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"During the week, we consume words in snackable, tweetable bites. But on the weekends, we have the time to take a dive into the murkier, lengthier depths of the Internet and expand our attention spans beyond 140 characters. We can brew a cup of coffee and lie back with our iPads, laptops, smartphones and Kindles.\nSince you're bound to miss a few things during the daily grind, we present to you, in our weekly installation of Mashable Must Reads, a curated list of can't-miss stories from around the web to read and reflect on. (You can find last time's must reads here).\nThis week's Must Reads are particularly heavy on stories about Michael Brown and the Ferguson protests \u2014 and with good reason.\n\nThe Children of Ferguson, on the Front Lines | Mashable\n\nWhy are parents risking tear gas and violence to bring their kids to the Ferguson front lines? Because, they say, their children need to see this. To get it.\n\nSatravion, 10, of Ferguson, Missouri. Image:  Amanda Wills,  Mashable\nTimeline for a Body: 4 Hours in the Middle of a Ferguson Street | The New York Times\n\nThe Times pieces together what happened during the four hours that Michael Brown's body lay \u2014 unattended to \u2014 right where it fell in the street after he was killed at 12 p.m. on a Saturday. As one Ferguson committeewoman put it: It sent the message from law enforcement that \"We can do this to you any day, any time, in broad daylight, and there\u2019s nothing you can do about it.\" \n\nDarren Wilson\u2019s First Job Was on a Troubled Police Force Disbanded by Authorities | The Washington Post\n\nSince the death of Michael Brown, very little has emerged about the police offer, Darren Wilson, who shot Brown six times (Wilson is currently on paid administrative leave; he has not been charged with a crime). Here, the Post unearths some details about his early career, during which he worked on a police force that had a pattern of excess force with blacks.\n\nHas the Media Become a Third Force in Ferguson? | Mashable\n\nDuring the day, the sidewalks of Ferguson, Missouri, grew crowded with journalists. At night, the media sometimes appear to outnumber protestors near police lines. Are reporters becoming too big a part of the very story it is covering?\n\nProtests on Aug. 18 for Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.Image: Bilgin Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images\nThe Whole World Is Watching Ferguson | The Atlantic\n\nDespite the strides America has made in the past decades, racial injustice is still ingrained in many aspects of the culture in the U.S. But many, many instances go unnoticed, at least on an international stage. Zach Goldhammer examines why this time, the shooting of a black teenager became an worldwide cause.\n\nThe Most Connected Man in the World\nThe headline says it all. Chris Dancy operates more than $40,000 in wearables and trackers, collecting data on everything from his heart rate to his sexual preferences. Experts say he is the future. Or is he just isolated in a pool of his own data?\n\nChris Dancy in his home office.Image:  Mashable\nFor Master Thieves, Legos Are the New Uncut Diamonds | Vocativ\n\nA pair of back-to-back Lego heists last week exposed a flourishing trend in the criminal underworld that has been quietly building for years. Stolen Legos are as untraceable as cash.\n\nDriven: Uber's Campaign to Run Over Competitors and Win the World | Mashable\n\nEven in the highly competitive on-demand car service space, Uber has developed a reputation for being more cutthroat than the rest. It doesn't play nice, it plays to win \u2014 a strategy that, so far, appears to be working.\n\nImage: David Ramos\nThe Invention of the \u201CSnapshot\u201D Changed the Way We Viewed the World | Smithsonian Magazine\n\nTry to remember the world before drones; it's hard. They're everywhere, which gives us more reason to fear for our privacy than ever, and they cost a few hundred bucks each at RadioShack. Clive Thompson analyzes how the tiny flying robots have changed the business of photography.\nDon't have time to read them all now? In our Readlist below, export this week's must reads to your tablet to save for a time you have no distractions. Simply click the \"read later\" button alongside each story or click \"export\" to send the entire list of articles to your preferred device.\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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