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The invention of buses

Wheeled vehicles existed for 5,000 years before someone thought of running a bus service.

2026-4-23 1:32pm Works in Progress wip-admin 2,000 words

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Disney erased FiveThirtyEight

Nothing on the internet lasts forever. But Disney’s 10-year mismanagement of FiveThirtyEight is its own story.

2026-5-19 11:37am Silver Bulletin Nate Silver 6,000 words

Rated 2026-5-19 10:46pm - sethherr

Max Heyer - founder of enum, a European sovereign cloud

Max Heyer writes on digital sovereignty, infrastructure, datacenters, Europe, and open source - the boring details of running systems that don't break.

max heyer 1,000 words

Rated 2026-5-19 7:49am - sethherr

Truth, power, and honest journalism

Garry Tan, the CEO of venture capital firm Y Combinator, accused me of unethical reporting. This is my response.

2026-5-15 5:23am The Watch Radley Balko 3,000 words

Rated 2026-5-18 7:50pm - sethherr

The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly | Jonathan Watts

China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock

2026-5-17 6:00am The Guardian Jonathan Watts 5,000 words

Rated 2026-5-18 1:23pm - sethherr

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