’ White River is an object lesson in the perils…

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Remember the Menhaden!

How the fish that built America could be poised for an eco-friendly comeback. By Adia White / Illustrations…

Pacific Standard Staff

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In New York City, What’s the Difference Between a $240 Sushi Roll and a $6.95 Sushi Roll?

Two fish restaurants — one in Columbus Circle, the other in the South Bronx — offer starkly different views of class and food in America.

Greg Rosalsky