Is it okay to be proud of reaching a career milestone knowing I’ve only done so because I happen to share a hometown with the resurrected President of the United States? When the world is descending ever deeper in to fascism, and we’re losing more of our human and civil rights by the day?

I don’t know. But I am proud of my first-ever TIME cover story, “Is This the End of the End?”, which takes a look at what’s happened so far — and what’s coming next — for a world rocked by the end of that great equalizer, death.

It’s a long read coming in just in time for the holiday break, so hopefully this will tide y’all over until I return in 2024 (unless SCOTUS issues a decision in the Ruiz-Grantham 25th Amendment case, which … it certainly could!).

Here’s a teaser of the lede, along with this blockbuster photo Laura Chang took of Mitch Carter, the original “revival” patient, giving us a tour of the pool house where he died in July:

I’ve assembled a PDF of the story to make it available to y’all for free now, as it’ll be paywalled online for the next couple of weeks.

You should be able to read an embedded version below, or if that doesn’t work, download the PDF here.

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What Else I’m Reading Right Now:

• “Texas man’s photo of ‘black panther’ creates buzz. Wildlife experts say it’s not possible” (USA Today)
• “Texas family’s home light show mistaken for aliens, draws out crowd” (KXAN)
• “Seattle Children’s Hospital sues Texas Attorney General over trans patient records” (Texas Tribune)
• “How reindeer help fight climate change” (BBC)
• “Prosecuted for a miscarriage: Ohio demonstrates the ghoulishness of post-Roe America” (MSNBC)

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